إِنَّ أَبِي ( صلوات الله عليه ) أَتَاهُ أَخُوهُ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ يَسْتَأْذِنُ لِعَمْرِو بْنِ عُبَيْدٍ وَ وَاصِلٍ وَ بَشِيرٍ الرَّحَّالِ فَأَذِنَ لَهُمْ فَلَمَّا جَلَسُوا قَالَ مَا مِنْ شَيْءٍ إِلَّا وَ لَهُ حَدٌّ يَنْتَهِي إِلَيْهِ فَجِيءَ بِالْخِوَانِ فَوُضِعَ فَقَالُوا فِيمَا بَيْنَهُمْ قَدْ وَ اللَّهِ اسْتَمْكَنَّا مِنْهُ فَقَالُوا يَا أَبَا جَعْفَرٍ هَذَا الْخِوَانُ مِنَ الشَّيْءِ فَقَالَ نَعَمْ قَالُوا فَمَا حَدُّهُ قَالَ حَدُّهُ إِذَا وُضِعَ قِيلَ بِسْمِ اللَّهِ وَ إِذَا رُفِعَ قِيلَ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ وَ يَأْكُلُ كُلُّ إِنْسَانٍ مِمَّا بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ وَ لَا يَتَنَاوَلُ مِنْ قُدَّامِ الْآخَرِ شَيْئاً.
Translation
Ali Bin Muhammad, from Salih Bin Abu Hammad,f rom Al Washa, from Ahmad Bin A’iz, from Abu Khadeeja, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah<sup>asws</sup> having said: ‘My<sup>asws</sup> father<sup>asws</sup>, his<sup>asws</sup> brother Abdullah son of Ali (Al-Husayn<sup>asws</sup>) came to him<sup>asws</sup> seeking permission for Amro Bin Ubeyd, and Wasil, and Bashir Al-Rahhal. So he<sup>asws</sup> permitted them. So when they were seated, he<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘There is none from the things except for it is a Limit ending to it’. So they came with the meal and placed it, so they said in between them, ‘By Allah<sup>azwj</sup>! He<sup>asws</sup> has given us an opportunity from it’. So they said, ‘O Abu Ja’far<sup>asws</sup>! This meal, is it from the ‘things’?’ So he<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘Yes’. They said, ‘So what is its Limit?’ He<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘When it is placed, it is said, ‘In the Name of Allah<sup>azwj</sup>’, and every human being should eat from what is in front of him and should something from the front of another (person)’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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