Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah

It is narrated from Hazrat Rabee’ bin Khuthaim that he said to his family, “Prepare for me a dessert of dates and ghee.” The narrator says: The family prepared it. Then he called a man who was insane. So Hazrat Rabee’ began to feed him morsels, even though his saliva was flowing. When he had eaten and left, Hazrat Rabee’s wife said to him, “We went to such trouble to make this dessert, and you gave it to him? What does he know about what he has eaten?” Hazrat Rabee’ replied, “But Allah Almighty knows.”