Muhammad (saw) – The Perfect Man — Page 308
CHAPTER 16 The Holy Prophet Muhammad sa 's love for his Companions and their Deep affection for him 308 do not let even a drop fall on the ground and it looks as if they will fight over it. When he talks to them, they listen in silence and do not look into his face as a mark of respect and talk softly to him". In brief such scenes of expression of the love which the Companions had for the Holy Prophet Muhammad sa astounded the non- believing chief of Quraish. 31 Another sincere devotee of the Holy Prophet Muhammad sa was Hadrat Ab u Ayy u b An sa r i ra. For the six or seven months, H u du r sa stayed at his house, he discharged his duties as a host perfectly. For the whole of this period, he had the food prepared and sent to the Holy Prophet Muhammad sa. When the remaining food was returned to his house, he would look for H u du r sa 's finger marks and ate that food. Once the Holy Prophet Muhammad sa did not partake of the food sent to him. Hadrat Ab u Ayy u b ra came to H u du r sa to enquire the reason, as he was so used to eating the food left over after H u du r sa 's meal. The Holy Prophet Muhammad sa told him that there were onions and garlic in it, which he did not like. Hadrat Ab u Ayy u b ra said, "Whatever H u du r sa dislikes, I would also dislike. " 32 (It seems that there were raw onions or garlic in the food, which H u du r sa did not like. ) Another Companion enamoured by the love of the Holy Prophet Muhammad sa was Zaid bin Ha rithah ra. He had been captured and sold