Narrated from Sayyiduna Abdur Rahman bin Abi Bakr (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the people of Suffa were poor. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) once said: Whoever has food for two people, let him take a third person; whoever has food for four people, let him take a fifth or a sixth. Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) came, so the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) took ten people and Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) took three people. Abdur Rahman (may Allah be pleased with him) says: In the house were myself, my father, my mother, and a servant of ours and of Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him); the narrator does not remember whether he mentioned the wife or not. Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) ate the evening meal with the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), then stayed there until I had performed the Isha prayer, then he returned and remained with the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) until he became drowsy, then after much of the night had passed, he returned home. His wife said to him: What kept you from your guests? He said: Did you not give them the evening meal? She said: They refused until you came; we presented the food to them, but their refusal prevailed over us. Abdur Rahman (may Allah be pleased with him) says: I left from there and hid. He said: O Ghunthar! or O Antar! Then he supplicated against me and spoke harshly, and said to the guests: Eat, may it not be pleasant! By Allah, I will not eat at all. The guest also swore that he would not eat until Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) ate. Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) said: This is from Satan. Then he called for the food and ate, and said: By Allah, every morsel we picked up, what was beneath it increased even more, until they were satisfied and the food was more than before. When Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) looked at it, he saw that the food was as much as before, rather even more. So he said to his wife: O sister of Banu Firas! What is this? She said: By the coolness of my eye! It seems more than before. He repeated this three times. Then Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) ate from it and said: That oath was from Satan. Then he ate a morsel and then took the food to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), and that food was with the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) in the morning. Abdur Rahman says: There was a pact between us and the people, and its term had expired, so we appointed twelve leaders, each leader with some people; Allah knows best how many they were, but in any case, they were sent with them, and all of them ate from that food.