Food & drink

Two things he described rather than just named

Hunger and betrayal, each given a metaphor.

أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنَ الْجُوعِ فَإِنَّهُ بِئْسَ الضَّجِيعُ وَأَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنَ الْخِيَانَةِ فَإِنَّهَا بِئْسَتِ الْبِطَانَةُ

Aʿūdhu bika mina-l-jūʿ, fa-innahu biʾsa-ḍ-ḍajīʿ, wa aʿūdhu bika mina-l-khiyānah, fa-innahā biʾsati-l-biṭānah

“I seek refuge in You from hunger, for it is a wretched bedfellow. And I seek refuge in You from treachery, for it is a wretched lining.”

Where this comes from

Ḍajīʿ is the one who lies down next to you. Biṭānah is the inner lining of a garment, the part against the skin that no one sees. Both are named for how close they get rather than for what they do.

The full narration

Narrated AbuHurayrah: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) used to say: "O Allah, I seek refuge in Thee from hunger, for it is an evil bed-fellow; and I seek refuge in Thee from treachery, for it is an evil hidden trait

Source

Sunan Abī Dāwūd · 1547

Ḥasan
  • Al-Albani: Hasan
  • Muhammad Muhyi Al-Din Abdul Hamid: Hasan
  • Zubair Ali Zai: Daif

Note on the chain. Scholars differ on this chain. Zubair Ali Zai grades it Daif. The majority (2 of 3) authenticate it.

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