Chapter XI: Living and Character of the Prophet (cont.)
The Holy Prophet was the most patient among men and the most forgiving inspite his having power to take retaliation. If anybody presented to him any necklace of gold or silver, he used to give it to some of his companions. One day, a desert Arab stood up and said : O Muhammad , if God ordered you to do justice, I don't see you doing it. He said : Woe to you ! Who will do better justice to you after me ? When he was about to go, the Prophet said : Take him to me with humility. The Prophet was taking silver coins for the people in the cloth of Bilal in the battle of Khaiber. One man said to him : O Messenger of God, do justice. The Prophet said to him : Woe to you, if I don't do justice, who will do justice after me ? If I do not do justice, I shall be ruined and suffer loss. Hazrat Omar then said : Should I not kill him as he is a hypocrite ? He said : May God save him ! In that case, people will say that I kill my companions.
Once the Prophet was in a certain jihad. At one time, the unbelievers found the Muslim heedless. So one of them raised a sword upon the head of the Prophet and asked him : Who will prevent me to kill you ? He at once replied : God, Immediately they sword fell down from his hand and the Prophet took it up and said : Who will prevent me to kill you ? He said : Hold it firmly. The Prophet said : Say , I bear witness, that there is no deity but God and that I am His Messenger. He said : I have got no envy against you, I shall not kill you. I shall not go with you and I shall not join those who fight against you. Then the Prophet set him free. The man went to his tribe and said : I have come to you to-day from the best man.
Hazrat Anas reported that a Jewess mixed poison in the food of the Prophet at Khaiber. When he began to eat it , he got smell
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