Message of Love and Brotherhood to Africa — Page 59
59 for years, who kept them under siege for two and a half years in Sha‘bi Ab i Ta lib , to starve them to death. When this very enemy was hit with famine, the Holy Prophet sa , the servant of Allah, provided food for their hungry stomachs. He did not greet them with the rebuff 'get off and die of hunger as a low-down and contemptible people. ' On the contrary, he was moved to compassion for his fellow-men and human love of the kindred was stirred up in him. He reached out to them with relief—perhaps many of his Companions had to tighten their belts. Did the Holy Prophet Muhammad sa ever hate a single human being that we should be asked to hate other men? During my tour quite a few ignorant and know-nothing expected from me statements bristling with hymns of hate. I told them and told the audience at our public meetings that I had been commanded by God to win the hearts of men through love for the Holy Prophet sa. I cannot hate any race or individual nor can I look down upon them. The way they were all dear to the Holy Prophet Muhammad sa , Allah, the Supreme, has made them similarly dear to me. This is my personal experience in life that love is packed with