People used to come to the Prophet ﷺ who had no acquaintances to host them. So one man would take another by the hand, another would take two men, and another would take three, each according to his capacity.My brother-in-law took two men, so I took him aside and reproached him. I said, "You take on two men when your situation is what it is?"He replied, "We have provision from the provision of Allah. Come, let me show you."So I went with him, and he showed me some wheat and said, "This is what we have."I asked, "Where did you get this from?"He said, "We bought it from the caravan that arrived yesterday."Then he showed me a pile of dates the size of a camel's resting place and said, "And we have this too." He showed me a jar containing fat and said, "And this is oil and seasoning."Then he went with the two men to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, whether in the morning or the evening, having already fed them and oiled them.The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to him, "I see your two companions in fine condition. How many meals do you feed them each day?"He said, "Two meals."The Prophet ﷺ said, "Two meals? Why not just one?"
كان يقدم على النبي ﷺ قوم ليست لهم معارف، فيأخذ الرجل بيد الرجل، والرجل بيد الرجلين، والرجل بيد الثلاثة، على قدر طاقته، فأخذ ختني بيد رجلين فخلوت به، فلمته، فقلت: تأخذ رجلين، وعندك ما عندك، فقال: إن عندنا رزقا من رزق الله، فانطلق حتى أريك، فانطلقت، فأراني شيئا من بر، فقال: هذا عندنا، فقلت: من أين لك هذا؟ قال: اشتريناه من العير التي قدمت أمس، وأراني مثل جثوة البعير تمرا، فقال: وهذا عندنا، وأراني جرة فيها ودك، فقال: وهذا دهان وإدام، ثم غدا بهما إلى رسول الله ﷺ، أو راح بهما، وقد أطعمهما ودهنهما، فقال له رسول الله ﷺ: إني أرى صاحبيك حسني الحال، كم تطعمهما كل يوم من وجبة؟ قال: وجبتين، قال: وجبتين؟ فلولا كانت واحدة.
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Bazzar narrated it in Kashf Astar (3606) from Nasr bin Ali, who said, Abdul-Ala bin Abdul-Ala informed us, who said, Jareeri, whose name was Saeed bin Iyas, narrated to us, from Abu Nadra, from Jabir bin Abdullah, who said, and then he mentioned it. Its chain of transmission is sahih, and Abdul-Ala heard from Jareeri before his confusion set in. Haythami said in Majma (10/253), "Bazzar narrated it, and its narrators are the narrators of the Sahih."