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جَابِرُ بْنُ طَارِقٍ أَبُو حَكِيمٍ الْأَحْمَسِيُّ

tabarani:2085Muḥammad b. Muḥammad al-Tammār > Muḥammad b. Maḥbūb > Ḥafṣ b. Ghiyāth > Ismāʿīl b. Abū Khālid > Ḥakīm b. Jābir from his father

[Machine] I saw in front of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ a broken pot, so I asked him, "What do you do with this?" He replied, "We use it to increase our food."  

الطبراني:٢٠٨٥حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ التَّمَّارُ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مَحْبُوبٍ ثنا حَفْصُ بْنُ غِيَاثٍ عَنْ إِسْمَاعِيلَ بْنِ أَبِي خَالِدٍ عَنْ حَكِيمِ بْنِ جَابِرٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

رَأَيْتُ بَيْنَ يَدَيْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ قَرْعًا مَقْطُوعًا فَقُلْتُ مَا تَصْنَعُ بِهَذَا؟ قَالَ «نُكْثِرُ بِهِ طَعَامَنَا»  


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ahmad:19100Sufyān b. ʿUyaynah > Ismāʿīl / Ibn Abū Khālid > Ḥakīm b. Jābir from his father

I entered upon the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and there was a squash / pumpkin with him. So I asked, "What is this?" He replied, "We increase our food with it."  

أحمد:١٩١٠٠حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ بْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ عَنْ إِسْمَاعِيلَ يَعْنِي ابْنَ أَبِي خَالِدٍ عَنْ حَكِيمِ بْنِ جَابِرٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

دَخَلْتُ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ وَعِنْدَهُ الدُّبَّاءُ فَقُلْتُ مَا هَذَا؟ قَالَ نُكَثِّرُ بِهِ طَعَامَنَا  

tabarani:2083Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥaḍramī > Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh b. Numayr > Muḥammad b. Bishr > Ismāʿīl b. Abū Khālid > Ḥakīm b. Jābir from his father

[Machine] I saw with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ a pot, so I asked, "What is this?" He said, "We use it to cook our food."  

الطبراني:٢٠٨٣حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَضْرَمِيُّ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ نُمَيْرٍ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بِشْرٍ عَنْ إِسْمَاعِيلَ بْنِ أَبِي خَالِدٍ عَنْ حَكِيمِ بْنِ جَابِرٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

رَأَيْتُ عِنْدَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ قَرْعًا فَقُلْتُ مَا هَذَا؟ قَالَ «نُكْثِرُ بِهِ طَعَامَنَا»