The People of the Suffa (Ahl al-Suffa) were a group of the Prophet Muhammad's Companions who lodged on the covered bench (suffa) of the mosque in Medina, devoting themselves wholly to worship, renouncing the world, and abstaining from trade and livelihood. In Hujwiri's Kashf al-Mahjub they function as the archetypal example of voluntary poverty and single-minded devotion, and Hujwiri appeals to their standing to ground the Sufi ideal of renunciation. He notes that the Book of God speaks to their virtues and that the Prophet transmitted many reports praising them; he cites the Qur'anic reproach revealed on their behalf — do not drive away those who call upon their Lord morning and evening (al-An'am 6:52) — to establish their exalted spiritual rank. This community is the concrete historical model that connects the excerpt to the broader teaching on spiritual poverty (faqr) elsewhere in the work.