Muhammad: Seal of the Prophets — Page 165
MUHAMMAD : SEAL OF THE PROPHETS 165 Harith bin Muslim: ‘The Holy Prophet, peace be on him, sent us on an expedition and when we arrived near our objective, I spurred my horse and went ahead of my companions. I encountered some men belonging to the tribe against whom we were marching and they adopted an attitude of humility, whereupon I invited them to accept Islam and they became Muslims. Some of my weak companions rebuked me that I had by my action deprived them of the expected spoils. On our return to Medina, the incident was reported to th e Holy Prophet, peace be on him, and he sent for me and expressed his approval of what I had done, and said: “You have done extremely well. Allah has appointed such and such reward for you in respect of every one of that tribe. I shall dictate a certificat e expressing my pleasure at your good action. ” He then dictated the certificate and put his seal to it. ’ Abu Dawood and Tirmidhi have reported on the authority of Aasim bin Kaleeb who heard his father say that a man of Ansar stated: ‘We were on a journey with the Messenger of Allah, peace be on him, when he set forth on a campaign and during the course of the journey we felt severe hunger and were much distressed as we had no provision with us. We caught some goats out of a flock and slaughtered them and started cooking the meat. Our cooking pots were bubbling when the Holy Prophet came up, and on learning wha t we had done, he upset our cooking pots with his bow and in anger, started to grind the pieces of meat into the dust under his feet, and exclaimed: “Plunder is no better than carrion. ”’ Dawood and Nasai have reported on the authority of Abu