Reference: Siyar A’laam an-Nubalaa v4 p202
said:
The diet of al-’Alaa ibn Ziyaad every day was [just] a loaf of bread.
Abu 'Abdullaah
Graduate of the Islaamic University of Madeenah, having completed the Arabic Language programme at the Institute of Arabic Language before progressing to the Faculty of Sharee'ah, from which he graduated in 2004. He currently resides in Birmingham, UK.