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THE HOLY
PROPHET (PEACE BE UPON HIM)
Name: Muhammad
Parents: Abdullah bin Abdul Muttalib & Aamina binti Wahab
Birth: Friday 17th Rabi’ al-awwal 571 AD,
Mecca
Death: Monday 28th Safar 11 A.H., Madina
Life
span: 63 years
AN
INCIDENT FROM HIS LIFE:
One day
the Holy Prophet (saww) was sitting with his companions. They had formed
a circle around him and it seemed as if the Prophet was a bezel of a
ring between them.
Suddenly
a Muslim, who was a poor man, dressed in rags came in through the door.
According to the Islamic tradition, regardless of ones status, anyone
who enters in an assembly should sit wherever he finds an empty place,
not considering whether that place is suitable for his social status.
Therefore, the man looked around, found a vacant place, went and sat
there.
Incidentally he settled down next to a rich and wealthy man. The rich
man gathered the edges of his dress and shifted on to another side away
from him.
The Holy
Prophet (saww) was watching and observing the behaviour of the wealthy
man. The following conversation followed between the Holy Prophet (saww)
and the wealthy man:
Prophet (saww):
“Are you afraid that something of his
poverty would transfer to you?”
Man:
“No, O’ Messenger of Allah!”
Prophet (saww):
“Did you fear that some of your wealth will
go away to him?”
Man:
“No, O’ Messenger of Allah!”
Prophet (saww):
“Perhaps you feared that your garments may
become dirty?”
Man:
“No, O’ Messenger of Allah!”
Prophet (saww):
“Then why did you draw yourself aside and
shift away from him?”
Man:
“I confess that I committed an error and made a mistake. At present, in
order to compensate my error and to expiate my sin, I am ready to grant
half my wealth to this Muslim brother towards who I have shown
disrespect”.
The Holy
Prophet (saww) turned towards the poor man and asked if he accepted the
rich man’s offer to which, the man in rags replied, “No”. When
the companions asked why, he said, “I fear that I may become arrogant
and ill-treat one of my Muslim brothers in the same way as this man did
towards me today”. (Usool al-Kaafi)
HIS
WONDERFUL SAYINGS:
“Allah does not look at your faces nor your wealth, but He looks at your
hearts and your practices”.
(Bihar
al-Anwaar)
“O Abu dhar! Value five things before five things (happens to you):
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Your
youth before your old age
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Your
health before your illness
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Your
wealth before your poverty
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Your
leisure time before getting busy
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Your
life before your death”
(Bihar al-Anwaar)
“ ‘Issa –Jesus (as) had said to his disciples: Sit with one whose seeing
reminds you of Allah, whose logic adds to your knowledge and whose
practice inclines you to the Hereafter”.
(Tuhaf
al-‘Uqool)
On the occasion of the Martyrdom of the Holy prophet (saww), we extend
our heartfelt condolences to Imam al-Hujjah (A.J) and to all the Muslims
all over the world.
Mulla
Mujaheedali Sheriff
mulla@almahdi.org.uk |