then hand the cup back to me, and so it continued until I reached the Prophet — may Allah bless him and grant him peace. Everyone present had now drunk to his fill. He took the cup, set it on the palm of his hand, looked at me and smiled.

He said, “Abu Hirr!”

I replied, “At your service, O Messenger of Allah.”

He said, “Only you and I are left.”

I said, “You speak the truth, O Messenger of Allah.”

He said, “Sit down and drink.” So I sat and drank.

He said, “Drink.” I drank.

He kept saying, “Drink,” until I said, “No—by the One who sent you with the truth, I can find no room for it.”

He said, “Hand it to me.” I gave him the cup; he praised Allah, pronounced His name, and drank what remained.

In the two Ṣaḥīḥ collections it is narrated from ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Abī Bakr al-Ṣiddīq who said: “We were with the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, one hundred and thirty men. The Prophet said, ‘Does anyone among you have any food?’ A man had a sāʿ of grain—or something close to that—so it was mixed and prepared. Then a tall, dishevelled-haired man arrived driving a flock of sheep…"