The Blessed Model of the Holy Prophet Muhammad and the Caricatures — Page 135
sa ± _________________________________________________________________ meet my mother as well, however, I cannot come with you people now. I am now the slave of the Prophet and there is no sa question of separation from him. I love the Prophet more than sa one could love one's mother and father. ' Zaid's father and uncles urged him but he refused to go. Seeing the love of Zaid, the Holy Prophet said, 'Zaid was already free but from today he is my sa son. ' Zaid's father and uncles left for their homeland while Zaid remained there permanently. (Abstracted from D bachah Tafs r-ul-Qur’an, Mirza Bash r-ud-D n ™ ™ ™ ™ ¿ − ¿ − ¿ ¿ Mahmud Ahmad, p. 112) ± − ± After prophethood, the Holy Prophet's values of sa freedom were further enhanced. Besides his inherent good nature he had the directive of the revealed to him that Sharia gave the slaves their rights, and if one could not fulfil them then one had to set them free. A tradition recounts that once a Companion was beating up his ra slave which the Holy Prophet happened to see. He expressed sa great anger. On this the Companion freed his slave. The Holy ra Prophet remarked that if he had not freed the slave he would sa have come under the chastisement of God. (Sah h Muslim, Kitabul Iman, Babu Suhbatil mamal ki. . . . Hadith No. ™ ™ ± ± ¿ ± − − − − ± ± − ¿ 4308) So this is what freedom is! An example of freedom of expression for people of other religions can be found during the times when the 135