Hayatus Sahabah - The Lives of the Sahabah - Part 1 of 3

318 THE LIVES OF THE SAHABAH @Ew (Vol-I)
Rasulullaah m, he ate it and then said, "All p;aise be to Allaah. I have not eaten
hot food for such a long time." ('1
Hadhrat Sahl bin Sa'd B,B%3 says, "From the time Allaah instructed Rasulullaah
w to announce his Nabuwaat until he demise, ~asuluilaah k$!$% did not even
see fine white flour." When someone asked ~adhrht Sahl ~ ,GWj whether there
were sifts during the time of Rasulullaah w, he replied, "From the time Allaah
instructed Rasulullaah @% to announce his Nabuwaat until his demise,
Rasulullaah $%@ did not even see a sift." Someone asked, "Then how were you
able to eat unsifted barley?" He replied, "After grinding the barley, we used to
blow it and whatever could fly away, would fly. The rest we used to make
dough."(2)
Hadhrat Aa'isha @!B@Zj has mentioned that neither a little nor a large amount of
barley bread 'would ever remain behind on the tablecloth of Rasulullaah &%%.
Another narration states that there was never even a small remainder of food on
the tablecloth of Rasulullaah @%$ when it was lifted. (3)
Rasulullaah @& and the Sahabah @,G@3j Tie
Stones to their Stomachs to Suppress their Hunger
Hadhrat Abu Talha BGW narrates that they (the Sahabah @,W) once
complained of hunger to Rasulullaah &%% and showed him their stomachs that
had stones tied to them. Rasulullaah then showed them his stomach to
which two stones were tied. (4)
A Sahabi by the name of Ibn Bujayr %,= states that when Rasulullaah
suffered severe hunger one day, he tied a stone to his stomach and said, "Behold!
Many are those who eat well and enjoy many bounties in this world, but will be
hungry and naked on the Day of Qiyaamah. Behold! Many are those who appear
to be generous to themselves (by doing as they desire) but are actually
humiliating themselves (because their desires lead them to Jahannam). Behold!
Many are those who appear to be humiliating themselves (by suppressing their
desires to abide by Allaah's~commands) but are actually being generous to
themselves (because they are heading for Jannah)." (5)
The Statement of Hadhrat Aa'isha @I%@=
Concerning Overeating
Hadhrat Aa'isha wW once said, "The first calamity to befall this Ummah after
the demise of its Nabi 4%?% is overeating because when a nation fills their bellies
too much, their bodies become obese, their hearts become weak and their' carnal
passions get out of control." (6)
(1) Ibn Majah and Bayhaqi as quoted in Targheeb wat Tarheeb (Vo1.5 Pg.149).
(2) Bukhari as quoted in Targheeb wat Tarheeb (Vo1.5 Pg.153).
(3) Tabraani as quoted in Targheeb wat Tarheeb (Vo1.5 Pg.151). Haythami (Vol.10 Pg.313) has
commented on the chain of narrators.
(4) Tirmidhi as quoted in Targheeb war Tarheeb (Vo1.5 Pg.156).
(5) Ibn Abi Dunya as quoted in Targheeb wat Tarheeb (Vo1.3 Pg.422). Khateeb and Ibn Mandah have
also reported this narration as quoted Isaaba (Vo1.2 Pg.486).
(6) Bukhari in Kitaabut Du'afaa and Ibn Abi Dunya as quoted Taqheeb wat Tarheeb (Vo1.3 Pg.420).