Abdul Wahid bin Ayman al-Makki narrated from his father that I said to Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him): Narrate to me a hadith from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) that you heard from him so that I may narrate it. Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) said: On the day of the Battle of the Trench, we were digging the trench with the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). We had not eaten anything for three days, nor did we have anything. In that trench, a rock-like boulder blocked our way. I went to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and said: O Messenger of Allah! This boulder has blocked our way in the trench. We sprinkled water on it, and the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) stood up in such a state that a stone was tied to his stomach. He picked up a pickaxe or shovel, recited "Bismillah" three times, and struck it, and that rock-like boulder turned into crumbling pieces. When I saw the condition of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), I said: O Messenger of Allah! Please grant me leave. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) gave me permission, so I went to my wife and said: May your mother lose you! I have seen such a state of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) that I cannot bear it. Do you have anything (to eat)? My wife replied: I have one sa’ (about two and a half kilos) of barley grains and this lamb. Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) said: Then we ground the barley and slaughtered the lamb. I skinned it and put the pot on the fire, kneaded the dough, then I returned to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), waited a while, and then sought permission from him again, and he granted me permission. When I came (home), the dough was ready. I told my wife to start baking the bread, and I put the pot on the stove. Then I went to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and said: We have a little food; if you think it appropriate, please come yourself and bring one or two men with you. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) asked: "How much food is there?" I said: One sa’ of barley and a lamb. He said: "Go to your wife and tell her not to remove the pot from the stove and not to take the bread out of the oven until I come." Then the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) announced to all the people: "Come, let us go to Jabir’s house." Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) says: I felt so embarrassed—Allah knows best. I said to my wife: May your mother lose you! The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) is coming with all his companions. She said: Did the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) ask you how much food there was? I said: Yes, he did ask. She said: Allah and His Messenger know best. You told him what you had. Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) said: My fear was removed by my wife’s words, and I said: You speak the truth. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) came and entered. He said to his companions: "Do not crowd." Then he sat by the oven and the pot and prayed for blessing. Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) said: We began taking bread from the oven and stew from the pot, making tharid (a dish of bread and meat) and serving it. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "(Let) seven or eight people sit at a dish." When they finished eating, we would open the oven and the pot and find them more full than before. We kept serving in this way, and whenever we looked, the oven and pot appeared fuller than before, until all the Muslims were satisfied and plenty of food was left over. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "People have been struck by the calamity of hunger; eat and feed others." So we kept eating and feeding others the whole day. The narrator said that he was told their number was either eight hundred or three hundred—he did not know which number was mentioned.