"While at Medina we were struck with famine. Ibn Az-Zubair used to provide us with dates as our
food. Ibn `Umar used to pass by us and say, "Don't eat two dates together at a time as the Prophet (ﷺ) has
forbidden eating two dates together at a time (in a gathering) unless one takes the permission of one's
companion brother."
Sahih al-Bukhari Book 47, Hadith 8