Muhammad (saw) – The Perfect Man — Page 530
CHAPTER 22 The Holy Prophet Muhammad sa 's Fortitude and Steadfastness 530 Holy Prophet Muhammad sa have only related a small portion of these tribulations and grief experienced by him. Firstly it was extremely painful for them and secondly it was to safeguard his dignity that such incidents were not publicised. With exemplary patience H u du r sa did not make such incidents public. Once he told Hadrat ‘ A ’ishah ra , "In Makkah I lived in the middle of the two worst possible neighbours. Both of them threw dung on my door and sometimes put their household filth in front of my door. " He would come out of his house and only say, "O ‘Abde Mun a f's children, is this the way you discharge your obligations of neighbourhood?" Then he himself would clear this rubbish from the path. 20 The Holy Prophet Muhammad sa was stopped from circuiting the Ka‘bah. Sometimes he was stopped from offering S al a t in the House of God. ‘Urwah ra relates, "Once I asked ‘Abdull a h bin ‘Amr bin Al-‘ As ra to tell me about the worst persecution perpetrated by the Quraish to the Holy Prophet Muhammad sa. ‘Abdull a h bin ‘Umar ra told me, "Once the chiefs of Makkah were gathered together in the Ka‘bah. I was also present. These chiefs said, ‘We have tolerated him more than anyone else. He calls our wise people idiots, reproaches our elders and has invalidated our religion. We have shown forbearance in the face of his dividing our unity and abuse to our deities. ’ While this