Muhammad (saw) – The Perfect Man — Page 488
CHAPTER 19 The Holy Prophet Muhammad sa 's Generosity and Spending in the Way of All a h 488 from me and increased the amount at the time of repayment. 58 Once a Jew harshly and rudely demanded his loan back. Hadrat ‘Umar ra told him off. The Holy Prophet Muhammad sa forbade him from doing so and commanded him to repay the loan and give him some extra money as well. Seeing this forbearance, the Jew accepted Islam. 59 The Magnificence of the Holy Prophet Mu h ammad's Generosity The magnificence of the Holy Prophet Muhammad sa generosity was unique. His munificence continued till his death. One example of this was the instance of J a bir ra bin ‘Abdull a h. He relates, "The Holy Prophet Muhammad sa said to me that if he received goods from Ba h rain, he would give me so much. Meaning he would give me a large portion of it. The Holy Prophet Muhammad sa passed away before this happened. This wealth came at the time of Hadrat Ab u Bakr ra , who announced that if anyone was promised by the Holy Prophet Muhammad sa or has any debt outstanding, he should come and claim it. I said, 'That the Holy Prophet Muhammad sa had made such a promise to me. ' Hadrat Ab u Bakr ra gave me hand full of Dirhams and told me to count them. I counted and they were five hundred Dirhams. He told me to take twice as much (that is one thousand Dirhams more) so that the promise made by the Holy Prophet