Translations:On Dokuzuncu Mektup/236/en

Abu Ayyub al-Ansari, the Prophet’s (UWBP) host, relates that when the Noble Messenger (Upon whom be blessings and peace) honoured his house, he had prepared a meal for two, which would suffice the Messenger (UWBP) and Abu Bakr. But the Messenger (UWBP) told him: “Invite thirty men from among the distinguished Ansar!”(*^[1])Abu Ayyub said: “Thirty men came and ate. He then said: ‘Invite sixty men,’ which I did, and they also came and ate. The Prophet (UWBP) said again: ‘Invite seventy more.’ I invited them; they came, and when they finished eating, there was still food left in the bowls. All who came embraced Islam and took the oath of allegiance after witnessing this miracle. One hundred and eighty men ate the food of two men.”(*^[2])

↑ *Ansar–Helpers: those of the Medinan Companions who had the migrants from Mecca to stay in their houses. (Tr.)
↑ *Qadi Iyad, al-Shifa’, i, 292; al-Haythami, al-Majma’ al Zawa’id, vii, 303; al-Khafaji, Sharh al- Shifa’, iii, 33; ‘Ali al-Qari, Sharh al-Shifa’, i, 604.

[1] *Ansar–Helpers: those of the Medinan Companions who had the migrants from Mecca to stay in their houses. (Tr.)

[2] *Qadi Iyad, al-Shifa’, i, 292; al-Haythami, al-Majma’ al Zawa’id, vii, 303; al-Khafaji, Sharh al- Shifa’, iii, 33; ‘Ali al-Qari, Sharh al-Shifa’, i, 604.

[1]

[2]