MUHAMMAD AND HIS COMPANIONS
Prophet Muhammad possessed excellent human relation qualities, and these were clearly demonstrated in his relationship with his companions.
He greatly loved his companions because they accepted Islaam and preached and protected it with their lives and properties when circumstances were most severe. The Prophet praised the Companions and warned Muslims against attacking or insulting them. For example, Al-Bukhaaree, Muslim, and other collectors of hadeeth relate from Abu Sa`id Al-Khudri that Allaah’s Messenger warned “Do not curse my Companions! Do not curse my Companions! I swear by Him in Whose Hand my life is, that even if one among you had as much gold as Mount Uhud and spent it in the way of Allah, this would not be equal in reward to a handful spent by them or even to its half.”
He was ever magnanimous and compassionate to them and would correct their mistakes in an admirable manner. One day a companion of his came to him and said: "O Messenger of Allaah, I am doomed! He said, 'What is the matter with you?' The man said, 'I had intercourse with my wife whilst I was fasting.' The Messenger of Allaah said, 'Are you able to set a slave free?' He said, 'No.' He said, 'Can you fast for two consecutive months?' He said, 'No.' He said, 'Do you have the wherewithal to feed sixty poor persons?' He said, 'No. 'The Prophet said nothing more about the matter for a while, and whilst we were sitting there like that, a large basket full of dates was brought to the Prophet. He said, 'Where is the one who was asking?' The man said, Here I am'. He said, 'Take this and give it in charity.' The man said, 'who is poorer than me, O Messenger of Allaah? By Allah, there is no family in Madinah poorer than mine.' The Prophet smiled until his teeth were visible, then he said, 'Feed your family with it.'" (Al-Bukhaaree)
Another manifestation of his compassion is what An-Nasaai reported on the authority of 'Abbad Ibn Sharahbeel who said: "I came with my (paternal) uncles to Madinah, and we entered one of the gardens there. I robbed some of the wheat, and the owner of the garden came and took my cloak and hit me. I came to the Messenger of Allaah asking for his help. He sent for that man and they brought him to the Prophet. He said to him, 'What made you do that?' He said, 'O Messenger of Allaah, he went into my garden and robbed some of my wheat.' The Messenger of Allah said, 'You did not teach him if it was the matter of him not knowing, and you did not feed him if it was the matter of him being hungry. Give him back his cloak.' And the Messenger of Allaah ordered that I should be given a wasq or half a wasq (measure of wheat)." (An-Nasaa'i)
The Messenger of Allaah would inquire about his companions if they were conspicuously absent, he would visit the sick among them, console the bereaved with soothing words and settle whatever rifts that occurred among them with wisdom.
A remarkable example of the concern he showed for his companions, regardless of their sex or race, is what is vividly manifested in the following narration:
Aboo Hurayrah narrated that there was a black woman who used to take care of the mosque. Suddenly, the Messenger of Allaah, blessings and peace be upon him missed her and when he asked of her, he was told that she had died. The Messenger of Allaah then said: “Why have you not informed me?” It was as if they had considered her unimportant. He then said: “Show me her grave.” (And when it was shown to him), he performed funeral prayer on her and then said: “These graves are full of darkness for their inhabitants. Allaah will illuminate them for their dwellers because of my prayers for them.” (Al-Bukhaaree and Muslim)
He would encourage his companions to love one another and he would say: “By Allaah, you will not enter Paradise until have believed and you will not be truthful believers until you love one another. Shall I tell of something if you do it you will love one another, give salutation (salaam) a currency among yourselves.” (Al-Bukhaaree and Muslim)
He would also admonish his companions: “The Muslim’s rights upon his brother are six: greet him when you meet him, accept his invitation when he invites you, gives him advice if he requests it, invoke Allaah’s blessing on him when he sneezed and praise Allaah, visit him when he is sick and follow his bier to the cemetery when he dies.” (Al-Bukhaaree and Muslim)
His companions also loved him more than they loved their own selves and close relatives. And they demonstrated this on many great occasions.
Muhammad is the farthest person from racialism the history has ever known. He never distinguished between his companions on the basis of lineage, colour, social status or wealth. This has to be so because; he, along with his followers, were addressed in the Qur’aan with the following words: “O mankind, indeed We have created you from male and female and made you peoples and tribes that you may know one another. Indeed, the most noble of you in the sight of Allaah is the most righteous of you.” (Al-Hujuraat 49:13)
He also said, addressing his followers: “All of you are descendants of Adam and Adam was created from dust. There is no superiority for an Arab man over a non-Arab neither for a non-Arab over an Arab except by righteousness.”
He once overheard one of his companions (Abu Dharr) addressing another companion (Abdullaah ibn Mas’ood) as the son of a slave’s mother. The Prophet sternly rebuked him and said: “You a person with (trait of the age of) ignorance in you.”
One of his prominent companions was Bilal, a manumitted black Abyssinian slave whom he chose as his Muezzin.
He greatly loved his companions because they accepted Islaam and preached and protected it with their lives and properties when circumstances were most severe. The Prophet praised the Companions and warned Muslims against attacking or insulting them. For example, Al-Bukhaaree, Muslim, and other collectors of hadeeth relate from Abu Sa`id Al-Khudri that Allaah’s Messenger warned “Do not curse my Companions! Do not curse my Companions! I swear by Him in Whose Hand my life is, that even if one among you had as much gold as Mount Uhud and spent it in the way of Allah, this would not be equal in reward to a handful spent by them or even to its half.”
He was ever magnanimous and compassionate to them and would correct their mistakes in an admirable manner. One day a companion of his came to him and said: "O Messenger of Allaah, I am doomed! He said, 'What is the matter with you?' The man said, 'I had intercourse with my wife whilst I was fasting.' The Messenger of Allaah said, 'Are you able to set a slave free?' He said, 'No.' He said, 'Can you fast for two consecutive months?' He said, 'No.' He said, 'Do you have the wherewithal to feed sixty poor persons?' He said, 'No. 'The Prophet said nothing more about the matter for a while, and whilst we were sitting there like that, a large basket full of dates was brought to the Prophet. He said, 'Where is the one who was asking?' The man said, Here I am'. He said, 'Take this and give it in charity.' The man said, 'who is poorer than me, O Messenger of Allaah? By Allah, there is no family in Madinah poorer than mine.' The Prophet smiled until his teeth were visible, then he said, 'Feed your family with it.'" (Al-Bukhaaree)
Another manifestation of his compassion is what An-Nasaai reported on the authority of 'Abbad Ibn Sharahbeel who said: "I came with my (paternal) uncles to Madinah, and we entered one of the gardens there. I robbed some of the wheat, and the owner of the garden came and took my cloak and hit me. I came to the Messenger of Allaah asking for his help. He sent for that man and they brought him to the Prophet. He said to him, 'What made you do that?' He said, 'O Messenger of Allaah, he went into my garden and robbed some of my wheat.' The Messenger of Allah said, 'You did not teach him if it was the matter of him not knowing, and you did not feed him if it was the matter of him being hungry. Give him back his cloak.' And the Messenger of Allaah ordered that I should be given a wasq or half a wasq (measure of wheat)." (An-Nasaa'i)
The Messenger of Allaah would inquire about his companions if they were conspicuously absent, he would visit the sick among them, console the bereaved with soothing words and settle whatever rifts that occurred among them with wisdom.
A remarkable example of the concern he showed for his companions, regardless of their sex or race, is what is vividly manifested in the following narration:
Aboo Hurayrah narrated that there was a black woman who used to take care of the mosque. Suddenly, the Messenger of Allaah, blessings and peace be upon him missed her and when he asked of her, he was told that she had died. The Messenger of Allaah then said: “Why have you not informed me?” It was as if they had considered her unimportant. He then said: “Show me her grave.” (And when it was shown to him), he performed funeral prayer on her and then said: “These graves are full of darkness for their inhabitants. Allaah will illuminate them for their dwellers because of my prayers for them.” (Al-Bukhaaree and Muslim)
He would encourage his companions to love one another and he would say: “By Allaah, you will not enter Paradise until have believed and you will not be truthful believers until you love one another. Shall I tell of something if you do it you will love one another, give salutation (salaam) a currency among yourselves.” (Al-Bukhaaree and Muslim)
He would also admonish his companions: “The Muslim’s rights upon his brother are six: greet him when you meet him, accept his invitation when he invites you, gives him advice if he requests it, invoke Allaah’s blessing on him when he sneezed and praise Allaah, visit him when he is sick and follow his bier to the cemetery when he dies.” (Al-Bukhaaree and Muslim)
His companions also loved him more than they loved their own selves and close relatives. And they demonstrated this on many great occasions.
Muhammad is the farthest person from racialism the history has ever known. He never distinguished between his companions on the basis of lineage, colour, social status or wealth. This has to be so because; he, along with his followers, were addressed in the Qur’aan with the following words: “O mankind, indeed We have created you from male and female and made you peoples and tribes that you may know one another. Indeed, the most noble of you in the sight of Allaah is the most righteous of you.” (Al-Hujuraat 49:13)
He also said, addressing his followers: “All of you are descendants of Adam and Adam was created from dust. There is no superiority for an Arab man over a non-Arab neither for a non-Arab over an Arab except by righteousness.”
He once overheard one of his companions (Abu Dharr) addressing another companion (Abdullaah ibn Mas’ood) as the son of a slave’s mother. The Prophet sternly rebuked him and said: “You a person with (trait of the age of) ignorance in you.”
One of his prominent companions was Bilal, a manumitted black Abyssinian slave whom he chose as his Muezzin.
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