Muhammad (saw) – The Perfect Man — Page 719
Muhammad sa The Perfect Man 719 were the pious starving people, who lived on a platform near the mosque. They were called A sha b-e- S uffah. Hadrat Ab u Hurairah ra was one of them. He relates; "Once the Holy Prophet Muhammad sa noticed the signs of hunger on my face. He took me to his house, where there was a bowl of milk. He told me to call A sha b-e- S uffah, these were the people with no home of their own. The Holy Prophet Muhammad sa used to give them out of any alms received and share any gift offered to him. They were like permanent guests of the Muslims. 33 Hadrat Ab u Hurairah ra went to call A sha b-e- S uffah and was worried that one bowl of milk would not be enough for everyone. God blessed this bowl of milk so much that everyone had their fill and some of it was still left over. 34 Another pious person, Ab u ‘Abdull a h bin T ahfah ra , one of the A sha b-e- S uffah relates; "Once there were a large number of guests. An sa r of Mad i nah took them to their homes and only five people were left and I was one of them. The Holy Prophet Muhammad sa took us to his house and five of us shared the meagre amount of food which was prepared for his aftaar. " 35 Amongst these people, there were Miqd a d bin Al-Aswad and his two companions. Being neighbours, the Holy Prophet Muhammad sa treated them as his permanent guests. They shared the milk of H u du r sa 's three goats and