His food · طعامه · Sahih
The meals of the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ
The Messenger of Allah ﷺ went out one day — or one night — and found Abu Bakr and Umar. He said: "What has brought you out of your houses at this hour?" They said: "Hunger, O Messenger of Allah." He said: "And I, by the One in whose hand is my soul, what brought you out has brought me out too. Get up!" They got up with him, and he went to a man of the Ansar. … (The Ansari) went and brought them a cluster of dates, half-ripe, dry and fresh, and said: "Eat of this." … When they had eaten their fill and drunk, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to Abu Bakr and Umar: "By the One in whose hand is my soul, you will be asked about this blessing on the Day of Resurrection: hunger brought you out of your houses, and you did not return until this blessing reached you."
- Narrated by
- Abu Hurayra
- Source
- Sahih Muslim
- Reference
- 2038a
- Grade
- Sahih: authentic chain of narration according to hadith scholars.
- Place
- Medina
- Period
- After Hijra
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