Muhammad (saw) – The Perfect Man — Page 181
Muhammad sa The Perfect Man 181 their hearts became target of God's chastisement as a result of the Holy Prophet Muhammad sa 's prayers. The Holy Prophet Muhammad sa always wished for the welfare of the enemy, whether they were the enemies, who shed his blood at Ta ’if or the ones who injured him at U h ud. He always prayed for their guidance. Sometimes it so happened that the enemy crossed all limits in their animosity, and hindered him from the worship of All a h, then the Holy Prophet Muhammad sa prayed to God to show a sign and God granted him victory. Once the Holy Prophet Muhammad sa was offering S al a t in the Ka‘bah while Ab u Jahal and his cronies were sitting in the courtyard. One miscreant among them suggested that some one should fetch the womb of a she-camel which had been slaughtered in such and such a location and when Muhammad prostrates, put this on his back. One wretched person, named ‘Uqbah bin Ab i Mu‘ it fetched this womb of the she-camel, which was full of filth and as soon as the Holy Prophet Muhammad sa went into prostration, he put this foul thing in between his two shoulders. Hadrat ‘Abdull a h bin Mas‘ u d ra sorrowfully relates that he was unable to help the Holy Prophet Muhammad sa even though he witnessed the whole situation. How he had wished that, as a gesture of defiance he could remove this burden from the