A'isha used to say to 'Urwa:
Son of my sister, by Allah, I used to see the new moon, then the new moon, then the new moon, i. e. three moons in two months, and fire was not kindled in the house of Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ). I ('Urwa) said: Auntie, then what were your means of sustenance? She said: Dates and water. But it (so happened) that Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) had some Ansar as his neighbours and they had milch animals and they used to send to Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) some milk of their (animals) and he served that to us.