Hadith #198
Arabic Text
سَمِعْت سُفْيَانَ يَقُولُ إِذَا كَفَى الْخَادِمُ أَحَدَكُمْ طَعَامَهُ فَلْيُجْلِسْهُ فَلْيَأْكُلْ مَعَهُ فَإِنْ لَمْ يَفْعَلْ فَلْيَأْخُذْ لُقْمَةً فَلْيُرَوِّغْهَا فِيهِ فَيُنَاوِلْهُ وَقُرِئَ عَلَيْهِ إِسْنَادُهُ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا الزِّنَادِ عَنِ الْأَعْرَجِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ عَنْ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ
English Translation
It was narrated from Abu Hurayra (رضي الله عنه) — via Sufyan, from Abu al-Zinad, from al-A'raj — [I heard Sufyan transmit it] from the Prophet ﷺ: 'When a servant [khadim] prepares food for one of you, let him seat him and eat with him. If he does not do that, let him take a morsel [luqma] and roll it in [the dish] [li-yurawi-ghaha fihi] and offer it to him.'
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Quran References
Reference: Musnad Ahmad, Book 17, Hadith 198
Sunnah.com ref: Musnad Ahmad 7036
Islam.wiki ID: IWH-43426