The Livelihood Of The Companions Of The Prophet ﷺ
Darussalam · Volume 5
37. The ChaptersOn AsceticismSunan Ibn Majah Darussalam English translation
الحديث: 4156 ¦ الجزء: 2 ¦ الصفحة: 1392
Source no. 4156 · Volume 9 · Page 156
Sahih
صحيح مختصر الشمائل (١١٥)
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4156. It was narrated that Ibn 'Umair said: "Utbah bin Ghazwān delivered a sermon on the pulpit and said: 'I saw myself the seventh of seven with the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ, and we did not have any food to eat except the leaves of trees, until our gums hurt.”” (Sahih)
4156 - حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ، عَنْ أَبِي نَعَامَةَ، سَمِعَهُ مِنْ خَالِدِ بْنِ عُمَيْرٍ، قَالَ: خَطَبَنَا عُتْبَةُ بْنُ غَزْوَانَ، عَلَى الْمِنْبَرِ، فَقَالَ: «لَقَدْ رَأَيْتُنِي سَابِعَ سَبْعَةٍ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، مَا لَنَا طَعَامٌ نَأْكُلُهُ إِلَّا وَرَقُ الشَّجَرِ، حَتَّى قَرِحَتْ أَشْدَاقُنَا»
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The many types of hardships that befell the Prophet ﷺ and his Companions are a good example for us to be patient and remain steadfast. The reason for narrating such incidents on the pulpit is to exhort people that now, when Allāh has granted them all kinds of His blessings, they should be more grateful to Allāh and should not complain if there is any decrease in those blessings.