Two Hand-Mills, Two Jars, and a Pillow

So the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) married her, and he said that he would give her furniture equal to that which he had given Zaynab. What was this furniture? Did they go to furniture superstores and buy a whole new set — tens of thousands of dollars' worth of furniture — for the newly wed couple? Here it should be kept in mind that this was the best of mankind, the one who, had he wished, could have spent on his wives all the wealth that came to him; the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) was receiving provision from Allah continually. He could have spent that lavishly on his wives, and no one would have complained — he is the Messenger of Allah, he deserved to have his family live the best of lives; who would have dared to complain about that? But the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) was setting an example for his ummah in austerity, zuhd. He said, in substance, "I will give you no less than what I gave so-and-so" — rayayni wa jarratayni wa wisādatin min adamin ḥashwuhā līf — "two hand-mills, two clay jars, and a pillow stuffed with fibre" — the fibre of the palm. That was the furniture: two hand-mills, two clay jars, and a pillow. That was it. A very simple life. And he spent three days with her when he married her; the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) says, li-l-bikri sabʿun wa li-l-thayyibi thalāthun — for the virgin, seven days; for the previously married, three days. For a man married to more than one woman, as soon as he marries the second, or the third, or the fourth, if she is a virgin he spends seven days with her, and if she is widowed or divorced he spends three days with her. Since Umm Salamah was a widow, the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) spent three days with her.