Muhammad a Prophet For all Humanity
3. Exemplary Conduct
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3. EXEMPLARY CONDUCT
The Prophet of Islam, Muhammad, upon whom be
peace, was born in Arabia on 22 April A.D. 570, and
died on 8 June A.D. 632. He was a very handsome
and powerfully built man. His childhood gave
indications of the sublime and dynamic personality
that was to emerge. As he grew up, the nobility of
his personality used to have an effect on anyone
beholding him, but he was so soft-spoken and of
such genial disposition that anyone coming into
close contact with him would learn to love him. A
perfectly balanced personality—tolerant, truthful,
perspicacious and magnanimous—he presented the
highest example of human nobility. According to
Daud ibn Husayn, he became known as he grew
older as the most chivalrous among his people,
tolerant and forebearing, truthful and trustworthy,
always the good neighbour. He would stay aloof
from all quarrels and quibbles and never indulged in
foul utterances, abuse or invective. People even left
their valuables in his custody, for they knew that he
would never betray them. His unimpeachable
trustworthiness won for him the title of
“al-Amin,”
a
faithful custodian, an unfailing trustee.
