The example of the Holy Prophet رسول الله (صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم) Certainly, in the Prophet of Allah (peace and blessing of Allah be upon him and his progeny) was sufficient example for you and a proof concerning the vices of the world, its defects, the multitude of its disgraces and its evils, because its sides had been constrained for him, while its flanks had been spread for others; he was deprived of its milk and turned away from its adornments.
وَلَقَدْ كَانَ فِي رَسُولِ اللهِ(صلى الله عليه وآله) كَاف لَكَ فِي الاْسْوَةِ، وَدَلِيلٌ لَكَ عَلَى ذَمِّ الدُّنْيَا وَعَيْبِهَا، وَكَثْرَةِ مَخَازِيهَا وَمَسَاوِيهَا، إِذْ قُبِضَتْ عَنْهُ أَطْرَافُهَا، وَوُطِّئَتْ لِغَيْرِهِ أَكْنَافُهَا، وَفُطِمَ مِنْ رَضَاعِهَا، وَزُوِيَ عَنْ زَخَارِفِهَا. The example of Musa (Moses) موسى (عليه السلام) If you want, I will, as a second example, relate to you concerning Musa, the Interlocutor of Allah (p.b.u.h.) when he said: O' Allah!
I need whatever good Thou mayest grant me (Qur'an, 28:24). By Allah, he asked Him only for bread to eat because he was used to eating the herbs of the earth, and the greenness of the herbs could be seen from the delicate skin of his belly due to his thinness and paucity of his flesh.
وَإِنْ شِئْتَ ثَنَّيْتُ بِمُوسى كَلِيمِ اللهِ (صلى الله عليه وآله) إذْ يَقُولُ: (رَبِّ إِنِّي لِمَا أَنْزَلْتَ إِلَىَّ مِنْ خَيْر فَقِيرٌ)، وَاللهِ، مَا سَأَلَهُ إِلاَّ خُبْزاً يَأْكُلُهُ، لاِنَّهُ كَانَ يَأْكُلُ بَقْلَةَ الاْرْضِ، وَلَقَدْ كَانَتْ خُضْرَةُ الْبَقْلِ تُرَى مِنْ شَفِيفِ صِفَاقِ بَطْنِهِ، لِهُزَالِهِ وَتَشَذُّبِ لَحْمِهِ The example of Dawud (David) داوود (عليه السلام) If you desire I can give you a third example of Dawud (p.b.u.h.).
He is the holder of the Psalms and the reciter among the people of Paradise. He used to prepare baskets of date palm leaves with his own hands and would say to his companions: "Which of you will help me by purchasing it?" He used to eat barley bread (bought) out of its price.