Muhammad (saw) – The Perfect Man — Page 870
CHAPTER 36 The Holy Prophet Muhammad sa 's Contentment and Unpretentiousness 870 Armstrong writes about the Holy Prophet Muhammad sa 's simple ways. "Muhammad himself always lived a simple and frugal life, even when he became most powerful Sayyad in Arabia. He hated luxury and there was often nothing to eat in the household. He never had more than one set of clothes at a time and when some of his Companions urged him to wear a richer ceremonial robe he always refused, preferring the thick coarse cloth worn by most of the people. When he received gifts or booty, he gave it away to the poor, like Jesus, he used to tell the Muslims that the poor would enter the kingdom of Heaven before the rich. " 38 Even as a beautiful model of contentment, he used to pray; "O All a h, make me content on what You have given to me. Bless it for me and whatever I do not possess, in its place bestow something better upon me. " 39 Stanley Lane Poole gives this testimony of H u du r sa 's simple life. "He was extremely simple in his habits and conduct, yet he was very particular about his routine actions. His food, dress and furnishings were very ordinary and this continued even in the days of power and sovereignty. He visited the sick,