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The Prophet ﷺ never used to eat anything unless it was named for him so that he might know what it was.

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Darussalam · Volume 7

70 - THE BOOK OF FOODS [MEALS]

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الحديث: 5391 ¦ الجزء: 7 ¦ الصفحة: 71

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5391. Narrated Khālid bin Al-Walid رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ that he went with Allāh's Messenger ﷺ to the house of Maimūna, who was his and Ibn 'Abbās' aunt. He found with her a roasted mastigure which her sister Ĥufaid bint Al-Ĥarith had brought from Najd. (1) (Ch. 9) As-Sawīq: See the glossary. Maimūna presented the mastigure before Allāh's Messenger ﷺ who rarely used to eat any (unfamiliar) food unless it was described and named for him. (But that time) Allāh's Messenger ﷺ stretched his hand towards the (meat of the) mastigure whereupon a lady from among those who were present, said, "You should inform Allāh's Messenger ﷺ of what you presented to him. O Allāh's Messenger! It is the meat of a mastigure." So Allāh's Messenger ﷺ withdrew his hand from the meat of the mastigure. Khālid bin Al-Walīd said, "O Allāh's Messenger! Is this unlawful to eat?" Allāh's Messenger ﷺ replied, "No, but it is not found in the land of my people, so I do not like it." Khālid said, "Then I pulled the mastigure (meat) towards me and ate it while Allāh's Messenger ﷺ was looking at me.

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5391 - حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مُقَاتِلٍ أَبُو الحَسَنِ، أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ، أَخْبَرَنَا يُونُسُ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ، قَالَ: أَخْبَرَنِي أَبُو أُمَامَةَ بْنُ سَهْلِ بْنِ حُنَيْفٍ الأَنْصَارِيُّ، أَنَّ ابْنَ عَبَّاسٍ، أَخْبَرَهُ أَنَّ خَالِدَ بْنَ الوَلِيدِ، الَّذِي يُقَالُ لَهُ سَيْفُ اللَّهِ، أَخْبَرَهُ أَنَّهُ دَخَلَ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ عَلَى مَيْمُونَةَ، وَهِيَ خَالَتُهُ وَخَالَةُ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ، فَوَجَدَ عِنْدَهَا ضَبًّا مَحْنُوذًا، قَدْ قَدِمَتْ بِهِ أُخْتُهَا حُفَيْدَةُ بِنْتُ الحَارِثِ مِنْ نَجْدٍ، فَقَدَّمَتِ الضَّبَّ لِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، وَكَانَ قَلَّمَا يُقَدِّمُ يَدَهُ لِطَعَامٍ حَتَّى يُحَدَّثَ بِهِ وَيُسَمَّى لَهُ، فَأَهْوَى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَدَهُ إِلَى الضَّبِّ، فَقَالَتِ امْرَأَةٌ مِنَ النِّسْوَةِ الحُضُورِ: أَخْبِرْنَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ مَا قَدَّمْتُنَّ لَهُ، هُوَ الضَّبُّ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ، فَرَفَعَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَدَهُ عَنِ الضَّبِّ، فَقَالَ خَالِدُ بْنُ الوَلِيدِ: أَحَرَامٌ الضَّبُّ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ؟ قَالَ: «لاَ، وَلَكِنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ بِأَرْضِ قَوْمِي، فَأَجِدُنِي أَعَافُهُ» قَالَ خَالِدٌ: فَاجْتَرَرْتُهُ فَأَكَلْتُهُ، وَرَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَنْظُرُ إِلَيَّ

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