NOBLE ATTRIBUTES OF THE PROPHET

USA Centre for Peace and Spirituality 2665 Byberry Road, Bensalem, PA 19020 kkaleemuddin@gmail.com But the Prophet forbade them from taking any action. “A Jew is holding you captive,” protested one of them. “True,” the Prophet replied, “but the Lord has forbidden to wrong anyone.” Night turned to morning. With the light of dawn, the Jew’s eyes opened. He was profoundly moved on seeing the Prophet’s tolerance, notwithstanding his power to take action, and embraced Islam. This Jew was a rich man. The day before, he had detained the Prophet on account of a few pence; but the Prophet’s noble conduct had such an impact on him that now he was willing to give all his wealth to the Prophet, saying, “Spend it as you please.” Abdullah Ibn Abi AI-Hasma once made a transaction with the Prophet. It had not yet been completed when Abdullah Ibn Abi AI-Hasma had to go home on some urgent business. “Wait here,” he said to the Prophet. “We will settle this affair when I come back from my home.” When he reached home, he became so engrossed in certain tasks that he forgot his promise. He remembered it after three days and went back to that place. He found the Prophet waiting there. All he said to Abdullah Ibn Abi AI-Hasma was: “You have given me a lot of trouble; I have been waiting here for three days.” There is a magnetic power in conduct such as this which even the most stubborn person cannot resist. o A new start begins from accepting the fact that in the past you committed a blunder.