Majma al-Zawaid — Hadith 14120

Sayyiduna Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: One day I came to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and found him sitting with his Companions, talking with them, and he had tied a band over his stomach with a stone placed on it. I asked one of his Companions: "Why has he tied a band over his stomach?" He replied: "Because of hunger." I went to Sayyiduna Abu Talhah (may Allah be pleased with him), who was the husband of Sayyidah Umm Sulaym bint Milhan (may Allah be pleased with her), and said: "O my dear father! I have seen that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) has tied a band over his stomach. I asked one of his Companions about it, and he told me that it is because of hunger." So Sayyiduna Abu Talhah (may Allah be pleased with him) came to my mother and asked: "Is there anything?" She said: "I have some pieces of bread and some dates. Now, if the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) comes to us, we will be able to feed him, but if someone comes with him, then the food will fall short." Sayyiduna Abu Talhah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "O Anas! Go and stand near the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). When the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) gets up, wait until the people disperse, and whoever follows him also disperses, until, when the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) is standing at the threshold of his door, then say: My father invites you." The narrator says: I did just that. When I said: "My father invites you," the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said to his Companions: "O people! You come too." The narrator says: Then the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) took my hand and held it firmly, and he came with his Companions until, when he got near our house, he let go of my hand. I entered the house in distress; the distress was because of the large number of people coming with him. I said: "O my dear father! I said to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) just what you had told me, but the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) invited his Companions too, and he is coming to you with them." Sayyiduna Abu Talhah went out towards him and said: "O Messenger of Allah! I sent Anas only to invite you alone; I do not have enough food to satisfy these people whom I see." The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Go inside; Allah Almighty will satisfy these people with what you have." Then the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) came inside with me and said: "Gather whatever you have and then present it." Those who had come with the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) sat outside. Sayyidah Umm Sulaym (may Allah be pleased with her) says: Whatever we had, which was bread and dates, I presented, and we placed it on our mat. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) prayed for blessing in it, then he said: "Bring eight people in to me." I brought eight people in. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) placed his palm over the food and said: "Start eating, taking the name of Allah." So those people began eating from between his fingers until they were full. Then the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) ordered me, and I brought eight more people. This continued until eighty men had come in, and all of them ate until all of them were full. Then the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) called me, called my mother, and called Sayyiduna Abu Talhah (may Allah be pleased with him), and said: "You eat too." We also ate until we too were full. Then the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) raised his blessed hand and said: "O Umm Sulaym! Compared to when you presented the food, what difference has come to your food now?" She said: "May my father and mother be sacrificed for you! Had I not seen these people eating, I would have said that nothing has decreased from our food." (Allamah al-Haythami says:) I say: A hadith narrated by Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) is mentioned in the Sahih, without this context.
Al-Tabarani recorded it. Its chain contains Usamah bin Zayd bin Aslam, and he is da'if (weak).