It is narrated from Talhah al-Nadri (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: When any man among us came to Madinah and had an acquaintance ('arif) there, he would stay with that acquaintance; but if he had no acquaintance there, he would stay in the Suffah. So I came to Madinah and had no acquaintance there, so I stayed in the Suffah. There, one mudd of dates (approximately 625 grams) was given to us daily from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), between every two men, and he (peace and blessings be upon him) used to clothe us in coarse cotton cloth (khunuf). One day the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) led us in one of the daytime prayers. When he (peace and blessings be upon him) gave the salam, the people of the Suffah called out to him (peace and blessings be upon him) from the right and the left: O Messenger of Allah! These dates have burned our stomachs, and these coarse garments of ours have torn apart. Then the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) turned towards his pulpit and ascended it, then he praised and extolled Allah and mentioned the hardships that he (peace and blessings be upon him) had endured from his people, until he said: "Indeed, more than ten days passed over me and my companion when he and I had nothing to eat except the fruit of the arak tree (al-barir)." - The narrator says: I asked Abu Harb: What is this "al-barir"? He said: It was the food of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), namely the fruit of the arak tree. - (He (peace and blessings be upon him) continued his speech and said:) "Then we came to these brothers of ours from the Ansar, whose main food is dates, and they shared it with us. By Allah! If I found bread and meat for you, I would certainly fill you with it; but it may be that you will live to see a time when large bowls (of food) are brought to one of you morning and evening." The narrator says: The Companions said: O Messenger of Allah! Will we be better on that day or today? He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Rather, you are better today. Today you love one another, whereas on that day you will strike one another's necks." - The narrator thinks that he (peace and blessings be upon him) also said: "You will hate one another." This hadith has an authentic (sahih) chain of narration, but the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) did not record it.