Mu'jam Kabir Tabarani 21737 — Abu Talhah came to Umm Sulaym

Sayyiduna Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) said: Abu Talhah (may Allah be pleased with him) came to Umm Sulaym (may Allah be pleased with her) (she was his, Anas's, mother, and Abu Talhah was his stepfather) and said: "O Umm Sulaym! Do you have anything? 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 had tied a stone over his stomach because of hunger." She said: "I had some barley which I had ground." Then she sent me to the orchards (by "aswaq" their orchards are meant), and I brought them some firewood, and she made a loaf of bread from it. Then Abu Talhah said: "Do you have any condiment?" She said: "I had a skin of ghee; I do not know whether anything is left in it." She brought it, and Abu Talhah squeezed it. He said: "The squeezing of two is more effective than the squeezing of one." So the two of them squeezed it together and got out of it ghee the size of a date, which they spread on the bread. Then he called me and said: "O Anas! Do you know the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)?" I said: "Yes." He said: "I left him (peace and blessings be upon him) with his companions in the Suffah; he is teaching them the Qur'an. So invite him, and do not bring anyone else with him. Take care that you do not disgrace me." So I went to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), and when he (peace and blessings be upon him) saw me, he said: "Perhaps your father has sent you to us?" I said: "Yes." Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) said to the people: "Let us go." So they all set off, and on that day they were eighty men. He (peace and blessings be upon him) held my hand, and when I came near the house, I pulled my hand free from his (peace and blessings be upon him) hand. Abu Talhah (may Allah be pleased with him) began looking for me in the house and throwing stones at me, 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: "No harm will come to you." Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) had the people sit down, and he himself went inside. We brought the bread to him (peace and blessings be upon him), and he (peace and blessings be upon him) asked: "Is there any condiment?" Umm Sulaym (may Allah be pleased with her) said: "O Messenger of Allah! We had a skin of ghee, which Abu Talhah and I have already squeezed." The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Bring it, for the squeezing of three is more effective than the squeezing of two." So it was brought, and the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) squeezed it himself, and ghee the size of a date came out of it, which they rubbed on the bread; the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) passed his hand over it, then supplicated for blessing in it. Then he said: "Call ten men for me." So I called ten men, and they ate from it until they were full. In this way they kept coming in ten at a time 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 ate as well, until food was left over.