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2368. Faḍālah bin 'Ubaid narrated that when the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ would lead the people in Ṣalāt some men would collapse among them during the Ṣalāt due to hunger – they were among Aṣḥāb Aṣ-Suffah – such that a Bedouin would say: 'These people are mad' or 'possessed.' So when the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ finished the Ṣalāt he turned to them and said: 'If you knew what was in store for you with Allāh then you would love to be increased in poverty and need.'" Faḍālah said: "And on that day, I was with the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ." (Hasan)
[Abū 'Eisā said:] This Hadīth is Hasan Saḥīh.
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Commentary
Aṣḥāb Aṣ-Suffah (literally, People of the Bench) were poor Muslims who,
keen as they were to learn the teachings of Islam from the Prophet ﷺ, had taken the Prophet's Masjid as their abode. They often had nothing to eat which was the cause of their passing out during the congregational Salāt, so that the new comers among the Bedouin, unaware of their situation, took them to be crazy people because of their apparent condition. In contrast to this devotional attitude of the Companions, the students of today enjoy much greater facilities, but suffer from lack of interest and keenness to acquire religious knowledge.
