Al-Tirmidhī relates in al-Shamāʾil (1):
“ʿAbd Allāh ibn Abī Ziyād narrated to us; Siyyār narrated to us; Sahl ibn Aslam narrated to us, from Yazīd ibn Abī Manṣūr, from Anas, from Abū Ṭalḥah, who said:
‘We complained to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ about hunger, having each tied a single stone over his stomach. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ lifted his garment and we saw that he had tied two stones.’”
Al-Tirmidhī then comments: “This ḥadīth is gharīb (solitary).”
It is authentically recorded in the two Ṣaḥīḥs, through the narration of Hishām ibn ʿUrwah from his father, from ʿĀʾishah, that when she was asked about the bedding of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ she replied, “It was a leather mat stuffed with palm-fiber.” (2)
Al-Ḥasan ibn ʿArafah said: “ʿAbbād ibn ʿAbbād al-Muhallabī narrated to us, from Mujālid ibn Saʿīd, from al-Shaʿbī, from Masrūq, from ʿĀʾishah, who said:
‘A woman from the Anṣār entered my house and noticed that the bedding of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was nothing but a folded cloak. She left and later sent me a mattress stuffed with wool. When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ came in he asked, “What is this, ʿĀʾishah?” I replied, “Messenger of Allah, so-and-so, the Anṣārī woman, saw your bedding and sent this to me.” He said, “Return it.” I did not do so, for I liked having it in my house, until he repeated the order three times. Then he said, “Return it, ʿĀʾishah. By Allah, if I wished, Allah would cause mountains of gold and silver to flow with me.”’ (3)
Al-Tirmidhī also reports in al-Shamāʾil (4): “Abū al-Khaṭṭāb Ziyād ibn Yaḥyā al-Baṣrī narrated to us; ʿAbd Allāh ibn Maymūn narrated to us; Jaʿfar ibn Muḥammad narrated to us, from his father:
‘ʿĀʾishah was asked, “What was the Prophet’s bedding in your house?” She answered, “A leather mat stuffed with palm-fiber.”
Ḥafṣah was likewise asked, “What was the Prophet’s bedding?” She said, “A rough woollen cloth that we folded in two and on which he slept. One night I thought, ‘If we fold it in four it will be softer for him,’ so we did. In the morning he asked, ‘What did you spread for me last night?’ We said, ‘It is your bedding; we only folded it in four layers so it would be softer for you.’ He said, ‘Put it back the way it was, for its softness kept me from praying during the night.’”’
Al-Ṭabarānī reports: “Muḥammad ibn Abān al-Iṣbahānī narrated to us; Muḥammad ibn ʿUbādah al-Wāsiṭī narrated to us; Yaʿqūb ibn Muḥammad al-Zuhrī narrated to us; Muḥammad ibn Ibrāhīm narrated to us; Ibn Luhayʿah narrated to us, from Abū al-Aswad, from ʿUrwah—”