حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ وَحَجَّاجٌ قَالَا حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ الْمَعْنَى قَالَ حَجَّاجٌ عَنْ جَبَلَةَ وَقَالَ ابْنُ جَعْفَرٍ سَمِعْتُ جَبَلَةَ قَالَ كَانَ ابْنُ الزُّبَيْرِ يَرْزُقُنَا التَّمْرَ قَالَ وَقَدْ كَانَ أَصَابَ النَّاسَ يَوْمَئِذٍ جَهْدٌ فَكُنَّا نَأْكُلُ فَيَمُرُّ عَلَيْنَا ابْنُ عُمَرَ وَنَحْنُ نَأْكُلُ فَيَقُولُ لَا تُقَارِنُوا فَإِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ نَهَى عَنْ الْإِقْرَانِ قَالَ حَجَّاجٌ نَهَى عَنْ الْقِرَانِ إِلَّا أَنْ يَسْتَأْذِنَ الرَّجُلُ أَخَاهُ وَقَالَ شُعْبَةُ لَا أُرَى هَذِهِ الْكَلِمَةَ فِي الِاسْتِئْذَانِ إِلَّا مِنْ كَلَامِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ
مسند امام احمد بن حنبل · Hadith 5037
Jabalah said: Ibn al-Zubayr used to provide us with dates, as the people had been stricken with famine at that time. We were eating and Ibn 'Umar passed by us when we were eating and said: Do not eat two together, for the Messenger of Allah (PBUH) forbade eating two together, unless a man asks his brother for permission. Shu'bah said: I think that these words about asking permission are the words of Ibn 'Umar.
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020