Muhammad (saw) – The Perfect Man — Page 228
CHAPTER 11 Trustworthy Prophet sa 's Integrity and Honesty 228 "Sometimes I find a date on my bed, although I am hungry and want to pick it and eat it, but then I remember that this date might have been given by somebody as alms. I put the date back from where I found it. " 5 Once Hadrat Im a m H usain ra or H asan ra picked up a date from the heap of dates and put it in his mouth. The Holy Prophet Muhammad sa immediately took the date out of his month, as it was from the dates given in charity and formed part of the trust for the poor Muslims. The Holy Prophet Muhammad sa told the child that as the children of the family of the Prophet, they do not take things given as alms. The child spitted out the date. 6 At the Battle of Khyber, the Jews retreated after their defeat. The Muslims achieved victory after a long siege. Some of the Muslim soldiers who were hungry for days, slaughtered some of the cattle which were seized as the booty of the war and started to cook the meat. When the Holy Prophet Muhammad sa came to know about it, he disliked this act greatly. He was angry that the booty had been used before its proper distribution and considered it as embezzlement. To teach a lesson of safeguarding trusts, he had the cooking pots full of meat turned over. Then he distributed the cattle among the Companions. Every group of ten men were given a goat. In another version it is reported