11/10. Chapter:
Sunan Ibn Majah 2113 — The Chapters on Expiation
(Expiation should be) with (the average) food that you feed your families
Sunan Ibn Majah : 2113
Sunan Ibn MajahHadith Number 2113
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ مَهْدِيٍّ، حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ بْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ، عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ أَبِي الْمُغِيرَةِ، عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ، قَالَ كَانَ الرَّجُلُ يَقُوتُ أَهْلَهُ قُوتًا فِيهِ سَعَةٌ وَكَانَ الرَّجُلُ يَقُوتُ أَهْلَهُ قُوتًا فِيهِ شِدَّةٌ فَنَزَلَتْ {مِنْ أَوْسَطِ مَا تُطْعِمُونَ أَهْلِيكُمْ} .
Ibn 'Abbas Narrated from:
A man would give his family food that was abundant and another would give his family food that was barely sufficient, then the following was revealed: 'With the Awsat of that with which you feed your families...’”(2)
[1] Meaning: Average, and some of them said it means, the best.[2] Al-Mâ'idah 5:89.Reference : Sunan Ibn Majah 2113In-book reference : Book 11, Hadith 24English translation : Vol. 3, Book 11, Hadith 2113
