Muhammad (saw) – The Perfect Man — Page 435
Muhammad sa The Perfect Man 435 racing the camels was not a good deed. 44 Hadrat ‘ A ’ishah ra relates that H u du r sa used to sit for I‘tik a f during the last ten days of Rama da n and she used to prepare his tent. Hadrat H af s ah ra sought her permission and set up a tent for herself. Emulating this, Hadrat Zainab ra binte Ja h ash erected a tent as well. Next day the Holy Prophet Muhammad sa seeing all these tents enquired about them. He was informed that these tents belonged to his wives. H u du r sa was annoyed and said, "You people consider imitating each other as good?"He did not sit for I‘tik a f in Rama da n during that year, instead he spent ten days of Shaw a l in I‘tik a f. 45 In this instance he pinpointed this moral principle, that one should always aim for the pleasure of All a h and not act out of jealousy. One should develop the sentiments of pride instead. The Holy Prophet Muhammad sa did not like rigidity or constraint in religion as this would drive people away from the faith. He used to advise to make things easy and not difficult. Ab u Mas‘ u d An sa r i ra relates that a person complained that he did not offer congregational prayer in his own neighbourhood because the Imam offered a lengthy S al a t. Ab u Mas‘ u d ra says that he had never seen the Holy Prophet Muhammad sa so angry while giving advice as he saw him on that day. H u du r sa said, "You make