Hadith of Dakin ibn Sa'id al-Khath'ami from the Prophet (peace be upon him)

حَدِيثُ دُكَيْنِ بْنِ سَعِيدٍ الْخَثْعَمِيِّ (١) عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، ١٧٥٧٦ - حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ، حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ، عَنْ قَيْسٍ، عَنْ دُكَيْنِ بْنِ سَعِيدٍ (٢) الْخَثْعَمِيِّ، قَالَ: أَتَيْنَا رَسُولَ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَنَحْنُ أَرْبَعُونَ وَأَرْبَعُ مِائَةٍ، نَسْأَلُهُ الطَّعَامَ، فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ لِعُمَرَ: " قُمْ فَأَعْطِهِمْ " (٣) قَالَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، مَا عِنْدِي إِلَّا مَا يَقِيظُنِي وَالصِّبْيَةَ؟ - قَالَ وَكِيعٌ: الْقَيْظُ فِي كَلَامِ الْعَرَبِ: أَرْبَعَةُ أَشْهُرٍ - قَالَ: " قُمْ فَأَعْطِهِمْ " قَالَ عُمَرُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، سَمْعًا وَطَاعَةً. قَالَ: فَقَامَ عُمَرُ وَقُمْنَا مَعَهُ، فَصَعِدَ بِنَا إِلَى غُرْفَةٍ لَهُ، فَأَخْرَجَ الْمِفْتَاحَ مِنْ حُجْزَتِهِ، فَفَتَحَ الْبَابَ. قَالَ دُكَيْنٌ: فَإِذَا فِي الْغُرْفَةِ مِنَ التَّمْرِ شَبِيهٌ بِالْفَصِيلِ الرَّابِضِ، قَالَ: شَأْنَكُمْ. قَالَ: فَأَخَذَ كُلُّ رَجُلٍ مِنَّا حَاجَتَهُ مَا شَاءَ، قَالَ: ثُمَّ الْتَفَتُّ وَإِنِّي لَمِنْ آخِرِهِمْ وَكَأَنَّا لَمْ نَرْزَأْ مِنْهُ تَمْرَةً (٤)، ،

It is narrated from Dakin bin Saeed (may Allah be pleased with him) that once we presented ourselves before the Prophet (ﷺ), and our total number was four hundred and forty people. We came to the Prophet (ﷺ) with a request for grain. The Prophet (ﷺ) said to Umar (may Allah be pleased with him), "Get up and give them grain." He submitted, "O Messenger of Allah! (ﷺ) I have only as much grain as will suffice me and my children for just four months." The Prophet (ﷺ) repeated his command. Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said, "O Messenger of Allah! (ﷺ) whatever your command, I will fulfill it immediately." So Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) stood up, and we also went with him. He took us to one of his rooms, took out the key, and opened the door. We saw that there were heaps of dates in the room like the young of a goat. Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said, "Take as much as you want." So each of us took dates according to our need. I was the last among them. When I observed, it seemed as if even after all of us together had taken, not a single date had decreased from it.

حَدَّثَنَا يَعْلَى بْنُ عُبَيْدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ، عَنْ قَيْسٍ، عَنْ دُكَيْنِ بْنِ سَعِيدٍ الْمُزَنِيِّ، قَالَ: أَتَيْنَا رَسُولَ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَرْبَعِينَ رَاكِبًا وَأَرْبَعَ مِائَةٍ، نَسْأَلُهُ الطَّعَامَ، فَقَالَ لِعُمَرَ: " اذْهَبْ فَأَعْطِهِمْ " فَقَالَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، مَا بَقِيَ إِلَّا آصُعٌ مِنْ تَمْرٍ، مَا أَرَى أَنْ يَقِيظَنِي. قَالَ: " اذْهَبْ فَأَعْطِهِمْ " قَالَ: سَمْعًا وَطَاعَةً. قَالَ: فَأَخْرَجَ عُمَرُ الْمِفْتَاحَ مِنْ حَجُزَتِهِ، فَفَتَحَ الْبَابَ، فَإِذَا شِبْهُ الْفَصِيلِ الرَّابِضِ مِنْ تَمْرٍ، فَقَالَ لَنَا: خُذُوا. فَأَخَذَ كُلُّ رَجُلٍ مِنَّا مَا أَحَبَّ، ثُمَّ الْتَفَتُّ، وَكُنْتُ مِنْ آخِرِ الْقَوْمِ، وَكَأَنَّا لَمْ نَرْزَأْ تَمْرَةً (١)،

It is narrated from Dakin bin Saeed Al-Muzani (may Allah be pleased with him) that once we presented ourselves before the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him). Our total number was four hundred and forty people. We came to the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) with a request for grain. The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said to Umar (may Allah be pleased with him), "Get up and give them grain." He submitted, "O Messenger of Allah! (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) I have only as much grain as will suffice me and my children for just four months." The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) repeated his command. Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said, "O Messenger of Allah! (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) as you command, I will fulfill it immediately." Thus, Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) stood up, and we also went along with him. He took us to one of his rooms, took out the key, and opened the door. We saw that there were heaps of dates in the room like the young of a goat. Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said, "Take as much as you want." So each of us took dates according to his need. I was the last among them. When I observed, it seemed as if even after all of us together had taken, not a single date had decreased from it. The previous hadith is also narrated through this second chain.

حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ، حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ، عَنْ قَيْسٍ،، ، عَنْ دُكَيْنِ بْنِ سَعِيدٍ الْخَثْعَمِيِّ، قَالَ: أَتَيْنَا رَسُولَ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَنَحْنُ أَرْبَعُونَ وَأَرْبَعُمِائَةٍ، فَذَكَرَ الْحَدِيثَ (١) .،

Waki‘ narrated to us, Isma‘il narrated to us, from Qays, from Dukayn ibn Sa‘id al-Khath‘ami, who said: We came to the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, and we were four hundred and forty, and he mentioned the hadith.

حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عُبَيْدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ، عَنْ قَيْسٍ، عَنْ دُكَيْنِ بْنِ سَعِيدٍ، قَالَ: أَتَيْنَا رَسُولَ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، فَذَكَرَ الْحَدِيثَ (٢) .،

Muhammad ibn Ubayd narrated to us, Isma'il narrated to us, from Qays, from Dukayn ibn Sa'id, who said: We came to the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, and he mentioned the hadith.

حَدَّثَنَا يَعْلَى، وَمُحَمَّدٌ ابْنَا عُبَيْدٍ، قَالَا: حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ، عَنْ قَيْسٍ، عَنْ دُكَيْنِ بْنِ سَعِيدٍ الْمُزَنِيِّ، قَالَ: أَتَيْنَا رَسُولَ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، فَذَكَرَ الْحَدِيثَ (٣)، ،

Ya'la and Muhammad, the sons of Ubayd, narrated to us, they said: Isma'il narrated to us from Qays from Dukayn ibn Sa'id al-Muzani who said: We came to the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, and he mentioned the hadith.