Muhammad, the Last Messenger of God

Muhammad, the Last Messenger of God

• Never lied

• Led a simple life without any extravagance or lavishness.

• A month would pass while his family would not light fire in their homes.

They subsisted on two things – dates and water. They never ate wheat bread to their satisfaction for three consecutive days from the time of his arrival at Medina until he passed away, about 10 years!

• With all this, he would stand up in the middle of the night to offer his gratitude to his Lord in prayer. He would pray for so long that his feet would swell! When his wives would ask why he worshiped God so much, his only response would be: “Shall I not be a thankful servant of God?”

• Remembering the days he passed in hunger said that sometimes the Prophet did not even have rotten dates to satisfy his hunger!

• Once when he awoke from sleep, the marks of the mat made out of date palm leaves on which he used to sleep were etched on his body.

• Various conquerors in the annals of history are known for spilling rivers of blood and erecting pyramids of skulls.

Muhammad is known for his forgiveness. He never struck anybody with his hand, neither a woman nor a servant, unless he was fighting in battle. His forgiveness could be seen on the day he entered Mecca as a conqueror after eight years of exile. He forgave

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those who persecuted him, and forced him and his family in exile for three years in rugged mountains, who had accused him of being a lunatic, a poet, or one possessed.

• He was the most humble of men. He sat on the ground, ate on the ground, and slept on the ground. A companion narrated that if a stranger were to enter a gathering where he was present, he would not be able to differentiate the Prophet from his companions due to his humbleness.

• He was the best of men to his wives as he used to remain busy serving and helping his household, and when the time for prayer came he would perform ablution and go for prayer. He would patch his own sandals and sew his own garments. He was an ordinary human being, searching his clothes for lice, milking his sheep, and doing his own chores.

Indeed he was the best of all people to his family and in his community. His personality was such that people were not driven away from him and in fact were influenced deeply with love and affection.

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