PATIENT WITH THE IGNORANT ONES
From his mercy is what he was upon from being very patient with the ignorant. His people would harm him, and the Bedouins of the Arab would be ignoramuses towards him, and he would reply to all of this by turning the cheek and forgiving, because he, peace be upon him, did not seek any revenge toward anyone concerning himself. Allaah orders him with that, saying: {Show forgiveness, enjoin what is good, and turn away from the foolish (i.e. don't punish them).} [Al- A’raaf 7: 199] The Prophet (Sallallahu `alayhi wa sallam) implemented this order. For this reason, when a Bedouin came to the Prophet (sallallahu `alayhi wa sallam) one day and grabbed his clothing and his shirt till it became tight around the Prophet’s neck and left its mark, he said, ‘O Muhammad order that I be granted from the money Allaah has given you.’ The Prophet looked at him and smiled or laughed and ordered that the man be given money. [Bukhaaree]
FRIENDLY AND LENIENT
From his mercy is what he was upon of being friendly and lenient. He would not act in an aggressive manner but he would act by lowering the wing, which was to be selfless and merciful. He would remind his companions of this by saying; “Ease is not put into anything except that it beautifies it.” [Muslim]
GOODNESS TOWARDS ALL CREATION
Also from his mercy is what he (sallallahu `alayhi wa sallam) was upon from being good towards all of the creation. He would have goodness towards the believer and the disbeliever, the male and the female, the old and the young, even toward the birds and the animals. The disbelievers were very bad towards him – that is the disbelievers of Quraysh – when he (sallallahu `alayhi wa sallam) entered Makkah, even though they were bad towards him, when he (sallallahu `alayhi wa sallam), entered Makkah as a conqueror, he said to it’s people – ‘you may go free, for you are the freed ones.’ He (sallallahu `alayhi wa sallam) has also been mentioned with this characteristic in the earlier books - the characteristic of returning good with good or better.
PATIENCE UPON BEING HARMED
And from his mercy is being patient upon being harmed. So he would be patient upon being harmed, especially at the beginning of his calling - the beginning of his Da’wah. An example of this is when he went to the town of Taa’if to call its people and they harmed him severely and tortured him, so he decided to return to Makkah, since he was being Al-Islaam - the Religion of Peace and Mercy harmed in Taa’if, and on his path back to Makkah, the Angel of the Mountains came to him and said; ‘If you wish I will collapse the akhsha bayn,’ that are the two large mountains that surround that area. ‘I will collapse the two mountains upon them, destroying them.’ But he (sallallahu `alayhi wa sallam) said: ‘No. I hope there will come from them - from their backbone a people who will worship Allaah and not associate partners with Him.’[Bukhaaree] He was patient upon the Religion and being harmed for its sake, so Allaah made reality what he hoped for and Allaah bought from the people of Taa’if, people of understanding and knowledge - leaders and commanders that fear Allah and do not fear the criticism of the criticizersnor the blame of the blamers.
From his mercy is what he was upon from being very patient with the ignorant. His people would harm him, and the Bedouins of the Arab would be ignoramuses towards him, and he would reply to all of this by turning the cheek and forgiving, because he, peace be upon him, did not seek any revenge toward anyone concerning himself. Allaah orders him with that, saying: {Show forgiveness, enjoin what is good, and turn away from the foolish (i.e. don't punish them).} [Al- A’raaf 7: 199] The Prophet (Sallallahu `alayhi wa sallam) implemented this order. For this reason, when a Bedouin came to the Prophet (sallallahu `alayhi wa sallam) one day and grabbed his clothing and his shirt till it became tight around the Prophet’s neck and left its mark, he said, ‘O Muhammad order that I be granted from the money Allaah has given you.’ The Prophet looked at him and smiled or laughed and ordered that the man be given money. [Bukhaaree]
FRIENDLY AND LENIENT
From his mercy is what he was upon of being friendly and lenient. He would not act in an aggressive manner but he would act by lowering the wing, which was to be selfless and merciful. He would remind his companions of this by saying; “Ease is not put into anything except that it beautifies it.” [Muslim]
GOODNESS TOWARDS ALL CREATION
Also from his mercy is what he (sallallahu `alayhi wa sallam) was upon from being good towards all of the creation. He would have goodness towards the believer and the disbeliever, the male and the female, the old and the young, even toward the birds and the animals. The disbelievers were very bad towards him – that is the disbelievers of Quraysh – when he (sallallahu `alayhi wa sallam) entered Makkah, even though they were bad towards him, when he (sallallahu `alayhi wa sallam), entered Makkah as a conqueror, he said to it’s people – ‘you may go free, for you are the freed ones.’ He (sallallahu `alayhi wa sallam) has also been mentioned with this characteristic in the earlier books - the characteristic of returning good with good or better.
PATIENCE UPON BEING HARMED
And from his mercy is being patient upon being harmed. So he would be patient upon being harmed, especially at the beginning of his calling - the beginning of his Da’wah. An example of this is when he went to the town of Taa’if to call its people and they harmed him severely and tortured him, so he decided to return to Makkah, since he was being Al-Islaam - the Religion of Peace and Mercy harmed in Taa’if, and on his path back to Makkah, the Angel of the Mountains came to him and said; ‘If you wish I will collapse the akhsha bayn,’ that are the two large mountains that surround that area. ‘I will collapse the two mountains upon them, destroying them.’ But he (sallallahu `alayhi wa sallam) said: ‘No. I hope there will come from them - from their backbone a people who will worship Allaah and not associate partners with Him.’[Bukhaaree] He was patient upon the Religion and being harmed for its sake, so Allaah made reality what he hoped for and Allaah bought from the people of Taa’if, people of understanding and knowledge - leaders and commanders that fear Allah and do not fear the criticism of the criticizersnor the blame of the blamers.