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Riyad as-SalihinThe Book of Miscellany

Riyad as-Salihin 504

Chapter: Excellence of Simple Living and being Content with Little

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Narrator:Anas ibn Mālik

وعن أنس رضي الله عنه قال‏:‏ رهن النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم درعه بشعير، ومشيت إلى النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم بخبز شعير، وإهالة سنخة، ولقد سمعته يقول‏:‏ ‏

"‏ ما أصبح لآل محمد صاع ولا أمسى‏"

Anas (May Allah be pleased with him) reported:

The Prophet (ﷺ) 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].

Reported by Al-Bukhari (No. 2508). Cited in Riyad as-Salihin (No. 504).

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  • AuthenticAl-Bukhari صحيح — صحيح البخاري (2508)

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Authentic Sahih al-Bukhari 2508

No doubt, the Prophet (ﷺ) mortgaged his armor for barley grams. Once I took barley bread with some dissolved fat on it to the Prophet (ﷺ) and I heard him saying, "The household of Muhammad did not possess except a Sa (of food grain, barley, etc.) for both the morning and the evening meals although…

وَلَقَدْ رَهَنَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم دِرْعَهُ بِشَعِيرٍ، وَمَشَيْتُ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم بِخُبْزِ شَعِيرٍ وَإِهَالَةٍ سَنِخَةٍ، وَلَقَدْ سَمِعْتُهُ يَقُولُ ‏"‏ مَا أَصْبَحَ لآلِ مُحَمَّدٍ صلى…

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Authentic Muttafaq ‘alayh (Bukhari and Muslim) Sahih al-Bukhari 2513

The Messenger of Allah (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) bought food from a Jew and pledged him his iron armor

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