Abu Maisarah narrated from 'Aishah that they had slaughtered a sheep, so the Prophet (s.a.w) said: What remains of it? She said: Nothing remains of it except its shoulder. He said: All of it remains except its shoulder.
Read More..Aishah narrated: We, the family of Muhammad, would go for a month without kindling a fire, having only water and dates.
Read More..Anas narrated that the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w) said: Indeed I have feared for the sake of Allah, such that no one has feared, and I have been harmed for the sake of Allah, such that no one has been harmed. Thirty days and nights have passed over me, and there was no food with Bilal and I forced something with a liver to eat, except what Bilal could conceal under his armpit.
Read More..Muhammad bin Ka'b Al-Qurazi said: Someone narrated to me that he heard 'ali bin abi Talib saying: 'I went out on a cold day from the house of the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w). I had taken a tanned skin, si I tore it in the middle, and out it over my neck, and wrapped my mid-section, fastening it with a palm leave. I was severely hungry, and if there was food in the house of the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w) I would have eaten some of it. I went in search of something. I passed by a Jew on his property drawing water (from a well) with a pulley. I watched him from a gap in the fence. He said: what is wrong with you O Arab1 Would you like to get a date for every bucket? I said: Yes. Open the door so I can come in. He opened the door, I entered and he gave me his bucket. Then for every bucket I pulled out, he would give me a date, until when it was enough for me. I put his bucket down and said: I think I had enough to eat then I scooped some water to drink it. Then I came to the Masjid and found the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w) in it.'
Read More..Abu 'Uthman An-Nahdi narrated: from Abu Hurairah that they (the Companions) were suffering from hunger so the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w) gave them each a date.
Read More..Jabir bin 'Abdullah narrated: The Messenger of Allah (s.a.w) dispatched us, and there were three-hundred of us. We were carrying our provisions on our shoulders. Then our provisions ran out such that each man among us could eat only a date per day. It was said to him: O Abu 'Abdullah! How could one date be enough for a man?' He said: We realized its value when we did not even have that. Then we came to the sea where we saw a whale that the sea had tossed (on the shore). So we ate as much as we liked from it for eighteen days.
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