The Prophet ﷺ was ascetic in his life and totally detached from its pleasures, despite all the spoils and wealth Allah had granted him, as he was focused only on the Hereafter. He ﷺ set for us a great example in abstaining from worldly pleasures and sufficing with the minimum. In this hadeeth, the Taab’iee ‘Isaa ibn Tahmaan reports that Anas ibn Maalik (may Allah be pleased with him) kept two old items of footwear (Arabic Na’l),i.e. a slingback that often does not cover the entire foot from above. One day, Anas showed them to people, and they were so old that the hair on them was worn out. They had front straps used to tighten the footwear to the foot. It was Thaabit al-Bunaanee who informed ‘Issaa ibn Tahmaan that they were the shoes of the Prophet ﷺ as he heard it directly from Anas – who was the servant of the Prophet ﷺ for ten years. The hadeeth shows how the Companions (may Allah be pleased with them) were so keen on keeping the items of the Prophet ﷺ and would utilise them to teach people..