Daily Hadith Sat 23-Apr-2011 - 20 Jumada al-Ula 1432 حديث اليوم
Excellence of Simple Living and being Content with Little
Anas (May Allah be pleased with him) reported: The Prophet (PBUH) mortgaged his armour for a quantity of barley, and I took to him some barley bread and rancid fat. I heard him saying: "The family of Muhammad never possessed a measure of wheat from dawn to dusk although they were nine houses (to feed)."[Al-Bukhari].


Commentary:
The Prophet (PBUH) was perfectly humble and very generous to the point that he did not put anything away for himself until he had to mortgage his own armour for food.
56/505 - Riyad Us-Saliheen (Gardens of the Righteous)
باب فضل الجوع وخشونة العيش
والاقتصار على القليل من المأكول والمشروب والملبوس وغيرها من حظوظ النفس وترك الشهوات
وعن أَنس رضي اللَّه عنه قال : رَهَنَ النَّبِيُّ صَلّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وسَلَّم دِرْعهُ بِشَعِيرٍ ، ومشيتُ إِلى النَّبِيِّ صَلّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وسَلَّم بِخُبْزِ شَعيرٍ ، وَإِهَالَةٍ سَنِخَةٍ ، وَلَقَدْ سمِعْتُهُ يقُولُ : « ما أَصْبحَ لآلِ مُحَمَّدٍ صــاعٌ ولا أَمْسَى وَإِنَّهُم لَتِسْعَةُ أَبْيَاتٍ » رواه البخاري .« الإِهَالَةُ » بكسر الهمزة : الشَّحْمُ الذَّائِبُ . وَ«السَّنِخَةُ » بِالنون والخاءِ المعجمة ، وَهِي: المُتَغَيِّرةُ .
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Sat 23-Apr-2011 - 20 Jumada al-Ula 1432