Hadith 12429

Chapter 33

باب 33

(33) باب فَضِيلَةِ الْمُوَاسَاةِ فِي الطَّعَامِ الْقَلِيلِ وَأَنَّ طَعَامَ الاِثْنَيْنِ يَكْفِي الثَّلاَثَةَ وَنَحْوِ ذَلِكَ

(33) Chapter: The virtue of sharing a small amount of food, and the food of two is sufficient for three, and so on. (ES)
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حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ، وَعُثْمَانُ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا جَرِيرٌ، عَنِ الأَعْمَشِ، عَنْ أَبِي سُفْيَانَ، عَنْ جَابِرٍ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ " طَعَامُ الرَّجُلِ يَكْفِي رَجُلَيْنِ وَطَعَامُ رَجُلَيْنِ يَكْفِي أَرْبَعَةً وَطَعَامُ أَرْبَعَةٍ يَكْفِي ثَمَانِيَةً " .

Jabir reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying:
Food for one (person) suffices two, and food for two (persons) suffices four persons and food for four persons suffices eight persons. (ES)

Reference (ES): Sahih Muslim 2059 d (ES)

In-book reference (ES): Book 36, Hadith 245 (ES)

USC-MSA web (English) reference(deprecated numbering scheme): Book 23, Hadith 5112 (ES)