حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَی بْنُ يَحْيَی حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ بْنُ أَبِي حَازِمٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ رُومَانَ عَنْ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ أَنَّهَا کَانَتْ تَقُولُ وَاللَّهِ يَا ابْنَ أُخْتِي إِنْ کُنَّا لَنَنْظُرُ إِلَی الْهِلَالِ ثُمَّ الْهِلَالِ ثُمَّ الْهِلَالِ ثَلَاثَةَ أَهِلَّةٍ فِي شَهْرَيْنِ وَمَا أُوقِدَ فِي أَبْيَاتِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ نَارٌ قَالَ قُلْتُ يَا خَالَةُ فَمَا کَانَ يُعَيِّشُکُمْ قَالَتْ الْأَسْوَدَانِ التَّمْرُ وَالْمَائُ إِلَّا أَنَّهُ قَدْ کَانَ لِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ جِيرَانٌ مِنْ الْأَنْصَارِ وَکَانَتْ لَهُمْ مَنَائِحُ فَکَانُوا يُرْسِلُونَ إِلَی رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ مِنْ أَلْبَانِهَا فَيَسْقِينَاهُ
صحیح مسلم · Hadith 7452
A'isha used to say to 'Urwa: Son of my sister, by Allah, I used to see the new moon, then the new moon, then the new moon, i. e. three moons in two months, and fire was not kindled in the house of Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ). I ('Urwa) said: Auntie, then what were your means of sustenance? She said: Dates and water. But it (so happened) that Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) had some Ansar as his neighbours and they had milch animals and they used to send to Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) some milk of their (animals) and he served that to us.
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020