until they were all satisfied. She said, “The wooden bowl was still exactly as it had been, so I distributed what was left of it to all our neighbors, and Allah placed in it abundant blessing and great good.”

This ḥadīth as well is unusual both in its chain of transmission and in its content.

Earlier, at the beginning of the Prophetic mission—when the verse
“And warn your nearest relatives” (al-Shuʿarāʾ 26:214)
was revealed—we cited the report of Rabīʿah ibn Nājid from ʿAlī concerning his invitation to the Banū Hāshim, who numbered about forty. He offered them food measuring only one mudd; they ate to their fill and left it as it was. He then gave them drink from a wooden bucket,(1) and they drank until they were satisfied, yet it, too, remained as it was for three consecutive days. After that he called them to Allah, as mentioned earlier.

Another story that took place in the house of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ:

Imām Aḥmad(2) narrated: ʿAlī ibn ʿĀṣim told us; Sulaymān al-Taymī told us, from Abū al-ʿAlāʾ ibn al-Shikhkhīr, from Samurah ibn Jundub, who said:

“While we were with the Prophet ﷺ, a large bowl containing tharīd was brought. He ate from it, and all the people ate as well. They kept passing it around until nearly midday—one group would eat and leave, then another group would come and take their place. A man asked him, ‘Was the food being replenished?’ He replied,

‘As far as the earth is concerned, no—unless it was being replenished from the heavens.’ ”

Aḥmad also transmitted it(3) from Yazīd ibn Hārūn, from Sulaymān, from Abū al-ʿAlāʾ, from Samurah: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ was brought a bowl of tharīd, and they kept passing it around from morning until noon; some people would rise and others would sit down. A man said, “Was it being replenished?” He replied,

“From where?—he was amazed— it was being replenished only from here,” and he pointed to the sky.

Al-Tirmidhī and al-Nasāʾī(4) also recorded it through Muʿtamir ibn Sulaymān, from his father, from Abū al-ʿAlāʾ—whose name is Yazīd ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn al-Shikhkhīr—from Samurah ibn Jundub.

[The Story of the Bowl in the House of the Truthful One]

It is likely the same incident mentioned in Samurah’s narration; Allah knows best.

Al-Bukhārī(5) said: Mūsā ibn Ismāʿīl narrated to us; Muʿtamir narrated to us, from his father; Abū ʿUthmān related that he was told