Muhammad (saw) – The Perfect Man — Page 751
Muhammad sa The Perfect Man 751 Hadrat ‘ A ’ishah ra relates, "Once some Jews came and taunted H u du r sa by saying اﻟﺴّﺎم ﻠﻴک (meaning curse be on you). I understood it and said, "Curse and destruction be on you, O Jews. " The Holy Prophet Muhammad sa did not say anything to the Jews, instead he started to advise me and said, "Listen O ‘ A ’ishah ra , God likes politeness in everything. " I said to him, "O Messenger of All a h, did you not hear, what they said to you?" H u du r sa replied, I only said, ﻠﻴکﻢ (on you). In another tradition it is narrated that the Holy Prophet Muhammad sa stopped Hadrat ‘ A ’ishah ra from scolding the Jews and said, "God does not like foul language. " 22 The verse ِ ﺟَﺎءُوْکَ ﺣَﻴَّﻮْکَ مبَِﺎﻟَﻢ ْ حيَُﻴِّکَ ﺑ ِ وَاِذَا ُّٰﻪ اH (58:9) "And when they come to you, they do not greet you, they greet you with a greeting which God has not greeted you; but among themselves they say, 'Why does not All a h punish us for what we say?' Sufficient for them is Hell, wherein they will burn; and a most evil destination it is!" 23 One of the Companions enquired as to how they should return the greetings of the people of the book? The Holy Prophet Muhammad sa told him to say ﻠﻴکﻢ meaning, 'on you'. 24 Once the Holy Prophet Muhammad sa passed near a group of Muslims, Jews and idolaters, he greeted them with ّ اﻟﺴ ﻼ ﻠﻴکﻢ م. 25 At the victory of Khyber, Jews complained