The Prophet Muhammad A simple Guide to his Life
Prophetic Wisdom
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killing him. They unanimously decided that all the
leaders of Makkah should attack him together and
thus put an end to the movement of monotheism
forever.
This was a very precarious situation. One option,
which appeared to be the only one, was for the
Prophet, along with his companions, to meet the
enemy on the battlefield. But the Prophet saw this
matter from the point of view of the resultant effect.
Since in those circumstances armed confrontation
was not going to yield the desired result, the
Prophet followed the principle of avoidance and
migrated to Madinah from Makkah.
The way of the Prophet of Islam was not to follow a
collision course at a time of strife or controversy,
but to move away from the point of conflict. Such a
course enables one to conserve one’s energies in
order to utilize them more fruitfully at a later stage.
CONCESSION TO OTHERS
An enduring principle of Islam is that which is
called ‘softening of the heart.’ It means to unite
people by attempting to produce a soft corner in
