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We used to be very happy on Friday as an old lady used to cut some roots of the Silq, which we used
to plant on the banks of our small water streams, and cook them in a pot of her's, adding to them,
some grains of barley. (Ya'qub, the sub-narrator said, "I think the narrator mentioned that the food did
not contain fat or melted fat (taken from meat).") When we offered the Friday prayer we would go to
her and she would serve us with the dish. So, we used to be happy on Fridays because of that. We
used not to take our meals or the midday nap except after the Jumua prayer (i.e. Friday prayer).
Sahih al-Bukhari Book 41, Hadith 27
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Once the Prophet (ﷺ) was narrating (a story), while a bedouin was sitting with him. "One of the
inhabitants of Paradise will ask Allah to allow him to cultivate the land. Allah will ask him, 'Are you
not living in the pleasures you like?' He will say, 'Yes, but I like to cultivate the land.' " The Prophet (ﷺ)
added, "When the man (will be permitted he) will sow the seeds and the plants will grow up and get
ripe, ready for reaping and so on till it will be as huge as mountains within a wink. Allah will then say
to him, 'O son of Adam! Take here you are, gather (the yield); nothing satisfies you.' " On that, the
bedouin said, "The man must be either from Quraish (i.e. an emigrant) or an Ansari, for they are
farmers, whereas we are not farmers." The Prophet (ﷺ) smiled (at this). Sahih al-Bukhari Book 41, Hadith 26
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The people say that Abu Huraira narrates too many narrations. In fact Allah knows whether I say the
truth or not. They also ask, "Why do the emigrants and the Ansar not narrate as he does?" In fact, my
emigrant brethren were busy trading in the markets, and my Ansar brethren were busy with their
properties. I was a poor man keeping the company of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) and was satisfied with what
filled my stomach. So, I used to be present while they (i.e. the emigrants and the Ansar) were absent,
and I used to remember while they forgot (the Hadith). One day the Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Whoever spreads
his sheet till I finish this statement of mine and then gathers it on his chest, will never forget anything
of my statement." So, I spread my covering sheet which was the only garment I had, till the Prophet (ﷺ)
finished his statement and then I gathered it over my chest. By Him Who had sent him (i.e. Allah's
Apostle) with the truth, since then I did not forget even a single word of that statement of his, until this
day of mine. By Allah, but for two verses in Allah's Book, I would never have related any narration
(from the Prophet). (These two verses are): "Verily! Those who conceal the clear signs and the
guidance which we have sent down .....(up to) the Merciful.' (2.159-160) Sahih al-Bukhari Book 41, Hadith 28