Muslim also relates—on the authority of ʿĀʾishah, may Allah be pleased with her—that she said:
“The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, never ate his fill of wheat-bread for three consecutive days until he departed this life.”
She further said:
“We, the family of Muhammad, would see one crescent and then the next—two whole months would pass—without lighting a fire to cook food. Our only provisions were dates and water. We had, however, neighbors from among the Ansar; each household would send a portion of milk from its sheep to the Messenger of Allah, and the Prophet would drink from that milk.” Both Bukhari and Muslim record this report.
Al-Bukhari also transmits from Anas:
“The Messenger of Allah never saw a thin, refined loaf of bread until he met his Lord, nor did he ever set eyes on a sheep—”