Prophet Mohammad spent his life in modesty.
He always tried to be one who is giving rather than taking from others. The
poor could easily asked Mohammad for alms, though they know Mohammad was not
rich man.
One day, a child came to Mohammad and said
that his mother had him to ask for alms.
“But I don’t have anything to give” said
Mohammad as quoted in Mohammad: Chamber of love book
But that child kept forcing him and said,
“But my mom said that you can give me your clothes?” Mohammad put off his
clothes instantly and gave it to child.
Since he didn’t have any clothes on,
Mohammad felt ashamed to walk out naked. The news had spread immediately, and
made people really confused and worried.
Omar went to his house and asked him, “Did
Allah command you for doing these? “
Then comes an ayah to prophet Mohammad “And
let not thy hand be tied (like a miser) to thy neck, nor stretch it forth to
its utmost read (like a spendthrift), so that thou become blameworthy and in
severe poverty (surah al Isra 29) .
This kind of generosity was also followed
by his wives. One of them named Aisha had once gave someone alms until she had
nothing remains to break her fast.
Narrated by Al-Baihaqi, she said “Rasulullah
never ate his fill for three days in a row. We could, if he wants, provide
everything but he would prefer to give it to others firs than for himself,”
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