I craned my neck to gauge how much it was and reckoned it to be no larger than the space a goat takes when it crouches—while we were fourteen hundred men.

He continued: We all ate until every one of us was satisfied, then we stuffed our saddle-bags.

The Prophet of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, then said, “Is there any water for ablution?”

A man brought a small waterskin containing only a few drops; he emptied it into a cup, and all of us performed ablution from it, all fourteen hundred of us pouring the water freely. After that, eight more men arrived and said, “Is there any purifying water left?” The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, replied, “The water for ablution has run out.”

Muslim also relates in his Ṣaḥīḥ, on the authority of Jābir, that Umm Mālik used to send the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, clarified butter (ghee) in a small goatskin. When her children came to her asking for some relish and they had nothing at home, she would reach for the very goatskin with which she used to send butter to the Prophet