THE STORY OF SIDDEEQ’S BOWL
It may be the bowl which is mentioned in the Hadith of Samurah Ibn Jundab. And Allah (SWT) knows best.
Abdur-Rahman Ibn Abu Bakr narrated: The people of Suffah were poor people and the Prophet (Peace and Blessings of Allah be upon him) said on one occasion, “Whosoever has the food of two people then he should invite a third, and whosoever has the food for four then he should invite a fifth or a sixth,” or words to that effect. Abu Bakr came with three and the Prophet (Peace and Blessings of Allah be upon him) went with 10. Abu Bakr went with three saying, “It was my father, my mother and I.” (The narrator added: I don’t know if he said, “My wife and my servant from our house and Abu Bakr’s house.”) Abu Bakr had supper with the Prophet (Peace and Blessings of Allah be upon him) and stayed until he prayed Isha’ then he returned and waited till the Messenger of Allah (Peace and Blessings of Allah be upon him) had eaten his supper. Then he came after a portion of the night that Allah willed had passed. His wife said to him, “What held you back from your guests or guest?” He said, “Didn’t you serve them supper?” She said, “They refused until you come (the family of Abu Bakr) they offered them however they were overcome (in attempting to persuade the guests). So I went and hid.” Then Abu Bakr said to his son Abdur Rahman, “O ignorant one.” Then he cursed him (saying “may your nose or ear be cut”) and said, “Eat,” – and in a narration – “Not pleasantly (rebuking or cursing them for waiting for him).” He said, “I shall not eat.” By Allah we wouldn’t take a morsel except that it was replaced from where we took it from (i.e. the bowl) or more than that until they were all full and the food became more than it was before they ate. Then Abu Bakr looked and saw that it was something left or more, so he said to his wife – in another narration – “What is this, O sister of Bani Firas tribe?” She said, “No, by the pleasure of my eyes. It is three times more than it was.” So Abu Bakr ate from it and said, “It was Satan,” – i.e. his oath not to eat – then he ate another morsel of food then he took the dish to the Prophet (Peace and Blessings of Allah be upon him) and it remained with him till the morning. And there was an agreement between us and the people and the time had finished. So we split into 12 men and every man had people with him. And Allah (SWT) knows best how many were with each man. Then they all ate – or words to that effect – and others said, “So we knew, from the word knowledge (instead of the word split mentioned earlier).” Abdur-Rahman Ibn Abu Bakr narrated that, “Once we were 130 with the Messenger of Allah (Peace and Blessings of Allah be upon him). The Prophet said, ‘Does any of you have food?’ One man had a Sa‘ of food. Then a tall scruffy haired idolater came with some sheep, so the Prophet (Peace and Blessings of Allah be upon him) said, “For sale or a gift?” Or he said, “Is it a gift?” He said, “No it is for sale.” So he bought a sheep from him and it was cooked and he asked that the liver be fried. Abdur-Rahman said, “By Allah there was none from the 130 except that the Messenger of Allah (Peace and Blessings of Allah be upon him) sliced a piece of liver for him. If he was present he gave it to him and if he was absent he saved it for him.” He added, “He made two bowls from it. So we all ate from them and we were full. A little remained in the two bowls so we carried it on the camel.”
Abu Sa‘eed or Abu Hurairah – al-A‘mash was doubtful – narrated, “In the Battle of Tabook, the people were afflicted by hunger so they said, ‘O Messenger of Allah, would you give us permission so that we can sacrifice our camels, (that were used for irrigation) then eat and use its fat as oil (for lightening fires and other uses)?’ The Messenger of Allah (Peace and Blessings of Allah be upon him) said, ‘Do so.’ Then Umar(May Allah be pleased with him)came and said, ‘O Messenger of Allah, if you do that then our transport (camels) will be lessened, but instead call for their surplus provisions from them and invoke Allah for them that He bestows Blessings upon them (surplus provisions).’ Then the Messenger of Allah (Peace and Blessings of Allah be upon him) said, “Yes.” Then he asked for a sheet which was spread out, thereafter he called for their surplus provisions. All of them would come one by one with a handful of corn and would bring a handful of dates, and nuts till a little sufficient amount was collected on the sheet. Thereafter the Messenger of Allah (Peace and Blessings of Allah be upon him) invoked blessings and said, “Place in your utensils/vessels.” So they collected in their utensils to the fill. And they ate till their fill and still remained a lot of it. Then the Messenger of Allah (Peace and Blessings of Allah be upon him) said, “I testify that there is no deity worthy of worship except Allah and that I am the Messenger of Allah. No slave meets Allah with them (the two testimonies of faith) without doubting and is screened from Paradise (i.e. he will enter Paradise).”
Iyas Ibn Salamah narrated from his father, “We left with the Messenger of Allah (Peace and Blessings of Allah be upon him) for the Battle of Khaibar and we were suffering from exhaustion to the extent that we thought about sacrificing some of our camels. The Prophet of Allah (Peace and Blessings of Allah be upon him) asked for our provisions and we gathered our provisions. We spread a sheet for him and the people’s provision was put on the sheet.” The narrator added, “I looked to estimate as to how much was there. I calculated it as being the same as a grazing she goat (i.e. the collection of provisions) while we were 1,400.” He added: “So we ate till we were all full; we also filled our pockets. Then the Prophet of Allah (Peace and Blessings of Allah be upon him) asked if there was ablution water?” The narrator added: Then a man came with a water skin with a very little water inside it. Then he emptied it in a vessel and all of us performed the ablution. We poured it over 1,400 men., 8 men came and asked, “Is there any water for purification?” The Messenger of Allah (Peace and Blessings of Allah be upon him) said, “The ablution water has finished.”
The story of Jabir (May Allah be pleased with him) and his father’s debt and his increasing of dates
Jabir narrated: His father passed away while he was in debt, “I came to the Prophet (Peace and Blessings of Allah be upon him) and I said: My father left a debt, and I don’t have except that which date-tree produces, yet its produce doesn’t comply with the heavy debt upon him. He went with me so that the creditors don’t rebuke me. He walked around a threshold of a container of dates and supplicated and walked again and supplicated around another container. Then he sat on it and said, “Remove it.” So he repaid them whatever was due to them and similar to it remained with us.
By Ibn Katheer
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