Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "We, the Companions of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), used to say among ourselves that al-ma'un means the bucket, the cooking pot and the axe, which one cannot do without (which no one can manage without)."
Hadith Referenceالمعجم الكبير للطبراني / باب العين / 8978