Hadith #176
Arabic Text
حَدَّثَنَا مُوسَى حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ لَهِيعَةَ عَنْ أَبِي الزُّبَيْرِ عَنْ جَابِرٍ عَنْ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَنَّهُ أَتَاهُ رَجُلٌ يَسْتَطْعِمُهُ فَأَ
طْعَمَهُ شَطْرَ وَسْقِ شَعِيرٍ فَمَا زَالَ الرَّجُلُ يَأْكُلُ مِنْهُ هُوَ وَامْرَأَتُهُ وَوَصِيفٌ لَهُمْ حَتَّى كَالُوهُ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ لَوْ لَمْ تَكِيلُوهُ لَأَكَلْتُمْ مِنْهُ وَلَقَامَ لَكُمْ
Isnad Chain
موسى
ابن لهيعة
أبي الزبير
جابر
النبي
English Translation
Musa narrated to us, Ibn Lahi'ah narrated to us, from Abu al-Zubayr, from Jabir (رضي الله عنه), from the Prophet ﷺ — that a man came to him asking for food. He fed him half a wasq of barley. The man and his wife kept eating from it for a long time, until he measured what remained. When the Prophet ﷺ was told about this, he said: 'Had you not measured it, you would have continued to eat from it, and it would have remained for you.'
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Quran References
Reference: Musnad Ahmad, Book 29, Hadith 176
Sunnah.com ref: Musnad Ahmad 14214
Islam.wiki ID: IWH-50604