Muhammad: Seal of the Prophets — Page 252
MUHAMMAD : SEAL OF THE PROPHETS 252 and forbade forever mutilation of the enemy dead by Muslim warriors. While he was checking up on the Muslim dead, he deputed Ubayy bin Kaab Ansari to find out whether S’ad bin Rabi’, a leading personality among Ansar, had been killed or was alive. Ubayy bi n Kaab, after a thorough search, discovered S’ad at his last breath among a heap of Muslim dead. He was just able to send his greetings to the Holy Prophet in a low voice before he expired, with the message, ‘May God Almighty bestow upon you, in a superlat ive degree, the reward which He bestows upon his Prophets in return for the devotion and sacrifices of their followers, and may He send comfort to your heart. ’ He also told Ubayy to convey his greetings to his brother - Muslims and to tell them that if the H oly Prophet suffered any pain while they were alive to safeguard him, they would be accountable for their default to God and no excuses would avail them. With these words he expired. One of the martyrs of Uhud was Mus’ab bin Umair, who had been appointed by the Holy Prophet the first missionary of Islam in Medina. Before he had become a Muslim he was accounted the best dressed and the most handsomely turned out young man in Mecca, who had been brought up in the lap of luxury. After he became a Muslim he adopted a most austere way of life. On one occasion when the Holy Prophet, peace be on him, noticed that the garment worn by Mus’ab bore several patches, his eyes became wet, recalling t he manner of his earlier life. When Mus’ab’s body was discovered he was clad only in one length of cloth, which could not completely cover his body and the Holy Prophet directed that for burial his head should be covered by the cloth