The tribe of Banu Mura bin Ubayd sent me with the charity from their wealth to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. I came to him in Madinah and found him sitting among the Muhajirun and the Ansar.He then took me by the hand and led me to the house of Umm Salama and asked, "Is there any food?"We were brought a large bowl filled with tharid and pieces of meat, and we began to eat from it. I started reaching with my hand to different parts of the bowl, while the Messenger of Allah ﷺ ate only from what was directly in front of him. He took hold of my right hand with his left hand and said, "Akrash, eat from one spot, for it is all one food."Then we were brought a tray containing different varieties of fresh dates, or various kinds of fresh dates, Ubaydullah was uncertain. I began eating from what was in front of me, while the Messenger of Allah's ﷺ hand moved about the tray. He said, "Akrash, eat from wherever you like, for these are not all of one kind."Then we were brought water, and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ washed his hands and wiped his face, forearms, and head with the moisture remaining on his palms. He said, "Akrash, this is the ablution required after eating what fire has touched."
حدثنا محمد بن بشار حدثنا العلاء بن الفضل بن عبد الملك بن أبي سوية أبو الهذيل حدثنا عبيد الله بن عكراش عن أبيه
بعثني بنو مرة بن عبيد بصدقات أموالهم إلى رسول الله ﷺ فقدمت عليه المدينة فوجدته جالسا بين المهاجرين والأنصار قال ثم أخذ بيدي فانطلق بي إلى بيت أم سلمة فقال هل من طعام فأتينا بجفنة كثيرة الثريد والوذر وأقبلنا نأكل منها فخبطت بيدي من نواحيها وأكل رسول الله ﷺ من بين يديه فقبض بيده اليسرى على يدي اليمنى ثم قال يا عكراش كل من موضع واحد فإنه طعام واحد ثم أتينا بطبق فيه ألوان الرطب أو من ألوان الرطب عبيد الله شك قال فجعلت آكل من بين يدي وجالت يد رسول الله ﷺ في الطبق وقال يا عكراش كل من حيث شئت فإنه غير لون واحد ثم أتينا بماء فغسل رسول الله ﷺ يديه ومسح ببلل كفيه وجهه وذراعيه ورأسه وقال يا عكراش هذا الوضوء مما غيرت النار
[Its chain is daif]. Ibn Majah also narrated it in the Book of Foods, chapter "Eating from what is in front of you," hadith 3274, from Muhammad bin Bashshar, with the same wording.Ala bin Fadl is daif (Taqrib), and Bukhari said of Ubaydullah bin Ikrash, "His hadith is not established."