{"id":23912,"date":"2025-08-24T12:01:15","date_gmt":"2025-08-24T10:01:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ihyaauddeen.co.za\/?p=23912"},"modified":"2025-12-03T11:14:13","modified_gmt":"2025-12-03T09:14:13","slug":"another-incident-regarding-the-hunger-which-hazrat-abu-hurairah-radhiyallahu-anhu-underwent-fazaail-amaal-taleem-series-part-thirty-two","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ihyaauddeen.co.za\/?p=23912","title":{"rendered":"Another Incident Regarding the Hunger which Hazrat Abu Hurairah (radhiyallahu \u2018anhu) Underwent  \u2013 Fazaail A\u2019maal \u2013 Taleem Series \u2013 Part Thirty Two"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-20991\" src=\"https:\/\/ihyaauddeen.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/fazaail-aamaal.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"583\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ihyaauddeen.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/fazaail-aamaal.jpg 700w, https:\/\/ihyaauddeen.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/fazaail-aamaal-240x200.jpg 240w, https:\/\/ihyaauddeen.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/fazaail-aamaal-300x250.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/p>\n        <style>\n            #h5vp69e76407487b1 {  width: 100%; }#h5vp69e76407487b1 .pdp_plyr_area {  width: 100%; }        <\/style>\n        <div id=\"h5vp69e76407487b1\" class=\"pdp-wrapper pdp_initializer pdp_wrapper_default light\" data-settings=\"{&quot;options&quot;:{&quot;controls&quot;:[&quot;play&quot;,&quot;progress&quot;,&quot;current-time&quot;,&quot;mute&quot;,&quot;volume&quot;,&quot;settings&quot;,&quot;download&quot;],&quot;tooltips&quot;:{&quot;controls&quot;:true,&quot;seek&quot;:true},&quot;loop&quot;:{&quot;active&quot;:false}},&quot;infos&quot;:{&quot;share&quot;:false,&quot;shares&quot;:[&quot;facebook&quot;,&quot;twitter&quot;,&quot;linkedin&quot;,&quot;pinterest&quot;,&quot;stumbleupon&quot;,&quot;whatsapp&quot;,&quot;email&quot;],&quot;showCount&quot;:false,&quot;showLabel&quot;:false,&quot;skin&quot;:&quot;default&quot;}}\">\n                                <div id=\"\" class=\"row pdp-item pdf_player\">\n                                                <div class=\"pdp_plyr_area col-md-9\">\n                                                            <h3 title=\"Another Incident regarding the Hunger which Hazrat Abu Hurairah (radhiyallahu &#039;anhu\">Another Incident regarding the Hunger which Hazrat Abu Hurairah (radhiyallahu &#039;anhu<\/h3>\n                                                        <div class=\"audioWrapper\">\n                                <audio class=\"podcast\" playsinline>\n                                    <source src=\"https:\/\/ihyaauddeen.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/08-Another-Incident-regarding-the-Hunger-which-Hazrat-Abu-Hurairah-radhiyallahu-anhu.mp3\" type=\"audio\/mp3\" \/>\n                                    Your browser does not support the audio tag.\n                                <\/audio>\n                            <\/div>\n                            <div class=\"share\"><\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n\n<p>Hazrat Abu Hurairah (radhiyallahu \u2018anhu) once mentioned to the people:<\/p>\n<p>If only you people could have seen the time when, for prolonged periods, some of us could not even find enough food to keep our backs straight when standing. Because of my extreme hunger, I would lie with my right side pressed to the ground. At times, I would lie on my belly with my stomach pressed against the ground, and at times, I would keep a stone tied to my stomach.<\/p>\n<p>Once, I sat on the pathway where certain people would pass by. The first person to pass was Hazrat Abu Bakr (radhiyallahu \u2018anhu). I asked him a question, with the intention that while speaking, we would reach his home, and thereafter, according to his noble habit, he would invite me to share his meal. However, he did not do so (probably, because Hazrat Abu Bakr (radhiyallahu \u2018anhu) did not realize his need, or perhaps he did not have anything in his home to serve him).<\/p>\n<p>Thereafter, Hazrat Umar (radhiyallahu \u2018anhu) passed by, and the very same thing transpired.<\/p>\n<p>The next to pass that way was Rasulullah (sallallahu \u2018alaihi wasallam) himself. On seeing me, he smiled and knew the reason for which I was seated there. Rasulullah (sallallahu \u2018alaihi wasallam) addressed me saying, \u201cO Abu Hurairah! Come with me!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I thus accompanied Rasulullah (sallallahu \u2018alaihi wasallam) to his home, and after Rasulullah (sallallahu \u2018alaihi wasallam) entered his home, I first sought permission from him to enter, and then I entered the home.<\/p>\n<p>In the home was a bowl of milk which was presented before him. Rasulullah (sallallahu \u2018alaihi wasallam) enquired, \u201cWhere did this milk come from?\u201d Rasulullah (sallallahu \u2018alaihi wasallam) was informed that it came from a certain place as a gift for him.<\/p>\n<p>Rasulullah (sallallahu \u2018alaihi wasallam) then addressed me and said, \u201cO Abu Hurairah! Go and call the Ashaab-e-Suffah!\u201d The Ashaab-e-Suffah were regarded as the guests of all the Muslims. They had no home of their own and no means of livelihood. Their number continued to change all the time, but at that particular time, they were seventy in total. At different times, Rasulullah (sallallahu \u2018alaihi wasallam) would send them for meals in groups of two or four to the homes of those Sahaabah (radhiyallahu \u2018anhum) who had some food and were able to feed them.<\/p>\n<p>It was the personal practice of Rasulullah (sallallahu \u2018alaihi wasallam) that if any sadaqah came to him, then he would give it to them and would not keep anything for himself (as Rasulullah (sallallahu \u2018alaihi wasallam) would not consume charity), and if any gift came to Rasulullah (sallallahu \u2018alaihi wasallam), then he would share it with the Ashaab-e-Suffah, and he himself would also partake from it.<\/p>\n<p>Hazrat Abu Hurairah (radhiyallahu \u2018anhu) says:<\/p>\n<p>When Rasulullah (sallallahu \u2018alaihi wasallam) asked me to invite all these people, I felt hard because the milk was so little that it was not even enough for one person. I also knew that Rasulullah (sallallahu \u2018alaihi wasallam) would ask me to serve the milk to the others first, due to which my turn to drink would be last, and I expected that there would be no milk left for me by then. However, since I could not imagine disobeying Rasulullah (sallallahu \u2018alaihi wasallam), I went out and called all of them.<\/p>\n<p>Rasulullah (sallallahu \u2018alaihi wasallam) said to me, \u201cAbu Hurairah! Serve the milk to them!\u201d I took the bowl to each person and served them one-by-one until all of them had drunk to their fill.<\/p>\n<p>Rasulullah (sallallahu \u2018alaihi wasallam) then held the bowl in his own hand, smiled at me, and said, \u201cNow it is only you and I who are left!\u201d \u201cYes,\u201d I replied. Rasulullah (sallallahu \u2018alaihi wasallam) then told me to drink first. I took the bowl and drank. He continued encouraging me to have more, and I drank to my fill, till I said that I had no space for any more. He then took the bowl and drank the remaining milk.<\/p>\n<p><em>(Fazaa\u2019il-e-A\u2019maal [Urdu] pg. 52-54)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hazrat Abu Hurairah (radhiyallahu \u2018anhu) once mentioned to the people: If only you people could have seen the time when, for prolonged periods, some of us could not even find enough food to keep our backs straight when standing. 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