Hazrat Abdur Rahmaan bin Abi Bakr (radhiyallahu ‘anhuma) relates, “The As-haabus Suffah were extremely poor and destitute. Rasulullah (sallallahu ‘alaihi wasallam) would distribute them amongst the Sahaabah (radhiyallahu ‘anhum) saying, “He who has food for two people should take a third person with him from among them, and he who has food for three people should take a fourth person with him from among them,” and so forth.