The Noble Conduct Of The Prophet

A tribe once sent one of their men to Madinah to observe what the new Prophet was teaching. That man came, stayed with the Prophet for a few days, and closely observed him. Then he returned to his tribe and said: “I saw that he teaches people to adopt noble character.” (Sahih alBukhari, Hadith No. 3861) The first revelation to the Prophet of Islam came in the cave of Hira. When he returned home from there, he was filled with fear due to this new experience and lay down covered in a blanket. At that time, his wife Khadijah said to him: “God will never abandon you, because you help the poor, and you support the orphans and widows.” (Sahih alBukhari, Hadith No. 3) This shows that kind treatment of the weak was already a special part of his personality even before prophethood. The Prophet of Islam cared so much for the poor and orphans that in his entire life, there was never a time when a poor or needy person came to him, and he did not help them. He would always honour such people by seating them close to him. Sometimes it happened that prayer was about to begin in the mosque, and people were already standing in rows. At that moment, a poor man stepped out of the row and said, “I had some work, and I might forget it. If you allow me, may I go and finish it?” The Prophet stopped the prayer and told him, “Go, finish your work and come back.” When the man returned after completing his task, only then did the Prophet start the prayer.