حدثنا محمد بن المثنى، حدثنا ابن أبي عدي، عن حميد، عن أنس، قال بعثت معي أم سليم بمكتل فيه رطب إلى رسول الله  صلى الله عليه وسلم  فلم أجده وخرج قريبا إلى مولى له دعاه فصنع له طعاما فأتيته وهو يأكل ‏.‏ قال فدعاني لآكل معه ‏.‏ قال وصنع ثريدة بلحم وقرع ‏.‏ قال فإذا هو يعجبه القرع ‏.‏ قال فجعلت أجمعه فأدنيه منه فلما طعمنا منه رجع إلى منزله ووضعت المكتل بين يديه فجعل يأكل ويقسم حتى فرغ من آخره ‏.‏
 It wasnarrated that Anas said:                      “Umm Sulaim sent with me a basket offreshdates for the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), but I did not find him,as hehad just gone out to a freed slave of his who had invited himandmade food for him. I came to him and he was eating, and he calledmeto eat with him. He (the freed slave) had served him Tharid withmeatand gourd, and he liked the gourd, so I started to collect the(pieces of) gourd and put them near him. When he had eaten he wentback to him house and I put the basket (of dates) before him, and hestarted to eat them and share them, until he finished the last ofthem.”