Muhammad (saw) – The Perfect Man — Page 449
Muhammad sa The Perfect Man 449 was, that he would give general advice without naming a particular individual. Once he told Hadrat ‘ A ’ishah ra , "I think that such a such person does not understand our faith properly," He was mentioning a hypocrite. 68 Once Hadrat ‘ A ’ishah ra bought a maid slave and then freed her. The owners of this slave girl put an unjustified condition that on the death of this maid, they would have rights of inheritance. When the Holy Prophet Muhammad sa came to know of it, he delivered a sermon and said, "What has happened to these people who put conditions against the decree of God. These conditions bear no value. The rights of inheritance belong to the person who frees that slave (in the case of a freed slave having no children of her own). 69 Avoiding Conjecture The Holy Prophet Muhammad sa set up this principle for moral training that one should avoid calumny at all times. His own custom was according to this principle. During one Rama da n, he was sitting for I‘tik a f. Hadrat S afiyyah ra came to see him. On her return the Holy Prophet Muhammad sa escorted her home. On the way he met two An sa r i men. He stopped them and said, "This is my wife, S afiyyah binte H uyayy. " Surprised they said, "O Messenger of All a h, can we ever entertain bad presumptions against you?" The Holy Prophet Muhammad sa replied, "The Satan circulates like blood in the