Muhammad (saw) – The Perfect Man — Page 795
Muhammad sa The Perfect Man 795 Muhammad sa said that he was prepared to sit with him. H u du r sa stayed with him and offered Z uhr, ‘Asr, Maghrib, Ish a ’ and Fajr S al a t while continuing to stay with him. The Companions started to scare this Jew. When H u du r sa asked them the reason for it, they replied, 'O Messenger of All a h, a Jew is restricting your freedom of movement. ' The Holy Prophet Muhammad sa said, 'My Lord has forbidden me to wrong a person who has an agreement with me or to wrong anyone at all. ' When the day broke, this Jew professed the Kalimah, 'I bear witness that there is none worthy of worship except All a h and Muhammad is the Prophet of All a h. ' The behaviour that I have shown to you, was to test the qualities of a Prophet which are given in the Torah. This test has proved the truth. " 12 The Holy Prophet Muhammad sa not only forgave the harsh words of a person, he quite often showed favour to such a person. Bahz ra bin H ak i m relates; "My brother came to the Holy Prophet Muhammad sa. His neighbours had been apprehended for usurping someone's wealth. He interceded in favour of his nieghbours, that they should be released on his surety. At first the Holy Prophet Muhammad sa did not pay any attention to his request. At this he started to protest openly saying, 'You stop others from transgression but you yourself act in a similar manner. ' The Holy Prophet