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396 – Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) said: “The Messenger of Allah ﷺ would not set out on the Day of Eid al-Fitr until he had eaten a few dates, and he would eat them in odd numbers.” Reported by al-Bukhari.
In a version that al-Bukhari cites without its chain, which Aḥmad later supplies in full, it reads: “and he would eat them one by one (afrādā).”⦗1⦘
Vocabulary of the ḥadith
• afrādā: with an open hamza; al-fard means an odd number, i.e., a single unit, which is the sense conveyed in al-Bukhari’s wording.
(1) Al-Bukhari, Hadith no. 953; Ahmad, Hadith no. 11859.
٣٩٦ - وَعَنْ أَنَسٍ ﵁ قَالَ: "كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لاَ يَغْدُو يَوْمَ الفِطْرِ، حَتَّى يَأْكُلَ تَمَرَاتٍ، وَيَأْكلُهُنَّ وِتْرًا". أَخْرَجَهُ البُخَارِيُّ.
وفي روايةٍ مُعلَّقةٍ، وَوصَلَهَا أَحْمَدُ: "وَيَأْكُلُهُنَّ أفْرَادًا" (١).
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* مفردات الحديث:
- أفرادًا: بفتح الهمزة، والفرد: الوتر، وهو الواحد، وهو المذكور في رواية البخاري.
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(١) البخاري (٩٥٣)، أحمد (١١٨٥٩).