It is narrated from Sayyiduna Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) that Sayyiduna Abu Talhah (may Allah be pleased with him) (who was the second husband of Sayyidah Umm Sulaym, may Allah be pleased with her, who was the mother of Sayyiduna Anas, may Allah be pleased with him) said to Sayyidah Umm Sulaym (may Allah be pleased with her): I heard the voice of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him), which was not due to anything except hunger, so do you have anything to eat? Sayyidah Umm Sulaym (may Allah be pleased with her) took out some barley bread, wrapped it in a cloth, and placed it under my arm, and covered me with some cloth, then I brought it to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him). He was sitting in the mosque and many people were sitting with him. I stood there, and the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) himself asked: "Did Abu Talhah send you?" I said: Yes! He (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: "For food?" I said: Yes! The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said to all his companions: "All of you get up." So all of them got up and left. I went ahead of everyone and informed Sayyiduna Abu Talhah (may Allah be pleased with him). Sayyiduna Abu Talhah (may Allah be pleased with him) said to Sayyidah Umm Sulaym (may Allah be pleased with her): The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) is coming with people, and we do not have enough food to feed them all. Sayyidah Umm Sulaym (may Allah be pleased with her) said: Allah and His Messenger (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) know best. Sayyiduna Abu Talhah (may Allah be pleased with him) went out and met the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him), until both Sayyiduna Abu Talhah (may Allah be pleased with him) and the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) came together. He (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: "O Umm Sulaym! Bring whatever you have." Sayyidah Umm Sulaym (may Allah be pleased with her) brought those same breads. He (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) had them broken into pieces, then Sayyidah Umm Sulaym (may Allah be pleased with her) squeezed a small container of ghee over them, and it became a mixture. After that, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said whatever Allah, the Glorious and Exalted, willed. Then he (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: "Call ten people." They called ten people, and they all ate to their fill and left. Then he (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: "Call ten people." They also came, ate to their fill, and left. Then the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: "Call ten people." They also came, ate to their fill, and left. Then he (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: "Call ten more." Until all who came were seventy (70) or eighty (80) people, and all were satisfied.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Huraira, may Allah be pleased with him, that the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said: "The food of two people is sufficient for three, and the food of three is sufficient for four."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir bin Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Shut the door, and tie the mouth of the water-skin, and cover the vessel, and extinguish the lamp, for Satan does not open a closed door, nor untie a knot, nor uncover a vessel, and the mouse burns the people of the house." (That is, if the lamp remains lit while sleeping, the mouse takes the wick and often sets the house on fire.)

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abi Shurayh Al-Ka'bi (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Whoever believes in Allah and the Last Day should speak good or remain silent, and whoever believes in Allah and the Last Day should honor his neighbor, and whoever believes in Allah and the Last Day should honor his guest; he should host him well for one day and night, and for three days he should offer whatever is available, and anything beyond that is charity. And it is not appropriate for the guest to stay so long with the host that he causes him hardship."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Huraira (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "A man was walking on the road when he became extremely thirsty. He saw a well, went down into it, and drank water. When he came out of the well, he saw a dog panting and licking mud out of thirst. He thought, 'This dog is suffering from thirst just as I was.' So he went down into the well again, filled his sock with water, held it in his mouth, climbed up, and gave the dog water to drink. Allah, the Glorious and Majestic, became pleased with him and forgave him." The Companions (may Allah be pleased with them) asked: "O Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)! Is there a reward for us in giving water to animals?" He (peace and blessings be upon him) replied: "Why not? There is a reward for every living being with a moist liver."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir bin Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) sent an army towards the seashore, and appointed Sayyiduna Abu Ubaidah bin Jarrah (may Allah be pleased with him) as their commander. There were three hundred men in this army, and I was among them. On the way, the food ran out. Sayyiduna Abu Ubaidah bin Jarrah (may Allah be pleased with him) ordered that whatever food remained should be gathered together. When it was all collected, it amounted to two containers of dates. Sayyiduna Abu Ubaidah bin Jarrah (may Allah be pleased with him) would give us a little food from it each day, until it came to the point that only one date would be our share. Then even that finished. Wahb bin Kaysan says: I asked Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him): What would you do with one date each? He said: When even that was gone, then we realized its value. When we reached the seashore, we found a fish lying there, as large as a mountain. The entire army ate from it for eighteen days and nights. Then Sayyiduna Abu Ubaidah bin Jarrah (may Allah be pleased with him) ordered that the bones of the fish be set upright. Two bones were set upright, and a camel passed underneath them without touching them.

Imam Malik (may Allah have mercy on him) says (the word of the hadith) «الظَّرِبُ» refers to a small mountain.

It is narrated from the grandmother of Amr bin Saad bin Muadh that the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said: "O Muslim women! Let none of you belittle her neighbor, even if she sends a burnt hoof of a goat."

It is narrated from Abdullah bin Abi Bakr that the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said: "May Allah destroy the Jews! Fat was made unlawful for them, so they sold it and consumed its price."

Imam Malik (may Allah have mercy on him) was informed that Jesus (peace be upon him) used to say: O Children of Israel! Drink water, and eat greens and barley bread, and do not eat wheat bread, for you will not be able to give thanks for it.

It reached Imam Malik (Muslim and the authors of Sunan have narrated it with a connected chain) that the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, came to the mosque and found Sayyiduna Abu Bakr Siddiq and Sayyiduna Umar bin Khattab, may Allah be pleased with them both, there. He asked them: "What brought you here?" They said: "Because of hunger." He, peace and blessings be upon him, said: "I also came out for the same reason." Then the three men went to Sayyiduna Abu al-Haitham ibn al-Tihan al-Ansari, may Allah be pleased with him. He ordered barley bread to be prepared and got ready to slaughter a goat. The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said: "Leave the one that gives milk." So he slaughtered another goat and filled sweet water in a waterskin and hung it from a tree. Then the food came, and all of them ate and drank that water. Then the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said: "This is the blessing (ni‘mah) about which you will be questioned on that (Day of Resurrection)."