Muhammad (saw) – The Perfect Man — Page 119
Muhammad sa The Perfect Man 119 At the victory of Makkah H u du r sa showed compassion for An sa r and took great care of their feelings by saying that his life and death was with them. He made Mad i nah as his second home. He advised people to be kind to An sa r and used to say that love for An sa r was part of the faith. 39 Ka‘b bin Zuhair was a famous poet who was liable for punishment for saying rude and indecent verses about the Holy Prophet Muhammad sa. When he presented himself and begged forgiveness from the Holy Prophet Muhammad sa , and begged for pardon, he wrote a eulogy in his honour. In this poem he praised the ‘Migrants’ and did not mention the An sa r. H u du r sa told him that An sa r deserve praise as well, and you have not said anything about them. He then said this verse; َّ ْ ﺳَﺮ ﻣَﻦ ٗ َ احلَْﻴَﺎ کَﺮَم ِ ة َ َ ﻓ ْ ﻼ ِﻳَﺰَل اﻻَْﻧْﺼَﺎر ْ ﺻَﺎحلِِﻰ ٍ ﻣِﻦ ِْ ﻣِﻘْﻨَﺐ ىف Meaning, that whosoever is desirous of an honourable life, should stay within the group of pious An sa r riders. 40 In brief H u du r sa never forgot a kindness done to him by someone. He remembered the kindness of ‘Abdull a h bin Ab i Sal u l, the chief hypocrite, who had given his shirt to his uncle Hadrat ‘Abb a s ra when he needed one at the time of battle of Badr. The Holy Prophet Muhammad sa sent his own shirt for his shroud