Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn Abd Allah ibn Abi Tawbah al-Kushmihani informed us; Abu Tahir Muhammad ibn al-Harith informed us; Abu al-Hasan Muhammad ibn Yaqub al-Kisa'i informed us; Abd Allah ibn Mahmud informed us; Ibrahim ibn Abd Allah al-Khallal informed us; Abd Allah ibn al-Mubarak narrated to us from Yahya ibn Ayyub, who said: Abd Allah ibn Zukhr narrated to me from Ali ibn Yazid, from al-Qasim ibn Abi Abd al-Rahman, from Abu Umamah, that the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said: “My Lord offered to turn the valley floor of Mecca into gold for me. But I said, ‘No, my Lord. Rather, let me be full one day and hungry another day.’ He said this three times, or something to that effect. ‘When I am hungry, I will humble myself before You and remember You; and when I am full, I will praise You and thank You.’” (1)

Abu Tahir al-Mutahhar ibn Ali ibn Ubayd Allah al-Farisi narrated to us; Abu Dharr Muhammad ibn Ibrahim al-Salahani informed us; Abu Muhammad Abd Allah ibn Muhammad ibn Jafar ibn Hayyan, known as Abu al-Shaykh, informed us; Abu Yala informed us; Muhammad ibn Bakkar narrated to us; Abu Mashar narrated to us from Said—that is, al-Maqburi—from Aishah, who said: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said: “Had I wished, mountains of gold would have accompanied me. An angel came to me whose waist was as broad as the Ka'bah, and he said, ‘Your Lord conveys greetings of peace to you and says: if you wish, you may be a prophet-servant; and if you wish, a prophet-king.’ I looked at Gabriel, and he gestured to me to humble myself. So I said, ‘A prophet-servant.’” She said: Thereafter, the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, would not eat while reclining. He would say, “I eat as a servant eats, and I sit as a servant sits.” (2)

“But they deny the Hour, and We have prepared for those who deny the Hour a blazing Fire.” (11)