“We, the family of Muhammad ﷺ, would stay for a month during which no fire would be lit (for cooking) and we had only dates and water.”  

إِنْ كُنَّا آلَ مُحَمَّدٍ ﷺ لَنَمْكُثُ شَهْرًا مَا نُوقِدُ فِيهِ بِنَارٍ مَا هُوَ إِلاَّ التَّمْرُ وَالْمَاءُ إِلاَّ أَنَّ ابْنَ نُمَيْرٍ قَالَ نَلْبَثُ شَهْرًا  

“There would come a month when no smoke was seen in any of the households of the family of Muhammad ﷺ. I said: "What did you eat?" She said: "The two black ones - dates and water." But we had neighbors among the Ansar, sincere neighbors, who had domestic sheep, and they used to send some of their milk to us. (One of the narrators) Muhammad said: "And they were nine households."  

لَقَدْ كَانَ يَأْتِي عَلَى آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ ﷺ الشَّهْرُ مَا يُرَى فِي بَيْتٍ مِنْ بُيُوتِهِ الدُّخَانُ قُلْتُ فَمَا كَانَ طَعَامُهُمْ قَالَتِ الأَسْوَدَانِ التَّمْرُ وَالْمَاءُ غَيْرَ أَنَّهُ كَانَ لَنَا جِيرَانٌ مِنَ الأَنْصَارِ جِيرَانُ صِدْقٍ وَكَانَتْ لَهُمْ رَبَائِبُ فَكَانُوا يَبْعَثُونَ إِلَيْهِ أَلْبَانَهَا قَالَ مُحَمَّدٌ وَكَانُوا تِسْعَةَ أَبْيَاتٍ  

“I heard ‘Umar bin Khattab say: ‘I saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ writhing with hunger during the day, and he could not even find the worst of dates with which to fill his stomach.’”  

سَمِعْتُ عُمَرَ بْنَ الْخَطَّابِ يَقُولُ رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَلْتَوِي فِي الْيَوْمِ مِنَ الْجُوعِ مَا يَجِدُ مِنَ الدَّقَلِ مَا يَمْلأُ بِهِ بَطْنَهُ  

“I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say several times: ‘By the One in Whose Hand is the soul of Muhammad, the family of Muhammad does not have a Sa’ of food grains or a Sa’ of dates.’ And at that time he had nine wives.”  

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ مِرَارًا وَالَّذِي نَفْسُ مُحَمَّدٍ بِيَدِهِ مَا أَصْبَحَ عِنْدَ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ صَاعُ حَبٍّ وَلاَ صَاعُ تَمْرٍ وَإِنَّ لَهُ يَوْمَئِذٍ تِسْعَ نِسْوَةٍ  

“The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: ‘The family of Muhammad has only a Mudd of food,’ or ‘The family of Muhammad does not have even a Mud of food.’”  

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ مَا أَصْبَحَ فِي آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ إِلاَّ مُدٌّ مِنْ طَعَامٍ أَوْ مَا أَصْبَحَ فِي آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ مُدٌّ مِنْ طَعَامٍ  

“The Messenger of Allah ﷺ came to us and we stayed for three nights without having anything to eat.”  

عَنْ عَبْدِ الأَكْرَمِ رَجُلٌ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْكُوفَةِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ صُرَدٍ قَالَ أَتَانَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَمَكَثْنَا ثَلاَثَ لَيَالٍ لاَ نَقْدِرُ أَوْ لاَ يَقْدِرُ عَلَى طَعَامٍ  

“One day some hot food was brought to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and he ate. Then when he had finished he said: ‘Praise is to Allah, no hot food has entered my stomach since such and such a time.’”  

أُتِيَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَوْمًا بِطَعَامٍ سُخْنٍ فَأَكَلَ فَلَمَّا فَرَغَ قَالَ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ مَا دَخَلَ بَطْنِي طَعَامٌ سُخْنٌ مُنْذُ كَذَا وَكَذَا