Sahih Muslim Hadith 5323

English

[5323] ( … ) Anas bin Mâlik said: "I came to the Messenger of Allah and I found him sitting with his Companions and talking to them, and he had bound his stomach with a cloth." – Usâmah (a narrator) said: "And I am not sure whether he had tied a stone to it." – "I (Anas) said to some of his () Companions: 'Why has the Messenger of Allah bound his stomach?' They said: 'Because of hunger.' I went to Abü Talbah, who was the husband of Umm Sulaim bint Milhân, and I said: '0 my father, I have seen the Messenger of Allah with his stomach bound with a cloth, and I asked some of his Companions, and they said it is because of hunger.' Abü Talbah entered upon my mother and said: 'Is there anything?' She said: 'Yes, I have some pieces of bread and some dates. If the Messenger of Allah comes to us on his own, we can give him enough for him to eat his fill, but if someone else comes with him it will not be enough for them." Then he mentioned the rest of the story (as in HadIth no. 5317).