Abu Hurairah (RA) reported: By Him in Whose Hand is my life and Ibn 'Abbad also said: By One in Whose hand is the life of Abu Hurairah (RA) , Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) could not afford to provide adequate food to his family which could (fill their bellies) with bread and wheat for three days successively until he left the world.

Abu Hazim reported: I saw Abu Hurairah (RA) point with his finger many a time and saying: By One in Whose Hand is the life of Abu Hurairah (RA) , Allah's Apostle ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) could not eat to his fill and provide his family bread of wheat beyond three days successively until he left the world.

Nu'man bin Bashir said: Don't you eat and drink according to your heart's desire, whereas I saw that your Prophet ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) (at times) could not find even an inferior quality of the dates with which he could fill his belly? Qutaiba, however, did not make a mention of it.

This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Simak with the same chain of transmitters, with this addition of words: "You are not satisfied with the qualities of dates and butter."

Simak bin Harb reported: I heard Nu'man deliver an address in which he said that (Hadrat) Umar made a mention of what had fallen to the lot of people out of the material world and he said: I saw Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) spend the whole day being upset because of hunger and he could not get even an inferior quality of dates with which he could fill his belly.

'Abdul Rahman al-Hubuli reported: I heard that a person asked 'Abdullah bin 'Amr bin 'As saying: Are we not amongst the destitute of the emigrants? 'Abdullah said to him: Have you a spouse with whom you live? He said: Yes. He again said: Then you are amongst the rich. He said: I have a servant also. Thereupon he ('Abdullah bin 'Amr bin 'As) said: Then you are amongst the kings.

Abu 'Abdal-Rahman reported that three persons came to 'Abdullah bin 'Amr (RA) bin 'As while I was sitting with him and they said: By Allah, we have nothing with us either in the form of provision, riding animals or wealth. Thereupon he said to them: I am prepared to do whatever you like. If you come to us, we would give you what Allah would make available for you and if you like I would make a mention of your case to the ruler, and if you like you can show patience also for I have heard Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) as saying: Destitute amongst the emigrants would precede the rich emigrants by forty years in getting into Paradise on the Day of Resurrection. Thereupon they said: We then show patience and do not ask for anything.

'Abdullah bin 'Umar (RA) reported that Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) said in connection with the people of Hijr (Thamud): Do not enter but weepingly (the habitations) of these people who had been punished by (Allah), and in case you do not feel inclined to weep, then do not enter (these habitations) that you may not meet the same calamity as had fallen to their lot.

Ibn Shihab reported, and he had been talking about the stony abodes of Thamud, and he said: Salim bin 'Abdullah reported that 'Abdullah bin 'Umar (RA) said: We were passing along with Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) through the habitations of Hijr, and Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) said: Do not enter but weepingly the habitations of these persons who committed tyranny among themselves, lest the same calamity should fall upon you as it fell upon them. He then urged his mount to proceed quickly and pass through that valley hurriedly.

'Abdullah bin 'Umar reported that the people encamped along with Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) in the valley of Hijr, the habitations of Thamud, and they quenched their thirst from the wells thereof and kneaded the flour with it. Thereupon Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) commanded that the water collected for drinking should be spilt and the flour should be given to the camels and commanded them that the water for drinking should be taken from that well where the she-camel (of Hadrat Salih) used to come.