Abu Hazim reported: I saw Abu Huraira point with his finger many a time and saying: By One in Whose Hand is the life of Abu Huraira, Allah's Apostle ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) could not eat to his fill and provide his family bread of wheat beyond three days successively until he left the world.
Read More..Nu'man b. Bashir said: Don't you eat and drink according to your heart's desire, whereas I saw that your Prophet ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) (at times) could not find even an inferior quality of the dates with which he could fill his belly? Qutaiba, however, did not make a mention of It.
Read More..This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Simak with the same chain of transmitters, with this addition of words: You are not satisfied with the qualities of dates and butter.
Read More..Simak b. Barb reported: I heard Nu'man deliver an address in which he said that (Hadrat) Umar made a mention of what had fallen to the lot of people out of the material world and he said: I saw Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) spend the whole day being upset because of hunger and he could not get even an interior quality of dates with which he could fill his belly.
Read More..Abd al-Rahman al-Hubuli reported: I heard that a person asked 'Abdullah b. 'Amr b. 'As and heard him saying: Are we not amongst the destitute of the emigrants? Abdullah said to him: Have you a spouse with whom you live? He said: Yes. Abdullah asked: Do you not have a home in which you reside? The man replied Yes. Abdullah said: Then you are amongst the rich. He said: I have a servant also. Thereupon he (Abdullah b. 'Amr b. 'As) said: Then you are amongst the kings.
Read More..Abu 'Abd al-Rahman reported that three persons came to 'Abdullah b. Amr b. 'As while I was sitting with him and they said: By Allah, we have nothing with us either in the form of provision, riding animals or wealth. Thereupon he said to them: I am prepared to do whatever you like. If you come to us, we would give you what Allah would make available for you. and if you like I would make a mention of your case to the ruler, and if you like you can show patience also. for I have heard Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) as saying: The destitute amongst the emigrants would precede the rich emigrants by forty years in getting into Paradise on the Day of Resurrection. Thereupon they said: We then, show patience and do not ask for anything.
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