Holy Prophet of Islam - Hazrat Muhammad Mustafa — Page 344
The Holy Prophet of Islam, Hadrat Muḥammad Mustafa sa sa sa 1 ra sa him for the presence of both these signs. O ‘Umar! I make you my witness that I am very happy in accepting Allāh as my Lord, Islām as my religion, and Muḥammad as my Prophet. Furthermore, I make you witness that I am a wealthy man and I give half of my wealth as charity for the followers of the Holy Prophet". Hadrat 'Umar" said: 'You should say: I give it as charity for some followers of the Holy Prophet". How can it be enough for all of them?' I said, 'Alright, it should be spent for the needs of some of the followers of the Holy Prophet. After this, Zaid bin Sa'nah came to the. Holy Prophet and said, 'I bear witness there is none worthy of worship besides Allāh and Muhammad" is His Messenger. That is, I believe in this credo. ' " Thus, Zaid bin Sa'nah took initiation at the hands of the Holy. Prophet, and took part in many battles with the Holy Prophet”. He died on the way returning from the Battle of Tabūk. May God Almighty have. Mercy upon him. sa sa sa sa sa (Mustadrik Maʻattalkhiş Kitab Marifatassaḥabah, Vol. 3, p. 605) sa sa. The Holy Prophet" always exercised complete self-control. Even when he became a Sovereign, he always listened to everybody with patience, and if a person treated him with impertinence, he bore it and never attempted any retaliation. In the East, one way of showing respect for a person to whom one is addressing, is to address him not by his personal name. The Muslims used to address the Holy Prophet" as: "O. Messenger of Allāh", and non-Muslims used to address him as "Abul. Qāsim" (i. e. , Qāsim's father: Qāsim being the name of one of his sons). On one occasion, a Jewish person came to him in Medina and started a discussion with him. In the course of the discussion, he repeatedly addressed him as "O Muḥammad, O Muḥammad" The Holy Prophet paid no attention to his form of address and went on patiently expounding the matter under discussion to him. His Companions", however, were getting irritated at the discourteous form of address adopted by his interlocutor till one of them, not being able to restrain himself any longer, admonished the. Jewish person not to address the Holy Prophet by his personal name but to address him as Abul Qāsim. The Jewish person said that he would 344 sa ra sa