“A man from the Ansaar came to the Prophet sallallaahu `alayhi wa aalehi wa sallam (may Allaah exalt his mention) and begged from him. He (the Prophet) asked, ‘Do you not have anything in your house?’ He replied, ‘Yes, a piece of cloth, a part of which we wear and a part of which we spread (on the ground), and a wooden bowl from which we drink water.’ He said, ‘Bring them to me.’ He then brought these articles to him, and he (the Prophet) took them in his hands and asked, ‘Who will buy these?’ A man said, ‘I shall buy them for one dirham.’ He said, ‘Who will offer more than one dirham?’ (He said it twice or thrice.) A man said, ‘I shall buy them for two dirhams.’ He gave the articles to the buyer and took the two dirhams and, giving them to the Ansari, he said, ‘Buy food with one dirham and hand it to your family, and buy an axe with the second dirham and bring it to me.’ He then brought it to him. The Messenger of Allah sallallaahu `alayhi wa wa aalehi wa sallam (may Allaah exalt his ...