Muhammad (saw) – The Perfect Man — Page 724
CHAPTER 29 The Holy Prophet Muhammad sa 'skind Treatment of the Slaves 724 people who along with their relatives had persecuted the Muslims. This persecution had made the Muslims leave their home town. These Muslims settled in Mad i nah. Even then the non-believers did not allow them to live in peace and attacked them. The Holy Prophet Muhammad sa advised that these non-believers of Quraish should be treated kindly. While allocating these prisoners to various families he told them, "Look after these prisoners. "Ab u ‘Az i z bin ‘Umair (the brother of Hadrat Ma s ‘ab bin ‘Umair) was amongst these prisoners. He relates, "I was a prisoner allocated to an An sa r family. Whenever this family ate, they specially provided me with bread and for themselves they used to contend with dates. This was H u du r sa 's teaching of kind treatment of the prisoner. Whenever they used to get a piece of bread, they would give it to me. I felt ashamed and tried to return it to them but to no avail. " 1 Hadrat ‘Abb a s ra was one of these prisoners. He had no shirt on him and the Holy Prophet Muhammad sa searched for a shirt for him. He was a tall man. Hadrat ‘Abdull a h bin Ubayy's shirt fitted him and he was provided with his shirt. 2 Release of Prisoners of Badr Death was the prescribed punishment of war prisoners according to the custom of that age. In chapter Deuteronomy of the Old Testament, the teachings in this regard are the