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1005 – Abū Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) reported that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “When one of you is served his meal by his servant, if he does not invite him to sit and eat with him, then let him give him a morsel or two.” Agreed upon; the wording is that of al-Bukhārī. (1)
Vocabulary
– khādim-hu (his servant): the person who attends to his needs; plurals: khadam, khuddām; the feminine form is khādima.
– luqmah: with a ḍamma on the lām, followed by a quiescent qāf; the singular of luqam. Luqam denotes what a person prepares of food to be taken in one bite.
(1) Al-Bukhari, no. 5460; Muslim, no. 1663.
١٠٠٥ - وَعَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ ﵁ قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: "إِذَا أَتَى أَحَدَكُمْ خَادِمُهُ، بِطَعامهِ، فَإِنْ لَمْ يُجْلِسْهُ مَعَهُ، فَلْيُناَوِلْهُ لُقمَةً، أَوْ لُقْمَتَيْنِ". مُتَّفَقٌ عَلَيْهِ، واللَّفْظُ لِلْبُخَارِيِّ (١).
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* مفردات الحديث:
- خَادِمُه: من يقوم بحاجته، جمعه: خَدَمٌ، وخُدَّام، والمرأة خادمة.
- لُقْمَة: بضم اللام، بعدها قاف مثناة ساكنة، واحدة اللُّقَم، واللقم: هي ما يهيئه الإنسان من الطعام للالتقام.
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(١) البخاري (٥٤٦٠)، مسلم (١٦٦٣).