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Sahih al-Bukhari 6459 (Book 81, Hadith 48) #6208
The Prophet's Lifestyle of Sustenance

SUMMARY: This hadith is about the Prophet Muhammad's (PBUH) lifestyle and how he and his family sustained themselves with dates and water, as well as milk from their Ansari neighbors.

Narrated 'Aisha: that she said to 'Urwa, "O, the son of my sister! We used to see three crescents in two months, and no fire used to be made in the houses of Allah's Messenger ﷺ (ie nothing used to be cooked)"'.Urwa said, "What used to sustain you?" 'Aisha said, "The two black things ie dates and water, except that Allah's Messenger ﷺ had neighbors from the Ansar who had some milch she-camels, and they used to give the Prophet ﷺ some milk from their house, and he used to make us drink it".
حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الأُوَيْسِيُّ، حَدَّثَنِي ابْنُ أَبِي حَازِمٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ رُومَانَ، عَنْ عُرْوَةَ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ، أَنَّهَا قَالَتْ لِعُرْوَةَ ابْنَ أُخْتِي إِنْ كُنَّا لَنَنْظُرُ إِلَى الْهِلاَلِ ثَلاَثَةَ أَهِلَّةٍ فِي شَهْرَيْنِ، وَمَا أُوقِدَتْ فِي أَبْيَاتِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ نَارٌ‏.‏ فَقُلْتُ مَا كَانَ يُعِيشُكُمْ قَالَتِ الأَسْوَدَانِ التَّمْرُ وَالْمَاءُ إِلاَّ أَنَّهُ قَدْ كَانَ لِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ جِيرَانٌ مِنَ الأَنْصَارِ كَانَ لَهُمْ مَنَائِحُ، وَكَانُوا يَمْنَحُونَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ مِنْ أَبْيَاتِهِمْ، فَيَسْقِينَاهُ‏.‏
TOPICS
prophet  *  dates  *  water  *  milk  *  sustenance  *  neighbors

QUICK LESSONS:
Be generous towards others in need; be content with what you have; practice simplicity in life

EXPLANATIONS:
This hadith speaks to the lifestyle of the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH). It explains that he and his family would often go two months without cooking any food in their home. Instead they would sustain themselves on dates and water. Additionally, they were blessed with generous neighbors from the Ansar tribe who provided them with milk from their camels. This hadith teaches us about the simplicity of life that was practiced by our beloved prophet. It also speaks to the importance of being generous to one another in order to help those in need. We can learn a great deal from this hadith about how we should live our lives today; by being content with what we have while also helping others when we can.

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