مشكوة المصابيح
Mishkat al-Masabih
كتاب الأطعمة
The Book of Foods
(الْعَيْشُ عَلَى التَّمْرِ وَالْمَاءِ شَهْرًا بِشَهْرٍ)
(Living on dates and water month after month)
Hadith 4192
وَعَنْهَا قَالَتْ: كَانَ يَأْتِي عَلَيْنَا الشَّهْرُ مَا نُوقِدُ فِيهِ نَارًا إِنَّمَا هُوَ التَّمْرُ وَالْمَاءُ إِلَّا أَنْ يُؤْتَى بِاللُّحَيْمِ
She said that sometimes a month would come in which they did not kindle a fire, [For cooking] having only dates and water, unless a little meat was brought. (Bukhari and Muslim.)
