and possessing his day’s provision, it is as though the whole world in all its breadth has been gathered for him.’ (1) Al-Tirmidhī narrated this and said: “A good (ḥasan) ḥadīth.”

“Sirbihi,” with a kasrah on the sīn, means his very person; some say it refers to his people.

517 – ʿAbd Allāh ibn ʿAmr ibn al-ʿĀṣ (may Allah be pleased with them both) reported that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: ‘He has truly succeeded who accepts Islam, is given provision just sufficient for his needs, and whom Allah makes content with what He bestows upon him.’ Muslim narrated it.

518 – Abū Muḥammad Faḍālah ibn ʿUbayd al-Anṣārī (may Allah be pleased with him) said that he heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ declare: ‘Glad tidings to the one who is guided to Islam, whose livelihood is merely adequate, and who is content.’ Al-Tirmidhī narrated it and said: “A sound and good ḥadīth.”

519 – Ibn ʿAbbās (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: ‘The Messenger of Allah ﷺ would pass successive nights hungry, and his family could find nothing for supper; most of their bread was barley bread.’ Al-Tirmidhī narrated it and said: “A sound and good ḥadīth.”

520 – Faḍālah ibn ʿUbayd (may Allah be pleased with him) related that when the Messenger of Allah ﷺ led the people in prayer, some men—those of the People of the Bench—would collapse from their standing position because of extreme want, so the Bedouins would say, ‘These people are mad!’ When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ finished the prayer he would turn toward them and say, ‘If you only knew what awaits you with Allah the Exalted, you would wish to become still poorer and in greater need.’ Al-Tirmidhī narrated it and said: “A sound ḥadīth.”

“Al-khaṣāṣah” means destitution and severe hunger.

521 – Abū Karīmah al-Miqdām ibn Maʿdikarib (may Allah be pleased with him) said: I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: ‘No human being ever fills a container worse than his stomach. It is enough for the son of Adam (3