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bukhari:2567 – ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz b. ʿAbdullāh al-Ūwaysī > Ibn Abū Ḥāzim from his father > Yazīd b. Rūmān > ʿUrwah > ʿĀʾishah

Aisha said to me, "O my nephew! We used to see the crescent, and then the crescent and then the crescent in this way we saw three crescents in two months and no fire (for cooking) used to be made in the houses of Messenger of Allah ﷺ. I said, "O my aunt! Then what use to sustain you?" ʿAisha said, "The two black things: dates and water, our neighbors from Ansar had some Manarh and they used to present Messenger of Allah ﷺ some of their milk and he used to make us drink."

البخاري:٢٥٦٧ – حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الأُوَيْسِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي حَازِمٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ رُومَانَ عَنْ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ ؓ

أَنَّهَا قَالَتْ لِعُرْوَةَ ابْنَ أُخْتِي إِنْ كُنَّا لَنَنْظُرُ إِلَى الْهِلاَلِ ثُمَّ الْهِلاَلِ ثَلاَثَةَ أَهِلَّةٍ فِي شَهْرَيْنِ وَمَا أُوقِدَتْ فِي أَبْيَاتِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ نَارٌ فَقُلْتُ يَا خَالَةُ مَا كَانَ يُعِيشُكُمْ قَالَتِ الأَسْوَدَانِ التَّمْرُ وَالْمَاءُ إِلاَّ أَنَّهُ قَدْ كَانَ لِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ جِيرَانٌ مِنَ الأَنْصَارِ كَانَتْ لَهُمْ مَنَائِحُ وَكَانُوا يَمْنَحُونَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ مِنْ أَلْبَانِهِمْ فَيَسْقِينَا

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Living on dates and water in the Prophet's households

bukhari:6459 – ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz b. ʿAbdullāh al-Uwaysī > Ibn Abī Ḥāzim > abīhi > Yazīd b. Rūmān > ʿUrwah > ʿĀʾishah

She said to her nephew: “O son of my sister, we would look at the crescent rising thrice over two months, and no fire would be lit in the houses of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ.” I said, “What used to sustain you?” She said, “The two black things: dates and water, except that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ had neighbors from the Ansar who had milch animals, and they would give the Messenger of Allah ﷺ something from their houses, and we would be given it to drink.”

البخاري:٦٤٥٩ – حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الأُوَيْسِيُّ حَدَّثَنِي ابْنُ أَبِي حَازِمٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ رُومَانَ عَنْ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ

أَنَّهَا قَالَتْ لِعُرْوَةَ: ابْنَ أُخْتِي، إِنْ كُنَّا لَنَنْظُرُ إِلَى الْهِلاَلِ ثَلاَثَةَ أَهِلَّةٍ فِي شَهْرَيْنِ، وَمَا أُوقِدَتْ فِي أَبْيَاتِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ نَارٌ. فَقُلْتُ: مَا كَانَ يُعِيشُكُمْ؟ قَالَتِ: الأَسْوَدَانِ، التَّمْرُ وَالْمَاءُ، إِلَّا أَنَّهُ قَدْ كَانَ لِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ جِيرَانٌ مِنَ الأَنْصَارِ، كَانَ لَهُمْ مَنَائِحُ، وَكَانُوا يَمْنَحُونَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ مِنْ أَبْيَاتِهِمْ، فَيَسْقِينَاهُ.

muslim:2972c – Yaḥyá b. Yaḥyá > ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz b. Abū Ḥāzim from his father > Yazīd b. Rūmān > ʿUrwah > ʿĀʾishah > Kānat

Son of my sister, by Allah, I used to see the new moon, then the new moon, then the new moon, i. e. three moons in two months, and fire was not kindled in the house of Messenger of Allah ﷺ. I ('Urwa) said: Auntie, then what were your means of sustenance? She said: Dates and water. But it (so happened) that Messenger of Allah ﷺ had some Ansar as his neighbours and they had milch animals and they used to send to Messenger of Allah ﷺ some milk of their (animals) and he served that to us.

مسلم:٢٩٧٢c – حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ يَحْيَى حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ بْنُ أَبِي حَازِمٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ رُومَانَ عَنْ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ

أَنَّهَا كَانَتْ تَقُولُ وَاللَّهِ يَا ابْنَ أُخْتِي إِنْ كُنَّا لَنَنْظُرُ إِلَى الْهِلاَلِ ثُمَّ الْهِلاَلِ ثُمَّ الْهِلاَلِ ثَلاَثَةَ أَهِلَّةٍ فِي شَهْرَيْنِ وَمَا أُوقِدَ فِي أَبْيَاتِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ نَارٌ قَالَ قُلْتُ يَا خَالَةُ فَمَا كَانَ يُعَيِّشُكُمْ قَالَتِ الأَسْوَدَانِ التَّمْرُ وَالْمَاءُ إِلاَّ أَنَّهُ قَدْ كَانَ لِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ جِيرَانٌ مِنَ الأَنْصَارِ وَكَانَتْ لَهُمْ مَنَائِحُ فَكَانُوا يُرْسِلُونَ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ مِنْ أَلْبَانِهَا فَيَسْقِينَاهُ

ذِكْرُ مَا كَانَ فِيهِ آلُ الْمُصْطَفَى ﷺ مِنْ عَدَمِ الْوَقُودِ فِي دُورِهِمْ بَيْنَ أَشْهُرٍ مُتَوَالِيَةٍ

ibnhibban:6348 – al-Ḥasan b. Sufyān > Muḥammad b. al-Ṣabbāḥ al-Jarjarāʾī > ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz b. Abū Ḥāzim from my father > Yazīd b. Rūmān > ʿUrwah > ʿĀʾishah

Son of my sister, by Allah, I used to see the new moon, then the new moon, then the new moon, i. e. three moons in two months, and fire was not kindled in the house of Messenger of Allah ﷺ. I ('Urwa) said: Auntie, then what were your means of sustenance? She said: Dates and water. But it (so happened) that Messenger of Allah ﷺ had some Ansar as his neighbours and they had milch animals and they used to send to Messenger of Allah ﷺ some milk of their (animals) and he served that to us. (Using translation from Muslim 2972c)

ابن حبّان:٦٣٤٨ – أَخْبَرَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ سُفْيَانَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الصَّبَّاحِ الْجَرْجَرَائِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ بْنُ أَبِي حَازِمٍ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنَ رُومَانَ عَنْ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ

أَنَّهَا قَالَتْ «إِنْ كُنَّا لَنَنْظُرُ إِلَى الْهِلَالِ ثُمَّ الْهِلَالِ ثُمَّ الْهِلَالِ ثَلَاثَةَ أَهِلَّةٍ فِي شَهْرَيْنِ وَمَا أُوقِدَتْ فِي بُيُوتِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ نَارٌ» قُلْتُ يَا خَالَةُ فِيمَا كَانَ يُعَيِّشُكُمْ؟ قَالَتْ «الْأَسْوَدَانِ التَّمْرُ وَالْمَاءُ إِلَّا أَنَّهُ كَانَ لِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ جِيرَانَ مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ نِعْمَ الْجِيرَانُ كَانَتْ لَهُمْ مَنَائِحُ فَكَانُوا يَمْنَحُونَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ مِنْ أَلْبَانِهَا فَكَانَ يَسْتَقِينَا مِنْهُ»

bayhaqi:11942 – Abū ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥāfiẓ > Abū Bakr b. Isḥāq al-Faqīh > Ismāʿīl b. Qutaybah > Yaḥyá b. Yaḥyá > ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz b. Abū Ḥāzim from his father > Yazīd b. Rūmān > ʿUrwah > ʿĀʾishah > Kānat

Son of my sister, by Allah, I used to see the new moon, then the new moon, then the new moon, i. e. three moons in two months, and fire was not kindled in the house of Messenger of Allah ﷺ. I ('Urwa) said: Auntie, then what were your means of sustenance? She said: Dates and water. But it (so happened) that Messenger of Allah ﷺ had some Ansar as his neighbours and they had milch animals and they used to send to Messenger of Allah ﷺ some milk of their (animals) and he served that to us. (Using translation from Muslim 2972c)

البيهقي:١١٩٤٢ – أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ أنبأ أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ الْفَقِيهُ أنبأ إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ قُتَيْبَةَ ثنا يَحْيَى بْنُ يَحْيَى أنبأ عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ بْنُ أَبِي حَازِمٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ رُومَانَ عَنْ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ

أَنَّهَا كَانَتْ تَقُولُ وَاللهِ يَا ابْنَ أُخْتِي إِنْ كُنَّا لَنَنْظُرُ إِلَى الْهِلَالِ ثُمَّ الْهِلَالِ ثُمَّ الْهِلَالِ ثَلَاثَةَ أَهِلَّةٍ فِي شَهْرَيْنِ وَمَا أُوقِدَتْ فِي أَبْيَاتِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ نَارٌ قَالَ قُلْتُ يَا خَالَةُ مَا كَانَ يُعِيشُكُمْ؟ قَالَتِ الْأَسْوَدَانِ التَّمْرُ وَالْمَاءُ إِلَّا أَنَّهُ قَدْ كَانَ لِرَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ جِيرَانٌ مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ وَكَانَتْ لَهُمْ مَنَائِحُ فَكَانُوا يُرْسِلُونَ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ مِنْ أَلْبَانِهَا فَيَسْقِينَاهُ

رَوَاهُ الْبُخَارِيُّ فِي الصَّحِيحِ عَنْ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي حَازِمٍ وَرَوَاهُ مُسْلِمٌ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ يَحْيَى

suyuti:673-328b – ʿĀʾishah > n Kunnā
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السيوطي:٦٧٣-٣٢٨b –

"عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ: إن كُنَّا لَنَنْظُرُ إِلَى الهِلَالِ ثُمَّ الْهِلَالِ فِي شَهْرَيْنِ، وَمَا أُوقِدَ فِي بَيْتِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ نَارٌ، قُلْتُ: يَا خَالَةُ! وَمَا كَانَ يُعَيِّشُكُمْ؟ قالت: كَانَ لَنَا جِيرَانٌ مِنَ الأَنْصَارِ نِعْمَ الْجِيْرَانُ، كَانَتْ لَهُمْ مَنَائِحُ (*) مِنْ غَنَمٍ، فَكَانُوا يُرْسِلُونَ مِنْ أَلْبَانِهَا إِلى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ ".

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