Hadithcore
Sahih Muslim, 27 a
sahih

It is narrated on the authority of Abu Huraira:

We were accompanying the Messenger (ﷺ) in a march (towards Tabuk). He (the narrator) said: The provisions with the people were almost depleted. He (the narrator) said: (And the situation became so critical) that they (the men of the army) decided to slaughter some of their camels. He (the narrator) said: Upon this Umar said: Messenger of Allah, I wish that you should pool together what has been left out of the provisions with the people and then invoke (the blessings of) Allah upon it. He (the narrator) said: He (the Prophet) did it accordingly. He (the narrator) said: The one who had wheat in his possession came there with wheat. He who had dates with him came there with dates. And Mujahid said: He who possessed stones of dates came there with stones. I (the narrator) said: What did they do with the date-stones. They said: They (the people) sucked them and then drank water over them. He (the narrator said): He (the Prophet) invoked the blessings (of Allah) upon them (provisions). He (the narrator) said: (And there was such a miraculous increase in the stocks) that the people replenished their provisions fully. He (the narrator) said: At that time he (the Prophet) said: I bear testimony to the fact that there is no god but Allah, and I am His messenger. The bondsman who would meet Allah without entertaining any doubt about these (two fundamentals) would enter heaven.

حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ النَّضْرِ بْنِ أَبِي النَّضْرِ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو النَّضْرِ، هَاشِمُ بْنُ الْقَاسِمِ حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ الأَشْجَعِيُّ، عَنْ مَالِكِ بْنِ مِغْوَلٍ، عَنْ طَلْحَةَ بْنِ مُصَرِّفٍ، عَنْ أَبِي صَالِحٍ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، قَالَ كُنَّا مَعَ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم فِي مَسِيرٍ - قَالَ - فَنَفِدَتْ أَزْوَادُ الْقَوْمِ قَالَ حَتَّى هَمَّ بِنَحْرِ بَعْضِ حَمَائِلِهِمْ - قَالَ - فَقَالَ عُمَرُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ لَوْ جَمَعْتَ مَا بَقِيَ مِنْ أَزْوَادِ الْقَوْمِ فَدَعَوْتَ اللَّهَ عَلَيْهَا ‏.‏ قَالَ فَفَعَلَ - قَالَ - فَجَاءَ ذُو الْبُرِّ بِبُرِّهِ وَذُو التَّمْرِ بِتَمْرِهِ - قَالَ وَقَالَ مُجَاهِدٌ وَذُو النَّوَاةِ بِنَوَاهُ - قُلْتُ وَمَا كَانُوا يَصْنَعُونَ بِالنَّوَى قَالَ كَانُوا يَمُصُّونَهُ وَيَشْرَبُونَ عَلَيْهِ الْمَاءَ ‏.‏ قَالَ فَدَعَا عَلَيْهَا - قَالَ - حَتَّى مَلأَ الْقَوْمُ أَزْوِدَتَهُمْ - قَالَ - فَقَالَ عِنْدَ ذَلِكَ ‏

‏ أَشْهَدُ أَنْ لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ وَأَنِّي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ لاَ يَلْقَى اللَّهَ بِهِمَا عَبْدٌ غَيْرَ شَاكٍّ فِيهِمَا إِلاَّ دَخَلَ الْجَنَّةَ ‏

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Isnad

7 transmitters
  1. 1Abu Bakr bin al-Nadr bin Abi al-Nadral-Baghdad · d. 245 AH
  2. 2Hashim bin al-Qasim bin MuslimKhurasan,al-Baghdad · d. 207 AH
  3. 3'Ubaidullah bin 'Ubaidur Rahmanal-Kufa · d. 182 AH
  4. 4Malik bin Mghwlal-Kufa · d. 159 AH
  5. 5Talha bin Msrf bin 'AmrHamadan, Yamama, al-Kufa · d. 110 AH or after
  6. 6Dhakwan Abu Salah al-Saman al-ZiyatMedina,Kufa · d. 101 AH
  7. 7Abu HurairahMakkah/Medina/Yemen/Bahrain · d. 59 AH/681 CE
References2 variants
In-Book Reference
Book 1, Hadith 45
USC-MSA web (English) reference
Book 1, Hadith 41 (deprecated numbering scheme)
Sharh · explanationclick to expand
Allah's grace over his servants is great and his mercy encompasses everything to the extent that anyone who dies while believing in Allah's oneness will enter Paradise. In this hadith, Abu Hurairah narrated that they were with the Prophet ﷺ on a march. Imam Muslim mentioned that it was the Battle of Tabouk in the ninth year AH. "People’s provisions were exhausted." In Bukhari's narration, Salama ibn Al-Akwa' narrated, "People's food ran short and they were in great need," to the extent that they were about to slaughter some camels they were riding. Omar ibn Al-Khattab advised the Prophet ﷺ to collect people’s remaining provisions, invoke Allah to get His blessings, and keep camels for riding and carrying people. The Prophet ﷺ agreed and asked people to collect food. Each brought his remaining food. "The one who had wheat came with it and the one who had dates came with them.” Mujahed ibn Jabr (one of this hadith's narrators) narrated, "The one who had date-stones came with them.” Talha ibn Musarref asked him, “What were they doing with the date-stones?” He means it is something that cannot be usually eaten. Mujahed answered, “They were sucking them then drinking water afterward,” if they did not find dates. This referred to the hardship and poverty they were experiencing and confirmed that the Prophet's companions brought all the food they had and none kept anything for himself. Afterward, the Prophet ﷺ invoked Allah who blessed the food to the extent that people filled their containers with that food. The Prophet ﷺ said, "I bear witness that there is no god worthy of worship but Allah and that I am the messenger of Allah." He affirmed Allah's oneness and his prophethood and truthfulness in what he received from Allah. This blessing is proof of his prophethood, for it is paranormal. Then he showed that whoever affirms Allah's oneness and Muhammad's prophethood, acts upon these testimonies, and dies while certainly believing in them Allah will enter him Paradise. As a result, people of monotheism will enter Paradise although some of them may be punished in Hell for their sins, but they will not be eternally in it. Finally, this hadith includes the following benefits: (1) It states the Companions' trust and belief in the Messenger of Allah, (2) It mentions the Prophet's apparent miracle proves his prophethood, (3) It shows the Prophet's modesty, for he accepted Omar's opinion and proposal, (4) It shows the possibility of advising the leader if there is a benefit even he does not ask for that, and (5) Desirability of collecting food for people, especially in the time of poverty..
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