things we forget

Once Umar entered Muhammad’s house and noticed the state of the furniture in it. Muhammad himself had only one sheet of cloth round him to cover the lower part of his body. There was one simple bed, with one pillow filled with nut fibre; on one side of the room was some barley and in one corner near his feet was an animal skin. There were some water-bag skins hanging beside his bed. Umar said that on seeing this tears came into his eyes. God’s Messenger asked the reason for his tears. He replied, “O God’s Messenger! Why shouldn’t I cry! The strings of the bed have left marks on your body. This is a small room with all your furniture, I can see what there is. The Kaiser of Rome and Kisra of Persia enjoy luxurious living while you, God’s Messenger, and the Chosen One, live like this.” He said, “Ibn Khattab! Don’t you like that they choose this world and we choose the Hereafter?”.

Anas reported that the Apostle of God …] as saying, "I am God’s servant, I eat like a servant and sit like a servant.‘’

http://www.prophetmuhammed.org/Character.asp

I felt like crying after reading this. The Prophet Muhammad saw had an amazing character and habits and he was so humble and modest, but we forget these things :frowning: I’ve seen this so much too, so many people pray and will read Quran and stuff but we forget to be humble.

Thank you so much for such a reminder. May ALLAH bless you and give you jazaa for that (:jazak: )

Good post