Muhammad (saw) – The Perfect Man — Page 854
CHAPTER 35 The Holy Prophet Muhammad sa 'sAmazing Humility 854 Y u suf experienced in prison, I would have immediately accompanied the royal messenger and accepted the chance of freedom. But Y u suf as waited for his acquittal from the allegations of the scandalous women. " 62 In the days of the Holy Prophet Muhammad sa there were some followers of prophet Jonah as in the township of Nineveh. During the journey to Ta ’if a person from Nineveh met the Holy Prophet Muhammad sa. He was very impressed on hearing the name of Prophet Jonah as from him. In the Holy Qur’ a n, God says about prophet Jonah as. ْ َۤﻟَﻮ ْﻻ ٗاَن ٌﺗَﺪٰرَﻛَﻪ ْﻧِﻌْﻤَﺔ ٖﻣِّﻦ َرَّﺑِّﻪ ِﻟuَُﺒِﺬ َﺑِﺎﻟْﻌَﺮَآء ٌوَﻫُﻮ ﻣَﺬْﻣُﻮْم. (68:50) "Had not a favour from his Lord reached him, he would have surely been cast upon a bare tract of land, while he would have been blamed by his people. " In removing a possible misunderstanding from this statement, the Holy Prophet Muhammad sa not only paid tribute to his status and restored his honour, he also said as a gesture of humbleness, "Do not give me superiority over Jonah son of Matt a. " 63 The Holy Prophet Muhammad sa gave a similar instruction, when there was an altercation between a Muslim and a Jew. In this case the Jew was the aggressor in publically taunting a Muslim. The Jew said, "By the Lord, who gave superiority to Moses over all other