Muhammad (saw) – The Perfect Man — Page 793
Muhammad sa The Perfect Man 793 become Muslims and he had told them that as a blessing of becoming Muslims, God would bestow abundant sustenance on them. But they are suffering from a famine. He was afraid that these people might abandon Islam. He requested H u du r sa to send them some aid. This Jew Zaid saw an opportunity to test his plan. He said that he would buy grain for these people. So he bought eighty Dinar's worth of grains which H u du r sa instructed to be taken to these hunger stricken people. Two or three days before date of the repayment of this loan, H u du r sa was accompanying a funeral, Zaid took hold of H u du r sa 's covering and pulled it so hard, it fell from his shoulder. Zaid spoke harshly pretending to be angry, 'O Mu h ammad, would you repay my loan or not? By God, I know you, the sons of Ban i Mu tt alib delay in repayments. ' Hadrat ‘Umar bin Kha tta b ra trembled with rage and eyed Zaid with hostile look and said, 'O enemy of God, how dare you treat the Holy Prophet Muhammad sa with such rudeness? If regard for the Holy Prophet Muhammad sa does not stop me, I would chop your head off. ' The Holy Prophet Muhammad sa watched all this calmly and with dignity. Then he smilingly addressed Hadrat ‘Umar ra and said, 'O ‘Umar, both of us needed something else from you. You should have advised me to repay the loan in a goodly manner and taught him the