Muhammad (saw) – The Perfect Man — Page 753
Muhammad sa The Perfect Man 753 the dignity of mankind. Hadrat Ya’l a ra bin Murrah relates; "I travelled with the Holy Prophet Muhammad sa on many occasions. It never did happen that H u du r sa saw a dead body and did not arrange for its burial. He never asked if that dead body was that of a Muslims or of a non-believer. 29 The Holy Prophet Muhammad sa himself arranged to bury twenty four idolatrous chiefs in a ditch after the Battle of Badr. This place is called, "Qal i b-e-Badr". 30 In short he established the human rights of the non-believers and showed respect even for their dead. Those were the people who mutilated the dead bodies of the Muslims soldiers. The Holy Prophet Muhammad sa did not seek revenge for this loathsome crime. In the Battle of A h z a b, Naufal bin ‘Abdull a h Makhz u m i entered the arena and shouted, "Is there any who dares to fight with me"? Hadrat Zubair bin Al-‘Aww a m ra rose to the challenge and overpowered him. In the meantime Hadrat ‘Al i ra pierced him with the spear and the enemy fell into the trench and died. As the idolaters had mutilated the body of H u du r sa 's uncle Hadrat H amzah ra by cutting off his nose and ears, they were naturally afraid that their own chief might be treated in this way. They sent a message to the Holy Prophet Muhammad sa and offered to pay ten thousand Dirhams for the return of his body. The Holy