The Prophet Muhammad A simple Guide to his Life
Trusting Human Nature
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remove these superficial layers. After that the real
man within comes out. And, at the level of the real,
inner personality, every human being is
predisposed to truth. No one is averse to it as far as
his nature is concerned.
The Prophet of Islam availed of the services of non-
Muslims many times in his life. After the death of
Abu Talib, when he was deprived of the patronage
of his tribe, he approached different tribes to seek
their support, in spite of the fact that they were
idolaters. Then after his return from Taif, he
managed to enter Makkah once again under the
patronage of Mutim ibn Adi, a leader of an
idolatrous tribe. In his journey to Madinah, he chose
a
mushrik
(idolater) Abdullah ibn Urayqit as his
guide. There are many such incidents of this nature,
which show that the Prophet repeatedly trusted
non-Muslims and sought their help. Dividing
people into friends and enemies is against the
sunnah
of the Prophet and against human nature as
well.
A study of
seerah
shows that trusting human nature
is a permanent principle of Islam. According to
