Blessing in Abu Hurayrah’s dates
I came to the Prophet ﷺ with some dates and said, "O Messenger of Allah, supplicate to Allah ﷻ to bless them." He gathered them together, then supplicated for blessing in them for me, and said to me, "Take them and put them in this bag of yours, or in this bag. Whenever you want to take anything from it, put your hand into it and take it, and do not scatter it about." I carried such-and-such wasqs of those dates in the cause of Allah ﷻ. We used to eat from it and feed others, and it never left my waist until the day Uthman was killed, for then it came to an end.
أَتَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ بِتَمَرَاتٍ، فَقُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ، ادْعُ اللَّهَ فِيهِنَّ بِالْبَرَكَةِ. فَضَمَّهُنَّ، ثُمَّ دَعَا لِي فِيهِنَّ بِالْبَرَكَةِ، فَقَالَ لِي: «خُذْهُنَّ وَاجْعَلْهُنَّ فِي مِزْوَدِكَ هَذَا أَوْ فِي هَذَا الْمِزْوَدِ، كُلَّمَا أَرَدْتَ أَنْ تَأْخُذَ مِنْهُ شَيْئًا فَأَدْخِلْ فِيهِ يَدَكَ فَخُذْهُ وَلاَ تَنْثُرْهُ نَثْرًا». فَقَدْ حَمَلْتُ مِنْ ذَلِكَ التَّمْرِ كَذَا وَكَذَا مِنْ وَسْقٍ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ، فَكُنَّا نَأْكُلُ مِنْهُ وَنُطْعِمُ، وَكَانَ لاَ يُفَارِقُ حَقْوِي حَتَّى كَانَ يَوْمُ قَتْلِ عُثْمَانَ، فَإِنَّهُ انْقَطَعَ.
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