'We do not eat until we are hungry' Not a Prophetic Narration

26-6-2018 | IslamWeb

Question:

“We are a people who do not eat until we are hungry. And if we eat, we do not eat to our fill.” Is this an authentic hadith?
Answer:

All perfect praise be to Allah, The Lord of the Worlds. I testify that there is none worthy of worship except Allah, and that Muhammad sallallaahu `alayhi wa sallam ( may Allaah exalt his mention ) is His slave and Messenger.

What you have mentioned in the question is not a Hadeeth of the Prophet sallallaahu `alayhi wa sallam ( may Allaah exalt his mention ) and it does not exist in the books of Sunnah and its registers.

The author of As-Seerah Al-Halabiyyah mentioned it without stating any chain of narrators, saying: "Some said that Al-Muqawqis sent a doctor with the gift to the Prophet sallallaahu `alayhi wa sallam ( may Allaah exalt his mention ) who said: 'Go back to your people. We are a people who do not eat until we are hungry. And when we eat, we do not eat to our fill.'" [End of quote]

Al-Albaani may Allaah have mercy upon him said about it in his book As-Silsilah As-Saheehah (7/1651 -1652): "There is no basis for it."

Allah knows best.

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