The livelihood of the companions of the Prophet (saws) Sunan Ibn Majah 4156
Arabic hadith text
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ، عَنْ أَبِي نَعَامَةَ، سَمِعَهُ مِنْ، خَالِدِ بْنِ عُمَيْرٍ قَالَ خَطَبَنَا عُتْبَةُ بْنُ غَزْوَانَ عَلَى الْمِنْبَرِ فَقَالَلَقَدْ رَأَيْتُنِي سَابِعَ سَبْعَةٍ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ مَا لَنَا طَعَامٌ نَأْكُلُهُ إِلاَّ وَرَقُ الشَّجَرِ حَتَّى قَرِحَتْ أَشْدَاقُنَا .
Translation
It wasnarrated that Ibn ‘Umar said
“Utbah bin Ghazwan delivered asermon on the pulpit and said: ‘I saw myself the seventh of sevenwiththe Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), and we did not have any food toeatexcept the leaves of trees, until our gums hurt.’”