This same Muhammad
was once sleeping on a straw mat that made his sided ache… So, the
Companions of him: may Allah be pleased with them, said to him: ( O Allah’s
Messenger!… If you only let us bring you a soft mattress to sleep on!)
.. The Prophet said to them: (World life, it is mine not for me, this
life is like a tree for a traveler who came under its shade for a while and
then left it) .. [Urwa] reported that [Aisha] - the Mother of Believers-said
to him: ( By Allah, nephew, we (the Prophet’s family) used to see a
crescent after a crescent (two months elapsed), and no fire was to be set (to
cook) in the Prophet’s houses… Urwa
asked: What did you live on then, my aunt?.. Aisha said: " Dates and
water".
[ Ibn Abbas] - May Allah be pleased with him and his father-also reported
that the Prophet used to spend many consecutive nights having nothing to
dine with, and his family too).
[Abu Huraira] - may Allah be pleased with him - also reported: (One day
or night the Prophet went out and found Abu Bakr and Umar Ibnul-Khattab…
He asked them why they went out of their homes at that time. They answered
him: Out of hunger, Prophet of Allah… He said: (I swear by Allah Who
controls my soul-I went out of my home for the same reason)… In this
regard, ‘Aisha also says: (Until
Muhammad (pbuh) died, his folks never had enough bread and oat for two
consecutive days).
When Muhammad, peace and blessings be upon him, passed away; he did not leave a