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tabarani:14408Muḥammad b. ʿUthmān b. Abū Shaybah > Abū Kurayb > Yaḥyá b. Ādam > Abū Bakr b. ʿAyyāsh > al-Aʿmash > ʿAmr b. Murrah > Abū Naṣr > Khaṭabanā ʿUtbah b. Ghazwān

[Machine] I was with the Prophet ﷺ during seven years, and we did not have any food except the bark of trees.  

الطبراني:١٤٤٠٨حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ ثَنَا أَبُو كُرَيْبٍ ثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ آدَمَ عَنْ أَبِي بَكْرِ بْنِ عَيَّاشٍ عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ مُرَّةَ عَنْ أَبِي نَصْرٍ قَالَ خَطَبَنَا عُتْبَةُ بْنُ غَزْوَانَ فَقَالَ

لَقَدْ كُنْتُ مَعَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ سَابِعَ سَبْعَةٍ مَا لَنَا طَعَامٌ إلَّا لِحَاءُ الشَّجَرِ