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Sahih al-Bukhari 5442 (Book 70, Hadith 71) #5217
Contentment with Simple Things

SUMMARY: Aishah (ra) was content with the simple things in life, such as dates and water.

Aishah (ra) said, "When Allah's Messenger died, we had been satisfied by the two black things, ie, dates and water".
وَقَالَ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يُوسُفَ عَنْ سُفْيَانَ، عَنْ مَنْصُورِ ابْنِ صَفِيَّةَ، حَدَّثَتْنِي أُمِّي، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ ـ رضى الله عنها ـ قَالَتْ تُوُفِّيَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ وَقَدْ شَبِعْنَا مِنَ الأَسْوَدَيْنِ التَّمْرِ وَالْمَاءِ‏.‏

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contentment  *  dates  *  water

QUICK LESSONS:
Be grateful for what you have been blessed with; Appreciate small blessings in your life; Strive for better but remain content at all times.

EXPLANATIONS:
This hadith is about the importance of being content with what one has. It was narrated by Aishah, who was a wife of Prophet Muhammad ﷺ. She said that when he passed away, she and her family were satisfied with two simple things - dates and water. This teaches us to be grateful for what we have and not to be greedy or envious of others' possessions. We should learn to appreciate the small blessings in our lives instead of always wanting more than we need. Being content does not mean that we should not strive for better things but it means that we should be happy with whatever Allah has given us at any given time in our lives.

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