Muhammad (saw) – The Perfect Man — Page 914
CHAPTER 41 The Holy Prophet Muhammad sa ' s Humour and Informality 914 will not leave before you finish it. " I thought to myself, by God, today I will have to apologise and make H u du r sa happy with me. As soon as I finished S al a t, the Holy Prophet Muhammad sa said, "O Ab u ‘Abdull a h, tell me about the vagrancy of your camel?" I entreated, "O Messenger of All a h, I take oath in the name of the Being, who has sent you with truth, since I have become Muslim, my camel has never run away. " The Holy Prophet Muhammad sa said, "May All a h have mercy on you. " He blessed me two or three times with this prayer. Afterwards he never joked with me regarding this incident. 19 There is a narration about the pleasant nature of the Holy Prophet Muhammad sa related by Jar i r bin ‘Abdull a h Al-Bajal i who came to Mad i nah with the delegation of Baj i lah tribe in the year 10 th of Hijrah and accepted Islam. He reports, "After my acceptance of Islam, it never happened that the Holy Prophet Muhammad sa saw me and did not smile. He told H u du r sa about him not being able to ride a horse steadily. The Holy Prophet Muhammad sa stroked his chest and prayed. Afterwards Jar i r never fell from the horse. 20 This tradition of H u du r sa about always smiling at Jar i r naturally raises a question. Another tradition recorded in Haithm i resolves this matter. Br a ’ bin ‘ A z i b ra relates, "One day I heard the Holy Prophet Muhammad sa say, a