وعن أبي هريرة رضي الله عنه
قال: خرج رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم ذات يوم أو ليلة، فإذا هو بأبي بكر وعمر رضي الله عنهما، فقال: «ما أخرجكما من بيوتكما هذه الساعة؟» قالا: الجوع يا رسول الله.
قال: «وأنا، والذي نفسي بيده، لأخرجني الذي أخرجكما. قوما«فقاما معه، فأتى رجلا من الأنصار، فإذا هو ليس في بيته، فلما رأته المرأة قالت: مرحباً وأهلا، فقال لها رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم: «أين فلان؟
«قالت ذهب يستعذب لنا الماء، إذ جاء الأنصاري، فنظر إلى رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم وصاحبيه، ثم قال: الحمد الله، ما أحد اليوم أكرم أضيافاً مني. فانطلق فجاءهم بعذق فيه بسر وتمر ورطب، فقال: كلوا وأخذ المدية فقال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم: «إياك والحلوب«فذبح لهم فأكلوا من الشاة ومن ذلك العذق وشربوا فلما أن شبعوا ورووا قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم لأبي بكر وعمر رضي الله عنهما: «والذي نفسي بيده، لتسألن عن هذا النعيم يوم القيامة، أخرجكم من بيوتكم الجوع، ثم لم ترجعوا حتى أصابكم هذا النعيم»
Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) went out (of his house) one day, or one night, and there he met Abu Bakr and Umar (radiyallahu anhum) also. He (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “What made you leave your houses at this hour?”
They said, “It is hunger, O Messenger of Allah.” He said, “By Him in Whose Hands my soul is, what made you leave, made me also leave, so come along!” And he went along with them to a man from the Ansar, but they did not find him in his house. When the wife of that man saw the Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam), she said, “You are most welcome.”
Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said to her, “Where is so-and-so?” She said, “He went to fetch some fresh water for us.” In the meantime, the Ansari came back, saw Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) and his two companions and said: “Praise be to Allah, today no one has more honourable guests than I.”
He then went out and brought them a bunch of date fruit, having dates, some still green, some ripe, and some fully ripe, and requested them to eat from it. He then took his knife (to slaughter a sheep).
Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said to him, “Do not kill a milch sheep.” So he slaughtered a sheep for them. After they had eaten and drunk to their fill, Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said to Abu Bakr and Umar (radiyallahu anhum), “By Him in Whose Hand my soul is, you will certainly be questioned about this treat on the Day of Resurrection.
Hunger brought you out of your homes, and you do not return to your homes till you have been blessed with this treat.”.