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Sahih al-Bukhari

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Chapter 2 · Belief
Sahih

إِطْعَامُ الطَّعَامِ مِنَ الإِسْلاَمِ

Giving food is part of Islam

أَنَّ رَجُلاً، سَأَلَ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم أَىُّ الإِسْلاَمِ خَيْرٌ قَالَ " تُطْعِمُ الطَّعَامَ، وَتَقْرَأُ السَّلاَمَ عَلَى مَنْ عَرَفْتَ وَمَنْ لَمْ تَعْرِفْ ".

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حَدَّثَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ خَالِدٍ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا اللَّيْثُ، عَنْ يَزِيدَ، عَنْ أَبِي الْخَيْرِ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو ـ رضى الله عنهما ـ

Translation

Abdullah ibn Amr reported that a man asked the Prophet ﷺ: “Which Islam is best?” He said: “That you give food, and give the greeting of peace to those you know and those you do not know.”

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Deutsch

Abdullah ibn Amr berichtete, dass ein Mann den Propheten ﷺ fragte: „Welcher Islam ist der beste?“ Er sagte: „Dass du Essen gibst und den Friedensgruß entbietest, dem, den du kennst, und dem, den du nicht kennst.“

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Türkçe

Abdullah b. Amr (r.a.) şöyle rivayet etti: Bir adam Nebî'ye ﷺ: “Hangi İslâm daha hayırlıdır?” diye sordu. Buyurdu ki: “Yemek yedirmen, tanıdığına ve tanımadığına selâm vermendir.”

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    أَنَّ رَجُلاً، سَأَلَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم أَىُّ الإِسْلاَمِ خَيْرٌ قَالَ " تُطْعِمُ الطَّعَامَ، وَتَقْرَأُ السَّلاَمَ عَلَى مَنْ عَرَفْتَ وَمَنْ لَمْ تَعْرِفْ ".

    Abdullah ibn Amr reported: A man asked the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, “What in Islam is best?” He said, “That you feed (others) and give the greeting of peace to those you know and those you do not know.”

The journey of this hadith

From Medina to Samarqand – over 245 years and 7 stations this text was passed on, mouth to ear, teacher to student.

256AH

al-Bukhari · Samarqand

050100150200250The Prophet Muhammad ﷺ† 11 AH · Medina'Abdullah bin 'Amr bin al-'Aas† 63 AH · Syria (al-Sham)Marthad bin 'Abdullah al-Yazni† 90 AH · EgyptYazid bin Abi Habib† 128 AH · Egyptal-Laith bin Sa'd† 175 AH · Egypt'Amr bin Khalid al-Hirani† 229 AH · Egyptal-Bukhari† 256 AH · Samarqand
  • Prophet ﷺ
  • Companions (Sahaba)
  • Successors (Tabiʿun)
  • Successors of the Successors
  • Later scholars
  • Compiler
Chain as a list
  1. The Prophet Muhammad ﷺرسول الله ﷺ
  2. 'Abdullah bin 'Amr bin al-'Aasعَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو

    d. 63 AH · Egypt/Syria · Comp. RA 1st Generation

  3. Marthad bin 'Abdullah al-Yazniأَبِي الْخَيْرِ

    d. 90 AH · Follower Tabi' 3rd Generation

  4. Yazid bin Abi Habibيَزِيدَ

    d. 128 AH · Follower Tabi' 5th generation

  5. al-Laith bin Sa'dاللَّيْثُ

    d. 175 AH · Succ. Taba' Tabi' 7th generation

  6. 'Amr bin Khalid al-Hiraniعَمْرُو بْنُ خَالِدٍ

    d. 229 AH · 3rd Century AH 10th generation

  7. al-Bukhariالبخاري

    Compiler