It is narrated from Sayyiduna Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was once invited to a meal of barley bread and a curry which, due to having been left for a long time, had developed a bad smell. I myself heard the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) say several times in one day, "By Him in Whose hand is the life of Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him), the family of Muhammad does not have even a sa’ (a measure) of grain or dates." At that time, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) had nine wives. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) had pawned his armor with a Jew in Madinah; he had taken some grain on credit from him, and now the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) did not have enough wealth to redeem that armor.

It is narrated from Qatadah, who says: We used to come to Sayyiduna Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him), while his cook who made bread would be standing by him. One day he said: Eat, for I do not know whether the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) ever saw thin, large bread or a goat roasted after its hair was removed, until he (peace and blessings be upon him) met his Lord.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Anas bin Malik, may Allah be pleased with him, that due to hardship and scarcity, bread and meat for both the midday meal and the evening meal were never combined in the presence of the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him), he says: I saw the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) bent and crooked, and even inferior and dry dates were not available to him in such quantity that he (peace and blessings be upon him) could eat to his fill.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) and his family would spend several consecutive nights in a state of hunger; they would not have dinner, and their usual bread was made of barley.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Imran bin Husain (may Allah be pleased with him) that the family of Muhammad, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), were never fully satisfied with barley and wheat bread, until the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) departed from this transient world. Abu Abdur Rahman said: My father, Imam Ahmad (may Allah have mercy on him), had crossed out this hadith in his book. When I asked him about it, he narrated this hadith to me and marked it with the sign "Sahh" (authentic, authentic), and he said: My father had crossed out this hadith because he did not like the narrator from whom Yazid narrates.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Umamah Bahili (may Allah be pleased with him) that barley bread would not remain leftover from the household of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him and his family), (that is, the amount of food was such that it would barely suffice for the household).

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Sahl bin Sa’d (may Allah be pleased with him) that he was asked whether the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) had seen white flour before his passing. He replied: No, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) did not see white flour with his own eyes until he passed away. Then Sayyiduna Sahl was asked whether you had sieves during the Prophetic era. He said: We did not have sieves. He was asked: Then what did you do with barley flour (which contains husk)? He said: We would just blow on it, so whatever husk flew away, flew away, (and the remaining flour we would knead).

Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) liked Faghiyah very much, and among foods, the most beloved food to him (peace and blessings be upon him) was the curry of pumpkin.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Anas bin Malik, may Allah be pleased with him, that a bowl was brought near the Noble Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, in which there were also pieces of gourd, and this was something greatly liked by him, peace and blessings be upon him. So he, peace and blessings be upon him, began searching for the gourd with his finger or fingers.