Muhammad (saw) – The Perfect Man — Page 879
Muhammad sa The Perfect Man 879 The Holy Prophet Muhammad sa said, "The best amongst you are the ones who treat women kindly and I am the best amongst you in treating women. " He was very particular about the respect and sensitivity of the womenfolk. On a journey his wives were riding camels when Anjashah, the camel driver started to drive the camel fast. The Holy Prophet Muhammad sa said, "O Anjashah, may you prosper, drive the camel slowly. Be mindful that delicate glassware is with us, risk not these goblets, lest they break, drive the camel slowly. " A narrator, Ab u Qal a bah ra says that in view of the delicate nature of women, H u du r sa called them glassware. If anyone else had used such a metaphor, others would have reprimanded him. 14 No doubt it was a courageous act of the Holy Prophet Muhammad sa to defend the rights of the women at the time when the whole society looked down upon them. The fact is that our Holy Prophet Muhammad sa , being a man himself was a unique flag bearer of human rights and this would always be recorded in golden words in the history of the world. In the society which totally forfeited the rights of women and where they were treated worse than slaves, the Holy Prophet Muhammad sa made women the queen of the house and said, "The wife is the guardian of the husband's house and she would be answerable