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tirmidhi:1856 – Yaḥyá b. Mūsá

That the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "Take the 'Asha' meal, even if it is just with a handful of something to fill. For indeed avoiding the 'Asha' is from senility."  

[Abu 'Eisa said:] This Hadith is Munkar, we do not know of it except from this route. 'Anbasah was graded weak is Hadith. 'Abdul-Malik bin 'Allaq is unknown.
الترمذي:١٨٥٦ – حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ مُوسَى حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْلَى الْكُوفِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا عَنْبَسَةُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ الْقُرَشِيُّ عَنْ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ بْنِ عَلاَّقٍ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ قَالَ

قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ تَعَشَّوْا وَلَوْ بِكَفٍّ مِنْ حَشَفٍ فَإِنَّ تَرْكَ الْعَشَاءِ مَهْرَمَةٌ  

قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ مُنْكَرٌ لاَ نَعْرِفُهُ إِلاَّ مِنْ هَذَا الْوَجْهِ وَعَنْبَسَةُ يُضَعَّفُ فِي الْحَدِيثِ وَعَبْدُ الْمَلِكِ بْنُ عَلاَّقٍ مَجْهُولٌ

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ibnmajah:3355 – Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh al-Raqqī > Ibrāhīm b. ʿAbd al-Salām b. ʿAbdullāh b. Bābāh al-Makhzūmī > ʿAbdullāh b. Maymūn > Muḥammad b. al-Munkadir > Jābir b. ʿAbdullāh

“Do not leave dinner, even if it is only a handful of dates, because abandoning it makes one weak.”  

ابن ماجة:٣٣٥٥ – حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الرَّقِّيُّ حَدَّثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ عَبْدِ السَّلاَمِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ بَابَاهْ الْمَخْزُومِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مَيْمُونٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْمُنْكَدِرِ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ لاَ تَدَعُوا الْعَشَاءَ وَلَوْ بِكَفٍّ مِنْ تَمْرٍ فَإِنَّ تَرْكَهُ يُهْرِمُ