the Messenger of Allah ﷺ passed by us while we were repairing a reed hut of ours ⦗1⦘. He asked, “What is this?” We said, “It has grown weak, so we are fixing it.” He replied, “I do not think the matter will last long enough for that.”
Reported by Abu Dāwūd and al-Tirmidhī with the chain used by al-Bukhārī and Muslim. Al-Tirmidhī graded it ḥasan ṣaḥīḥ.
485 – Kaʿb ibn ʿIyāḍ (may Allah be pleased with him) said: I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say, “Every nation has its trial ⦗2⦘, and the trial of my nation is wealth.” Reported by al-Tirmidhī, who graded it ḥasan ṣaḥīḥ.
486 – Abū ʿAmr—some say Abū ʿAbd Allāh, others Abū Laylā—ʿUthmān ibn ʿAffān (may Allah be pleased with him) reported that the Prophet ﷺ said, “The son of Adam has no rightful claim to anything beyond these necessities: a house in which to live, a garment that covers his nakedness ⦗3⦘, a crust of bread, and water.” Reported by al-Tirmidhī, who said: a ṣaḥīḥ hadith. ⦗4⦘
Al-Tirmidhī added: I heard Abū Dāwūd Sulaymān ibn Sālim al-Balkhī say, “I heard al-Naḍr ibn Shumayl say, ‘al-jilf is bread eaten without any stew.’ Others said, ‘It is coarse bread.’ Al-Harawī said, ‘What is meant here is the container that holds bread, such as a sack or saddle-bag.’ Allah knows best.”
487 – ʿAbd Allāh ibn al-Shakhkhīr—with a kasrah on both the shīn and khāʾ—(may Allah be pleased with him) said: I came to the Prophet ﷺ while he was reciting: “Rivalry in worldly increase has distracted you” (Qur’an 102:1). He then said, “The child of Adam says, ‘My wealth, my wealth!’ Yet, O child of Adam, do you really possess anything of your wealth except what you eat and consume, or…
⦗1⦘ A hut or shelter woven from palm fronds or reeds.
⦗2⦗ Fitnah: a test or temptation that exposes one’s true state.
⦗3⦗ A covering sufficient to conceal the private parts.
⦗4⦗ Al-Tirmidhī’s grading of the narration as authentic.