Praising the most blessed and exceptional contentment of Beloved Mustafa صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم, Sayyidi A’la Hadrat رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه has humbly said:

کُل جہاں مِلک اور جَو کی روٹی غذا

اُس شِکم کی قَناعت پہ لاکھوں سلام

Brief explanation: The state of the simplicity of the one who has the authority and ownership of the entire universe is that he صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم would eat the bread made of barley. Millions of humble Salams be upon the contentment of his blessed stomach.

صَلُّوۡا عَلَى الۡحَبِيۡب              صَلَّى اللّٰهُ تَعَالٰى عَلٰى مُحَمَّد

Despite being the chief of both the worlds, he صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم would rest/sleep on a mat. He صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم would use a leather pillow filled with bark of date tree for keeping his blessed head on.

(Al-Mawahib-ul-Ladunniyyah, vol. 5, pp. 96)

He صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم never desired to eat delicious and lavish food, even he      صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم never ate Chapati; he صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم often used the thick loaves of barley bread. (Seerat-e-Mustafa, pp. 585-586)

Sadr-ul-Afadil, ‘Allamah Sayyid Muhammad Na’eemuddin Muradabadi            رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه has stated: Until the apparent demise of the Beloved Rasool             صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم the blessed family even never ate bread made from barley for two consecutive days. It is also stated in Hadees that the whole month would pass, but the stove would remain un-lit (for cooking food) in the blessed sacred house. The blessed household would merely survive on water and a few dates.

Sayyiduna ‘Umar Farooq-e-A’zam رَضِىَ اللهُ تَعَالٰی عَنْهُ has narrated that (O people!) If I had wanted, I would have eaten better food than you and worn better clothes than you, but I want to save my luxury and comforts for my Hereafter. (Khaza`in-ul-‘Irfan, pp. 928)