Prophet Muhammad’s Feasts for the Poor and His Political Feasts:

Prophet Muhammad would care for the homeless people living in Suffa and other needy and hungry people. In some cases he would take some of the poor to his home and make other wealthy Muslims do the same thing.

The Prophet would also host and feed envoys and political committees with the income he acquired from the Banu Nadir and Haybar areas that had been given over to his personal administration. After the 9^th year of the hijrah many committees came to Medina and Prophet Muhammad would accommodate these people in the guesthouses and would order people to prepare tables for the guests.

We have information about which foods were served to the committees; when the committee of the Hanifa people from the Yamama region arrived - it is recorded that this committee consisted of 10 people - they were accommodated in the guesthouses. They were served with bread and meat or bread and milk, other times they were treated to bread and butter and dates. Abu Hurairah records that due to the large numbers of people arriving, the Prophet himself was not able to eat a meal. Since the state income was not adequate, the Prophet was obliged to help anywhere possible and thus the state feast was held somewhere outside his house.