حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ حَدَّثَنَا حماد بن زيد عن أيوب عن محمد بن سيرين قال کُنَّا عِنْدَ أَبِی هُرَيْرَةَ رضي الله عنه وَعَلَيْهِ ثَوْبَانِ مُمَشَّقَانِ مِنْ کَتَّان فَتَمَخَّطَ في أحدهما فَقَالَ أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ بَخْ بَخْ يَتَمَخَّطُ أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ فِی الْکَتَّانِ لَقَدْ رَأَيْتُنِي وَإِنِّی لأَخِرُّ فِيمَا بَيْنَ مِنْبَرِ رَسُولِ اللهِ صلی الله عليه وسلم وحُجْرَةِ عَائِشَةَ رضي الله عنها مَغْشِيًّا عَلَيَّّ فَيَجِیئُ الْجَانِی فَيَضَعُ رِجْلَهُ عَلَی عُنُقِی يُرَی أَنّ بِي جْنُونٌا وَمَا بِي جُنُونٍ ومَا هو إِلاَّ الْجُوعُ
شمائل المحمدية / شمائل ترمزی · Hadith 67
Ibn Seereen RA. says: "We were once in the company of Abu Hurayrah Radiyallahu 'Anhu. He was wearing a lungi and a sheet, both of which were made of kataan (a fine type of cloth) and were dyed reddish in colour. He (Abu Hurayrah) cleaned his nose with one of these, and said in surprise: 'Allah! Allah!, Abu Hurayrah is cleaning his nose today with a cloth of kataan. There was a time when I was lying unconscious between the mimbar of Rasulullah Sallallahu'Alayhi Wasallam and the room of 'Aayeshah Radiyallahu 'Anha because of severe hunger. People trampled my neck thinking I had become mad, whereas I was not mad, but severe hunger was the cause of the condition"'.
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020