Holy Prophet of Islam - Hazrat Muhammad Mustafa — Page 351
The Holy Prophet of Islam, Hadrat Muhammad Mustafa sa were quarreling. One was a Muslim and the other a Jew. The. Muslim said, "I swear by that Being Who chose Muḥammad" over all the worlds and granted him excellence over others. " The Jew replied, "I swear by that Being Who granted excellence to Moses over all the worlds and chose him. " sa as. On this the Muslim slapped the Jew. The Jew took the complaint to the Holy Prophet, who asked the Muslims for details and then said: لَا تُخَيِّرُوْنِيْ عَلَى مُوْسٰى la tukhayyirūni ‘ala Musā. Do not give me preference over Moses. (Sahih Bukhari, Kitabul Khuṣūmāti, Bāb mā yudhkaru fil-Askhāsi wal-khusumati bainal Muslim wal-Yahudi). Respect for the Dead sa ra. Hadrat Jābir relates that they were in the company of the. Holy Prophet when a funeral procession passed by. Seeing it, the. Holy Prophet stood up. When they walked towards the coffin to help carry it, they discovered that it was a funeral of a Jewish sa sa person. They said: "Messenger of Allah! This is the funeral procession of a Jewish person. " He observed, "Death is a matter of grief and awe; therefore, when you see a funeral passing by you should stand up. " (Sunan Abū Dawūd, Kitabuljanā'iz, Bāb al-qiyām liljanāzah) 351