40

Obaid says he heard God's Messenger (saas) saying:
"Blessed is (the one) guided to Islam
and his living was (small but) sufficient
and he was content."

[b. Hanbal, l-Zuhd, 40]
[Tirmidhi, 2349]
(Grade: Authentic [Saheeh])

39

God's Messenger (saas) said:

he has succeeded,
he who surrenders (himself to God - i.e. enters Islam)
and provisions are (small but) sufficient
and God contented him with what He gave him

(b. Hanbal, l-Zuhd, 39)
(Muslim, 1054/125)

(Grade: Authentic [Saheeh])

38

Anas b. Malik said:
God's Messenger (saas) didn't eat on a table nor from a bowl (or plate) nor (was) his bread made using a rolling pin.

he said: she said to Qatadah:
so on what were they eating?

he said:
on nothing!

(b. Hanbal, l-Zuhd, 38)
(also Bukhari, 5421, 5385, 5382)

(Grade: Authentic [Saheeh])

37

I heard Anas b. Malik and he said:
"I gifted the Prophet (saas) three birds
then I fed his maid a bird
then the next day
she came with it
so God's Messenger (saas) said to her:
Didn't I prohibit you from storing up things for the morrow?
Indeed the Mighty and Majestic God comes with provisions every morrow.

[b. Hanbal, l-Zuhd, 37]
[also Ahmad, 198/3]

(Grade: Weak [Da3eef])

34

The prophet (saas) said:
My concern is not the world
indeed my example and the example of the world is like this example:
a traveller napped in the shade of a tree on a (hot) summer's day,
then he went away and left it

[b. Hanbal, l-Zuhd, 34]
[also Ahmad, 301/1]
(Grade: Authentic [Saheeh])

34

The Prophet (saas) said:
"no(thing is) for me and for this world
except that my example and the example of the World
(is) like the example of a rider (i.e. traveller)
he said
in the shade of a tree on a (hot) summer's day
then he went (off)
and left it (behind)"

[b. Hanbal, l-Zuhd, 34]
[also Ahmad, 301/1]
[also Albaani, 5669]

(Grade: Authentic [Sa7ee7])

35

God's Messenger (saas) said:
"Elohim [l-lahumma]
make strong Muhammad's family's provisions"

[b. Hanbal, l-Zuhd, 35]
[also Muslim, 1055]
[also Bukhari, 6460]

(Grade: Authentic [Sa7ee7])