She sifted some flour and made it into a loaf of bread for the Prophet ﷺ.He asked, "What is this?"She replied, "It is a food we prepare in our land, and I wanted to make a loaf of it for you."He said, "Return it to the flour, then knead it together."
أنها غربلت دقيقا فصنعته للنبي ﷺ رغيفا فقال: ما هذا؟ قالت: طعام نصنعه بأرضنا فأحببت أن أصنع منه لك رغيفا، فقال: رديه فيه، ثم اعجنيه.
Ibn Majah (3336) narrated it from Yaqub bin Humayd bin Kasib, who said, Ibn Wahb told us, Amr bin Harith informed me, Bakr bin Sawada informed me, that Hanash bin Abdullah told him, from Umm Ayman, who said, and then he related it. Busiri said in Misbah Zujaja (3/91-92), "Its chain is hasan. Yaqub is disputed, and likewise Ibn Abdullah." I say, however, both of them graded the hadith hasan. Tabarani also narrated it in Al-Kabir (25/87) through another route from Ibn Wahb. His statement, "give it back to him in it," means she commanded him to return the flour to its bran, then knead it, then make a loaf from it.As for what is reported from Anas bin Malik, who said, "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ never saw a sifted loaf with either of his two eyes until he met Allah," this is daif. Ibn Majah (3337) narrated it from Abbas bin Walid Dimashqi, who said, Muhammad bin Uthman Abu Jamahir told us, Saeed bin Bashir told us, Qatada told us, from Anas bin Malik, and he related it. Its chain is daif because of Saeed bin Bashir Shami, for he is deemed daif by most scholars. His statement, "a sifted loaf," means one that has been sifted repeatedly, from which comes the term "Hawariyyun," meaning those who were purified and cleansed of every flaw. See Nihaya fi Gharib al-Hadith.Likewise, what is reported from Ata Khurasani is not sound, who said, Abu Hurairah visited his people, meaning a village, I think he said Yabna, and they brought him some thin bread of the kind eaten formerly, so he wept and said, "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ never once saw this with his own eyes." Ibn Majah (3338) and Abu Yaala (6477) narrated it through the route of Hamza bin Rabia, from Ibn Ata, from his father, and he related it. Busiri said in Misbah Zujaja (3/92), "This chain is daif because of the weakness of Ibn Ata, whose name is Uthman bin Ata bin Abu Muslim Khurasani." I say, its chain also contains a break, for Ata, that is, Ibn Abu Muslim Khurasani, did not hear from Abu Hurairah. This was stated by Abu Musa Madini, as mentioned in Jami Tahsil.As for what is reported from Anas bin Malik, who said, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ wore wool and put on patched sandals, and he said, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ ate coarse food and wore rough clothing. Hasan was then asked, "What is 'coarse'?" He said, "Coarse barley, which he could only swallow with a gulp of water." This too is daif. Ibn Majah (3348) and Hakim (4/326) narrated it through the route of Baqiya bin Walid, who said, Yusuf bin Abu Kathir told us, from Nuh bin Zakwan, from Hasan, from Anas, and he related it. Hakim said, "Its chain is sahih," but Dhahabi disputed this, saying, "It is not sound, Nuh is feeble, and Yusuf is unknown." Busiri said in Misbah Zujaja (3/94), "This chain is daif, Nuh bin Zakwan's weakness is agreed upon. Hakim Abu Abdullah said, he narrates from Hasan unresolved reports with missing links."