The Prophet’s preaching was in consonance with his life
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By Siddiq Ghouse
The Quran refers to him being a Mercy to all mankind. Allah describes the Holy Prophet Muhammad as “Thou art of sublime morals” and morals were his armour throughout his noble mission. Our beloved Prophet was born in the month of Rabiu ul Awwal.
Reflecting on the Prophet’s early life of prophethood, his enemies the Quraish of Makkah did not give him any leverage, commencing from the defining moment he declared the purpose of his mission. The majority of the people of Makkah at that period turned extremely hostile. At the time of the advent of the Prophet (sal) the Makkans were a barbaric race, burying their daughters alive, drinking wine, indulging in games of chance, debauchery, and other vices.
The Quraish tribe exiled the Prophet and his family for around three months hoping he would abandon his message of Islam. In the desert the Prophet and his family were deprived of food and water so much so they had to eat the leaves from the shrubs and squeeze out the water that was retained in the plants to quench their thirst.
No other Prophet of Allah was tested more than the Prophet of Islam. Muhammad (sal). When he lay prostrate in worship of his Lord at the Kaaba in Makkah his enemies poured bucketloads of the foetus of camels on him. The Prophet was also stoned by the children at the instigation of the elders in the city of Taif when he went there to preach the new religion, and was compelled to take refuge in a date garden with his garments soaked in blood.
The Prophet raised his complaint only to Allah on the ordeal he underwent in the city of Taif in the following manner “Oh my Allah to Thee I complain of the feebleness of my strength, of my lack of resourcefulness and my insignificance in the eyes of the people. O most Merciful of all capable of showing mercy! Thou art the Lord of the weak and Thou art my own Lord. To whom Thou art will entrust me, to an unsympathetic foe who would frown sullen at me. Not in the least do I care for anything except that I may have Thy protection for myself.”
As the revelations sent down by Allah kept streaming in to build up the Holy Quran, amongst the most noteworthy command from our Creator was the concept of Justice. The Holy Quran says in Ch4:58 …….. “and when you judge between people that you judge with justice……..” and in Ch4:135 again justice is emphasised as follows “ O ye who believe stand out firmly for justice, as witnesses to Allah even as against yourselves, or your parents, or your best protect kin and whether it be (against) rich or poor for Allah can best protect both”.
The Prophet displayed undoubted vision when he established his administration from Madinah, when Islam was only a green plant. The state as Muhammed (sal) knew it in Makkah had been amorphous, an oligarchic city government but suddenly opportunity blossomed from Yathrib (now called Madinah). He could then give the guidelines which shaped the state. Thus the Prophet founded both a state and a commonwealth, an embryonic culture that following his death soon extended from the borders of China in the distant orient to Spain on the Atlantic. Islamic culture became an amalgam of Persian, Byzantine, Egyptian and Ethiopian strands, besides the ancestral roots in Arab life and the Arabic language,
Muhammad (sal) has defined the concepts of good and made clear its path. He outlined to man its principles and bases thus guiding life to its most important aim and highest purpose. He commanded, enjoined, legislated and exhorted so as to discipline, prime, praise, polish and nurture and he set the relationship between man and man on the basis of love and brotherhood for he said the faith of none of you will be complete until he wishes for his brother what he wishes for himself.
The simplicity of the life of the Prophet has many examples, when he assumed the role of the ruler of Arabia. Even then, he patched his own clothes, worked with his bare hands and played with his grandchildren.
It’s noteworthy to end this short essay with the supplication that the Prophet made to Allah Almighty: “In the light of Thy face do I seek shelter — the light of which illumines the heavens and dispels all sorts of darkness, and which controls all affairs in this world as well as the life in the hereafter. May it never be that I should incur Thy wrath or Thou should be displeased with me. I must remove the cause of Thy displeasure till Thou art pleased. There is no strength or power than through Thee”.
This is the supplication that should be on any Muslim’s lips and heart as he goes through this mundane life before he is summoned to his Creator for final judgement.
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