Muhammad a Prophet For all Humanity
9. The Prophetic Method
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home-town, he had adopted a chauvinistic attitude
and was showering his own people with riches just
to please them. There is no doubt that the Prophet
was above such base motivations, but the
resentment that the Ansar felt at being left out was
real enough, and posed serious problems for
Muslim unity. The Prophet’s sincerity of purpose,
however, showed in the emphatic manner in which
he removed their doubts.
The Prophet called all the Ansar together in a
courtyard, and addressed them in the following
manner: “What is this that I am hearing about you?
Is it not a fact you were lost, and God guided you,
through me, to the right path. Whatever you were
in need of He granted you in abundance--again
through me. You were at war with one another and
God brought you together as one people around
me?” Everyone shouted out their agreement. Then
the Prophet continued:
You have every right to say that we Muhajirs
came to you as refugees, expelled from our
own land, and that you gave us shelter; we
were in need and you looked after us; we
