Muhammad (saw) – The Perfect Man — Page 830
CHAPTER 35 The Holy Prophet Muhammad sa 'sAmazing Humility 830 individual who is a slave to his wealth and compared to a humble, tireless seeker in the path of All a h. He said, "A slave to D i n a r, a slave to Dhirham and a person of elegant dress, is doomed. If he is given something he is happy and if he does not get anything, he becomes angry. Such a person is destroyed and falls headlong. He cannot even have the strength of extracting an embedded thorn. Blessing be on the humble person who is holding the reins of his horse and is ready to serve All a h. His hair is disheveled and feet are covered in dust. If you appoint him on guard duty, he would be diligently involved in it and if you give him the task at the back of the army, he would stay there. He is such an unknown person that if he seeks permission to see someone, it would be refused and if he puts in a recommendation, his recommendation would not be accepted. " 4 Relating the excellent quality of humility shown by the Holy Prophet Muhammad sa , ‘Urwah bin Zubair relates; At the time of migration when H u du r sa arrived in Mad i nah, he reached Qub a ’ where Muslims had gathered to welcome him. Hadrat Ab u Bakr ra was standing in front of the people and the Holy Prophet Muhammad sa was sitting down. Those An sa r who had not seen H u du r sa before, started to pay their respects to Hadrat Ab u Bakr ra. Until a while later the sun rose and the Holy Prophet Muhammad sa was in the sunlight, Hadrat Ab u