Muhammad (saw) – The Perfect Man — Page 249
Muhammad sa The Perfect Man 249 specially went to visit his mother's grave and remembering her, he cried so much that even his Companions started to cry. 15 The Holy Prophet Muhammad sa cared for his foster relatives as well. Ab u T ufail ra relates that he saw the Holy Prophet Muhammad sa on the return journey from H unain at the place called Ji‘irranah. He was distributing meat. "I was a young boy at that time. I saw a lady arrived. The Holy Prophet Muhammad sa spread his shawl for her to sit. I enquired about her and people told me that the lady was the Holy Prophet Muhammad sa 's foster mother. " 16 Ab u Lahab's maid, Thuwaibah had suckled the Holy Prophet Muhammad sa. H u du r sa used to send dresses for her as a gesture of kindness. Even after her death, H u du r sa kept enquiring about her relatives. Mis t ah bin Ath a thah was Hadrat Ab u Bakr ra 's nephew. Due to a misconception he was amongst the people who allegedly slandered Hadrat ‘ A ’ishah ra. Hadrat Ab u Bakr ra withheld payment of their grant. Regarding this, a verse of the Holy Qur’ a n was revealed. The instructions of this verse were that the well-off and fortunate people should never take an oath that they would not give anything to their relatives. On the contrary they should act forgivingly and with mercy. 17 Most of the close relatives of the Holy Prophet Muhammad sa opposed him at the time