(25) باب نَهْيِ الآكِلِ مَعَ جَمَاعَةٍ عَنْ قِرَانِ تَمْرَتَيْنِ وَنَحْوِهِمَا فِي لُقْمَةٍ إِلاَّ بِإِذْنِ أَصْحَابِهِ
This hadith has been reported on the authority of Shu'ba with the same chain of transmitters but these words of his (are not found):
" The people were hard pressed because of the famine during those days."
Reference: Sahih Muslim 2045 b
In-book reference: Book 36, Hadith 208
USC-MSA web (English) reference(deprecated numbering scheme): Book 23, Hadith 5076