The Prophet Muhammad A simple Guide to his Life
The Personality of the Prophet of Islam
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with feelings of love and respect for all human
beings. Hatred was totally against his nature.
HUMANITARIAN FEELING
It has been recorded in
Sahih
al-Bukhari and
Sahih
Muslim, how once, when the Prophet had
borrowed some money from a merchant in
Madinah, the latter came to him to demand the
repayment of his debt. He was rude and bitter in his
manner. He even went to the extent of saying that
all those belonging to the family of Abdul Muttalib
(the Prophet’s grandfather) kept deferring payment
of their debts.
The Companions became angry on hearing such
harsh, uncalled for words from him, and wanted to
beat him. But the Prophet stopped them from doing
so. He said: “Leave him alone. For a creditor has a
right to demand payment, even though he may be
harsh in doing so.”
This incident tells us of the feelings of the Prophet
in controversial matters: he did not think only in
terms of his own self, but was ever willing to make
full concessions to the other party. No doubt, the
