Muhammad (saw) – The Perfect Man — Page 450
CHAPTER 18 The Holy Prophet Muhammad sa as a Patron and a Great Teacher 450 body of the man and I was apprehensive that he might put insinuation in your hearts. " 70 The Holy Prophet Muhammad sa adopted a loving method of instruction. He never scolded anyone. He would only say, "What is the matter with him, may his dust soil his forehead. " 71 These were not the words of malediction, it was a prayer that the person mentioned would be able to pray, observe S al a t and in prostrations his forehead become dusty. Style of Advice Once the Holy Prophet Muhammad sa saw two persons quarrelling with each other. One of them was beside himself with anger. His face was puffed and the colour of his face had changed. The Holy Prophet Muhammad sa did not call this person or addressed him directly. He, knowing the deep psychological facts of the human nature, said in an amazing manner, "I know of such a prayer, when recited by an angry person, it eradicates anger. " One person on hearing this, went up to the quarrelling man and told him that the Holy Prophet Muhammad sa had said "By the recitation of " َ ُ ا ْ ﻋ ُ ﻮ ِ ذ ِّٰﺑ ِﺎH َ ﻣ َّﻦ ْ اﻟﺸ َ ﻴ ِ ﻄ َّﺎن ِ اﻟﺮ ْ ﺟ ِ ﻴ ﻢ " meaning; ‘I seek All a h's shelter from the accursed Satan,’ subsides the anger. This quarrelling man was an uncouth bedouin. He did not act on this advice. 72 If that bedouin had acted upon this advice, he would have experienced in himself a wonderful miracle of the Holy Prophet