Holy Prophet of Islam - Hazrat Muhammad Mustafa — Page 297
The Holy Prophet of Islam, Hadrat Muhammad Mustafa sa. Humility sa. The Holy Prophet's humility knew no bounds. When sitting among his followers, ordinarily clothed, eating the same food as they did, he did not occupy a very special place. Many a time people were mistaken as to ra who was the Holy Founder of Islam. Hadrat Abu Bakr, who later became the First Caliph of Islām, was older than he was and perhaps had a longer beard, (I don't know, it is my surmise), but something in him led some strangers to address him as the Prophet of God. With a respectful manner, he would then turn to the Holy Prophet" and lead them to him. ra sa sa. Once, Hadrat 'Umar" who later became the Second Caliph of Islām obtained his permission to perform 'Umrah. The Holy Prophet of Islām turned to him and said: "Yes go ahead, perform the ‘Umrah and please do not forget me in your prayers. " Such was the humility of the man, on whose prayers every Muslim depended, that he asked one of his own servants to remember him in his prayers. sa (The Seal of Prophets, His Personality and Character, Hadṛat Mirza Tahir. Th. Ahmad, Khalifatul Masih IV, Islam International Publications, 1992) sa. During the early days of Islām when the Holy Prophet" was living за sa in Mecca, Abū Lahab and ‘Aqbah bin Abi Mu'ît were his neighbors. Both of them had taken to disturbing the Holy Prophet to an extreme. They not only opposed the Holy Prophet" outside in the public they also annoyed the Holy Prophet" when he was at his home. They would place all sorts of filth at the door of the house of the Holy Prophet". Whenever the Holy. Prophet came out of the house and saw the filth he himself removed it from the front of his house and only said, "O the sons of 'Abd Manāf!. What are you doing. Is it the way to treat a neighbor?" sa (Ibn Sa'd's Al-Tabqat Al-Kabir, Vol. 1, p. 201, Beirut, Lebanon, 1960) ra. The Holy Prophet" always took good care of the Companions" 297