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Abu Hurayrah’s hunger and later ease

bukhari:7324 – Sulaymān b. Ḥarb > Ḥammād > Ayyūb > Muḥammad

We were with Abu Hurayrah, and he was wearing two linen garments dyed with mumashshaq. He blew his nose and said: “Well, well! Abu Hurayrah blows his nose in linen! I have seen myself falling unconscious between the pulpit of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and the house of Aishah; someone would come and place his foot on my neck, thinking that I was mad. But I was not mad; nothing was wrong with me except hunger.”

البخاري:٧٣٢٤ – حَدَّثَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ عَنْ أَيُّوبَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدٍ قَالَ

كُنَّا عِنْدَ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، وَعَلَيْهِ ثَوْبَانِ مُمَشَّقَانِ مِنْ كَتَّانٍ، فَتَمَخَّطَ فَقَالَ: بَخْ بَخْ، أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ يَتَمَخَّطُ فِي الْكَتَّانِ، لَقَدْ رَأَيْتُنِي وَإِنِّي لأَخِرُّ فِيمَا بَيْنَ مِنْبَرِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِلَى حُجْرَةِ عَائِشَةَ مَغْشِيًّا عَلَىَّ، فَيَجِيءُ الْجَائِي فَيَضَعُ رِجْلَهُ عَلَى عُنُقِي، وَيُرَى أَنِّي مَجْنُونٌ، وَمَا بِي مِنْ جُنُونٍ، مَا بِي إِلاَّ الْجُوعُ.

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tirmidhi:2367 – Qutaybah > Ḥammād b. Zayd > Ayyūb > Muḥammad b. Sīrīn

"We were with Abu Hurarirah and he was wearing two linen garments dyed with red ochre. He blew his nose in one of them and said: 'Excellent! Abu hurairah blows his nose in linens! I saw a time when I would pass out between the mimbar of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and the dwelling of 'Aishah from overwhelming hunger. Someone came and placed his foot on my neck thinking that I was a mad man, but I was not crazy, It was nothing but hunger." (sahih)

Abū ʿĪsá said that this Ḥadīth is Ḥasan-Ṣaḥīḥ-Gharīb in this particular context.

الترمذي:٢٣٦٧ – حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ عَنْ أَيُّوبَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سِيرِينَ قَالَ

كُنَّا عِنْدَ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ وَعَلَيْهِ ثَوْبَانِ مُمَشَّقَانِ مِنْ كَتَّانٍ فَتَمَخَّطَ فِي أَحَدِهِمَا ثُمَّ قَالَ بَخٍ بَخٍ يَتَمَخَّطُ أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ فِي الْكَتَّانِ لَقَدْ رَأَيْتُنِي وَإِنِّي لأَخِرُّ فِيمَا بَيْنَ مِنْبَرِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَحُجْرَةِ عَائِشَةَ مِنَ الْجُوعِ مَغْشِيًّا عَلَىَّ فَيَجِيءُ الْجَائِي فَيَضَعُ رِجْلَهُ عَلَى عُنُقِي يُرَى أَنَّ بِيَ الْجُنُونَ وَمَا بِي جُنُونٌ وَمَا هُوَ إِلاَّ الْجُوعُ

قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ غَرِيبٌ مِنْ هَذَا الْوَجْهِ

ahmad-zuhd:171 – ʿAbdullāh from my father > Rawḥ > Hishām > Muḥammad > Kunnā

[Machine] "We were with Abu Hurayrah when he had two worn-out garments. He took a piece of them and said, 'Bah, Bah, Abu Hurayrah is tearing up in cotton. Indeed, I saw myself between the pulpit of the Messenger of Allah (PBUH) and the chamber of Aisha, fainting. Then a devilish being would come and sit on my chest. I would say, "That's not me. That is hunger.""

الزهد لأحمد:١٧١ – حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي حَدَّثَنَا رَوْحٌ حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامٌ عَنْ مُحَمَّدٍ قَالَ

كُنَّا عِنْدَ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ وَعَلَيْهِ ثَوْبَانِ مُمَشَّقَانِ فَتَمَخَّطَ فِيهِمَا وَقَالَ بَخٍ بَخٍ أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ يَتَمَخَّطُ فِي الْكَتَّانِ لَقَدْ رَأَيْتُنِي فِيمَا بَيْنَ مِنْبَرِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَحُجْرَةِ عَائِشَةَ ؓ أَخِرُّ مَغْشِيًّا عَلَيَّ فَيَجِيءُ الْجَائِي فَيَقْعُدُ عَلَى صَدْرِي فَأَقُولُ إِنَّهُ لَيْسَ بِي ذَاكَ؛ إِنَّمَا هُوَ الْجُوعُ