سنن ابي داود
Sunan Abi Dawud
كتاب اللباس
Clothing (Kitab Al-Libas)
باب فِي قَوْلِهِ { غَيْرِ أُولِي الإِرْبَةِ }
Chapter: Regarding The Statement Of Allah: "Old Male Servants Who Lack Vigour".
Hadith 4110
حَدَّثَنَا مَحْمُودُ بْنُ خَالِدٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا عُمَرُ ، عَنِ الْأَوْزَاعِيِّ فِي هَذِهِ الْقِصَّةِ ، فَقِيلَ : يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ، إِنَّهُ إِذَنْ يَمُوتُ مِنَ الْجُوعِ ، فَأَذِنَ لَهُ أَنْ يَدْخُلَ فِي كُلِّ جُمْعَةٍ مَرَّتَيْنِ فَيَسْأَلُ ، ثُمَّ يَرْجِعُ .
The tradition mentioned above has also been transmitted by al-Auzai through a different chain of narrators. This version adds: He was told: Messenger of Allah, in that case he will of starvation. So he allowed him to visit (the cit) twice a week so that he might ask for food and go back.
