Muhammad the kindred to Humanity — Page 15
15 they would step on and help themselves to the height. The ignorant men of the West who themselves regard these courtesies a woman's due, begin to complain when they find the Holy Prophet practicing the same. . That which in any ordinary person they would regard as evidence for the respect he has for womankind, becomes, in the Prophet, evidence of debauchery and pleasure-making. . Lesson to Hussain. Let us, however, go on. . We know that when people come to have their own children, they become indifferent to the rights of others. But the Holy Prophet, even in this respect observed an extraordinary measure of austerity. On one occasion a quantity of dates arrived for public charity. The great Hussain, his grandson, then a child, put one date in his mouth. But the Prophet said "No, it is not for you, it is for the poor. " ". How many people there are, who would conduct themselves with such severity? We do not mind children doing such things. Yet here was a child of the Prophet's old age. . And he took but one date and put it in his mouth. . The Prophet however, did not let him have it. . Instea he took it out of the child's mouth saying, "It is for the poor. . The Holy Prophet's Daughter. Fatima was the Frophet's much beloved daughter. Of all his children she was the only one who lived. And she was so exceedingly good that you will find it hard to point to another woman as good as she was. In great distress one day, she went to her father the Holy Prophet and showed him the calluses on her hands which grinding her own corn had given her. "Can't I have a maid to help me?" she asked, “now that we are so well off?" The. Prophet said, "Come Fatima, I will give you something even better" and as he said this, he taught Fatima some prayers to remember and reflect upon. How many there