Silsilat al-Ahadith al-Sahihah - Nasir al-Din al-Albani - (4/373)

Silsilat al-Ahadith al-SahihahNasir al-Din al-Albani

(3/110, 113, 197, 231, and 239), Ibn Sa‘d (7/20), and al-Dulabi (2/19), through several routes from him: “The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, was brought milk mixed with water. A Bedouin was on his right, and Abu Bakr was on his left. He drank, then gave it to the Bedouin and said: ‘The one on the right, then the one on the right.’” This is al-Bukhari’s wording, through Malik, from Ibn Shihab, from him.

In a narration recorded by the two Shaykhs and Ahmad, through Abu Tuwalah, Abdullah ibn Abd al-Rahman, who said: I heard Anas say: “The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, came to us in this house of ours and asked for a drink. We milked one of our sheep, then mixed it with water from this well of ours, and gave it to him. Abu Bakr was on his left, Umar was facing him, and a Bedouin was on his right. When he had finished, Umar said, ‘Here is Abu Bakr.’ But he gave what remained of his drink to the Bedouin, then said: ‘Those on the right, those on the right.’” This is the other wording, and the context is al-Bukhari’s. Anas said: “It is a sunnah, it is a sunnah, it is a sunnah.”

As for the hadith of Sahl ibn Sa‘d al-Sa‘idi, it is similar, except for the words: “The one on the right …” It was narrated by Malik (no. 18), al-Bukhari (2/75, 100, and 138; 4/36), Muslim (6/113), Ahmad (5/333 and 338), and al-Tabarani (5780, 5890, 5948, 5989, and 6007), through Abu Hazim, from him. In a narration recorded by al-Bukhari (4/39) and al-Tabarani (5792), through this route from him, he, peace and blessings be upon him, said: “Give us something to drink, O Sahl!”

This hadith shows that the one serving began with the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, only because he had requested a drink. Thus, it cannot be used as proof that the sunnah is always to begin with the most senior person present, as is commonly believed today. How could it be, when he, peace and blessings be upon him, did not do so, but rather gave to the Bedouin on his right instead of Abu Bakr on his left? He then clarified this by saying: “The one on the right, then the one on the right.” Perhaps I have explained this elsewhere in this book or another.

(٣ / ١١٠ و ١١٣ و ١٩٧ و ٢٣١ و٢٣٩) وابن سعد (٧ / ٢٠) والدولابي (٢ / ١٩) من طرق عنه: " أن رسول الله ﷺ أتي بلبن قد شيب بماء وعن يمينه أعرابي وعن شماله أبو بكر، فشرب، ثم أعطى الأعرابي، وقال: " فذكره، واللفظ للبخاري من طريق مالك عن ابن شهاب عنه. وفي رواية للشيخين وأحمد من طريق أبي طوالة عبد الله بن عبد الرحمن قال: سمعت أنسا يقول: " أتانا رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم في دارنا هذه فاستسقى، فحلبنا شاة لنا، ثم شبته من ماء بئرنا هذه، فأعطيته، وأبو بكر عن يساره وعمر تجاهه وأعرابي عن يمينه، فلما فرغ قال عمر: هذا أبو بكر، فأعطى الأعرابي فضله، ثم قال: " فذكره باللفظ الآخر، والسياق للبخاري: قال أنس: فهي سنة، فهي سنة، فهي سنة. ٢ - وأما حديث سهل بن سعد الساعدي نحوه دون قوله: " الأيمن ... ". أخرجه مالك (رقم ١٨) والبخاري (٢ / ٧٥ و ١٠٠ و ١٣٨ و ٤ / ٣٦) ومسلم (٦ / ١١٣) وأحمد (٥ / ٣٣٣ و ٣٣٨) والطبراني (٥٧٨٠ و ٥٨٩٠ و ٥٩٤٨ و ٥٩٨٩ و ٦٠٠٧) من طريق أبي حازم عنه. وفي رواية للبخاري (٤ / ٣٩) والطبراني (٥٧٩٢) من هذا الوجه عنه أنه ﷺ قال: " اسقنا يا سهل! ". وفي الحديث أن بدء الساقي بالنبي ﷺ إنما كان لأنه ﷺ كان طلب السقيا، فلا يصح الاستدلال به على أن السنة البدء بكبير القوم مطلقا كما هو الشائع اليوم، كيف وهو ﷺ لم يفعل ذلك بل أعطى الأعرابي الذي كان عن يمينه دون أبي بكر الذي كان عن يساره، ثم بين ذلك بقوله: " الأيمن فالأيمن ". ولعلي شرحت هذا في مكان آخر من هذا الكتاب أو غيره.