Sayyidina Abu Hurairah (RA) ﷺ narrated: The Ahlus as Suffah were guests of the adherents of Islam. They owned no house and no property. By Allah besides Whom there is no God, I used to rest my liver on the ground and tie a stone on my belly because of severe hunger. One day, I sat down on the path on which they passed when Abu Bakr (RA) came by. I asked him about a verse from Allah’s Book and I did not ask him but only that he might take me along but he went away without doing that. Then, Umar came by and I asked him about a verse Book, and I had not asked him except that he might take me along, but he moved ahead without doing that. Then Abul Qasim came by and smiled on seeing me. I said, “Here I am, O Messenger of Allah.” He said, “Come along.” and walked ahead and I followed him. He entered his house and I sought his permission which he gave me. He found a bowl of milk and asked. ‘From where has this milk come to you.’ He was told “It is presented to us by so-and-so.”He said, “O Abu Hurayrah.” I said, “Here am I.” He said, “Fetch the Ahl as Suffah. Invite them. They are the guests of the Muslims. They own neither house nor property.” when he received charity, he sent that to them and did not take anything from it for himself. And when he received a gift, he summoned i, took from it and shared it with them.O But, I did not like it (that day) , for, he sent me to summon them over a bowl of milk. What is a bowl of milk for them? He will then ask me to take the bowl round to, each of them and I will find nothing for me while I had hoped to drink from it to satiation point. And it was just that much. However I had to obey. so like it or not I fetched them. When they came in and sat down at their places, he gave me the bowl, saying. “Give them to drink.” I gave it to each, one by one. Everyone drank to his full and returned the bowl to me and I gave it to the next man till I had finished with them and come to Allah’s Messenger. He took the bowl and kept it in his hand, raised his head and smiled. He said, “O Abu Hurayrah, drink!" So, I drank from it. He said again, “Drink!” And I did not cease to drink and he to say, "Drink!", till I said, “By Him Who sent you with the truth, I find no possibility for any more.” So, he took the bowl, praised Allah, took his name and drank. [Ahmed 10684, Bukhari 6246] --------------------------------------------------------------------------------