[Machine] I went to the Prophet ﷺ one day with a basket of dates. I said, "Pray to Allah for His blessing upon them." He then lined them up in front of him and said to me, "Put them in a container without scattering them." He said to me, "Take some of them and distribute them for the sake of Allah, both for eating and giving to others." And they were always in plenty for me. But when Uthman was killed, my supply stopped abruptly.
أَتَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ يَوْمًا بِتَمَرَاتٍ فَقُلْتُ ادْعُ اللهَ لِي فِيهِنَّ بِالْبَرَكَةِ قَالَ فَصَفَّهُنَّ بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ قَالَ ثُمَّ دَعَا فَقَالَ لِي اجْعَلْهُنَّ فِي مِزْوَدٍ فَأَدْخِلْ يَدَكَ وَلَا تَنْثُرْهُ قَالَ فَحَمَلْتُ مِنْهُ كَذَا وَكَذَا وَسْقًا فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ وَنَأْكُلُ وَنُطْعِمُ وَكَانَ لَا يُفَارِقُ حَقْوِي فَلَمَّا قُتِلَ عُثْمَانُ انْقَطَعَ عَنْ حَقْوِي فَسَقَطَ