Ahadith

Asma‘ bint Yazid relates that the sleeves of the shirt of the Holy Prophet reached down to his wrist (Abu Daud and Tirmidhi). (Hud 8, Al-Baqarah 275, Al-Furqan 69)

Jabir relates: On the day of the Moat we were digging when a very hard piece of rock was encountered. The Holy Prophet was told of it and said: I shall descend into the moat. He stood up and it was noticed that he had tied a piece of rock over his stomach. We had not tasted anything for three days. He took up a spade and struck the hard piece of rock with it and it became like sand. I asked the Holy Prophet’s permission to go home and said to my wife: I have seen the Holy Prophet in a condition that I am unable to endure. Have you anything in the house? She said: I have some barley and a lamb. I slaughtered the lamb and ground down the barley and we put the meat in the cooking pot. Then I went to the Holy Prophet. In the meantime the flour had been kneaded and the meat in the pot was nearly cooked. I said to the Holy Prophet: I have some food, Messenger of Allah, will you come with one or two? He asked: How many should there be? I told him, He said: Many would be good. Tell your wife not to take the pot off the fire nor the bread from the oven till I arrive. Then he said to the Emigrants and the Helpers: Let us go. They all stood up. _ I went to my wife and said: Bless you, the Holy Prophet, the Emigrants, the Helpers and the whole company are coming over. She said: Did he ask you? I said: Yes. The Holy Prophet said to his companions: Enter, but do not crowd in. Then he started breaking up the bread and putting meat on it. He would take from the pot and the oven, then cover them up and approach his companions and hand it over to them. He wosld then go back and uncover the pot and oven. He continued to break up the bread and putting meat on it till all had eaten their fill and some was left over. Then he said to my wife: Eat of it, and send it as a present, for people have been afflicted with hunger (Bokhari and Muslim). Another version is: When the moat was being dug I perceived the signs of hunger on the Holy Prophet: so I returned to my wife and said to her: Have you anything in the house? I have perceived the signs of severe hunger on the Holy Prophet. She brought out a leather bag in which" there was a measure of barley and we had a home-reared lamb. I slaughtered the lamb and she prepared the flour for baking. I then cut up the meat and put it in the cooking pot. Then I turned to go to the Holy Prophet and my wife said to me: Do not humiliate me in the eyes of the Holy Prophet and those who are with him. When I came to him I said to him in a low tone: Messenger of Allah, we have slaughtered a small lamb and have ground a measure of barley. Please come with a few people. The Holy Prophet thereupon announced in a loud tone: O ye of the moat, Jabir has prepared an entertainment for you, so come along all of you; and addressing me he said: Do not take the pot off the fire, nor bake the dough till I arrive. So I came home and the Holy Prophet came leading the people. My wife said: It will all rebound on you. I said: I have only done what you told me. She brought out the dough and the Holy Prophet spat into it and blessed it, and then advanced towards the cooking pot and spat into it and blessed it. Then he said: Summon the woman who bakes, and let her bake along with you, and let her ladle out from the cooking pot, _but do not take it off the fire. There were altogether a thousand of them. Verily, all of them ate till they left the food and went off; while our pot still bubbled as before and the dough was being baked as before.

Abu Hurairah relates that the Holy Prophet said: Self-sufficience does not mean plenty of provisions; it is self sufficience of the spirit (Bokhari and Muslim). (Hud 8, Al-Baqarah 275, Al-Furqan 69)

This hadith is the same as No. 515. (Hud 8, Al-Baqarah 275, Al-Furqan 69)

Hakim ibn Hizam relates: I asked the Holy Prophet and he gave me; i asked again and he gave me; I asked again and he gave me and said: Hakim, riches are pleasant and sweet. He who acquires them by the way, they are a source of blessing for him; but they are not blessed for him who seeks them out of greed. He is like one who eats but is not filled. The upper hand is better than the lower. I said to him: Messenger of Allah, by Him Who has sent you with the Truth I shall not, after you, ask anyone for anything till I depart this life. Abu Bakr would call Hakim to bestow something upon him, but he would not accept it. Then Umar would call him but he would not accept" anything. So Umar said: I ask the Muslims to bear witness that I offer Hakim his share of the spoils that Allah has appointed for him but he refuses to take it. Thus Hakim did not take anything from anyone after the Holy Prophet till his death (Bokhari and Muslim). : (Hud 8, Al-Baqarah 275)

Abu Burdah relates that Abu Musa Ash‘ari said: Six of us who accompanied the Holy Prophet in a campaign had but one camel between us which we rode by turns. Our feet were wounded and my nails also fell out. We had wrapped up our feet in rags and that is why the campaign became known as the Campaign of Rags. Abu Burdah says: Abu Musa related this but regretted having done it, saying: I wish I had not mentioned it; as he disliked disclosing anything concerning his exploits (Bokhari and Muslim). (Hud 8, Al-Baqarah 275, Al-Furqan 69)

Amr ibn Taghlib relates that some spoils or prisoners were brought to the Holy Prophet and he distributed them, giving to some and not to others. Then he was told that those whom he had not given anything were displeased. On this he praised Allah and glorified Him and said: It is true that I give to one and pass over another, while the one I leave out is dearer to me than the one to whom I give. I give to those in whose hearts I perceive anxiety and unease; others I leave to that which Allah has put in their hearts of good and self-sufficience. Of these is Amr ibn Taghlib. The latter in relating this remarked: I would certainly not exchange these words of the Holy Prophet for red camels (Bokhari). (Hud 8, Al-Baqarah 275, Al-Furqan 69)

This hadith is the same as No. 298 related by Abu Hurairah. (Hud 8, Al-Baqarah 275, Al-Furqan 69)

Abu Sufyan relates that the Holy Prophet said: Do not ask with importunity. If one of you asks me for something and I give it to him with reluctance, there is no blessing in what I give him (Muslim). (Hud 8, Al-Baqarah 275, Al-Furqan 69)