Zuhd

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Muhammad ibn ‘Abdullah ibn Numayr narrated to us; my father and Ya‘la narrated to us; Isma‘il ibn Abi Khalid narrated to us, from Nufay‘, from Anas, who said that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: “There is no rich or poor person who will not wish on the Day of Resurrection that he had been given only enough to sustain him from this world.”

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Suwayd ibn Sa‘id and Mujahid ibn Musa narrated to us; they said: Marwan ibn Mu‘awiyah narrated to us; ‘Abd al-Rahman ibn Abi Shumaylah narrated to us, from Salamah ibn ‘Ubaydullah ibn Mihsan al-Ansari, from his father, who said that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: “Whoever among you wakes up sound in body, secure within himself, and with the provision for his day, it is as though the whole world has been gathered for him.”

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Abu Bakr narrated to us; Waki‘ and Abu Mu‘awiyah narrated to us, from al-A‘mash, from Abu Salih, from Abu Hurayrah, who said that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: “Look at those below you, and do not look at those above you; that is more likely to keep you from belittling Allah’s blessings.” Abu Mu‘awiyah added: “This instruction is for you.”

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Ahmad ibn Sinan narrated to us; Kathir ibn Hisham narrated to us; Ja‘far ibn Burqan narrated to us; Yazid ibn al-Asamm narrated to us, from Abu Hurayrah, attributing it to the Prophet (ﷺ), who said: “Allah does not look at your appearances or your wealth. Rather, He looks at your deeds and your hearts.”

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Abu Bakr ibn Abi Shaybah narrated to us; ‘Abdullah ibn Numayr and Abu Usamah narrated to us, from Hisham ibn ‘Urwah, from his father, from ‘A’ishah, who said: We, the family of Muhammad (ﷺ), would sometimes pass a month without lighting a fire; we had only dates and water. Ibn Numayr’s wording was: We would stay a month.

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Abu Bakr ibn Abi Shaybah narrated to us; Yazid ibn Harun narrated to us; Muhammad ibn ‘Amr narrated to us, from Abu Salamah, from ‘A’ishah, who said: A month would pass over the household of Muhammad (ﷺ) without smoke being seen in any of its houses. I asked: “What did they eat?” She replied: “The two dark things—dates and water. But we had neighbors among the Ansar, good neighbors, who had milch animals, and they would send us some of their milk.” Muhammad said: “There were nine households.”

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Nasr ibn ‘Ali narrated to us; Bishr ibn ‘Umar narrated to us; Shu‘bah narrated to us, from Simak, from al-Nu‘man ibn Bashir, who said: I heard ‘Umar ibn al-Khattab say: “I saw the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) twisting with hunger during the day, unable to find even the worst quality of dates to fill his stomach.”

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Ahmad ibn Mani‘ narrated to us; al-Hasan ibn Musa narrated to us; Shayban informed us, from Qatadah, from Anas ibn Malik, who said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) repeatedly say: “By the One in whose hand is Muhammad’s soul, the family of Muhammad had not, that morning, even a sa‘ of grain or a sa‘ of dates.” At that time he had nine wives.

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Muhammad ibn Yahya narrated to us; Abu al-Mughirah narrated to us; ‘Abd al-Rahman ibn ‘Abdullah al-Mas‘udi narrated to us, from ‘Ali ibn Badhimah, from Abu ‘Ubaydah, from ‘Abdullah, who said that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: “The family of Muhammad had only a mudd of food that morning”—or, “The family of Muhammad did not have a mudd of food that morning.”

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Nasr ibn ‘Ali narrated to us; my father informed me, from Shu‘bah, from ‘Abd al-Akram—a man from the people of Kufah—from his father, from Sulayman ibn Surad, who said: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) came to us, and we—or he, the narrator was unsure—remained for three nights unable to get any food.

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Suwayd ibn Sa‘id narrated to us; ‘Ali ibn Mushir narrated to us, from al-A‘mash, from Abu Salih, from Abu Hurayrah, who said: One day hot food was brought to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), and he ate. When he had finished, he said: “Praise be to Allah. No hot food has entered my stomach for such-and-such a time.”

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‘Abdullah ibn Sa‘id narrated to us; ‘Abdullah ibn Numayr and Abu Khalid narrated to us, from Hisham ibn ‘Urwah, from his father, from ‘A’ishah, who said: The Messenger of Allah’s (ﷺ) bedding was leather, stuffed with palm fiber.

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Wasil ibn ‘Abd al-A‘la narrated to us; Muhammad ibn Fudayl narrated to us, from ‘Ata’ ibn al-Sa’ib, from his father, from ‘Ali, who said: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) came to ‘Ali and Fatimah while they were beneath a woolen covering of theirs—a white woolen cloth called a khamil. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) had furnished them with it, a pillow stuffed with idhkhir grass, and a waterskin.

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Muhammad ibn Bashshar narrated to us; ‘Umar ibn Yunus narrated to us; ‘Ikrimah ibn ‘Ammar narrated to us; Simak al-Hanafi, Abu Zumayl, narrated to me; ‘Abdullah ibn ‘Abbas narrated to me; ‘Umar ibn al-Khattab narrated to me: I entered upon the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) while he was on a reed mat. I sat down and saw that he wore only a waist wrapper. The mat had left marks on his side. In one corner of the room I saw a handful of barley, about a sa‘, and some acacia leaves used for tanning, and there was a hide hanging up. My eyes filled with tears. He said: “‘Umar, why are you weeping?” I said: “Prophet of Allah, why should I not weep? This mat has left marks on your side, and this is all your storehouse contains, as I can see. Yet Chosroes and Caesar live amid fruits and rivers. You are Allah’s Prophet and His chosen one, and this is your storehouse.” He said: “‘Umar, would it not satisfy you that the Hereafter be ours and this world theirs?” I said: “Indeed.”

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Muhammad ibn Tarif and Ishaq ibn Ibrahim ibn Habib narrated to us; they said: Muhammad ibn Fudayl narrated to us, from Mujalid, from ‘Amir, from al-Harith, from ‘Ali, who said: When the Messenger of Allah’s daughter was given to me in marriage, our bedding on the night she came to me was nothing more than a ram’s hide.

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Muhammad ibn ‘Abdullah ibn Numayr and Abu Kurayb narrated to us; they said: Abu Usamah narrated to us, from Za’idah, from al-A‘mash, from Shaqiq, from Abu Mas‘ud, who said: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) used to urge us to give charity, and one of us would go out and work hard until he brought back a mudd. Yet today one of them has a hundred thousand.” Shaqiq said: It was as if he was alluding to himself.

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Abu Bakr ibn Abi Shaybah narrated to us; Waki‘ narrated to us, from Abu Na‘amah, who heard Khalid ibn ‘Umayr say: ‘Utbah ibn Ghazwan delivered a sermon to us from the pulpit. He said: “I remember myself as the seventh of seven with the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ). We had no food to eat except tree leaves, until our mouths became sore.”

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Abu Bakr ibn Abi Shaybah narrated to us; Ghundar narrated to us, from Shu‘bah, from ‘Abbas al-Jurayri, who said: I heard Abu ‘Uthman narrate from Abu Hurayrah that they were seven and had been stricken by hunger. He said: The Prophet (ﷺ) gave me seven dates, one for each person.

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Muhammad ibn Yahya ibn Abi ‘Umar al-‘Adani narrated to us; Sufyan ibn ‘Uyaynah narrated to us, from Muhammad ibn ‘Amr, from Yahya ibn ‘Abd al-Rahman ibn Hatib, from ‘Abdullah ibn al-Zubayr ibn al-‘Awwam, from his father, who said: When the verse ‘Then, on that Day, you will surely be asked about the blessings’ was revealed, al-Zubayr said: “What blessings will we be asked about? We have only the two dark things—dates and water.” He said: “Indeed, that will come.”

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‘Uthman ibn Abi Shaybah narrated to us; ‘Abdah ibn Sulayman narrated to us, from Hisham ibn ‘Urwah, from Wahb ibn Kaysan, from Jabir ibn ‘Abdullah, who said: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) sent us out, three hundred men, carrying our provisions on our necks. Our provisions ran out until each of us had only a date. Someone asked: “Abu ‘Abdullah, how much can a date do for a man?” He replied: “We felt its loss when we no longer had it.” We came to the sea and found a large sea creature that the sea had cast ashore. We ate from it for eighteen days.