Muhammad (saw) – The Perfect Man — Page 423
Muhammad sa The Perfect Man 423 Muhammad sa advised this Bedouin, "Prayer is an immensely vast phenomenon, you erected a barrier in front of it. To restrict God's mercy is not proper. 23 Quite often the Holy Prophet Muhammad sa by overlooking the unintentional mistakes of the Companions, won over their hearts. With encouragement they were able to develop highly virtuous characters. Hadrat ‘Abdull a h bin ‘Umar ra relates, "The Holy Prophet Muhammad sa sent us on an expedition. Suddenly there was a stampede and I had to retreat under its pressure. When we returned we were remorseful in case we had incurred All a h's displeasure by running away from the battle field. We stealthily entered Mad i nah so that no one could see us. Once in Mad i nah we thought of presenting ourselves to the Holy Prophet Muhammad sa and requesting if our penitence was acceptable, then we would stay in Mad i nah otherwise, we would return to the battlefield. We were waiting for the Holy Prophet Muhammad sa before the Fajr prayer. He arrived. We stood up and told him that we were deserters from the battle field. He said, "No, on the contrary you are the ones who turned back to attack again. " Overwhelmed by love we kissed his hands and said, "We are from amongst the obedient ones. " 24