رياض الصالحين
Riyad as-Salihin Hadith 564
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Chapter 61
Chapter context: Selflessness and Sympathy
- باب الإيثار والمواساة.
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Original Arabic
وعنه قال: قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم
طعام الاثنين كافي الثلاثة، وطعام الثلاثة كافي الأربعة
((متفق عليه)) . وفى رواية لمسلم عن جابر رضي الله عنه ، عن النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم قال: طعام الواحد يكفي الاثنين وطعام الاثنين يكفي الأربعة، وطعام الأربعة يكفي الثمانية.
Translation
English translation
Abu Hurairah (May Allah be pleased with him) reported:
Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, "The food for two suffices for three; and the food for three suffices for four persons." [Al-Bukhari and Muslim]. In Muslim, Jabir (May Allah be pleased with him) reported: The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "The food for one person suffices for two; the food for two suffices for four, and the food for four suffices for eight persons."
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This is Hadith 564 in Riyad as-Salihin. It appears in Book 1, The Book of Miscellany, as in-book entry 564 under the chapter “Selflessness and Sympathy.”
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Arabic/English book : Book 1, Hadith 565
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