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"At the time when the trench was being dug, Jabir noticed the signs
of hunger on the Prophet, praise and peace be upon him, so he
returned to his wife and asked her „Have you any food in the house?
I have seen signs of acute hunger in the Prophet, praise and peace
be upon him,‟ She brought out a leather bag in which there was a
measure of barley; there was also a nanny goat they had reared.
Jabir slaughtered the nanny goat and she prepared the flour for
baking. Jabir cut the meat into pieces and put it in the cooking pot.
Then as he was about to return to the Prophet, praise and peace be
upon him, to invite him his wife said (considering the small quantity
of food): „Do not humiliate me in the eyes of the Prophet, praise and
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peace be upon him, and those who are with him.‟ When Jabir came
to him he spoke to him in a low tone saying: „O Messenger of Allah,
of hunger on the Prophet, praise and peace be upon him, so he
returned to his wife and asked her „Have you any food in the house?
I have seen signs of acute hunger in the Prophet, praise and peace
be upon him,‟ She brought out a leather bag in which there was a
measure of barley; there was also a nanny goat they had reared.
Jabir slaughtered the nanny goat and she prepared the flour for
baking. Jabir cut the meat into pieces and put it in the cooking pot.
Then as he was about to return to the Prophet, praise and peace be
upon him, to invite him his wife said (considering the small quantity
of food): „Do not humiliate me in the eyes of the Prophet, praise and
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peace be upon him, and those who are with him.‟ When Jabir came
to him he spoke to him in a low tone saying: „O Messenger of Allah,