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Jami at-Tirmidhi 2467 (Book 37, Hadith 53) #28102
The Value of Moderation

SUMMARY: The Prophet Muhammad (s.a.w) passed away and his family had a small quantity of barley which they ate from, but if they had left it alone, they would have been able to eat more than that.

'Aishah said : " The Messenger of Allah(s.a.w) died and we had a Shatr of barley. We ate from it as Allah willed, then I said to the slave girl: 'Measure it' so she measured it, and it was not long before it was gone". She said: "If we had left it alone then we could have eaten from it more than that". Her saying: "Shatr" means a small quantity of barley.
حَدَّثَنَا هَنَّادٌ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ، عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ عُرْوَةَ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ، قَالَتْ تُوُفِّيَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ وَعِنْدَنَا شَطْرٌ مِنْ شَعِيرٍ فَأَكَلْنَا مِنْهُ مَا شَاءَ اللَّهُ ثُمَّ قُلْتُ لِلْجَارِيَةِ كِيلِيهِ فَكَالَتْهُ فَلَمْ يَلْبَثْ أَنْ فَنِيَ ‏.‏ قَالَتْ فَلَوْ كُنَّا تَرَكْنَاهُ لأَكَلْنَا مِنْهُ أَكْثَرَ مِنْ ذَلِكَ ‏.‏ قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ صَحِيحٌ ‏.‏ وَمَعْنَى قَوْلِهَا شَطْرٌ تَعْنِي شَيْئًا

TOPICS
moderation  *  barley  *  quantity  *  eating  *  shatr  *  istiaah

QUICK LESSONS:
Practice moderation in all aspects of life; Be thankful for what you are blessed with; Use your resources wisely; Do not waste your resources carelessly or take too much without thinking about others who may need them too .

EXPLANATIONS:
This hadith is about the importance of moderation in all aspects of life. It was narrated by 'Aishah who said that when the Prophet Muhammad (s.a.w) passed away, there was a small quantity of barley in their possession which they ate from as Allah willed, but she then instructed her slave girl to measure it and soon enough it was gone. She then commented on how if they had left it alone, then they could have eaten more than that from it. This teaches us the importance of moderation in our lives; we should not be wasteful or overindulge ourselves with anything as this can lead to us running out quickly and not being able to enjoy what we have for longer periods of time. We should also remember that everything we have is given to us by Allah so we should be thankful for what He has blessed us with and use them wisely instead of wasting them away carelessly or taking too much without thinking about others who may need them too.

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