There was once a man and his wife who lived in times long past, unable to find anything to eat. The man returned from a journey and came in to his wife famished, having suffered severe hunger.He said to his wife, "Do you have anything to eat?"She replied, "Yes, rejoice, Allah's provision has come to you."He pressed her, saying, "Woe to you, look and see if you have something."She said, "Yes, in just a little while. We hope for Allah's mercy."When his hunger grew prolonged, he said, "Woe to you, get up and look. If you have any bread, bring it to me, for I have reached my limit and am exhausted."She said, "Yes, the oven is just now finishing. Do not be hasty."After he had been silent for a while, and she also waited expecting him to call out to her again, she said to herself, "If only I got up and checked my oven."So she rose and found her oven full of mutton sides, and her two millstones grinding on their own. She went to the millstone and shook out what was in it, then took out from her oven what was in it of the mutton sides.Abu Hurairah said, "By the One in whose hand is the soul of Abu Qasim," reporting the words of Muhammad ﷺ, "had she taken what was in her millstones without shaking them out, they would have continued grinding until the Day of Resurrection."
حدثنا هاشم بن القاسم قال حدثنا عبد الحميد يعني ابن بهرام قال حدثنا شهر بن حوشب قال
بينما رجل وامرأة له في السلف الخالي لا يقدران على شيء فجاء الرجل من سفره فدخل على امرأته جائعا قد أصابته مسغبة شديدة فقال لامرأته أعندك شيء قالت نعم أبشر أتاك رزق الله فاستحثها فقال ويحك ابتغي إن كان عندك شيء قالت نعم هنية نرجو رحمة الله حتى إذا طال عليه الطوى قال ويحك قومي فابتغي إن كان عندك خبز فأتيني به فإني قد بلغت وجهدت فقالت نعم الآن ينضج التنور فلا تعجل فلما أن سكت عنها ساعة وتحينت أيضا أن يقول لها قالت هي من عند نفسها لو قمت فنظرت إلى تنوري فقامت فوجدت تنورها ملآن جنوب الغنم ورحييها تطحنان فقامت إلى الرحى فنفضتها وأخرجت ما في تنورها من جنوب الغنم قال أبو هريرة فوالذي نفس أبي القاسم بيده عن قول محمد ﷺ لو أخذت ما في رحييها ولم تنفضها لطحنتها إلى يوم القيامة