Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ عَنْ قَيْسٍ عَنْ دُكَيْنِ بْنِ سَعِيدٍ الْخَثْعَمِيِّ قَالَ أَتَيْنَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَنَحْنُ أَرْبَعُونَ وَأَرْبَعُ مِائَةٍ نَسْأَلُهُ الطَّعَامَ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ لِعُمَرَ قُمْ فَأَعْطِهِمْ قَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ مَا عِنْدِي إِلَّا مَا يَقِيظُنِي وَالصِّبْيَةَ قَالَ وَكِيعٌ الْقَيْظُ فِي كَلَامِ الْعَرَبِ أَرْبَعَةُ أَشْهُرٍ قَالَ قُمْ فَأَعْطِهِمْ قَالَ عُمَرُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ سَمْعًا وَطَاعَةً قَالَ فَقَامَ عُمَرُ وَقُمْنَا مَعَهُ فَصَعِدَ بِنَا إِلَى غُرْفَةٍ لَهُ فَأَخْرَجَ الْمِفْتَاحَ مِنْ حُجْزَتِهِ فَفَتَحَ الْبَابَ قَالَ دُكَيْنٌ فَإِذَا فِي الْغُرْفَةِ مِنْ التَّمْرِ شَبِيهٌ بِالْفَصِيلِ الرَّابِضِ قَالَ شَأْنَكُمْ قَالَ فَأَخَذَ كُلُّ رَجُلٍ مِنَّا حَاجَتَهُ مَا شَاءَ قَالَ ثُمَّ الْتَفَتُّ وَإِنِّي لَمِنْ آخِرِهِمْ وَكَأَنَّا لَمْ نَرْزَأْ مِنْهُ تَمْرَةً.
English Translation
Waki' told us, Isma'il told us, from Qays, from Dukayn ibn Sa'id al-Khath'ami, who said: We came to the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, four hundred and forty of us, asking him for food. The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said to Umar, "Get up and give it to them." He said, "O Messenger of Allah, I have nothing except what would sustain me and the children through the summer." — Waki' said: al-qayz in the speech of the Arabs is four months — He said, "Get up and give it to them." Umar said, "O Messenger of Allah, hearing and obedience." He said: so Umar got up and we got up with him, and he took us up to an upper room of his, and took the key out from his waist-wrapper and opened the door. Dukayn said: and there in the room was a pile of dates resembling a crouching young camel. He said, "Take as you wish." He said: so every man of us took what he wanted as he pleased. He said: then I looked back, and I was among the last of them, and it was as if we had not diminished it by a single date.