Gardens of the Righteous — Page 110
110. GARDENS OF THE RIGHTEOUS 513. Abu Umamah relates that the Holy Prophet said: Son of Adam, if you were to spend that which is spare it would be the better for you, and if you hold it back it would be the worse for you. You will not be blamed for keeping that which you need. Begin spending upon those who are dependent upon you (Tirmidhi). 514. Ubaidullah ibn Mohsin Ansari relates that the Holy Prophet said:. He who begins the day secure as to his life, in good physical condition and possessing one day's provision is as if the world and all it contains were bestowed upon him (Tirmidhi). 515. Abdullah ibn Amr ibn 'As relates that the Holy Prophet said: He who accepts Islam, and is bestowed provision that suffices for his needs and. Allah makes him content with what He has given him has achieved true prosperity (Muslim). 516. Fazalah ibn Ubaid relates that he heard the Holy Prophet say:. Felicitation for him who is guided to Islam and has provision that suffices him and is content (Tirmidhi). 517. Ibn Abbas relates that the Holy Prophet went to bed hungry for several successive nights and his family had no supper and their bread was mostly of barley (Tirmidhi). 518. Fazalah ibn Ubaid relates that when the Holy Prophet led the. Prayer some people fell down from their standing posture on account of starvation. They were of the Company of the Lounge. The rustics started saying that they were afflicted with madness. After concluding the service the Holy. Prophet would go over to them and would say to them: If you knew what there is for you with Allah, the Exalted, you would wish to augment your starvation and lack of provision (Tirmidhi). 519. Miqdad ibn Ma'dikarib relates that he heard the Holy Prophet say:. No man fills a vessel worse than his stomach. A few mouthfuls that would suffice to keep his back upright are enough for a man, but if he must eat more, then he should fill one third with food, one third with drink and leave one third for easy breathing (Tirmidhi). 520. Abu Umamah Iyas ibn Thalabah relates that the companions of the Holy Prophet one day brought up the subject of the world before him whereupon he said: Do you not hear, do you not realise? Abstention is part of faith, abstention is part of faith (Abu Daud). 521. Jabir ibn Abdullah relates that the Holy Prophet sent us under the command of Abu Ubaidah to an encounter with a caravan of the Quraish and provisioned us with a leather bag of dried dates without anything else. Abu. Ubaidah rationed us on one date per day. Being asked: How did you manage?. Jabir replied: We would suck it as does a child and drink some water on top of it. This carried us on till night. We would also shake down leaves of trees with our staffs, dip them in water and eat them. We reached the coast and saw something like a sand dune stretched along the beach. When we approached it we found it was a whale. Abu Ubaidah said: This is carrion, but after some