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ibnmajah:4144 – Abū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah > ʿAbdullāh b. Numayr And ʾAbū Usāmah > Hishām b. ʿUrwah from his father > ʿĀʾishah

“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.”  

ابن ماجة:٤١٤٤ – حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ نُمَيْرٍ وَأَبُو أُسَامَةَ عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ

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

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muslim:2972a – ʿAmr al-Nāqid > ʿAbdah b. Sulaymān > And Yaḥyá b. Yamān > Hishām b. ʿUrwah from his father > ʿĀʾishah

We the family of Muhammad ﷺ used to spend (the whole) month in which we (did not need to) kindle the fire as (we had nothing to cook) ; we had only dates and water (to fill our bellies).  

مسلم:٢٩٧٢a – حَدَّثَنَا عَمْرٌو النَّاقِدُ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدَةُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ قَالَ وَيَحْيَى بْنُ يَمَانٍ حَدَّثَنَا عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ

إِنْ كُنَّا آلَ مُحَمَّدٍ ﷺ لَنَمْكُثُ شَهْرًا مَا نَسْتَوْقِدُ بِنَارٍ إِنْ هُوَ إِلاَّ التَّمْرُ وَالْمَاءُ  

tirmidhi:2471 – Hārūn b. Isḥāq al-Hamdānī > ʿAbdah > Hishām b. ʿUrwah from his father > ʿĀʾishah

"We, the family of Muhammad, would go for a month without kindling a fire, having only water and dates."  

الترمذي:٢٤٧١ – حَدَّثَنَا هَارُونُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ الْهَمْدَانِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدَةُ عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ

إِنْ كُنَّا آلَ مُحَمَّدٍ نَمْكُثُ شَهْرًا مَا نَسْتَوْقِدُ بِنَارٍ إِنْ هُوَ إِلاَّ الْمَاءُ وَالتَّمْرُ قَالَ هَذَا حَدِيثٌ صَحِيحٌ