Translations:On Dokuzuncu Mektup/254/en

It is also narrated by reliable and trusted scholars such as the well-known author of al-Shifa’ al-Sharif, Ibn Abi Shayba, and Tabarani, that Abu Hurayra related: “The Noble Messenger (Upon whom be blessings and peace) commanded me, ‘Invite the poor Meccan migrants who have made the bench (suffa)(*^[1])of the mosque their home and who number more than a hundred.’ So I went and searched for them and gathered them together. A tray of food was set before us, and we ate as much as we wanted, then we arose. The dish was as full as it had been when first set down, only, there were fingermarks on the food.(*^[2])

↑ *The People of the Bench: those among the Meccan migrants (Muhajirun) who lived in the outer part of the mosque, who devoted their lives to the preservation and dissemination of the Qur’an, Sunna, and Hadith, and whose livelihood was provided by the Prophet (UWBP). (Tr.)
↑ *Qadi Iyad, al-Shifa’, i, 293; ‘Ali al-Qari, Sharh al-Shifa’, i, 606; al-Haythami, Majma’ al-Zawa’id, viii, 308; Bayhaqi, Dala’il al-Nubuwwa, vi, 101.

[1] *The People of the Bench: those among the Meccan migrants (Muhajirun) who lived in the outer part of the mosque, who devoted their lives to the preservation and dissemination of the Qur’an, Sunna, and Hadith, and whose livelihood was provided by the Prophet (UWBP). (Tr.)

[2] *Qadi Iyad, al-Shifa’, i, 293; ‘Ali al-Qari, Sharh al-Shifa’, i, 606; al-Haythami, Majma’ al-Zawa’id, viii, 308; Bayhaqi, Dala’il al-Nubuwwa, vi, 101.

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