The Household Condition of Sayyidah Faatimah and Sayyidina Ali

Hazrat Ali (Radhiyallahu anhu) was not a well-off person. He did not have items of luxury by him. There were not much foodstuffs in the home. The house did not have many things in it, and it was not grand. He did not have a servant. The condition which Rasulullah (Sallallahu alaihi wasallam) liked for himself (poverty and hunger), he also liked for his daughter and son-in-law.

Once, Hazrat Sayyidah Faatimah (Radhiyallahu anha) came to Rasulullah (Sallallahu alaihi wasallam) and said: “Yaa Rasulallah! Ali and I have only one sheep skin on which we sleep at night, and we feed the camel its fodder on it in the day.”

Rasulullah (Sallallahu alaihi wasallam) replied: “O my dear daughter! Have patience. Moosa (Alaihis salaam) lived with his wife for 10 years and both had only one cloak.” (They would wear it and use it as a bedding.)

(Rasulullah Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam Kee Saahbzaadiya)