رياض الصالحين
Riyad as-Salihin Hadith 755
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- 29
Chapter 11
Chapter context: Merit of Sharing Food
- باب تكثير الأيدي على الطعام
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Original Arabic
وعن جابر رضى الله عنه قال: سمعت رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم يقول:
طعام الواحد يكفى الاثنين، وطعام الاثنين يكفى الأربعة، وطعام الأربعة يكفى الثمانية
.((رواه مسلم))
Translation
English translation
Jabir bin 'Abdullah (May Allah be pleased with him) reported:
The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, "The food of one person suffices for two, the food of two persons suffices for four persons, and the food of four persons suffices for eight persons." [Muslim].
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This is Hadith 755 in Riyad as-Salihin. It appears in Book 3, The Book About the Etiquette of Eating, as in-book entry 29 under the chapter “Merit of Sharing Food.”
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