| Excellence of Simple Living and being Content with Little |
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`Aishah (May Allah be pleased with her) reported: When Messenger of Allah (PBUH) died, his armour was mortgaged with a Jew for thirty Sa` (measures) of barley.[Al-Bukhari and Muslim]. Commentary: In the Hadith, there is a mention of the asceticism of the Prophet (PBUH) and also a permissibility for transactions with the people of the Book (the Jews and the Christians). That is why he mortgaged his coat of mail with a Jew and took a loan against it. |
| 56/504 - Riyad Us-Saliheen (Gardens of the Righteous) |
