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Sahih Muslim 2052d (Book 36, Hadith 229) #12457
Generosity of Allah's Messenger ﷺ

SUMMARY: Allah's Messenger ﷺ showed kindness and generosity by sharing his food with Jabir b. 'Abdullah.

Jabir b. 'Abdullah reported: While I was sitting in my house there happened to pass by me Allah's Messenger ﷺ. He made a gesture to me and I stood up for him. He took hold of my hand until we came to one of the apartments of his wives. He entered and then asked me to get in. So I entered and there was hanging a curtain beside her. He (the Holy Prophet) said: Is there any food (with you)? They (the members of the household) said: Yes And then there were brought three loaves of bread for him (the Holy Prophet) and placed in the basket of palm leaves. Allah's Messenger ﷺ picked up one loaf and placed that before him, and then picked up another one and placed it before me. He then picked up the third one and broke it into two parts, and kept the one-half before him and the other half before me, and then said: Is there any condiment? They (the members of the household) said: There is nothing (in the form of condiment) but some vinegar only. He said: Bring that, for vinegar is a good condiment.
وَحَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ هَارُونَ، أَخْبَرَنَا حَجَّاجُ بْنُ أَبِي، زَيْنَبَ حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو سُفْيَانَ، طَلْحَةُ بْنُ نَافِعٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ جَابِرَ بْنَ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، قَالَ كُنْتُ جَالِسًا فِي دَارِي فَمَرَّ بِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَأَشَارَ إِلَىَّ فَقُمْتُ إِلَيْهِ فَأَخَذَ بِيَدِي فَانْطَلَقْنَا حَتَّى أَتَى بَعْضَ حُجَرِ نِسَائِهِ فَدَخَلَ ثُمَّ أَذِنَ لِي فَدَخَلْتُ الْحِجَابَ عَلَيْهَا فَقَالَ ‏"‏ هَلْ مِنْ غَدَاءٍ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ فَقَالُوا نَعَمْ ‏.‏ فَأُتِيَ بِثَلاَثَةِ أَقْرِصَةٍ فَوُضِعْنَ عَلَى نَبِيٍّ فَأَخَذَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ قُرْصًا فَوَضَعَهُ بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ وَأَخَذَ قُرْصًا آخَرَ فَوَضَعَهُ بَيْنَ يَدَىَّ ثُمَّ أَخَذَ الثَّالِثَ فَكَسَرَهُ بِاثْنَيْنِ فَجَعَلَ نِصْفَهُ بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ وَنِصْفَهُ بَيْنَ يَدَىَّ ثُمَّ قَالَ ‏"‏ هَلْ مِنْ أُدُمٍ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ قَالُوا لاَ ‏.‏ إِلاَّ شَىْءٌ مِنْ خَلٍّ ‏.‏ قَالَ ‏"‏ هَاتُوهُ فَنِعْمَ الأُدُمُ هُوَ
TOPICS
generosity  *  food  *  sharing  *  kindness  *  istihsaan  *  khubz

QUICK LESSONS:
Be generous in your dealings with others , Be kind to those around you regardless their social status or what they have done for you .
EXPLANATIONS:
This hadith is about the generosity of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ). It tells us how he shared his food with Jabir b. 'Abdullah when they were in one of the apartments of his wives. He asked if there was any food, and three loaves of bread were brought to him. He picked up one loaf and placed it before himself, then he picked up another one and placed it before Jabir, then he broke the third loaf into two parts, keeping half for himself and giving the other half to Jabir. He also asked for some vinegar as a condiment which shows that even though he was a Prophet, he still enjoyed simple pleasures like eating good food with condiments. This hadith teaches us that we should be generous in our dealings with others just like Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) was generous in sharing his food with others. We should also be kind to those around us no matter what their social status is or what they have done for us because kindness is an important part of being a Muslim.

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