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Sahih al-Bukhari 5450 (Book 70, Hadith 79) #5225
Generosity of the Prophet (ﷺ)

SUMMARY: The Prophet (ﷺ) was invited to a meal and he asked for more people to join him, so that forty people in total could eat from the meal.

Narrated Anas: My mother, Um Sulaim, took a Mudd of barley grain, ground it and made porridge from it, and pressed (over it), a butter skin she had with her. Then she sent me to the Prophet, and I reached him while he was sitting with his companions. I invited him, whereupon he said, "And those who are with me?' I returned and said, "He says, 'And those who are with me?" Abu Talha went out to him and said, "O Allah's Messenger ﷺ! It is just a meal prepared by Um Sulaim". The Prophet ﷺ entered and the food was brought to him. He said, "Let ten persons enter upon me". Those ten entered and ate their fill. Again he said, 'Let ten (more) enter upon me". Those ten entered and ate their fill. Then he said, "Let ten (more) enter upon me". He called forty persons in all Then Allah's Messenger ﷺ ate and got up. I started looking (at the food) to see if it decreased or not.
حَدَّثَنَا الصَّلْتُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ، عَنِ الْجَعْدِ أَبِي عُثْمَانَ، عَنْ أَنَسٍ،‏.‏ وَعَنْ هِشَامٍ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدٍ، عَنْ أَنَسٍ،‏.‏ وَعَنْ سِنَانٍ أَبِي رَبِيعَةَ، عَنْ أَنَسٍ، أَنَّ أُمَّ سُلَيْمٍ، أُمَّهُ عَمَدَتْ إِلَى مُدٍّ مِنْ شَعِيرٍ، جَشَّتْهُ وَجَعَلَتْ مِنْهُ خَطِيفَةً، وَعَصَرَتْ عُكَّةً عِنْدَهَا، ثُمَّ بَعَثَتْنِي إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَأَتَيْتُهُ وَهْوَ فِي أَصْحَابِهِ فَدَعَوْتُهُ قَالَ ‏"‏ وَمَنْ مَعِي ‏"‏‏.‏ فَجِئْتُ فَقُلْتُ إِنَّهُ يَقُولُ، وَمَنْ مَعِي، فَخَرَجَ إِلَيْهِ أَبُو طَلْحَةَ قَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّمَا هُوَ شَىْءٌ صَنَعَتْهُ أُمُّ سُلَيْمٍ، فَدَخَلَ فَجِيءَ بِهِ وَقَالَ ‏"‏ أَدْخِلْ عَلَىَّ عَشَرَةً ‏"‏‏.‏ فَدَخَلُوا فَأَكَلُوا حَتَّى شَبِعُوا، ثُمَّ قَالَ ‏"‏ أَدْخِلْ عَلَىَّ عَشَرَةً ‏"‏‏.‏ فَدَخَلُوا فَأَكَلُوا حَتَّى شَبِعُوا، ثُمَّ قَالَ ‏"‏ أَدْخِلْ عَلَىَّ عَشَرَةً ‏"‏‏.‏ حَتَّى عَدَّ أَرْبَعِينَ، ثُمَّ أَكَلَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ ثُمَّ قَامَ، فَجَعَلْتُ أَنْظُرُ هَلْ نَقَصَ مِنْهَا شَىْءٌ‏.‏
TOPICS
generosity  *  meal  *  invitation  *  companions

QUICK LESSONS:
Be generous with your resources; share what you have with others; be kind towards your companions; invite others to join you in meals or activities.

EXPLANATIONS:
This hadith is about the generosity of the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ. It is narrated by Anas ibn Malik who said that his mother Um Sulaim prepared a meal with barley grain and butter skin. She sent her son Anas to invite the Prophet ﷺ, but he asked if there were others who could come as well. Abu Talha then went out and invited ten more people, which made it a total of forty people who ate from this meal. Even though there were so many people eating from this one meal, it did not decrease in size or amount at all! This shows us how generous and kind the Prophet ﷺ was towards his companions, even when it came to something as simple as sharing a meal together.

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