Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي عَدِيٍّ عَنْ حُمَيْدٍ عَنْ أَنَسٍ قَالَ بَعَثَتْ مَعِي أُمُّ سُلَيْمٍ بِمِكْتَلٍ فِيهِ رُطَبٌ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَلَمْ أَجِدْهُ وَخَرَجَ قَرِيبًا إِلَى مَوْلًى لَهُ دَعَاهُ صَنَعَ لَهُ طَعَامًا قَالَ فَأَتَيْتُهُ فَإِذَا هُوَ يَأْكُلُ فَدَعَانِي لِآكُلَ مَعَهُ قَالَ وَصَنَعَ لَهُ ثَرِيدًا بِلَحْمٍ وَقَرْعٍ قَالَ وَإِذَا هُوَ يُعْجِبُهُ الْقَرْعُ قَالَ فَجَعَلْتُ أَجْمَعُهُ وَأُدْنِيهِ مِنْهُ قَالَ فَلَمَّا طَعِمَ رَجَعَ إِلَى مَنْزِلِهِ قَالَ وَوَضَعْتُ الْمِكْتَلَ بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ قَالَ فَجَعَلَ يَأْكُلُ وَيَقْسِمُ حَتَّى فَرَغَ مِنْ آخِرِهِ.
English Translation
Ibn Abi Adiyy narrated to us from Humayd, from Anas, who said: Umm Sulaym sent me with a basket containing fresh dates to the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, but I did not find him; he had gone out nearby to a freedman of his who had invited him and prepared food for him. He said: I came to him and found him eating, so he invited me to eat with him. He said: He had prepared for him a dish of crumbled bread with meat and gourd, and he said: he was fond of the gourd. He said: So I began gathering it and bringing it close to him. He said: When he finished eating he returned to his house, and he said: I placed the basket before him, and he began to eat from it and distribute it until he finished it all.