Sayyidah Aisha Siddiqa (may Allah be pleased with her) narrates: When the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) passed away, he had never eaten his fill of bread and olive oil twice in one day.

Sayyiduna Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: Bread and meat were never combined together on the dining mat of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) for the morning and evening meals, except in the case when he was eating with other people.

Abu Hazim narrates: I asked Sayyiduna Sahl bin Sa’d Sa’idi (may Allah be pleased with him): Did the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) ever eat bread made from sifted flour? Sayyiduna Sahl (may Allah be pleased with him) replied: From the time Allah Almighty sent him as a Prophet until his passing, the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) never saw (i.e., never ate) bread made from sifted flour. I asked: Did you people have sieves during the blessed era of the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him)? He replied: From the time Allah Almighty sent the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) until his passing, he never saw a sieve. The narrator says: I asked, then how did you eat barley without sifting it? He said: Yes, we used to blow on it, whatever would fly away, would fly away, and whatever remained, we would knead it and eat it.

Lady Aisha Siddiqa (may Allah be pleased with her) narrates: The bed of the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) was made of leather and filled with palm leaves. Lady Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) narrates: Sometimes a month would pass over us in such a way that we could not light a fire (for cooking) throughout the month. Our food consisted of only two black things, dates and water. However, sometimes our neighbors would send us milk from their goats.

Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was resting on a bed made of date-palm fiber rope. The narrator states: During this time, some of his companions came to him, and Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) also entered. When the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) turned to his side, the marks of the rope were visible on his side. Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) began to weep and said: By Allah! We know that you are more honored in the sight of Allah than Kisra and Caesar, yet both of them are living lives of luxury. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Are you not pleased that these things are for them in this world and for us in the Hereafter? Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said: Yes. The narrator says: Then he remained silent.

Sayyiduna Abu Huraira (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: "I have been sent with concise speech." With another chain of narration, it is reported that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: "I have been sent with concise speech." I have been helped. Once, while I was asleep, the keys to the treasures of the earth were brought to me and placed in my hand. Sayyiduna Abu Huraira (may Allah be pleased with him) says: The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) has departed (from this world) and you people are acquiring those things.

Sayyiduna Jabir bin Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with them both) narrates that the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The keys of the world were brought to me, loaded on a piebald horse, upon which there was a sheet made of silk."

Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: Sayyiduna Jibreel (peace be upon him) was sitting with the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). During this, he looked towards the sky, from which an angel descended. Sayyiduna Jibreel (peace be upon him) said to the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): This angel has never descended before today. Then he came down. He said: O Sayyiduna Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him), your Lord has sent me to you. Do you wish that Allah Almighty makes you a king, or do you wish to remain a servant and a Messenger? Sayyiduna Jibreel (peace be upon him) said to the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): O Sayyiduna Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him), adopt humility before your Lord. So the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: No, rather I wish to remain a servant and a Messenger.

Lady Aisha Siddiqa (may Allah be pleased with her) narrates: The Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) did not pass away until it was made lawful for him that he could marry as many women as he wished.

(Imam Ibn Hibban, may Allah have mercy on him, says:) There is a possibility that initially it was forbidden for the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) to marry more women than a specified number, and then before his passing, it was made lawful for him to marry women (without any specified number). This was a special favor bestowed upon him (peace be upon him). In this case, there will remain no contradiction or difference between the hadith and the Book of Allah, and this is indicated by Lady Aisha’s (may Allah be pleased with her) acceptance that the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) did not pass away until it was made lawful for him to marry women (without any specified number). So, by this, Lady Aisha Siddiqa (may Allah be pleased with her) means: this was a permission that came after a previous prohibition, as we have mentioned earlier.

Lady Aisha Siddiqa (may Allah be pleased with her) narrates: I used to get very angry at those women who would offer themselves in marriage to the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him). I used to think, could any woman offer herself for marriage? When Allah the Exalted revealed this verse: «تُرْجِي مَن تَشَاءُ مِنْهُنَّ وَتُؤْوِي إِلَيْكَ مَن تَشَاءُ وَمَنِ ابْتَغَيْتَ مِمَّنْ عَزَلْتَ» (Al-Ahzab: 51), Lady Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) said: I said, "By Allah! I see that your Lord hastens to fulfill your wishes."