A Simple Guide to ISLAM
Muhammad – The Prophet of Islam
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At the Battle of Uhud, the Prophet had his teeth broken by a
stone thrown at him by one of the enemy, and blood streamed
from his mouth. Some of the Companions urged the Prophet to
curse these enemies who wrought such havoc. (Among the many
Companions who died in the battle was the Prophet’s own uncle
Hamzah). The Prophet’s response to this was: “I have not been
sent as a curse. I have been sent as a preacher and the bearer of
God’s mercy.”
Whatever the dish brought before the Prophet, he would never
say anything disparaging about it. According to Abu Hurayrah the
Prophet was never in the habit of finding fault with food. If he
liked something, he ate it; if not, he left it.
Anas ibn Malik tells of how, once, when he and the Prophet, who
was garbed in a thick-bordered Abyssinian shawl, were walking
along together when they came across a man of rustic
appearance, who came up to them and caught hold of the
Prophet’s shawl. He pulled at it with such force that marks
appeared on the Prophet’s neck.” O Mohammad, give me some
of God’s wealth which is in your keeping,” said the man. Quite
unaffected by the man’s rudeness, the Prophet smiled and gave
orders for him to be provided for from the Treasury according to
his needs.
An important statement which the Prophet made once concerned
the special moments that there should be in the lives of the God-
fearing:
