The Seal of Prophets - His Personality and Character — Page 19
The Seal of Prophets 19 longer. He took his permission to leave for the women’s quarters, sought his wife and asked her if she had anything to eat. She said that there was a goat and some flour. He told her to slaughter the goat because he had seen the Holy Prophet sa in such an unbearable state. That was the man, Prophet Muhammad, may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, who always shared miseries with his devoted servants. There was no difference whatsoever. On the contrary, from many narrations on this subject we can believe that he suffered the most. He was a dauntless, fearless person who never refrained from approaching danger head on. In his lifetime, he fought many defensive battles without ever waging a single offensive war. He was usually found in the most dangerous areas of the battle, where the fighting would rage like mad. A narrator reports that when the Holy Prophet sa was sought during a battle, they would look for him in that area where combat was at its fiercest and he would always be in the midst. Once in Medina, during the dead of the night, people heard some disturbing noises. In those days attack was feared from all sides, so they saddled their horses and went on to investigate. They found the Holy Prophet sa already returning from that place riding an unsaddled horse. He had gone singly, in haste, without even preparing his ride. He assured them that it was nothing serious and they could all return to their homes. Once during a journey on a very hot summer’s day, he was resting under the shade of a tree. A Bedouin, who belonged to the idolaters, saw his opportunity, as the Holy Prophet sa was