Muhammad (saw) – The Perfect Man — Page 440
CHAPTER 18 The Holy Prophet Muhammad sa as a Patron and a Great Teacher 440 show off his status) said, "You are not even wearing the dress of wise people. " Then H u du r sa sat down and advised his Companions, "When the time of N uh 's as death was near, he called his sons and told them, 'I give you a brief advice and command you to do two things and forbid two things. I prohibit you from shirk and arrogance and command you to adhere to َ ِ ﻻ ٰ ا َ ﻟ ِﻪ َّ ا ﻻ ُّٰ اH. If whatever is in the heavens and the earth is put on one side of the scale and the Kalimah َ ِ ﻻ ٰ ا َِ ﻟ َّ ا ﻻ ُّٰ اH the other side, the side of the Kalimah would be weightier. The second advice is ُ ْ ﺳ َ ﺒ َ ﺤ ِّٰ ﺎن َاH َِ و ْ حب ِ ﻤ ٖ ﺪ ہ. This is the prayer for everything and everything is bestowed with the blessings of these words. " 53 Warning and Admonition For the sake of moral training, at times admonition and warning becomes unavoidable. On some occasions the Holy Prophet Muhammad sa had to resort to punishment. Hate or anger did not play any part in these punishments. On the contrary, it entailed kindness and compassion and it resulted in spectacular reformation. Hadrat Ka‘b bin M a lik ra and two of his Companions stayed behind at the time of the battle of Tab u k, without any genuine excuse. They admitted their mistake to the Holy Prophet Muhammad sa on his return from the battle. H u du r sa excommunicated them from all other Companions. Ka‘b says, "We roamed in the