Chapter XI: Living and Character of the Prophet (cont.)
of the poison and stopped eating. The woman was brought to the Prophet who asked her about the poisoned food. The woman said : I intended to kill you. He said : God will not give you that power. The companions exclaimed : Should we not kill her ? The Prophet said : Don't kill her. One day a Jew enchanted the Prophet , Gebriel gave this information to the Prophet. He took out the enchaned thing and came round, but took no revenge against, the Jew. Hazrat Ali said : The Prophet sent Jubair, Meqdad and myself to a certain place and said : Go on till you reach Raojakhak where you will find a woman with a letter which you must taken from her. We then reached the place and told the woman to deliver the letter so us. The woman denied knowledge of any letter. She was then compelled to deliver the letter to us. We then came therewith to the Prophet. It was written therein . From Hateb-b-Ali Bala'a to the polytheists of Mecca etc. This letter was written to inform them secretly the affairs of the Prophet. The Prophet said: O Hatib, what is the matter ? He said : O Messenger of God, don't hasten inflict punishment on me. I have mixed with my people . the Refugees who are with you have got at Mecca their relatives who look after their families there . It was my object that though I have got no relationship with the Quraish, I would find such a man among them who will take care of my relatives there if I show kindness to them. I have not done it in a state of infidelity. I have not done it after accepting Islam being satisfied with infidelity. I have not done it being a retrogade. The Prophet said : This man has spoken the truth. Hazrat Omar said : Give us order to kill this hyportie .
The Prophet said : He joined the battle of Badr with us. Who will inform you that the Alimighty God addressed the warriors of Badr saying : Do whatever you like. God has forgiven you.
Once the Prophet distributed the booties when an Ansar stood up and said : God is not pleased with this distribution .
When it was mentioned to the Prophet , his face turned red and he said : May God show you mercy. My brother Moses was given such troubles, but he remained patient. The Prophet said : Let nobody communicate any thing of my companions, as I wish that at the time when I come to you, I come with a sound mind.
(8) PROPHET'S OBJECTS OF DISLIKE
The skin of the Prophet was thin and his interior and exterior were clean. His pleasure and wrath were exposed in his face.
When he got very angry, he used to touch his head repeatedly. He "
used not to disclose to anybody what appeared to him bad. One
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