Muhammad (saw) – The Perfect Man — Page 476
CHAPTER 19 The Holy Prophet Muhammad sa 's Generosity and Spending in the Way of All a h 476 for goods. While retreating under the pressure of the crowd, his shawl got entangled in the thorns. With utmost innocence he was disentangling his shawl and saying, "If I had a valley full of cattle, I would have distributed it amongst you and you would not have found me a coward or a miser. " 35 Giving Preference to the Needs of Others The Holy Prophet Muhammad sa would always sacrifice his own needs for the sake of the needs of deprived people. Once a companion, realizing H u du r sa 's need for a robe, presented him with a beautiful embroided shawl. H u du r sa liked it very much. As he was in need a new shawl, he went inside his house and then came out wearing it. One of the Companions praised the shawl greatly and said that it was beautiful and suited him exceedingly. The Holy Prophet Muhammad sa changed into his old shawl straight away and gave the new one to this Companion. Someone told him off as to why he asked for the shawl as H u du r sa himself needed it. This Companion replied, "I have asked for this shawl to use it as my shroud. " 36 Due to this generosity in the way of All a h and his sacrifices, his wealth was blessed greatly and it afforded him with more chances of financial sacrifice. In distributing the goods he would prefer others over his own family members. Once he had a few prisoners. When