Jami' at-Tirmidhi — Hadith #28631

Hanad narrated to us, Yunus bin Bukayr narrated to us, on the authority of Muhammad bin Ishaq, Yazid bin Ziyad narrated to us, on the authority of Muhammad bin Ka’b Al-Qurazi, narrated to me Who heard Ali bin Abi Talib say, “On a day of turmoil, I left the house of the Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, and I had taken a piece of cloth.” So I turned its waist around my neck and tightened my waist and tied it around the palm branches. I was very hungry even if there was food in the house of the Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace. I ate some of it, so I went out to look for something, and I passed by a Jew who had some of his property, and he was irrigating it with his watering can, so I looked at it. Through a hole in the wall, he said, “What is the matter with you, O Bedouin? Do you have a date in each bucket?” I said, “Yes, so open the door until I enter.” He opened it, and I entered. So he gave me his bucket, and every time I removed the bucket, he gave me a date, until when my palms were full, I sent his bucket and said, “It is enough for me,” so I ate it and then I took a drink of water and drank, then I came to the mosque and found the Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, in it. Abu Issa said: This is a good and strange hadith.