طَعَامُ الْوَاحِدِ يَكْفِي الاِثْنَيْنِ وَطَعَامُ الاِثْنَيْنِ يَكْفِي الأَرْبَعَةَ وَطَعَامُ الأَرْبَعَةِ يَكْفِي الثَّمَانِيَةَ
Food for one person suffices two persons and food for two persons suffices four persons, and food for four persons suffices eight persons
Sahih Muslim 2059a · Source checked
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Source
Sahih Muslim 2059a
Book 36, Hadith 242
English translation on Sunnah.com
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What It Means: Reading in Context
Jabir ibn Abdullah reports this complete saying. The linked chapter concerns sharing even a small amount of food; a note about transmission follows the saying on the source page. This is encouragement towards hospitality and sharing, not a nutritional formula for restricting someone’s food. This entry comes from Sahih Muslim 2059a. The quoted wording is the English translation of the reported saying. Follow the source link to read the narrator, full wording and in-book reference together. A hadith number identifies the source used here; numbering systems can differ between editions. Being able to inspect a source is important when a short statement is shared outside its original setting. The accompanying reflection is an editorial prompt for everyday conduct. It is not part of the hadith and does not replace explanation from qualified scholarship. Avoid extending a short reminder into a religious ruling that the entry itself does not establish.
REFLECTION · EDITORIAL
Look for an opportunity to include someone at your table or share a portion. Be attentive to the needs of the people eating with you.
This reflection is not Qur’an, hadith or an authoritative tafsir.