Anas ibn Malik said, "I came to the Prophet, may Allah bless him
and grant him peace, while he was on a seat with a bad woven on it. He
had a pillow under his head made of skin stuffed with fibre. There was
a cloth between his skin and the seat. 'Umar visited him and wept. The
Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, 'What made you
weep, 'Umar?' He said, 'By Allah, Messenger of Allah, I am only weeping
since I know that you are more noble with Allah than Chosroes and Caesar.
They both live in what they live of this world while you, Messenger of
Allah, are in the place I see.' The Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant
him peace, said, 'Are you not content, 'Umar, that they have this world
while we have the Next?' I replied, 'Yes, Messenger of Allah.' He said,
'That is the way of it.'"
Al-'Iryan ibn al-Haytham said, "My father came to Mu'awiya when
I was a body. When he reached him, he said, 'Welcome, welcome.' A man was
sitting with him on the elevated seat. He said, 'Amir al-Mu'minin, who
is this you…
Abu al-Aaliyah said that he sat on the chair of state with Ibn Abbas (ra).
In another version, Abu Jamrah stated, "I used to sit with Ibn Abbas (ra) and he made me sit on his chair of state. Once, he asked me to stay be…
Abu Khulda reported that he heard Anas ibn Malik when he was with
al-Hakam, the amir of Basra, on a seat. He said, "When the Prophet, may
Allah bless him and grant him peace, was hot, he delayed the prayer until
a cooler…
Abu Rifa'a al-'Adawi said, "I came to the Messenger of Allah,
may Allah bless him and grant him peace, while he was speaking [i.e. on
Jumu'a]. I said, 'Messenger, a stranger man has come to ask about his deen.
He does no…
Musa ibn Dihqan said, "I saw Ibn 'Umar sitting on a bridal seat
wearing a red garment."
'Imran ibn Muslim said, "I saw Anas sitting on a bed, placing one foot over another."