Sahih Muslim Book - 36, Hadith - 5313

حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ ، حَدَّثَنَا خَلَفُ بْنُ خَلِيفَةَ ، عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ كَيْسَانَ ، عَنْ أَبِي حَازِمٍ ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ ، قَالَ : خَرَجَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ذَاتَ يَوْمٍ ، أَوْ لَيْلَةٍ ، فَإِذَا هُوَ بِأَبِي بَكْرٍ وَعُمَرَ ، فَقَالَ : مَا أَخْرَجَكُمَا مِنْ بُيُوتِكُمَا هَذِهِ السَّاعَةَ ؟ قَالاَ : الْجُوعُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ ، قَالَ : وَأَنَا ، وَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ ، لأَخْرَجَنِي الَّذِي أَخْرَجَكُمَا ، قُومُوا ، فَقَامُوا مَعَهُ ، فَأَتَى رَجُلاً مِنَ الأَنْصَارِ فَإِذَا هُوَ لَيْسَ فِي بَيْتِهِ ، فَلَمَّا رَأَتْهُ الْمَرْأَةُ ، قَالَتْ : مَرْحَبًا وَأَهْلاً ، فَقَالَ لَهَا رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : أَيْنَ فُلاَنٌ ؟ قَالَتْ : ذَهَبَ يَسْتَعْذِبُ لَنَا مِنَ الْمَاءِ ، إِذْ جَاءَ الأَنْصَارِيُّ ، فَنَظَرَ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَصَاحِبَيْهِ ، ثُمَّ قَالَ : الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ مَا أَحَدٌ الْيَوْمَ أَكْرَمَ أَضْيَافًا مِنِّي ، قَالَ : فَانْطَلَقَ ، فَجَاءَهُمْ بِعِذْقٍ فِيهِ بُسْرٌ وَتَمْرٌ وَرُطَبٌ ، فَقَالَ : كُلُوا مِنْ هَذِهِ ، وَأَخَذَ الْمُدْيَةَ ، فَقَالَ لَهُ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : إِيَّاكَ ، وَالْحَلُوبَ ، فَذَبَحَ لَهُمْ ، فَأَكَلُوا مِنَ الشَّاةِ وَمِنْ ذَلِكَ الْعِذْقِ وَشَرِبُوا ، فَلَمَّا أَنْ شَبِعُوا وَرَوُوا ، قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ لأَبِي بَكْرٍ ، وَعُمَرَ : وَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ ، لَتُسْأَلُنَّ عَنْ هَذَا النَّعِيمِ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ ، أَخْرَجَكُمْ مِنْ بُيُوتِكُمُ الْجُوعُ ، ثُمَّ لَمْ تَرْجِعُوا حَتَّى أَصَابَكُمْ هَذَا النَّعِيمُ.

It was narrated that Abu Hurairah said: "The Messenger of Allah (s.a.w) went out one day or night, and he met Abu Bakr and 'Umar. He said: 'What brings you out of your houses at this hour?' They said: 'Hunger, O Messenger of Allah.' He said: 'Me too, by the One in Whose Hand is my soul, I have come out for the same reason as you have come out. Get up.' So they got up and went with him, and he came to an Ansari man, but he was not at home. When his wife saw him (the Prophet (s.a.w)), she said: 'Welcome!' The Messenger of Allah (s.a.w) said to her: 'Where is so-and-so?' She said: 'He has gone to bring us some fresh water.' When the Ansari came, he saw the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w) and his two Companions, then he said: 'Praise be to Allah, no one has more honorable guests today than I.' He went and brought them a bunch of unripe dates, dried dates and fresh dates, and said: 'Eat some of this.' Then he picked up a long knife, and the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w) said to him: 'Beware (of slaughtering) a milch animal.' He slaughtered a sheep for them and they ate from it, and from that bunch of dates, and they drank. When they had eaten and drunk their fill, the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w) said to Abu Bakr and 'Umar: 'By the One in Whose Hand is my soul, you will be asked about this blessing on the Day of Resurrection; hunger brought you out of your houses and you did not go back until this blessing came to you."'