He reported that he set out with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ in the year of Khaybar. When they reached as-Sahba, which is on the outskirts of Khaybar, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ stopped and prayed the afternoon prayer. Then he called for provisions, but nothing was brought except parched barley meal. He ordered it to be moistened, and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ ate, and we ate with him. Then he rose for the sunset prayer, rinsed his mouth, and we rinsed our mouths as well. Then he prayed without performing ablution.
أنه أخبره أنه خرج مع رسول الله ﷺ عام خيبر، حتى إذا كانوا بالصهباء- وهي من أدنى خيبر- نزل رسول الله ﷺ فصلى العصر، ثم دعا بالأزواد، فلم يؤت إلا بالسويق، فأمر به فشري، فأكل رسول الله ﷺ وأكلنا، ثم قام إلى المغرب فمضمض ومضمضنا، ثم صلى ولم يتوضأ.
Malik narrated it in Taharah (20), from Yahya bin Saeed, from Bashir bin Yasar, the freed slave of Banu Haritha, from Suwayd bin Numan, who related the hadith. Bukhari transmitted it through this same route in Wudu (209).As for his saying "Sahba", it is the feminine form of "ashab," and it refers to a place at the near edge of Khaybar, according to the tafsir of Yahya bin Saeed Ansari, the teacher of Malik. It lies at the edge of Khaybar for someone coming to it from the direction of Madinah. It is also said to be the name of a mountain overlooking Khaybar from the south, known today as "Jabal Atwah." At Sahba there is a masjid, near which the Messenger of Allah married Safiyyah bint Huyayy, as mentioned in "Wafa al-Wafa."As for his saying "thurriya," with the dhamma on the tha and doubling of the ra, though it may also be pronounced lightly, it means, rather, it was moistened with water because of the dryness that had affected it.