Hadith #534

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Arabic Text

‏ ‏حَدَّثَنَا ‏ ‏رَوْحٌ ‏ ‏حَدَّثَنَا ‏ ‏ابْنُ جُرَيْجٍ ‏ ‏أَخْبَرَنِي ‏ ‏أَبُو الزُّبَيْرِ ‏ ‏أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ ‏ ‏جَابِرَ بْنَ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ‏ ‏يَقُولُ ‏ ‏سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ‏ ‏صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ‏ ‏يَقُولُ ‏ ‏طَعَامُ الْوَاحِدِ يَكْفِي ‏ ‏الِاثْنَيْنِ وَطَعَامُ ‏ ‏الِاثْنَيْنِ يَكْفِي الْأَرْبَعَةَ وَطَعَامُ الْأَرْبَعَةِ يَكْفِي الثَّمَانِيَةَ ‏

English Translation

Rawh narrated to us, Ibn Jurayj narrated to us, Abu al-Zubayr informed me that he heard Jabir ibn Abdullah (رضي الله عنهما) saying: I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: 'The food of one suffices two, and the food of two suffices four, and the food of four suffices eight.'

Reference: Musnad Ahmad, Book 29, Hadith 534

Sunnah.com ref: Musnad Ahmad 14572

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