Asceticism

Umar bin Al-Khattab narrated that the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w) said:"If you were to rely upon Allah with the required reliance, then He would provide for you just as a bird is provided for, it goes out in the morning e...

Anas bin Malik narrated:"There were two brothers during the time of the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w). One of them used to come to the prophet (s.a.w), and the other had some business. The businessman among them complained...

Salamah bin 'Ubaidullah bin Mihsan Al-Khatmi narrated from his father -and he was a Companion- who said:"The Messenger of Allah (s.a.w) said: "Whoever among you wakes up in the morning secured in his dwelling, healthy in...

Abu Umamah narrated that the Prophet (s.a.w) said:"Indeed the best of my friends to me is the one of meager conditions, whose share is in Salat, worshipping his Lord well and obeying him (even) in private. He is obscure...

Abdullah bin 'Amr narrated that the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w) said:"He has succeeded who accepts Islam, and is provided with what is sufficient and is made content by Allah

Fadalah bin 'Ubaid narrated that he heard the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w) saying:"Glad tidings to whoever is guided to Islam, his livelihood was sufficient and he was satisfied

Abdullah bin Maghaffal said:"A man said to the Prophet (s.a.w): 'O Messenger of Allah! By Allah! Indeed I love you!' So he said: 'Consider what you say.' He said: 'By Allah! I indeed love you!' Three times. He said: 'If...

Abu Sa'eed narrated that the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w) said:"The poor Muhajirin will enter Paradise before the rich among them by five hundred years

Anas narrated that the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w) said:"O Allah! Cause me to live needy, and cause me to die needy and gather me in the group of the needy on the Day of Resurrection." 'Aishah said: "Why O Messenger of Al...

Abu Hurairah narrated that the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w) said:"The poor are admitted into Paradise before the rich, by five hundres years, (i.e.) half a day

Abu Hurairah narrated that the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w) said:"The poor Muslims are admitted into Paradise before their rich by half a day. And that is five hundred years

Jabir bin 'Abdullah narrated that the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w) said:"The poor Muslims are admitted into Paradise before their rich by forty autumns

Masruq said:"I entered upon 'Aishah and she invited me to eat. She said: 'Whenever I eat my fill of food I want to cry and begin crying.' He said: "I said : 'Why?' She said: 'I remember the circumstances under which the...

Aishah narrated:"The Messenger of Allah (s.a.w) did not eat his fill of barley bread on two consecutive days until he was taken (died)

Abu Hurairah narrated:"Neither the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w) nor his family, ate their fill of wheat bread for three consecutive days until he parted the world

Abu Umamah narrated:"There was never a surplus of barley bread for the inhabitants of the house of the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w)

Ibn 'Abbas said:" The Messenger of Allah (s.a.w) would spend many consecutive nights and his family did not have supper, and most of the time their bread was barley bread

Abu Hurairah narrated the the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w) said:"O Allah! Make the sustenance of Muhammad's family nourishing

Anas narrated:"The Prophet (s.a.w) would not store anything for the morrow

Anas said:"The Messenger of Allah (s.a.w) never ate on a table, nor did he eat thin bread until he died