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Darussalam · Volume 4

26. THE BOOK OF FOOD

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الحديث: 3766 ¦ الجزء: 3 ¦ الصفحة: 347

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3766. It was narrated that Ḥudhaifah said: “If food was served when the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ was with us, none of us would stretch forth our hands until the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ stretched forth his hand first. We were going to eat with him one time, when a Bedouin came rushing, as if he were being pursued. He went to stretch forth his hand to the food, but the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ took hold of his hand. Then a young girl came rushing, as if she were being pursued. She went to stretch forth her hand to the food, but the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ took hold of her hand. Then the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: 'The Shaitān regards food as permissible (for himself) if the Name of Allāh is not mentioned over it. He brought this Bedouin so that the food might become permissible for him through him, but I took hold of his hand. Then he brought this young girl so that the food might become permissible for him through her, but I took hold of her hand. By the One in Whose Hand is my soul, his hand is in mine along with their hands.'" (Sahih)

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3766 - حَدَّثَنَا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ، عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ، عَنْ خَيْثَمَةَ، عَنْ أَبِي حُذَيْفَةَ، عَنْ حُذَيْفَةَ، قَالَ: كُنَّا إِذَا حَضَرْنَا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ طَعَامًا لَمْ يَضَعْ أَحَدُنَا يَدَهُ حَتَّى يَبْدَأَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، وَإِنَّا حَضَرْنَا مَعَهُ طَعَامًا، فَجَاءَ أَعْرَابِيٌّ كَأَنَّمَا يُدْفَعُ، فَذَهَبَ لِيَضَعَ يَدَهُ فِي الطَّعَامِ، فَأَخَذَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ بِيَدِهِ، ثُمَّ جَاءَتْ جَارِيَةٌ كَأَنَّمَا تُدْفَعُ، فَذَهَبَتْ لِتَضَعَ يَدَهَا فِي الطَّعَامِ، فَأَخَذَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ بِيَدِهَا، وَقَالَ: «إِنَّ الشَّيْطَانَ لَيَسْتَحِلُّ الطَّعَامَ الَّذِي لَمْ يُذْكَرِ اسْمُ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ، وَإِنَّهُ جَاءَ بِهَذَا الْأَعْرَابِيِّ يَسْتَحِلُّ بِهِ، فَأَخَذْتُ بِيَدِهِ، وَجَاءَ بِهَذِهِ الْجَارِيَةِ يَسْتَحِلُّ بِهَا فَأَخَذْتُ بِيَدِهَا، فَوَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ إِنَّ يَدَهُ لَفِي يَدِي مَعَ أَيْدِيهِمَا»

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These narrations demonstrate the gravity of not mentioning Allāh's Name prior to eating.