The Messenger of Allah ﷺ went out one day, or one night, and came upon Abu Bakr and Umar.He asked, "What has brought you out of your homes at this hour?"They answered, "Hunger, Messenger of Allah."He said, "By the One in whose hand is my soul, the same thing that brought you out has brought me out as well. Get up."So they rose with him and went to the home of one of the Ansar, but he was not there. When his wife saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, she said, "Welcome."The Messenger of Allah ﷺ asked her, "Where is so-and-so?"She replied, "He went to fetch us some fresh water."Just then the Ansari man arrived. He looked at the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and his two companions and said, "Praise be to Allah, no one today has more honored guests than I do."He went off and brought them a cluster of dates containing unripe, ripe, and fresh dates, and said, "Eat from these." Then he took the knife.The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to him, "Beware of slaughtering a milking animal."He slaughtered a sheep for them, and they ate from the sheep and from that cluster of dates and drank. When they had eaten and drunk their fill, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to Abu Bakr and Umar, "By the One in whose hand is my soul, you will surely be questioned about this blessing on the Day of Resurrection. Hunger drove you from your homes, then you did not return until you received this blessing."In another narration, "Do not slaughter a milking animal."
خرج رسول الله ﷺ ذات يوم أو ليلة فإذا هو بأبي بكر وعمر، فقال: ما أخرجكما من بيوتكما هذه الساعة؟ قالا: الجوع يا رسول الله قال: وأنا والذي نفسي بيده لأخرجني الذي أخرجكما قوموا فقاموا معه، فأتى رجلا من الأنصار، فإذا هو ليس في بيته، فلما رأته المرأة قالت: مرحبا وأهلا. فقال لها رسول الله ﷺ: أين فلان؟ قالت: ذهب يستعذب لنا من الماء، إذ جاء الأنصاري فنظر إلى رسول الله ﷺ وصاحبيه، ثم قال: الحمد لله ما أحد اليوم أكرم أضيافا مني، قال: فانطلق، فجاءهم بعذق، فيه بسر وتمر ورطب. فقال: كلوا من هذه، وأخذ المدية، فقال له رسول الله ﷺ: إياك والحلوب. فذبح لهم فأكلوا من الشاة، ومن ذلك العذق وشربوا، فلما أن شبعوا ورووا قال رسول الله ﷺ لأبي بكر وعمر: والذي نفسي بيده لتسألن عن هذا النعيم يوم القيامة، أخرجكم من بيوتكم الجوع، ثم لم ترجعوا حتى أصابكم هذا النعيم. وفي رواية: لا تذبحن ذات در.