My close friend [Muhammad] ﷺ prescribed me with [the following] seven
Category: Manners
Divide the night into thirds
Abu Bakr al-Anbaaree said that al-Imaam, al-Haafith Abu 'Ubayd would divide the night into thirds; so he would pray a third of it, and sleep a third of it, and author books [during] a third of it.
Making the most of your time
It has been narrated that Taawoos رحمه الله came seeking a [particular] individual at daybreak, and was told he is asleep. He (Taawoos) said
The love of money
No-one honours the dirham (money), except that Allaah humiliates him.
Poverty and hardship
Ahmad ibn Hanbal رحمه الله was praying with 'Abdur-Razzaaq رحمه الله, and became distracted.
Honouring the guest
I have not eaten my fill for thirty years, except for when I had a guest.
Just two or three almonds
[Regarding the Imaam], Abu 'Abdillaah al-Bukhaaree, a day would come and quite possibly he would not [even] eat a piece of flat bread, and instead sometimes [just] eat two or three almonds.
A daily diet of bread
The diet of al-'Alaa ibn Ziyaad every day was [just] a loaf of bread.
In control of one's hunger
'Aatikah bint Ibn Abi 'Aasim رحمها الله said she heard her father say: '[When] I left Koofah for Makkah, I ate [some] food in Koofah, and the next [time I had something to eat was] in Makkah.'
A year comes and passes
Indeed a year comes [and passes], and I will not have eaten any meat, other than from my udh.hiyah sacrifice on the day of ['Eed] al-Adh.haa.