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no more than the blood price of a hundred female camels although his
Companions needed a single male camel with which they would be
strengthened.
Because of hunger he at times tightened a stone around his stomach. He often
ate what was at hand, did not reject what was available, and did not refrain from
lawful food. If there was available a date without bread, he ate it, if there was
roast meat, he ate it, if there was wheat or barley bred, he ate it, if there was
sweets or honey, he ate it, if there was milk without bread he was content with it,
if there was a melon or fresh dates, he ate it.
He did not eat reclining nor from a footed tray. He used his sole as a napkin. Until
the time of his death, he did not dislike to eat wheat bread three days in
succession as a sign that one (should) choose neither poverty nor avarice.
He attended feasts, visited the sick, attended funerals, and walked alone without
a guard amongst his enemies.
He was the humblest of men, the most silent without being insolent, and the most
Companions needed a single male camel with which they would be
strengthened.
Because of hunger he at times tightened a stone around his stomach. He often
ate what was at hand, did not reject what was available, and did not refrain from
lawful food. If there was available a date without bread, he ate it, if there was
roast meat, he ate it, if there was wheat or barley bred, he ate it, if there was
sweets or honey, he ate it, if there was milk without bread he was content with it,
if there was a melon or fresh dates, he ate it.
He did not eat reclining nor from a footed tray. He used his sole as a napkin. Until
the time of his death, he did not dislike to eat wheat bread three days in
succession as a sign that one (should) choose neither poverty nor avarice.
He attended feasts, visited the sick, attended funerals, and walked alone without
a guard amongst his enemies.
He was the humblest of men, the most silent without being insolent, and the most