Muhammad (saw) – The Perfect Man — Page 157
Muhammad sa The Perfect Man 157 Prophet Muhammad sa when H u du r sa sneezed. This Jew said, " َ َ ﻳ ّٰﺮْمحَْک ُ اﻟﻠ "meaning, "May All a h have mercy upon you". The Holy Prophet Muhammad sa as a response to his kind words prayed for his guidance. This Jew was guided to Islam. 37 These were the prayers of our holy master which revolutionised the Arabian Peninsula. Here only his prayers for the guidance of his people have been mentioned. He was the embodiment of prayer, a mobile paragon of prayers. It seemed that this statement of the Holy Qur’ a n was always foremost in his mind, َ ﻣَﺎ ُ ﻳ ٴ ْ ﻌْﺒَﻮ ِّْاﺑِکُﻢ َرَىب ﻟَﻮْﻻ َﺂُد ُ ٴ ْ و کُﻢ. "But for your prayer to Him my Lord would not care for you. " (25:78) Prayers during the Battles All the victories of life of the Holy Prophet Muhammad sa were in fact indebted to his prayers. He would remember All a h at every critical juncture and seek His help. It appears that prayers was the key to his life and to all the ventures that he undertook. He benefited from this key at the time of every crisis and it would open the door of victory for him. 7. If someone calls the victory at Badr, a victory for three hundred and thirteen unarmed Muslims, he may do so. I only know that this was the victory of the anxious prayers of my master which he offered in a hut at Badr, with extreme humility and anguish. That day he called upon his Lord, pleading in so many