Question

Please verify the authenticity of this narration:

Sayyiduna Anas narrates, “Once Sayyidah Fatimah presented Rasulullah (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) with a piece of [barley] bread. Rasulullah (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) enquired as to what it was and Sayyidah Fatimah (radiyallahu ‘anha) replied, ‘I baked this bread and I felt [ashamed to eat it all by myself], therefore I brought a piece for you.’ Rasulullah (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) then said, ‘This is the first thing which I have eaten in three days.'”

 

Answer

Imam Tabarani (rahimahullah) has recorded this narration on the authority of Sayyiduna Anas ibn Malik (radiyallahu ‘anhu). Imam Ahmad (rahimahullah) has recorded a shorter version.

(Al Mu’jamul Kabir, Hadith: 750, Musnad Ahmad, vol. 3, pg. 213)

‘Allamahs Mundhiri and Haythami (rahimahumallah) have declared the narrators of Musnad Ahmad and Tabarani reliable (thiqat).

(Targhib, vol. 4, pg. 188, Majma’uz Zawaid, vol. 10, pg. 312)

Also see here.

 

And Allah Ta’ala Knows best.

Answered by: Mawlana Suhail Motala

Approved by: Mawlana Muhammad Abasoomar

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