(1) Ahmad, Musnad, 3/218, transmits the report through Abd Allah b. Numayr who said: “Saad—meaning Ibn Saʿid (the printed edition mistakenly reads Saʿid b. Saad)—narrated to us that Anas b. Malik said: ‘Abu Talha sent me to invite the Messenger of Allah; he had prepared some food for him. I came while the Messenger of Allah was with a group of people. He looked at me and I felt shy, so I merely said, ‘Please answer Abu Talha’s invitation.’ He then told the people, ‘Rise.’ Abu Talha said, ‘Messenger of Allah, I only made something for you.’ The Prophet touched the food, invoked blessing on it, and said, ‘Let ten of my Companions enter.’ He told them, ‘Eat,’ and they ate until full and left. He kept admitting groups of ten, each eating to satiety, until none remained who had not eaten; then the dish was set straight and it looked the same as before they started.’ Muslim, Sahih, 2040 (143), records it from Abu Bakr b. Abi Shayba and Muhammad b. Abd Allah b. Numayr—both from Abd Allah b. Numayr—and from Saʿid b. Yahya al-Umawi, from his father, both through Saʿd b. Saʿid b. Qays al-Ansari. Malik gives a longer version (Muwattaʾ, 3/111-112, with al-Suyuti’s commentary), and al-Bukhari cites it from him (6/429, 432 in “Signs of Prophethood in Islam,” 9/460, 11/495). Muslim (2040) and al-Tirmidhi (3630) likewise report it through Ishaq b. Abd Allah b. Abi Talha, from Anas b. Malik. Ahmad, 3/232, also relates it through Ali b. Asim—from Husayn b. Abd al-Rahman—from Abd al-Rahman b. Abi Layla—from Anas; Muslim records this route through Amr al-Naqid—from Abd Allah b. Jaʿfar al-Raqi—from Ubayd Allah b. ʿUmar—from Abd al-Malik b. ʿUmayr—from Abd al-Rahman b. Abi Layla—from Anas. Ahmad, 3/147, transmits it through Yunus b. Muhammad—from Hammad b. Zayd—from Hisham—from Muhammad b. Sirin—from Anas. Al-Bukhari, 9/497 (“Foods”), records it through al-Salt b. Muhammad—from Hammad b. Zayd—from al-Jaʿd Abu ʿUthman—from Anas, and also through Hisham—from Muhammad—from Anas, and through Sinan Abu Rabiʿa—from Anas. Ahmad, 3/242, gives yet another chain through Yunus b. Muhammad—from Harb b. Maymun—from al-Nadr b. Anas—from Anas; Muslim cites this path through Hajjaj b. al-Shaʿir—from Yunus b. Muhammad. (*) For biographical details see: al-Tarikh al-Kabir 1/404; al-Jarh wa-l-Taʿdil 2/234; Tarikh Baghdad 6/362-364; Tabaqat al-Hanabila 1/113-115; al-Lubab 3/117; Tahdhib al-Kamal p. 90; Tadhhib al-Tahdhib 1/58/1; Tadhkirat al-Huffaz 2/524-525; al-Ibar 2/1; al-Wafi bi-l-Wafayat 8/426; Tahdhib al-Tahdhib 1/249-250; al-Nujum al-Zahira 2/333; Tabaqat al-Huffaz p. 229; Khulasat Tadhhib al-Kamal p. 30; Shadharat al-Dhahab 2/123.