Sunan Ibn Majah

Sunan Ibn Majah 4145

Arabic hadith text

حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ هَارُونَ، حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَمْرٍو، عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ، قَالَتْ لَقَدْ كَانَ يَأْتِي عَلَى آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ الشَّهْرُ مَا يُرَى فِي بَيْتٍ مِنْ بُيُوتِهِ الدُّخَانُ ‏.‏ قُلْتُ فَمَا كَانَ طَعَامُهُمْ قَالَتِ الأَسْوَدَانِ التَّمْرُ وَالْمَاءُ غَيْرَ أَنَّهُ كَانَ لَنَا جِيرَانٌ مِنَ الأَنْصَارِ جِيرَانُ صِدْقٍ وَكَانَتْ لَهُمْ رَبَائِبُ فَكَانُوا يَبْعَثُونَ إِلَيْهِ أَلْبَانَهَا ‏.‏ قَالَ مُحَمَّدٌ وَكَانُوا تِسْعَةَ أَبْيَاتٍ ‏.‏

Translation

Abu Bakr ibn Abi Shaybah narrated to us; Yazid ibn Harun narrated to us; Muhammad ibn ‘Amr narrated to us, from Abu Salamah, from ‘A’ishah, who said: A month would pass over the household of Muhammad (ﷺ) without smoke being seen in any of its houses. I asked: “What did they eat?” She replied: “The two dark things—dates and water. But we had neighbors among the Ansar, good neighbors, who had milch animals, and they would send us some of their milk.” Muhammad said: “There were nine households.”