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

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334 THE LIVES OF THE SAHABAH @.Em3 (Vol-I)
him that his Rabb asks, 'Are you pleased with Me in this state of poverty or
unpleased?"'
Rasulullaah @$% turned to Hadhrat Abu Bakr 4=
and said, "0 Abu Bakr!
Hadhrat Jibra'eel @!% is here. He conveys to you the greetings from Allaah Who
asks, 'Are you pleased with Me in this state of povkty or unpleased?"' Hadhrat
Abu Bakr @GWj started to cry and said, "Can I ever be displeased with my Rabb?
I am pleased with my Rabb!" I am pleased with my Rabb!" ('I
Hadhrat Ali SEbsj and Hadhrat Faatima m.j
Suffer from a Lack of Clothing
Hadhrat Ali @GWj narrates that when he married- Hadhrat Faatima &3l3W6, all
they had as a bedding was a sheepskin that they slept on by night and on which
they served food to their camel during the day. They also had no servant. (2)
The Sahabah have only Coarse Woollen
clothing to wear and Have to Constantly eat Only
Dates and Water
~adhrat Abu Burda says that his father (Hadhrat Abu Moosa Ash'ari W3.W) once
said to him, "If only you had to see us during the time of Rasulullaah @& when
we would be caught in the rain! You would have thought that we smelt just like
sheep (because our clothes were made from sheepskin)." (3) Another narration(4)
from Hadhrat Abu Burda states that his father Hadhrat Abu Moosa Ash'ari %U&?G
said to him, "Dear son! If you had to see us during the time of Rasulullaah
when we were caught in the rain, you would have found us smelling like sheep
because ofeour woollen clothing. Yet another narration adds that Hadhrat Abu
Moosa Ash'ari said, "Our clothes were made of sheepskin while our food
was the two black things, dates and water." (5)
The Men of Suffa Suffer from a Lack of Clothing
Hadhrat Abu Hurayra S4- says, "I saw seventy men of Suffa, none of whom
possessed a large shawl. They either wore a lower garment only or a small sheet
that they tied around their necks. Whereas the garment of some reached halfway
past their calves, there were those whose garments just reached their ankles.
However, they would hold the garment together because they did not like their
private parts to be exposed."
Hadhrat Waathila bin.Asqa w% says, "I was one of the men of Suffa. None of
(1) Abu Nu'aym in his Hilya (Vo1.7 Pg.105) and his FadhaaVus Sahabah %f@j, narrating from
Hadhrat Abu Hurayra ?&lW. 1bn Katheer has commented on the chain of narrators as mentioned
in Muntakhab Kanzul Ummaal Wo1.4 Pg.353).
(2) Hannaad and Deenowri as quoted in Kanzul Ummaal(Vol.7 Pg. 133).
(3) Abu Dawood, Tirmidhi and rbn Majah as quoted in Targheeb wat Tarheeb (Vo1.3 Pg.394).
(4) Ibn Sa'd (Vo1.4 Pg.80).
(5) Tabraani with reliable narrators as confirmed by Haythami (Vol.10 Pg.325). Abu Dawood has also
narrated it briefly.
(6) Bukhari as quoted in Targheeb wat Tarheeb (Vo1.3 Pg.397) and Abu Nu'aym in his Hilya (Vol.1
Pg.341).