Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah

It is narrated from Hazrat Qasim that he says Hazrat Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) said: We would remain for a whole month or half a month in such a state that no fire—whether for a lamp or anything else—would be lit in our house. I (Qasim) asked her: Then how did you sustain yourselves? She replied: With two things—water and dates. And there were some Ansar who were our neighbors—may Allah reward them with goodness. They had she-camels, so sometimes they would send the milk of those she-camels to us.