I saw myself as one of seven men with the Prophet ﷺ, and we had nothing to eat except the leaves of the hubla tree, until one of us would pass droppings like a sheep. Then the tribe of Banu Asad came to reprimand me over Islam. I would indeed be a loser, and my efforts wasted, if that were so.
رأيتني سابع سبعة مع النبي ﷺ ما لنا طعام إلا ورق الحبلة- أو الحبلة- حتى يضع أحدنا ما تضع الشاة، ثم أصبحت بنو أسد تعزرني على الإسلام، خسرت إذا وضل سعيي.
Bukhari narrated it in the Book of Foods (5412), and Muslim in the Book of Asceticism and Softening of Hearts (2966:12), both through the route of Ismail bin Abu Khalid, from Qays (that is, Ibn Abu Hazim), from Saad (that is, Ibn Abu Waqqas), who said, and then he related it. The wording given is that of Bukhari.His saying, "the leaves of hublah" is said to refer to the fruit of the thorny acacia and the fruit of the samur tree, which resembles cowpeas, as stated in Fath al-Bari. In Mujam Wasit it says, "hublah" is the fruit of the legume family, such as beans, lentils, and haricot beans and the like, having two halves and several seeds, and it opens when it ripens.His saying, "the sons of Asad" refers to the sons of Zubayr bin Awwam. And the meaning of "you rebuke me" is "you reproach me for falling short in it."