Sahih al-Bukhari
Sahih al-Bukhari 2486
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْعَلاَءِ، حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ أُسَامَةَ، عَنْ بُرَيْدٍ، عَنْ أَبِي بُرْدَةَ، عَنْ أَبِي مُوسَى، قَالَ قَالَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم " إِنَّ الأَشْعَرِيِّينَ إِذَا أَرْمَلُوا فِي الْغَزْوِ، أَوْ قَلَّ طَعَامُ عِيَالِهِمْ بِالْمَدِينَةِ جَمَعُوا مَا كَانَ عِنْدَهُمْ فِي ثَوْبٍ وَاحِدٍ، ثُمَّ اقْتَسَمُوهُ بَيْنَهُمْ فِي إِنَاءٍ وَاحِدٍ بِالسَّوِيَّةِ، فَهُمْ مِنِّي وَأَنَا مِنْهُمْ ".
Muhammad ibn al-Ala' narrated to us: Hammad ibn Usama narrated to us, from Burayd, from Abu Burda, from Abu Musa, who said: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: ‘When the Ash'aris run short of provisions on a military expedition, or their families’ food in Medina becomes scarce, they gather whatever they have in a single cloth, then share it equally among themselves from one bowl. They are of me, and I am of them.’
Translation notes
The report describes equal sharing of the available food, whether scarcity occurs during an expedition or among their households in Medina.