[Machine] The man from among us, when he arrived in the city, would have a guide who would take him to his accommodation. And if he did not have a guide in the city, he would stay in a spot designated for travelers. When I arrived, I stayed in the designated spot and the Prophet ﷺ used to pass by us every day, distributing a whole date to each person that passed between two of us. He would also provide us with blankets to cover ourselves. The Prophet ﷺ led some of the daytime prayers with us. After he finished, the people of the designated spot called out to him saying, "O Messenger of Allah, the dates are burning our stomachs and the blankets are wearing thin." The Prophet ﷺ went to his pulpit, praised Allah and spoke about the difficulties he and his companions faced until he said, "It has come to me and my companion (referring to Abu Bakr) only a few dates, and nothing to eat except barley bread." I asked my father, Abu Harb, what "al-Bareer" (mentioned by the Prophet) was, and he said, "It is the food of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ , the dates of the date palms." We then came to our brothers from the Ansar, and their food was mainly dates. They shared their dates with us, saying, "By Allah, if I had bread and meat, I would make you full with it. But perhaps you will have a time when you have only a handful to eat and feel full, and another time when you have something to rest upon." They asked the Prophet, "O Messenger of Allah, are we better today or were they (the Ansar) better that day?" The Prophet ﷺ replied, "Nay, rather you are better today. You are today a people who love one another, while they (the Ansar) were a people who were aloof from one another." Uraha said, "I think he said, 'who used to detest one another." This is the wording of the hadith narrated by Abu Sahl Al-Qattan and the wording of the hadith narrated by Yahya bin Yahya in abbreviated form.  

كَانَ الرَّجُلُ مِنَّا إِذَا قَدِمَ الْمَدِينَةَ فَكَانَ لَهُ بِهَا عَرِيفٌ نَزَلَ عَلَى عَرِيفِهِ وَإِنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُ بِهَا عَرِيفُ نَزَلَ الصُّفَّةَ فَقَدِمْتُ فَنَزَلَتِ الصُّفَّةَ فَكَانَ يَجْرِي عَلَيْنَا مِنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ كُلَّ يَوْمٍ مُدٌّ مِنْ تَمْرٍ بَيْنَ اثْنَيْنِ وَيَكْسُونَا الْخُنُفَ فَصَلَّى بِنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ بَعْضَ صَلَاةِ النَّهَارِ فَلَمَّا سَلَّمَ نَادَاهُ أَهْلُ الصُّفَّةِ يَمِينًا وَشِمَالًا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَحْرَقَ بُطُونَنَا التَّمْرُ وَتَخَرَّقَتْ عَنَّا الْخُنُفُ فَمَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِلَى مِنْبَرِهِ فَصَعِدَهُ فَحَمِدَ اللَّهَ وَأَثْنَى عَلَيْهِ ثُمَّ ذَكَرَ الشِّدَّةَ مَا لَقِيَ مِنْ قَوْمِهِ حَتَّى قَالَ «وَلَقَدْ أَتَى عَلَيَّ وَعَلَى صَاحِبِي بِضْعَ عَشْرَةَ وَمَا لِي وَلَهُ طَعَامٌ إِلَّا الْبَرِيرَ» قَالَ قُلْتُ لِأَبِي حَرْبٍ وَأَيُّ شَيْءٍ الْبَرِيرُ؟ قَالَ طَعَامُ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ تَمْرُ الْأَرَاكِ «فَقَدِمْنَا عَلَى إِخْوَانِنَا هَؤُلَاءِ مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ وَعِظَمُ طَعَامِهِمُ التَّمْرُ فَوَاسَوْنَا فِيهِ وَاللَّهِ لَوْ أَجِدُ لَكُمُ الْخُبْزَ وَاللَّحْمَ لَأَشْبَعْتُكُمْ مِنْهُ وَلَكِنْ عَسَى أَنْ تُدْرِكُوا زَمَانًا حَتَّى يُغْدَى عَلَى أَحَدِكُمْ بِجَفْنَةٍ وَيُرَاحُ عَلَيْهِ بِأُخْرَى» قَالَ فَقَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَنَحْنُ الْيَوْمَ خَيْرٌ أَمْ ذَاكَ الْيَوْمَ؟ قَالَ «بَلْ أَنْتُمُ الْيَوْمَ خَيْرٌ أَنْتُمُ الْيَوْمَ مُتَحَابُّونَ وَأَنْتُمْ يَوْمَئِذٍ يَضْرِبُ بَعْضُكُمْ رِقَابَ بَعْضٍ» أُرَاهُ قَالَ «مُتَبَاغِضُونَ» هَذَا لَفْظُ حَدِيثِ أَبِي سَهْلٍ الْقَطَّانِ وَحَدِيثُ يَحْيَى بْنِ يَحْيَى عَلَى الِاخْتِصَارِ  

[Machine] The man among us, when he arrived at the city, would stay at the Sufah (a designated area for the poor and homeless to rest). If he had a host in the city, he would stay at his host's place. If he did not have a host, he would stay at the Sufah.

I arrived at the city and did not have a host, so I stayed at the Sufah. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ would visit us every day, bringing with him a bunch of dates and we would be covered with a garment made of coarse wool. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ led us in some of the daytime prayers, and when he finished, the people of the Sufah called him, saying, "O Messenger of Allah, our stomachs are burning because of the dates, and the coarse wool is causing us discomfort."

So the Messenger of Allah ﷺ stood at his pulpit and praised Allah and extolled Him. Then he mentioned the severity of what he encountered from his people, until he said, "I have been given a little, around ten measures of barley, and my companion (referring to Abu Bakr) has been given the same. I have nothing to eat except for the barley bread." I said to Abu Harb, "What is 'al-Burair'?" He said, "It is a bad kind of food, the fruit of camel-thorn."

"So we went to our brothers among the Ansar, and their main food was dates." The Messenger of Allah ﷺ continued, "By Allah, if I were to find bread and meat for you, I would have given you until you were full. But perhaps you may catch up with a time or a person who will feed you and give you rest with broken dishes, and you will wear clothes like the black silk covers of the Ka'bah."

Dawud said that Abu Harb said to me, "O Dawud, do you know what the covers of the Ka'bah were like at that time?" I said, "No." He said, "They were white clothes, brought from Yemen." [Sahih Bukhari]  

كَانَ الرَّجُلُ مِنَّا إِذَا قَدِمَ الْمَدِينَةَ نَزَلَ الصُّفَّةَ وَإِنْ كَانَ لَهُ بِهَا عَرِيفٌ نَزَلَ عَلَى عَرِيفِهِ وَإِنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُ بِهَا عَرِيفٌ نَزَلَ الصُّفَّةَ فَقَدِمْتُ الْمَدِينَةَ وَلَمْ يَكُنْ لِي بِهَا عَرِيفٌ فَنَزَلْتُ الصُّفَّةَ وَكَانَ يَجِيءُ عَلَيْنَا مِنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ كُلَّ يَوْمٍ مُدٌّ مِنْ تَمْرِ بَيْنَ اثْنَيْنِ وَيَكْسُونَا الْخُنُفَ فَصَلَّى بِنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ بَعْضَ صَلَوَاتِ النَّهَارِ فَلَمَّا سَلَّمَ نَادَاهُ أَهْلُ الصُّفَّةِ يَمِينًا وَشِمَالًا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَحَرَقَ بُطُونَنَا التَّمْرُ وَتَخَرَّقَتْ عَنَّا الْخُنُفُ فَقَامَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِلَى مِنْبَرِهِ فَصَعِدَ فَحَمِدَ اللَّهَ وَأَثْنَى عَلَيْهِ ثُمَّ ذَكَرَ شِدَّةَ مَا لَقِيَ مِنْ قَوْمِهِ حَتَّى قَالَ «وَلَقَدْ أُتِيَ عَلَيَّ وَعَلَى صَاحِبِي بِضْعَ عَشْرَةَ مَا لِي وَلَهُ طَعَامٌ إِلَّا الْبَرِيرُ» قَالَ فَقُلْتُ لِأَبِي حَرْبٍ وَأَيُّ شَيْءٍ الْبَرِيرُ؟ قَالَ طَعَامُ سُوءٍ ثَمَرُ الْأَرَاكِ «فَقَدِمْنَا عَلَى إِخْوَانِنَا هَؤُلَاءِ مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ وَعَظِيمُ طَعَامُهُمُ التَّمْرُ فَوَاسُونَا فِيهِ وَوَاللَّهِ لَوْ أَجِدُ لَكُمُ الْخُبْزَ وَاللَّحْمَ لَأَشْبَعْتُكُمْ مِنْهُ وَلَكِنْ عَسَى أَنْ تُدْرِكُوا زَمَانًا أَوْ مَنْ أَدْرَكَهُ مِنْكُمْ يُغْدَى وَيُرَاحُ عَلَيْكُمْ بِالْجِفَانِ وَتَلْبَسُونَ مِثْلَ أَسْتَارِ الْكَعْبَةِ» قَالَ دَاوُدُ قَالَ لِي أَبُو حَرْبٍ «يَا دَاوُدُ وَهَلْ تَدْرِي مَا كَانَ أَسْتَارُ الْكَعْبَةِ يَوْمَئِذٍ؟» قُلْتُ لَا قَالَ «ثِيَابٌ بِيضٌ كَانَ تُؤْتَى بِهَا مِنَ الْيَمَنِ» صحيح  

[Machine] "When the man arrived in the city, he would have a guide with him, meaning a local who would host him. If he did not have a guide, he would stay at a hostel called As-Suffah. He said, 'I stayed at As-Suffah and accompanied a man who would bring us a basket of dates every day from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ . The dates were enough for two men, and we had nothing to eat except for dates and bread made from barley flour.' So, we went to our brothers from the Ansar, and their main food was dates. They shared their dates with us. I stood up and went to the pulpit and praised and thanked Allah. Then, I mentioned what I encountered among his people. I said, 'We stayed, my companion and I, for about fourteen days with nothing to eat except for dates and barley bread. We came to our brothers from the Ansar, and their main food was dates. They shared their dates with us. By Allah, if I had found bread and meat for you, I would have fed you. However, you may be in a time where you find something similar to the As-Shatair (the clothing of the Kaaba) to wear and a meal to eat.'  

كَانَ الرَّجُلُ إِذَا قَدِمَ الْمَدِينَةَ فَكَانَ لَهُ بِهَا يَعْنِي عَرِيفٌ نَزَلَ عَلَى عَرِيفِهِ فَإِنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُ بِهَا عَرِيفٌ نَزَلَ الصُّفَّةَ قَالَ فَكُنْتُ فِيمَنْ نَزَلَ الصُّفَّةَ قَالَ فَرَافَقْتُ رَجُلًا فَكَانَ يُجْرَى عَلَيْنَا مِنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ كُلَّ يَوْمٍ مُدٌّ مِنْ تَمْرٍ بَيْنَ رَجُلَيْنِ فَسَلَّمَ ذَاتَ يَوْمٍ مِنَ الصَّلَاةِ فَنَادَاهُ رَجُلٌ مِنَّا فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ قَدْ أَحْرَقَ التَّمْرُ بُطُونَنَا قَالَ فَمَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ إِلَى مِنْبَرِهِ فَصَعِدَ فَحَمِدَ اللَّهَ وَأَثْنَى عَلَيْهِ ثُمَّ ذَكَرَ مَا لَقِيَ مِنْ قَوْمِهِ قَالَ حَتَّى مَكَثْتُ أَنَا وَصَاحِبِي بِضْعَةَ عَشَرَ يَوْمًا مَا لَنَا طَعَامٌ إِلَّا الْبَرِيرُ وَالْبَرِيرُ ثَمَرُ الْأَرَاكِ فَقَدِمْنَا عَلَى إِخْوَانِنَا مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ وَعُظْمُ طَعَامِهِمُ التَّمْرُ فَوَاسَوْنَا فِيهِ وَاللَّهِ لَوْ أَجِدُ لَكُمُ الْخُبْزَ وَاللَّحْمَ لَأَطْعَمْتُكُمُوهُ وَلَكِنْ لَعَلَّكُمْ تُدْرِكُونَ زَمَانًا أَوْ مَنْ أَدْرَكَهُ مِنْكُمْ يَلْبَسُونَ فِيهِ مِثْلَ أَسْتَارِ الْكَعْبَةِ وَيُغْدَى عَلَيْهِمْ وَيُرَاحُ بِالْجِفَانِ «  

[Machine] "When a man used to come to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and he did not have anyone in Madinah to host him, he would stay with the Unnabar companions. I had partners in this arrangement. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to visit us every day between two date trees and he would assign two days of dates for us. While the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was in some of the prayers, he was called by one of his companions saying, 'O Messenger of Allah, the dates are causing pain in our stomachs and our bodies are becoming weak.' When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ finished the prayer, he stood up and praised Allah and extolled His virtues. Then he mentioned the hardship his people were going through. He said, 'So my companion and I had no food for a number of days except for barīr until we reached our brothers from the Ansar and they provided assistance and we were delighted with their food, which consisted mostly of dates. By the One besides Whom there is no true god, if I had found for you bread and meat, I would have fed you with that. And it is perhaps that you will reach a time or a place which those among you who reaches will be able to wear two cloaks of silk from the Ka'bah and you will be given bread and meat to eat and Myanmar on which to recline."  

كَانَ الرَّجُلُ إِذَا قَدِمَ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَلَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُ بِالْمَدِينَةِ عَرِيفٌ يَنْزِلُ عَلَيْهِ نَزَلَ مَعَ أَصْحَابِ الصُّفَّةِ وَكَانَ لِي بِهَا قُرَنَاءُ وَكَانَ يَجْرِي عَلَيْنَا مِنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ كُلَّ يَوْمٍ بَيْنَ اثْنَيْنِ مُدَّانِ مِنْ تَمْرٍ فَبَيْنَمَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فِي بَعْضِ الصَّلَوَاتِ إِذَا نَادَاهُ مُنَادٍ مِنْ أَصْحَابِهِ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ أْحَرَقَ التَّمْرُ بُطُونَنَا وَتَحَرَّقَتْ عَنَّا الْحَتْفُ فَلَمَّا قَضَى رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ الصَّلَاةَ قَامَ فَحَمِدَ اللهَ وَأَثْنَى عَلَيْهِ ثُمَّ ذَكَرَ مَا لَقِيَ مِنْ قَوْمِهِ مِنَ الشِّدَّةِ قَالَ «فَكُنْتُ أَنَا وَصَاحِبَيَّ بَضْعَةَ عَشَرَ يَوْمًا مَا لَنَا طَعَامٌ إِلَّا الْبَرِيرُ حَتَّى قَدِمْنَا عَلَى إِخْوَانِنَا مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ فَوَاسَوْنَا فِي طَعَامِهِمْ وَعِظَمُ طَعَامِهِمِ التَّمْرُ وَالَّذِي لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا هُوَ لَوْ أَجِدُ لَكُمِ الْخُبْزَ وَاللَّحْمَ لَأَطْعَمْتُكُمُوهُ وَإِنَّهُ لَعَلَّهُ أَنْ تُدْرِكُوا زَمَانًا أَوْ مَنْ أَدْرَكَهُ مِنْكُمْ يَلْبَسُونَ فِيهِ مِثْلَ سِتَارِ الْكَعْبَةِ يُغْدَى عَلَيْكُمْ وَيُرَاحُ فِيهِ بِالْجِفَانِ»  

"عَنْ أَبِى طَلحَةَ بْن عَمْرو البَصْرِىِّ قَالَ: كَانَ أَحَدُنَا إِذَا قَدِمَ المَدِينَةَ فَإِنْ كَانَ لَهُ عَرِيف نَزَلَ عَلَى عَريفِه بغَيْرِ المَعْرِفَةِ، وَإِنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُ عَريف نَزَلَ الصُّفَّةَ، فَكَانَ رَسُولُ الله ﷺ يَقْرنُ بَيْنَ الرجلَيْنِ وَيَرْزُقُهُما مُدّا كُل يَوْمٍ مِنْ تَمْرٍ بَيْنَهُمَا، فَأتَيْتُ فَنَزَلت فِى الصُّفَّةِ مَعَ رَجُلٍ، فَكَانَ بَيْنِى وَبَيْنَهُ كُلَّ يَوْمٍ مُدّ مِنْ تَمْرٍ، فَصَلَّى رَسُولُ الله ﷺ ذَاتَ يَوْمٍ بَعْضَ الصَّلَوَاتِ، فَلَمَّا انْصَرفَ، قَالَ رَجُل من أَهْلِ الصُّفَّة يَا رَسُولَ الله: أَحْرقَ بُطُونَنَا التَّمْرُ وَتَخَرَّقتْ عَنَا الخُنُفُ، فَصَعدَ رَسُولُ الله ﷺ ، فَخَطَبَ فَحَمِدَ الله، وَأَثْنَى عَلَيْهِ، وَذَكر مَا لَقِىَ منْ قَوْمِهِ منَ الشِّدَّة والأذَى (حَتَّى قَالَ): لَقَدْ مَكَثْتُ أَنا وَصَاحِبى ثَمانِيةَ

عَشَرَ يَوْمًا وَلَيْلَةً ومَا طَعَامُنَا إِلَّا البَريرُ، حَتَّى قَدِمْنَا المَدِينَةَ عَلَى إِخْوَانِنَا منَ الأنْصَارِ فَوَاسَوْنَا في طَعَامِهِمْ، وَعُظمُ طَعَامِهِمْ هَذَا التَّمْرُ، وَالله لَوْ وَجَدْتُ اللَّحْمَ وَالخبزَ لأطعَمْتُكُمُوهُ، وَلَكِنْ لَعَلَّكُمْ أَنْ تُدْرِكوا - أَوْ مَنْ أَدْرَكَهُ مِنْكُمْ - زَمَانًا تَلبَسُونَ فِيهِ مِثْلَ أَسْتَارِ الكَعْبَة، وَيُفْدَى عَلَيْكُمْ وَيُرَاحُ بِالجِفَانِ، أنْتُمُ اليَوْمَ خَيْرٌ مِنْكُمْ يَوْمَئِذٍ، أَنْتُمُ اليَوْمَ إِخْوَانٌ، وَأنْتُمْ يَوْمَئِذٍ يَضْربُ بَعْضُكُمْ رِقَابَ بَعْضٍ".