Volume 1, Parts II.71.1
He (Ibn Sad) said: Muhammad IbnUmar al-Aslami informed us; he
said: Waqid Ibn Abi Yasir al-Tamimi related to me on the authority of
Yazid Ibn Abd Allah Ibn Qusayt; he said: The people of al-Suffah were those Companions of the Apostle of Allah, may Allah bless him, who had no houses. During the time of the Apostle of Allah, may Allah bless him, they slept in the mosque and found shelter in it as they had no other place. The Apostle of Allah, may Allah bless him, used to call them at the time of evening meals and distributed them among his Companions. One of these groups took their meals with the Apostle of Allah, may Allah bless him, until Allah gave them prosperity.
Volume 1, Parts II.71.2 He (Ibn Sad) said: Muhammad Ibn Umar informed us; he said Muhammad Ibn Maslamah related to me on the authority ofUmar Ibn
‘Abd Allah, he on the authority of Ibn Ka’b al-Qurazi:
About Allah’s words, may His praise be glorious: (“Alms are) for the
poor who are straitened for the cause of Allah”,Qur’an 2:273 he said:
They (the poor) were the people of al-Suffah who had no houses in al
Madinah, nor relatives, so Allah exhorted the people to bestow (alms) on
them.
Volume 1, Parts II.71.3
He (Ibn Sad) said: Muhammad IbnUmar informed us, he said:
Muhammad Ibn Nu’aym Ibn ‘Abd Allah al-Mujammir related to me on
the authority of his father; he said: I heard Abu Hurayrah saying:
I saw thirty persons from ahl al-Suffah offering prayers behind the
Apostle of Allah, may Allah bless him, and they had no sheets (on their
bodies).
Volume 1, Parts II.71.4
Muhammad Ibn ‘Umar informed us; he said: Zayd Ibn Firas related to
me on the authority of Muhammad Ibn Kab; he said: I heard from Wathilah Ibn al-Asqa, he said: I saw thirty Companions of the Apostle of Allah, may Allah bless him, offering prayers behind the Apostle of Allah, may Allah bless him, in their trousers (izàr), and I was one of them.
Volume 1, Parts II.71.5 He (Ibn Sa'd) said: Muhammad IbnUmar informed us; he said:
Muhammad Ibn Khut related to me on the authority of Isháq Ibn Salim,
he on the authority of Abu Hurayrah; he said:
One night the Apostle of Allah, may Allah bless him, came out and said:
Call my Companions to me and he meant the people of al-Suffah. I went
in search of them and awoke them, one by one, till I collected them. Then
we came to the door of the Apostle of Allah, may Allah bless him, and
asked his permission. He granted the permission and placed a bowl
before us containing (food prepared from) barley; he put [P.14] his hand
over it and said: Eat from it in the name of Allah. We ate as much as we
liked. He (Abu Hurayrah) said: Then we drew our hands. When the bowl
had been placed (before us) the Apostle of Allah, may Allah bless him,
had said: By Him in Whose control is the life of Muhammad, this evening
there is no food for the family of Muhammad other than what you see.
We said to Abu Hurayrah: When you were satisfied, how much of it had
remained? He said: It was as it had been placed, before us except that
there were marks of fingers.
Volume 1, Parts II.71.6
He (Ibn Sa’d) said: Muhammad Ibn Umar informed us, he said: Kathir Ibn Zayd related to me on the authority of al-Walid Ibn Rabah, he on the authority of Abu Hurayrah; he said: I was one of the ahl al-Suffah during the life time of the Apostle of Allah, may Allah bless him, and I fainted because of hunger, lying between the dwellings ofAyishah and Umm Salamah.
Volume 1, Parts II.71.7
Muhammad Ibn Umar informed us; he said: Musa IbnUbaydah
related to me on the authority of Nu’aym Ibn Abd Allah al-Mujammir, he on the authority of his father, he on the authority of Abu Dharr; he said: I was one of ahl al-Suffah. Volume 1, Parts II.71.8 He (Ibn Sad) said: Muhammad Ibn Umar informed us; he said; Abu Muàwiyah Shayban related to me on the authority of Yahya 1bn Abi
Kathir, he on the authority of Abu Salamah Ibn Abd al-Rahman, he on the authority of Yaish Ibn Qays Ibn Tihfah al-Ghifàri, he on the
authority of his father; he said:
I was one of the ahl al-Suffah.
Aal-e-Qutub Aal-e-Syed Abdullah Shah Ghazi 