Muslim (5/94), Abu Dawud (2/149), and Ahmad (2/277) recorded it through Dawud ibn Qays, from Musa ibn Yasar, from Abu Hurayrah, as a Prophetic report. The meaning of “scant” is explained by the following word, “little.” Al-Nihayah states: “Mashfuh means a small amount. Its original sense is water over which lips have frequently passed until it has become scarce.”

It has a corroborating report from Jabir, narrated by Abu al-Zubayr, who asked Jabir about a man’s servant when he has spared him the hardship and heat. He replied: “The Prophet commanded us to invite him; and if someone dislikes eating with him, he should give him a morsel in his hand.” Ahmad (3/346) recorded it: Musa related to us; Ibn Lahi'ah related to us, from Abu al-Zubayr, with this wording. After attributing it to Ahmad, al-Hafiz said in al-Fath (9/478): “Its chain is good.”

I say: Ibn Lahi'ah had poor retention, but he was corroborated. Al-Bukhari therefore recorded it in al-Adab al-Mufrad (30): Muhammad ibn Salam related to us: Makhlad ibn Yazid informed us: Ibn Jurayj informed us: Abu al-Zubayr related it to me with this wording. This is an authentic chain according to his conditions in the Sahih. Ibn Jurayj and Abu al-Zubayr both practised tadlis, but they explicitly stated direct transmission.

2570 — “When you put on your sandals, begin with the right; and when you take them off, begin with the left. Let the right be the first one you put on, and the left the last one you take off. Do not walk in one sandal: either take them both off or put them both on.”

Abu Umar ibn Mandah recorded it in al-Muntakhab min al-Fawa'id (265/2), through Attab ibn