Asceticism of Rasool Allah

Asceticism of Rasool Allah (saw) [Ya Rasool Allah Ya Habib Allah

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Asceticism of Rasool Allah (saw) [Ya Rasool Allah Ya Habib Allah]

Another prominent characteristic Rasool Allah (saw) had was his asceticism towards the worldly life. He turned his back to this life's pleasures and lived away from its desires. He lived the life of the poor and the needy. The following are some examples on his asceticism: Aishah, the wife of Rasool Allah (saw), narrated, "Rasool Allah's (saw) stomach was not filled with food at all. He did not complain to anyone. Poverty was more beloved to him than wealth. Even if he remained hungry suffering from hunger all his night, that did not prevent him from fasting his next day; though, if he wished, he would ask his Lord to endow him with all treasures of the earth, its fruits, and the easiness of its living. I was pitiful to him for what I saw in him. I patted with my hand on his abdomen for the hunger I saw in him, and I said: may my soul be sacrificed for you! Would that you enjoy from this life what might sustain you! He said, 'O Aishah, what do I have to do with this life? My brothers the Arch-Prophets tolerated what was bitterer than this and they passed away and came to their Lord Who honored their coming and rewarded them abundantly, and so I feel shy that if I live at ease, that tomorrow I may miss many things. There is nothing is more beloved to me than to join my brothers and friends." One day, some man came to Rasool Allah (saw) and saw him sitting on a mat, which affected his body and a pillow which affected his cheek. The man said painfully, "Neither Khosrow nor Caesar are satisfied with this! They sleep on silk and brocade while you sleep on this mat!" Rasool Allah (saw) said to him, "I am better than them both. What do I have to do with this life? The example of this life is like a rider who passed by a tree that had a shadow. He sat under it. When the shadow turned away, he went and left the tree." Aishah narrated, "Rasool Allah (saw) did never become satiated with bread for three successive days until he passed to his way (died)." Ibn Abbas narrated, "Rasool Allah (saw) and his wives spent successive nights hungrily finding nothing for dinner." Aishah narrated, "The bed that Rasool Allah (saw) slept on was from leather filled with palm-tree fibers. He (Allah's blessing be on him) died while his armor was mortgaged to a Jew in return for the spending of his family. He often prayed, "O Allah, make the livelihood of Muhammad's family (as enough as) sustenance." Some man from the Ansar offered to Rasool Allah (saw) ripe dates. Rasool Allah (saw) asked the maid that brought the dates to go in to see whether there was a plate in the house to put the dates in. She could not find any. Then, he swept a place with his dress and said to her, "Put them (the dates) on this ground!" Then he said, "By Him in Whose hand my soul is, if this world equaled to Allah (SWT) a mosquito's wing, He would not give anything from it to the unbelievers and the hypocrites." .........................................