Muhammad (saw) – The Perfect Man — Page 908
CHAPTER 41 The Holy Prophet Muhammad sa ' s Humour and Informality 908 Prophet Muhammad sa used to sit in our gatherings and it never happened that we were sitting and enjoying ourselves and he would talk about some sad or boring matter. He would sit with us, laugh and tell jokes and listen to our funny stories. " 6 Hadrat J a bir bin Samurah ra relates, "I had the opportunity of benefiting from attending more than a hundred meetings with H u du r sa. The Companions used to recite good quality verses of poetry and also talk of various matters from the days of darkness, the times before the advent of Islam. The Holy Prophet Muhammad sa used to listen to all this quietly and at times he would smile while listening to them. 7 Hadrat Zaid bin Th a bit ra relates that they used to talk about worldly things. H u du r sa used to join in. He would even participate in the talk about the food etc. 8 Someone enquired from Hadrat ‘Abb a s ra about the nature of jokes of the Holy Prophet Muhammad sa. He gave the example that once H u du r sa covered one of his wives with a shawl and told her to praise and glorify All a h and walk like brides with a trailing dress. 9 One distinctive feature of the Holy Prophet Muhammad sa 's humour was that he used to say ordinary routine things in such a manner that it would become humorous. For example every person has two ears. The Holy