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Sunan Abi Dawud 193 — Eating Cooked Food Before Takbir
Not Performing Wudu' FRom [Food Which Had Been Cooked] Over Fire
Eating Cooked Food Until the Opening Takbir Hadith
Sunan Abi Dawud : 193
Sunan Abi DawudHadith Number 193
حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَمْرِو بْنِ السَّرْحِ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْمَلِكِ بْنُ أَبِي كَرِيمَةَ، - قَالَ ابْنُ السَّرْحِ ابْنُ أَبِي كَرِيمَةَ مِنْ خِيَارِ الْمُسْلِمِينَ - قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي عُبَيْدُ بْنُ ثُمَامَةَ الْمُرَادِيُّ، قَالَ قَدِمَ عَلَيْنَا مِصْرَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ الْحَارِثِ بْنِ جَزْءٍ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَسَمِعْتُهُ يُحَدِّثُ فِي مَسْجِدِ مِصْرَ قَالَ لَقَدْ رَأَيْتُنِي سَابِعَ سَبْعَةٍ أَوْ سَادِسَ سِتَّةٍ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم فِي دَارِ رَجُلٍ فَمَرَّ بِلاَلٌ فَنَادَاهُ بِالصَّلاَةِ فَخَرَجْنَا فَمَرَرْنَا بِرَجُلٍ وَبُرْمَتُهُ عَلَى النَّارِ فَقَالَ لَهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم " أَطَابَتْ بُرْمَتُكَ " . قَالَ نَعَمْ بِأَبِي أَنْتَ وَأُمِّي . فَتَنَاوَلَ مِنْهَا بَضْعَةً فَلَمْ يَزَلْ يَعْلِكُهَا حَتَّى أَحْرَمَ بِالصَّلاَةِ وَأَنَا أَنْظُرُ إِلَيْهِ .
Abdullah ibn Harith ibn Jaz' Narrated from:
One of the Companions of the Prophet (may peace be upon), came upon us in Egypt. When he was narrating traditions in the Mosque of Egypt, I heard him say: I was the seventh or the sixth person in the company of the Messenger of Allah ( peace be upon him) in the house of a person.In the meantime Bilal came and called him for prayer. He came out and passed by a person who had his fire-pan on the fire. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said to him: Has the food in the fire-pan been cooked? He replied: Yes, my parents be sacrificed upon you. He then took a piece out of it and continued to chew it until he uttered the first takbir (AllahuAkbar) of the prayer. All this time I was looking at him.
Reference : Sunan Abi Dawud 193In-book reference : Book 1, Hadith 193English translation : Book 1, Hadith 193
Summary of Sunan Abi Dawud Hadith 193
This hadith describes the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم coming out after Bilal called him for prayer. On the way, he passed a man whose fire-pan was on the fire and asked whether the food had been cooked. When the man said yes, the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم took a piece from it and kept chewing until he uttered the first takbir of the prayer. The narrator says he was looking at him. The main searchable topic is eating cooked food before prayer. The report does not mention renewed wudu in this wording. It simply gives a close observation of eating from cooked food right before the prayer began. The teaching should be kept to that clear scene.
What we learn from this hadith
- The Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم responded to the call for prayer.
- He ate from food that had been cooked in the fire-pan.
- He continued chewing until the opening takbir.
- The narrator carefully watched and preserved the detail.
