Hadith 22794

Chapter 21

باب 21

(21) باب مَا جَاءَ فِي طَعَامِ الْوَاحِدِ يَكْفِي الاِثْنَيْنِ

(21) Chapter: What Has Been Related About: Food For One is Sufficient For Two (ES)
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حَدَّثَنَا الأَنْصَارِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا مَعْنٌ، حَدَّثَنَا مَالِكٌ، ح وَحَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ، عَنْ مَالِكٍ، عَنْ أَبِي الزِّنَادِ، عَنِ الأَعْرَجِ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم " طَعَامُ الاِثْنَيْنِ كَافِي الثَّلاَثَةِ وَطَعَامُ الثَّلاَثَةِ كَافِي الأَرْبَعَةِ " . قَالَ وَفِي الْبَابِ عَنْ جَابِرٍ وَابْنِ عُمَرَ . قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ .

Narrated Abu Hurairah:
That the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: "The food of two is sufficient for three, and the food of three is sufficient for four."He said: There are narrations on this topic from Jabir, and Ibn 'Umar.[Abu 'Eisa said:] This Hadith is Hasan Sahih. (ES)

Reference (ES): Jami` at-Tirmidhi 1820 (ES)

In-book reference (ES): Book 25, Hadith 34 (ES)

English translation (ES): Vol. 3, Book 23, Hadith 1820 (ES)