The Blessed Model of the Holy Prophet Muhammad and the Caricatures — Page 133
sa ± _________________________________________________________________ Hadrat Anas narrates that: ra ± ± The Holy Prophet had a Jewish slave who fell ill. The Holy sa Prophet went to visit him and asked him to accept Islam. sa Another tradition relates that he [the Jew] looked at his elders; anyhow, whether on being given the permission or of his own accord, he accepted Islam. (Sah h Bukhar , Kitabul-Jana’iz, Babu ’Idha aslamassabiyyu famata. . . ™ ™ ± ± ¿ ± − ¿ − − − − ± ± − Hadith No. 1356) This acceptance was certainly borne out of the loving and affectionate treatment given to this young man when he was a slave; he must have realised that certainly Islam was a true religion and that there was salvation in accepting it. He would have never imagined that an embodiment of affection and love such as the Holy Prophet was, would ever think of sa anything bad for him. Certainly, he was on the truth and sa always called others to what was the best, and always advised about what was the best. Such was the freedom that he had established and there can be no (other such) example of this in the world. The Holy Prophet preferred freedom of conscience, sa freedom of religion, and freedom in life even before his claim to prophethood and he disliked slavery. When after marriage Hadrat Khad jah handed over all her property and her slaves ™ ra ± ± ¿ to him, he said to her that if she was giving it all to him, it would all be at his disposal to do as he pleased. She said that is why she was giving these to him. He said he would free the 133