17 – Rauḥ ibn ʿUbādah narrated to us from his written compilation; Biṣṭām ibn Muslim narrated to us, saying: I heard Muʿāwiyah ibn Qurrah relate that his father told him, “We lived for such-and-such a span with our Prophet ﷺ, and we had no food except ‘the two black things.’” He then asked, “Do you know what the two black things are?” I replied, “No.” He said, “Dates and water.”