Al-Lu'lu Wal-Marjan 1322 — The Book of Drinks (Al-Ashriba)

Jabir bin `Abdullah Narrated from:

When the trench was dug (during the battle of Trench), I saw the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم in a state of severe hunger. So I returned to my wife and said, "Have you got anything (to eat) for I have seen Allâh's Messenger صلى الله عليه وسلم in a state of severe hunger."She brought out for me, a bag containing one Sâ' of barley, and we had a domestic she animal (i.e. a kid) which I slaughtered then, and my wife ground the barley and she finished at the time I finished my job (i.e. slaughtering the kid). Then I cut the meat into pieces and put it in an earthenware (cooking) pot, and returned to Allâh's Messenger صلى الله عليه وسلم.My wife said, "Do not disgrace me in front of Allâh's Messenger صلى الله عليه وسلم and those who are with him." So I went to him and said to him secretly. "Allâh's Messenger! I have slaughtered a she-animal of ours, and we have ground a Sâ' of barley which was with us. So please come, you and another person along with you."The Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم raised his voice and said, "O people of trench! Jâbir has prepared a meal, so let us go.” Allâh’s Messenger ﷺ said to me, “Don’t put down your earthenware meat pot (from the fireplace) or bake your dough till I come.” So I came (to my house) and Allâh’s Messenger ﷺ too, came, proceeding before the people. When I came to my wife, she said, “May Allâh do so-and-so to you.” (You have invited too many people, though we do not have enough food) I said, “I have told the Prophet ﷺ of what you said.”Then she brought out to him (i.e. the Prophet ﷺ) the dough, and he put some saliva of his in it and invoked for Allâh’s Blessings in it. Then he proceeded towards our earthenware meat-pot and put some saliva of his in it and invoked for Allâh’s Blessings in it. Then he said (to my wife), “Call a lady-baker to bake along with you and keep on taking out scoops from your earthenware meat-pot, and do not put it down from its fireplace.”They were one-thousand (who took their meals), and by Allâh, they all ate, and when they left the food and went away, our earthenware pot was still bubbling (full of meat) as if it had not decreased, and our dough was still being backed as if nothing had been taken from it.( Sahîh Al-Bukhârî, Hadîth No. 428, Vol. 5)