Barbaric behaviour is to be abhorred at all times
Al-Risala (English), January 1990, p. 8
By Maulana Wahiduddin Khan
Maulana Wahiduddin Khan is named as the default author of the periodical; a piece that carries another writer’s byline is credited to that writer.
Barbaric behaviour is to be abhorred at all times.
1990 1 January 8 Barbaric behaviour is to be abhorred at all times. (88) Suhayl ibn Amr was one of those taken captive by the Muslims at the battle of Badr. A famous orator of the Quraysh he had been wont to make vehement attacks on the Prophet. Umar asked the Prophet for permission to break two of Subayl’s front teeth, so that in future he would be deterred from making such speeches. This the Prophet refused, saying: “I will not disfigure him; if I were to do so, God would disfigure me, even though I am His messenger.”
(Akhlaq an Nabi)
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