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CLOTHES OF THE SUFFA

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“The Companions were sitting with the Prophet, praise and peace be upon him, when a man from the tribe of Ansar came, greeted him and turned to go away. The Prophet, praise and peace be upon him, said to him: ‘Brother from the Ansar, how is my brother Sa'ad, the son of Ubadah?’ He answered: ‘Well.’ Then the Prophet, praise and peace be upon him, asked: ‘Which of you will go with me to visit him?’ He stood up and they all of stood up. There were more than ten people; not one of them had a shoe, a leather sock, a turban or a shirt. They walked across the barren plain until they came to home of Sa'ad. His household withdrew and the Prophet, praise and peace be upon him, and his Companions went to him.”

Muslim with a chain up to ibn Omar who related this hadith.