Muhammad (saw) – The Perfect Man — Page 649
Muhammad sa The Perfect Man 649 The Holy Prophet Muhammad sa never punished children while training them. He always trained them with love and by offering prayers for them. He used to pray for other children who were under his instructions in the words, "O All a h, I love these children, so You love them too. " 4 The true fatherly love is to love every child as one loves one's own children. Once a person complained of his own feelings of hard heartedness to the Holy Prophet Muhammad sa. The Holy Prophet Muhammad sa advised, "If he wished for a tender heart he should feed the poor and caress an orphan's head with love. " 5 Hadrat Ab u Hurairah ra relates, "Whenever a new fruit of the season was brought to the Holy Prophet Muhammad sa , he would pray for blessings in the fruit and then offer the fruit to the youngest child present in that gathering. " 6 Hadrat ‘Abdull a h bin Ha rith ra relates; "The Holy Prophet Muhammad sa used to make Hadrat ‘Abb a s ra 's children, ‘Abdull a h and ‘Ubaidull a h and the other children stand in a row and would tell them to race towards him. He told them that whoever raced to him first would get a reward. The children would race towards him and if one climbed up on his back the other would be riding on his chest. The Holy Prophet Muhammad sa would kiss them and embrace them. " 7