Arabic (Original)
أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو يَعْلَى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا وَهْبُ بْنُ بَقِيَّةَ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا خَالِدٌ عَنْ دَاوُدَ بْنِ أَبِي هِنْدَ عَنْ أَبِي حَرْبِ بْنِ أَبِي الْأَسْوَدِ عَنْ طَلْحَةَ بْنِ عَمْرٍو قَالَ كَانَ الرَّجُلُ إِذَا قَدِمَ الْمَدِينَةَ فَكَانَ لَهُ بِهَا يَعْنِي عَرِيفٌ نَزَلَ عَلَى عَرِيفِهِ فَإِنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُ بِهَا عَرِيفٌ نَزَلَ الصُّفَّةَ قَالَ فَكُنْتُ فِيمَنْ نَزَلَ الصُّفَّةَ قَالَ فَرَافَقْتُ رَجُلًا فَكَانَ يُجْرَى عَلَيْنَا مِنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ كُلَّ يَوْمٍ مُدٌّ مِنْ تَمْرٍ بَيْنَ رَجُلَيْنِ فَسَلَّمَ ذَاتَ يَوْمٍ مِنَ الصَّلَاةِ فَنَادَاهُ رَجُلٌ مِنَّا فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ قَدْ أَحْرَقَ التَّمْرُ بُطُونَنَا قَالَ فَمَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ إِلَى مِنْبَرِهِ فَصَعِدَ فَحَمِدَ اللَّهَ وَأَثْنَى عَلَيْهِ ثُمَّ ذَكَرَ مَا لَقِيَ مِنْ قَوْمِهِ قَالَ حَتَّى مَكَثْتُ أَنَا وَصَاحِبِي بِضْعَةَ عَشَرَ يَوْمًا مَا لَنَا طَعَامٌ إِلَّا الْبَرِيرُ وَالْبَرِيرُ ثَمَرُ الْأَرَاكِ فَقَدِمْنَا عَلَى إِخْوَانِنَا مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ وَعُظْمُ طَعَامِهِمُ التَّمْرُ فَوَاسَوْنَا فِيهِ وَاللَّهِ لَوْ أَجِدُ لَكُمُ الْخُبْزَ وَاللَّحْمَ لَأَطْعَمْتُكُمُوهُ وَلَكِنْ لَعَلَّكُمْ تُدْرِكُونَ زَمَانًا أَوْ مَنْ أَدْرَكَهُ مِنْكُمْ يَلْبَسُونَ فِيهِ مِثْلَ أَسْتَارِ الْكَعْبَةِ وَيُغْدَى عَلَيْهِمْ وَيُرَاحُ بِالْجِفَانِ «
English Translation
Abu Ya'la informed us, Wahb ibn Baqiyyah narrated to us, Khalid informed us from Dawud ibn Abi Hind from Abu Harb ibn Abi al-Aswad from Talhah ibn Amr who said: When a man came to Madinah, if he had an acquaintance there - meaning a patron - he would stay with his patron. If he had no patron there, he would stay at al-Suffah. He said: I was among those who stayed at al-Suffah. He said: I accompanied a man, and we would be given from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ every day a mudd of dates between two men. One day he finished the prayer and a man from among us called him and said: "O Messenger of Allah, the dates have burned our stomachs." The Prophet ﷺ turned to his pulpit and ascended it, praised Allah and extolled Him, then mentioned what he had endured from his people. He said: "Until I and my companion stayed for more than ten days with no food except berries" - and berries are the fruit of the arak tree. "Then we came to our brothers from the Ansar, and the main part of their food was dates, and they shared it with us. By Allah, if I could find bread and meat for you, I would feed you, but perhaps you will reach a time - or whoever reaches it among you - when you will wear garments like the coverings of the Ka'bah, and trays of food will be brought to you morning and evening."