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tabarani:16162 – Jaʿfar b. Muḥammad al-Firyābī > ʿUbaydullāh b. ʿUmar al-Qawārīrī > Jaʿfar b. Sulaymān > Bisṭām b. Muslim > Muʿāwiyah b. Qurrah from his father

[Machine] We traveled with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ for a period of time, and we had no food except for black dates and water.  

الطبراني:١٦١٦٢ – حَدَّثَنَا جَعْفَرُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْفِرْيَابِيُّ ثنا عُبَيْدُ اللهِ بْنُ عُمَرَ الْقَوَارِيرِيُّ ثنا جَعْفَرُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ ثنا بِسْطَامُ بْنُ مُسْلِمٍ عَنْ مُعَاوِيَةَ بْنِ قُرَّةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

عَبَرْنَا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ بُرْهَةً مِنْ دَهْرِنَا وَمَا لَنَا طَعَامٌ إِلَّا الْأَسْوَدَانِ التَّمْرُ وَالْمَاءُ  

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ذِكْرُ مَا كَانَ طَعَامُ الْقَوْمِ عَلَى عَهْدِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ عَلَى الْأَغْلَبِ فِي أَحْوَالِهِمْ، عِنْدَ ابْتِدَاءِ ظُهُورِ الْإِسْلَامِ بِهِمْ

ibnhibban:683 – al-Faḍl b. al-Ḥubāb al-Jumaḥī > Abū al-Walīd > Shuʿbah > Dāwud b. Farāhīj > Abū Hurayrah

[Machine] I heard Abu Hurairah saying, "Our food during the time of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was nothing but black dates and water."  

ابن حبّان:٦٨٣ – أَخْبَرَنَا الْفَضْلُ بْنُ الْحُبَابِ الْجُمَحِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْوَلِيدِ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ دَاوُدَ بْنِ فَرَاهِيجَ قَالَ

سَمِعْتُ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ يَقُولُ «مَا كَانَ طَعَامَنَا عَلَى عَهْدِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِلَّا الْأَسْوَدَانِ التَّمْرُ وَالْمَاءُ»