Sayyiduna Amir bin Rabi'ah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) would send us out (on an expedition), and we had nothing to eat except a few ordinary dates. We would divide them handful by handful, until it came down to one date each. (The narrator Abdullah says:) I said: "What benefit could one date each have been to you?" He said: "Do not say that. By Allah, when we did not get even that one date, we felt weakness and hardship."
Imam al-Tabarani (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "Only al-Mas'udi narrated this hadith from Abu Bakr bin Hafs, and this hadith is narrated from Amir bin Rabi'ah (may Allah be pleased with him) only through this chain."
Hadith Referenceالمعجم الأوسط / باب العين / 3697
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