It is narrated from Sayyiduna Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) that Sayyiduna Abu Talhah (may Allah be pleased with him) came to Sayyidah Umm Sulaym (may Allah be pleased with her), who was the mother of Sayyiduna Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him), and Sayyiduna Abu Talhah (may Allah be pleased with him) was his stepfather, and asked: "O Umm Sulaym! Do you have anything (to eat)? For I passed by the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) while he (peace and blessings be upon him) was teaching the People of the Suffah Surah al-Nisa', and he (peace and blessings be upon him) had tied a stone to his stomach because of severe hunger." She said: "I had some barley, so I ground it." Then she sent me to the markets, and their markets were in fact their orchards, so I brought some firewood from there, and a loaf was prepared from it (the barley flour). Then Sayyiduna Abu Talhah (may Allah be pleased with him) asked: "Do you have any condiment?" She said: "I had a skin container of ghee; I do not know whether anything is left in it or not." So I brought that container and squeezed it. Sayyiduna Abu Talhah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "Two people squeezing together is more effective than one." So they both squeezed it together, and (ghee) the size of a date came out of it, and she smeared the loaf with it. Then he called me and said: "O Anas! Go and look for the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)." I said: "Very well." He said: "I left him (peace and blessings be upon him) with the People of the Suffah, teaching them. Invite him (peace and blessings be upon him), and do not call anyone else with him (peace and blessings be upon him); take care that you do not disgrace me." So I came to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). When he (peace and blessings be upon him) saw me, he said: "Perhaps your father has sent you to us?" I said: "Yes." So he (peace and blessings be upon him) said to the gathering: "Let us go." So they all set out, and on that day they were eighty (80) men. He (peace and blessings be upon him) held my hand, and when I came near the house, I pulled my hand away from his (peace and blessings be upon him) hand. Meanwhile, Sayyiduna Abu Talhah (may Allah be pleased with him) began looking for me in the house, throwing pebbles at me and saying: "You have disgraced me before the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)." Then he went out to him (peace and blessings be upon him) and told him the whole matter. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "This will not harm you." Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) ordered them, and they sat down. Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) went inside, and we brought him (peace and blessings be upon him) the loaf. He (peace and blessings be upon him) asked: "Is there any condiment?" Sayyidah Umm Sulaym (may Allah be pleased with her) said: "O Messenger of Allah! We had a skin container of ghee, which Abu Talhah and I have squeezed." The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Bring it here, for three people squeezing together is more effective than two." Then it was brought to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), and he (peace and blessings be upon him) squeezed it together with the two of them, and (ghee) the size of a date came out of it. Then they rubbed it onto the loaf, and the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) touched it with his blessed hand and supplicated for blessing in it. Then he said: "Call ten men for me." I called ten, and they ate their fill until they began to belch from being full. In this way people kept coming in, ten by ten, until all of them were full. Then the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) sat down, and we sat with him (peace and blessings be upon him), and we all ate until food was left over.
No one narrated this hadith from Muhammad bin Ka'b (may Allah have mercy on him) except Sa'id (may Allah have mercy on him), and no one from Sa'id (may Allah have mercy on him) except Khalid (may Allah have mercy on him); Imam al-Layth (may Allah have mercy on him) is alone in narrating it.
Hadith Referenceالمعجم الأوسط / باب الباء / 3105
Hadith Gradingمحدثین:إسناده حسن
Hadith Takhrij«قال الهيثمي: إسناده حسن «مجمع الزوائد ومنبع الفوائد، ج 8، ص 307»» «أخرجه البخاري فى «صحيحه» برقم: 422، 3578، 5381، 5450، 6688، ومسلم فى «صحيحه» برقم: 2040، ومالك فى «الموطأ» برقم: 3431 / 722، وابن حبان فى «صحيحه» برقم: 5285، 6534، والنسائي فى «السنن الكبرى» برقم: 6582، والترمذي فى «جامعه» برقم: 3630، والدارمي فى «مسنده» برقم: 44، وابن ماجه فى «سننه» برقم: 3342، والبيهقي فى «السنن الكبرى» برقم: 14708، 14709، وأحمد فى «مسنده» برقم: 12686، 13487، 13631، وأبو يعلى فى «مسنده» برقم: 2830، 4145، 4151، 4331، وعبد بن حميد فى «مسنده» برقم: 1238، والبزار فى «مسنده» برقم: 6213، 6732، 6749، 6759، 7538، 7537، 7539، وابن أبي شيبة فى «مصنفه» برقم: 32365، والطبراني فى «الكبير» برقم: 275، 276، 280، 277، 278، 279، 281، 285، 282، 283، 284، 286، 50، والطبراني فى «الأوسط» برقم: 799، 3975، 6485، 8765»