Sunan an-Nasa’i – Hadith No : 3387

It was narrated from Al-Ja’d bin Abi ‘Uthman, that Anas bin Malik said: “The Messenger of Allah got married and consummated the marriage with his wife.” He said: “My mother Umm Sulaim made some Hais, and I brought it to the Messenger of Allah and said: ‘My mother sends you greetings of Salam, and says to you: ‘This is a little from us.” He said: ‘Put it down.’ Then he said: ‘Go and call so-and-so, and so-and-so, and whoever you meet,’ and he named some men. So I called those whom he named and those whom I met.” I said to Anas: “How many were they?” He said: “About three hundred. Then the Messenger of Allah said: ‘Let them sit around the dish of food in groups of ten, one after the other, and let each person eat from what is closest to him.’ They ate until they were full, then one group went out and another group came in. He said to me: ‘O Anas, clear it away.’ So I cleared it away, and I do not know whether there was more when I cleared it away, or when I put it down.”

Hadith In Arabic Text :

أخبرنا قتيبة، قال حدثنا جعفر، – وهو ابن سليمان – عن الجعد أبي عثمان، عن أنس بن مالك، قال تزوج رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم فدخل بأهله – قال – وصنعت أمي أم سليم حيسا – قال – فذهبت به إلى رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم فقلت إن أمي تقرئك السلام وتقول لك إن هذا لك منا قليل ‏.‏ قال ‏”‏ ضعه – ثم قال – اذهب فادع فلانا وفلانا ومن لقيت ‏”‏ ‏.‏ وسمى رجالا فدعوت من سمى ومن لقيته قلت لأنس عدة كم كانوا قال يعني زهاء ثلاثمائة ‏.‏ فقال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏”‏ ليتحلق عشرة عشرة فليأكل كل إنسان مما يليه ‏”‏ ‏.‏ فأكلوا حتى شبعوا فخرجت طائفة ودخلت طائفة قال لي ‏”‏ يا أنس ارفع ‏”‏ ‏.‏ فرفعت فما أدري حين رفعت كان أكثر أم حين وضعت ‏.‏

Chapter : The Book of Marriage – كتاب النكاح