Muhammad (saw) – The Perfect Man — Page 851
Muhammad sa The Perfect Man 851 presented the toughest questions to him. The Holy Prophet Muhammad sa acted on the instructions of the Qur’ a n, , 'And follow not that of which thou hast no knowledge. ' (17:37) He used to say, "This is a sign of one's learning to admit ignorance about the issue of which one has no knowledge. " 55 Once the Holy Prophet Muhammad sa was passing through a desolate place, when a party of Jewish people passed near by. They asked each other to enquire about the soul from H u du r sa. Some of them were worried that the answer might be displeasing, so they should not ask this question. In the end one of them did ask. The Holy Prophet Muhammad sa stayed silent. ‘Abdull a h bin Mas‘ u d relates; "I thought that revelation was descending on H u du r sa. When this state finished the Holy Prophet Muhammad sa recited the verse (17:86) which contains the answer to this question. 56 It seemed that he was not embarrassed to stay silent until God provided him with the answer. The greatest pride one feels is, that of the sovereignty. But the character of our master is amazing. He showed the deepest humbleness at such an occasion, at the time of the greatest victory of his life, the victory over his bitterest enemies of Makkah. Makkah was his beloved homeland. The enemy had driven him out of it forcibly. All