- وعن أبي محمد عبد الرحمن بن أبي بكر الصديق رضي الله عنهما أن أصحاب الصُّفة كانوا أناسًا فقراء، وأن النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم قال مرة: من كان عنده طعام اثنين، فليذهب بثالث، ومن كان عنده طعام أربعة، فليذهب بخامس بسادس" أو كما قال: وأن أبا بكر رضي الله عنه جاء بثلاثة، وانطلق النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم بعشرة، وأن أبا بكر تعشى عند النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم ثم لبث حتى صلى العشاء، ثم رجع، فجاء بعد ما مضى من الليل ما شاء الله. قالت له امرأته: ما حبسك عن أضيافك؟ قال: أو ما عشيتهم؟ قالت: أبوا حتى تجيء وقد عرضوا عليهم قال: فذهبت أنا، فاختبأت، فقال: يا غُنثر، فجدع وسب، وقال: كلوا لا هنيئًا، والله لا أطعمه أبدًا، قال: وايم الله ما كنا نأخذ من لقمة إلا ربا من أسفلها أكثر منها حتى شبعوا، وصارت أكثر مما كانت قبل ذلك، فنظر إليها أبو بكر فقال لامرأته: يا أخت بني فراس ما هذا؟ قالت: لا وقرة عيني لهي الآن أكثر منها قبل ذلك بثلاث مرات! فأكل منها أبو بكر وقال: إنما كان ذلك من الشيطان، يعني يمينه. ثم أكل منها لقمة، ثم حملها إلى النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم فأصبحت عنده، وكان بيننا وبين قوم عهد، فمضى الأجل، فتفرقنا اثني عشر رجلا، مع كل رجل منهم أناس، الله أعلم كم مع كل رجل، فأكلوا منها أجمعون. وفي رواية: فحلف أبو بكر لا يطعمه، فحلفت المرأة لا تطعمه، فحلف الضيف -أو الأضياف- أن لا يطعمه، أو يطعموه حتى يطعمه، فقال أبو بكر: هذه من الشيطان! فدعا بالطعام، فأكل وأكلوا، فجعلوا لا يرفعون لقمة إلا ربت من أسفلها أكثر منها، فقال: يا أخت بني فراس، ما هذا؟ فقالت: وقرة عيني إنها الآن لأكثر منها قبل أن نأكل، فأكلوا، وبعث بها إلى النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم فذكر أنه أكل منها. وفي رواية: إن أبا بكر قال لعبد الرحمن: دونك أضيافك، فإني منطلق إلى النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم، فافرغ من قراهم قبل أن أجيء، فانطلق عبد الرحمن، فأتاهم بما عنده، فقال: اطعموا، فقالوا: أين رب منزلنا؟ قال اطعموا، قالوا: ما نحن بآكلين حتى يجيء رب منزلنا، قال: اقبلوا عنا قراكم، فإنه إن جاء ولم تطعموا، لنلقين منه، فأبوا، فعرفت أنه يجد علي، فلما جاء تنحيت عنه، فقال: ما صنعتم؟ فأخبروه، فقال: يا عبد الرحمن فسكت، ثم قال: يا عبد الرحمن، فسكت، فقال: يا غُنثر أقسمت عليك إن كنت تسمع صوتي لما جئت! فخرجت، فقلت: سل أضيافك، فقالوا: صدق، أتانا به. فقال: إنما انتظرتموني والله لا أطعمه الليلة، فقال الآخرون: والله لا نطعمه حتى تطعمه، فقال: ويلكم ما لكم لا تقبلون عنا قراكم؟ هات طعامك، فجاء به، فوضع يده، فقال: بسم الله. الأولى من الشيطان، فأكل وأكلوا. ((متفق عليه))."
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On the authority of Abu Muhammad Abd al-Rahman bin Abi Bakr al-Siddiq, may Allah be pleased with them both, that the Companions of the Suffah were poor people, and that the Prophet (ﷺ) once said: “Whoever has food for two, let him go with a third, and whoever has food for four, let him take a fifth with a sixth.” Or as he said: And that Abu Bakr, may Allah be pleased with him, brought three, and the Prophet (ﷺ) set out with ten, and that Abu Bakr dined at The Prophet (ﷺ) then stayed until he prayed the evening prayer, then returned, and came after the night had passed, Allah willing. His wife said to him: What kept you away from your guests? He said: Did you not feed them? She said: They refused until you came and they were presented to them. He said: So I went and hid, and he said: O Gunther, and he became angry and cursed, and said: Eat, may it not be blessed. By Allah, I will never feed him again. He said: By Allah, we did not take a single morsel except that more increased from below it than (the morsel taken), until they were full, and it became more than it was before. Then Abu Bakr looked at her and said to his wife: O sister of Banu Firas, what is this? She said: No, the apple of my eye is now three times more than it was before! So Abu Bakr ate from it and said: This was only from Satan, meaning his right hand. Then he ate from it. A morsel, then he carried it to the Prophet (ﷺ) and it remained with him in the morning, and there was a covenant between us and my people, so the term passed, so we separated twelve men, with each man having people, Allah knows how many each man had, so they all ate from it. And in a narration: Abu Bakr swore not to feed him, so the woman swore not to feed him, so the guest - or the guests - swore not to feed him, or to feed him until he fed him, so Abu Bakr said Bakr: This is from Satan! So he called for food, and they ate and they ate, and they began not to lift a morsel except that more increased from below it, and he said: O sister of Banu Firas, what is this? She said: The apple of my eye is now more than it is before we eat, so they ate, and he sent it to the Prophet (ﷺ) and he mentioned that he ate some of it. And in a narration: Abu Bakr said to Abd al-Rahman: Attend to your guests, for I am going to the Prophet (ﷺ) so finish serving them their food before I come back. So Abd al-Rahman set off and brought them what he had, and he said: Feed. They said: Where is the master of our house? He said: Feed. They said: We will not eat until the master of our house comes. He said: Accept your villages from us, for if he comes and you do not feed, we will meet with him. They refused, so I knew that he was angry with me, and when he came, I stepped away from him, and he said: What did you do? So they told him, and he said: O Abdul Rahman, but he remained silent, then he said: O Abdul Rahman, and he remained silent, and he said: O Gunther, I swear to you if you had heard my voice when I came! So I left, and I said: Ask your guests, and they said: He spoke the truth, he brought him to us. He said: You only waited for me, and by Allah I will not feed him. tonight, and the others said: By Allah, we will not feed him until you feed him. He said: Woe to you, why do you not accept your food from us? Bring your food. So he brought it, and he placed his hand and said: In the name of Allah. The first is from Satan. So they ate and ate. [Al-Bukhari and Muslim].