I was struck by a year of hardship, so I entered one of the orchards of Madinah, rubbed some ears of grain, ate from them, and carried some away in my garment. The owner came, struck me, and took my garment. I went to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and he said to the man, "You did not teach him when he was ignorant, nor did you feed him when he was hungry," or he said, "starving." He ordered him to return my garment to me, and he gave me a wasq, or half a wasq, of food.
أصابني سنة، فدخلت حائطا من حيطان المدينة، ففركت سنبلا، فأكلت، وحملت في ثوبي، فجاء صاحبه، فضربني، وأخذ ثوبي، فأتيت رسول الله ﷺ، فقال له: ما علمت إذ كان جاهلا، ولا أطعمت إذ كان جائعا أو قال: ساغبا. وأمره فرد علي ثوبي، وأعطاني وسقا، أو نصف وسق من طعام.
Narrated by Abu Dawud (2630), Nasai (5409), Ibn Majah (2298), and Ahmad (17521), and Hakim graded it sahih (4/133), all of them through the route of Abu Bishr Jafar bin Iyas, from Abu Wahshiya, who said, "I heard Abbad bin Shurahbil." Then he mentioned it. Its chain is sahih. His saying, "saghiban," means hungry.