He (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) would eat on the floor...

He (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) would eat on the floor, sit like a slave, mend his shoes with his own hands, patch his clothes with his own hands, ride a bare donkey (without a saddle), seat another person behind him and when there was a design on the curtain hanging on the door of his house, he said to one of his wives, 'O so-and-so, take it away from my sight, for when I look at it I remember this world and its embellishments'." [^4] [^1]: Makarim al-Akhlaq, vol. 1, p. 171.

[^2]: Majmu'ah Warram, vol. 1, p. 101. [^3]: Mahasin, p. 343. [^4]: Nahj al Balaghah, sermon 159. Previous…