Chapters On Zuhd

Jami' al-Tirmidhi

"I was among the first men who spilled blood in Allah's cause, and I was among the first men to shoot an arrow in Allah's cause. I saw battles with troops of the Companions of Muhammad (s.a.w). We had nothing...

Jami' al-Tirmidhi

"There was never a surplus of barley bread for the inhabitants of the house of the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w)."

Jami' al-Tirmidhi

" The Messenger of Allah (s.a.w) would spend many consecutive nights and his family did not have supper, and most of the time their bread was barley bread."

Jami' al-Tirmidhi

"O Allah! Make the sustenance of Muhammad's family nourishing."

Jami' al-Tirmidhi

"The Prophet (s.a.w) would not store anything for the morrow."

Jami' al-Tirmidhi

"The Messenger of Allah (s.a.w) never ate on a table, nor did he eat thin bread until he died."

Jami' al-Tirmidhi

"Did the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w) eat Naqi – meaning refined (flour)?” So Sahl said: “The Messenger of Allah (s.a.w) did not see Naqi until he met Allah.” It was said to him: “Did you have sifters during the time...

Jami' al-Tirmidhi

"The poor are admitted into Paradise before the rich, by five hundres years, (i.e.) half a day."

Jami' al-Tirmidhi

"The poor Muslims are admitted into Paradise before their rich by half a day. And that is five hundred years."

Jami' al-Tirmidhi

"The poor Muslims are admitted into Paradise before their rich by forty autumns."