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[Machine] "Our only food with the Prophet ﷺ was dates and water, and by Allah we did not see your white flour (referring to bread) and we did not know what it was. And our clothing with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was the woolen cloak, meaning the garment of the Bedouins."  

أحمد:٨٦٥٣حَدَّثَنَا حَسَنٌ حَدَّثَنَا شَيْبَانُ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

إِنَّمَا كَانَ طَعَامَنَا مَعَ نَبِيِّ اللهِ ﷺ الْأَسْوَدَيْنِ التَّمْرُ وَالْمَاءُ وَاللهِ مَا كُنَّا نَرَى سَمْرَاءَكُمْ هَذِهِ وَلَا نَدْرِي مَا هِيَ؟ وَإِنَّمَا كَانَ لِبَاسُنَا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ النِّمَارَ يَعْنِي بُرْدَ الْأَعْرَابِ