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tirmidhi:1893 – al-Anṣārī > Maʿn > Mālik > Qutaybah > Mālik > Ibn Shihāb > Anas

"The Messenger of Allah ﷺ was brought some milk which was mixed with some water. On his right was a Bedouin and on his left was Abu Bakr. So he drank, then he gave it to the Bedouin and said: 'The right, then the right.'" He said: There are narrations on this topic from Ibn 'Abbas, Sahl bin Sa'd, Ibn 'Umar, and 'Abdullah bin Busr.  

[Abu 'Eisa said:] This Hadith is Hasan Sahih.
الترمذي:١٨٩٣ – حَدَّثَنَا الأَنْصَارِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا مَعْنٌ حَدَّثَنَا مَالِكٌ قَالَ وَحَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ عَنْ مَالِكٍ عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ عَنْ أَنَسٍ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ أُتِيَ بِلَبَنٍ قَدْ شِيبَ بِمَاءٍ وَعَنْ يَمِينِهِ أَعْرَابِيٌّ وَعَنْ يَسَارِهِ أَبُو بَكْرٍ فَشَرِبَ ثُمَّ أَعْطَى الأَعْرَابِيَّ وَقَالَ الأَيْمَنَ فَالأَيْمَنَ قَالَ وَفِي الْبَابِ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ وَسَهْلِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ وَابْنِ عُمَرَ وَعَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ بُسْرٍ  

قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ

See similar narrations below:

Collected by Bukhārī, Muslim, Abū Dāwūd, Ibn Mājah, Mālik, Ibn Ḥibbān
bukhari:5619 – Ismāʿīl > Mālik > Ibn Shihāb > Anas b. Mālik

Milk mixed with water was brought to Messenger of Allah ﷺ while a bedouin was on his right and Abu Bakr was on his left. He drank (of it) and then gave (it) to the bedouin and said, 'The right" "The right (first).  

البخاري:٥٦١٩ – حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي مَالِكٌ عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ ؓ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ أُتِيَ بِلَبَنٍ قَدْ شِيبَ بِمَاءٍ وَعَنْ يَمِينِهِ أَعْرَابِيٌّ وَعَنْ شِمَالِهِ أَبُو بَكْرٍ فَشَرِبَ ثُمَّ أَعْطَى الأَعْرَابِيَّ وَقَالَ الأَيْمَنَ الأَيْمَنَ  

muslim:2029a – Yaḥyá b. Yaḥyá > Mālik > Ibn Shihāb > Anas b. Mālik

(Give to one) who is on the right, then again who is on the right.  

مسلم:٢٠٢٩a – حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ يَحْيَى قَالَ قَرَأْتُ عَلَى مَالِكٍ عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ أُتِيَ بِلَبَنٍ قَدْ شِيبَ بِمَاءٍ وَعَنْ يَمِينِهِ أَعْرَابِيٌّ وَعَنْ يَسَارِهِ أَبُو بَكْرٍ فَشَرِبَ ثُمَّ أَعْطَى الأَعْرَابِيَّ وَقَالَ الأَيْمَنَ فَالأَيْمَنَ  

abudawud:3726 – al-Qaʿnabī ʿAbdullāh b. Maslamah > Mālik > Ibn Shihāb > Anas b. Mālik

The Prophet ﷺ was brought milk that was mixed with water. A nomad Arab was on his right and Abu Bakr was on his left. He himself drank and gave it to the nomad Arab, and said: He who is on the right , then he who is on his right then he who is on his right.  

أبو داود:٣٧٢٦ – حَدَّثَنَا الْقَعْنَبِيُّ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مَسْلَمَةَ عَنْ مَالِكٍ عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ أُتِيَ بِلَبَنٍ قَدْ شِيبَ بِمَاءٍ وَعَنْ يَمِينِهِ أَعْرَابِيٌّ وَعَنْ يَسَارِهِ أَبُو بَكْرٍ فَشَرِبَ ثُمَّ أَعْطَى الأَعْرَابِيَّ وَقَالَ الأَيْمَنَ فَالأَيْمَنَ  

ibnmajah:3425 – Hishām b. ʿAmmār > Mālik b. Anas > al-Zuhrī > Anas b. Mālik

“Pass it around to the right.”  

ابن ماجة:٣٤٢٥ – حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامُ بْنُ عَمَّارٍ حَدَّثَنَا مَالِكُ بْنُ أَنَسٍ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ أُتِيَ بِلَبَنٍ قَدْ شِيبَ بِمَاءٍ وَعَنْ يَمِينِهِ أَعْرَابِيٌّ وَعَنْ يَسَارِهِ أَبُو بَكْرٍ فَشَرِبَ ثُمَّ أَعْطَى الأَعْرَابِيَّ وَقَالَ الأَيْمَنُ فَالأَيْمَنُ  

malik:49-17 – Mālik > Ibn Shihāb > Anas b. Mālik

Yahya related to me from Malik from Ibn Shihab from Anas ibn Malik that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was brought some milk which was mixed with well-water. There was a Bedouin at his right side and Abu Bakr as-Siddiq on his left. He drank and then gave it to the Bedouin and said, "The right-hand to the right-hand."  

مالك:٤٩-١٧ – حَدَّثَنِي عَنْ مَالِكٍ عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ أُتِيَ بِلَبَنٍ قَدْ شِيبَ بِمَاءٍ مِنَ الْبِئْرِ وَعَنْ يَمِينِهِ أَعْرَابِيٌّ وَعَنْ يَسَارِهِ أَبُو بَكْرٍ الصِّدِّيقُ فَشَرِبَ ثُمَّ أَعْطَى الأَعْرَابِيَّ وَقَالَ الأَيْمَنَ فَالأَيْمَنَ  

ذِكْرُ الْأَمْرِ لِمَنْ أُتِيَ بِشَرَابٍ فَشَرِبَهُ وَهُوَ فِي جَمَاعَةٍ وَأَرَادَ مُنَاوَلَتَهُمْ أَنْ يَبْدَأَ بِالَّذِي عَنْ يَمِينِهِ

ibnhibban:5333 – ʿUmar b. Saʿīd b. Sinān > Aḥmad b. Abū Bakr > Mālik > Ibn Shihāb > Anas

The Prophet ﷺ was brought milk that was mixed with water. A nomad Arab was on his right and Abu Bakr was on his left. He himself drank and gave it to the nomad Arab, and said: He who is on the right , then he who is on his right then he who is on his right. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 3726)  

ابن حبّان:٥٣٣٣ – أَخْبَرَنَا عُمَرُ بْنُ سَعِيدِ بْنِ سِنَانٍ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ أَبِي بَكْرٍ عَنْ مَالِكٍ عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ عَنْ أَنَسٍ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ أُتِيَ بِلَبَنٍ قَدْ شِيبَ بِمَاءٍ وَعَنْ يَمِينِهِ أَعْرَابِيٌّ وَعَنْ يَسَارِهِ أَبُو بَكْرٍ فَشَرِبَ ثُمَّ أَعْطَى الْأَعْرَابِيَّ وَقَالَ «الْأَيْمَنُ فَالْأَيْمَنُ»  

ذِكْرُ الْأَمْرِ لِمَنْ أُتِيَ بِالْمَاءِ لِيَشْرَبَهُ أَنْ يُنَاوِلَ مَنْ عَنِ يَمِينِهِ وَإِنْ كَانَ عَنْ يَسَارِهِ الْأَفْضَلُ وَالْأَجَلُّ

ibnhibban:5334 – ʿUmar b. Saʿīd b. Sinān > Hishām b. ʿAmmār > Mālik b. Anas > al-Zuhrī > Anas b. Mālik

The Prophet ﷺ was brought milk that was mixed with water. A nomad Arab was on his right and Abu Bakr was on his left. He himself drank and gave it to the nomad Arab, and said: He who is on the right , then he who is on his right then he who is on his right. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 3726)  

ابن حبّان:٥٣٣٤ – أَخْبَرَنَا عُمَرُ بْنُ سَعِيدِ بْنِ سِنَانٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامُ بْنُ عَمَّارٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مَالِكُ بْنُ أَنَسٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي الزُّهْرِيُّ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ أُتِيَ بِلَبَنٍ وَقَدْ شِيبَ بِمَاءٍ وَعَنْ يَمِينِهِ أَعْرَابِيٌّ وَعَنْ يَسَارِهِ أَبُو بَكْرٍ فَشَرِبَ ثُمَّ أَعْطَى الْأَعْرَابِيَّ وَقَالَ «الْأَيْمَنُ فَالْأَيْمَنُ»  

ذِكْرُ خَبَرٍ قَدْ يُوهِمُ مَنْ لَمْ يُحْكِمْ صِنَاعَةَ الْعِلْمِ أَنَّهُ مُضَادٌّ لِخَبَرِ سَهْلِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ الَّذِي ذَكَرْنَاهُ

ibnhibban:5336 – Ibn Salm > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Ibrāhīm > al-Walīd > al-Awzāʿī > al-Zuhrī > Anas b. Mālik

The Prophet ﷺ was brought milk that was mixed with water. A nomad Arab was on his right and Abu Bakr was on his left. He himself drank and gave it to the nomad Arab, and said: He who is on the right , then he who is on his right then he who is on his right. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 3726)   

ابن حبّان:٥٣٣٦ – أَخْبَرَنَا ابْنُ سَلْمٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا الْوَلِيدُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا الْأَوْزَاعِيُّ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ شَرِبَ لَبَنًا عَنْ يَمِينِهِ أَعْرَابِيٌّ وَعَنْ يَسَارِهِ أَبُو بَكْرٍ* فَأَعْطَى الْأَعْرَابِيَّ فَضْلَهُ وَقَالَ «الْأَيْمَنُ فَالْأَيْمَنُ»  

ذِكْرُ الْبَيَانِ بِأَنَّ هَذَا اللَّبَنَ كَانَ مَشُوبًا بِالْمَاءِ حَيْثُ سَقَى الْمُصْطَفَى ﷺ

ibnhibban:5337 – ʿUmar b. Saʿīd b. Sinān And ʿIddah > Hishām b. ʿAmmār > Mālik b. Anas > al-Zuhrī > Anas

“Pass it around to the right.” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 3425)  

ابن حبّان:٥٣٣٧ – أَخْبَرَنَا عُمَرُ بْنُ سَعِيدِ بْنِ سِنَانٍ وَعِدَّةٌ قَالُوا حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامُ بْنُ عَمَّارٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مَالِكُ بْنُ أَنَسٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي الزُّهْرِيُّ عَنْ أَنَسٍ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ أُتِيَ بِلَبَنٍ وَقَدْ شِيبَ بِمَاءٍ وَعَنْ يَمِينِهِ أَعْرَابِيٌّ وَعَنْ يَسَارِهِ أَبُو بَكْرٍ فَشَرِبَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «أَعْطَى الْأَعْرَابِيَّ وَقَالَ «الْأَيْمَنُ فَالْأَيْمَنُ»