و حَدَّثَنِي سَلَمَةُ بْنُ شَبِيبٍ حَدَّثَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ أَعْيَنَ حَدَّثَنَا مَعْقِلٌ عَنْ أَبِي الزُّبَيْرِ عَنْ جَابِرٍ أَنَّ رَجُلًا أَتَی النَّبِيَّ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَسْتَطْعِمُهُ فَأَطْعَمَهُ شَطْرَ وَسْقِ شَعِيرٍ فَمَا زَالَ الرَّجُلُ يَأْکُلُ مِنْهُ وَامْرَأَتُهُ وَضَيْفُهُمَا حَتَّی کَالَهُ فَأَتَی النَّبِيَّ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَقَالَ لَوْ لَمْ تَکِلْهُ لَأَکَلْتُمْ مِنْهُ وَلَقَامَ لَکُمْ
صحیح مسلم · Hadith 5946
Jabir reported that a person came to Allah's Apostle ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) and asked for food. And he gave him half a wasq of barley, and the person and his wife and their guests kept on making use of it (as a food) until he weighed it (in order to find out the actual quantity, and it was no more). He came to Allah's Apostle ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) (and informed him about it). He said: Had you not weighed it, you would be eating out of it and it would have remained intact for you.
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020