The Blessed Model of the Holy Prophet Muhammad and the Caricatures — Page 137
sa ± _________________________________________________________________ indeed had excellence over all the other Prophets, he did not tolerate a contest over Prophets that could have polluted the atmosphere. After hearing what the Jew had said, he only reproached the Muslim not to involve Prophets in their quarrels. His stance being that it was well and good that the Muslim considered him most excellent among all Prophets, that God too gave testimony to this. Yet the feelings of a person in their realm could not be hurt because of something that was said about his Prophet. He would not allow this. If one was to hold him in respect one had to hold other Prophets in respect as well. So, these were the standards of justice and freedom of expression of the Prophet , which he had sa established to look after the feelings of his own as well as the others. At times, preference was given to the sentiments of others. Practical examples of the conduct of the Holy Prophet with regard to establishment of human sa values and religious tolerance There is another example of his establishment of human values and of fairness. ‘Abdur Rahman bin ab Laila narrates that Sahl bin ™ ± − ¿ Han f and Qais bin Sa‘d were sitting at a place called ™ Qadsia ± ¿ ± − when a funeral procession went by. They both stood up. When they were told that the funeral was that of a non-Muslim, they replied: 137