Muhammad (saw) – The Perfect Man — Page 260
CHAPTER 14 The Holy Prophet Muhammad sa 's Compassion for Mankind 260 time. 13 At another occasion he said that if he was not worried about putting his Ummah into difficulty, he would have advised brushing of the teeth before every S al a t. 14 The Holy Prophet Muhammad sa used to say that if he heard a child cry while he was leading the prayer he would shorten the prayer lest the mother of the child became stressed. 15 He was so compassionate towards the poor people of his Ummah that on the day of Eid, he would buy two big healthy rams. He would slaughter one on behalf of all those who affirm the Unity of God and his Prophethood. The second ram he would sacrifice on behalf of his family. 16 Compassion for the General Public The Holy Prophet Muhammad sa did not let any opportunity of service to mankind slip without taking some action. He would become restless on hearing the distress of a person. It did not matter what country or nation that wronged person belonged to. When the Muslims who had migrated to Abyssinia returned to Mad i nah, the Holy Prophet Muhammad sa asked them to describe some interesting event they had observed. One young man related this incident. He said that once while they were sitting, an old lady with a pitcher full of water on her head, passed by. As she passed by, a boy pushed her and she fell down and her pitcher broke. The woman stood