Page 133 - Self-Sacrifice in the Qur'an's Moral Teachings

Harun Yahya - Adnan Oktar

words and have forgotten a good portion of what they were re-
minded of. You will never cease to come upon some act of
treachery on their part, except for a few of them. Yet pardon them
and overlook. Allah loves good-doers. (Surat al-Ma'ida: 13)

It is reported that Aisha (ra) said, "He was very affectionate and kind
in dealing with the people." (Imam Ghazzali's Ihya' `Ulum ad-Din, The
Book of Religious Learnings [New Delhi: Islamic Book Service, 2001],
2:240.) Husain (ra) is reported to tell about the Prophet's (saas) self-sac-
rificial moral character as follows:
I asked my father how the Prophet (saas) would sit. He replied: "The
Prophet of Allah would sit only in remembrance. In the same way that
certain places were not allocated to him, so he would cause others to
avoid so doing. When he arrived at an assembly, he would sit wherever
there was empty space and would tell the Companions to do the same.
He would give his share to everyone sitting with him. Nobody sitting
with him could draw the conclusion that there was anyone superior
than himself in the Prophet's sight. The Prophet would be patient with
anyone who sat with him or came to him with a need, and he would be
the one to leave the Prophet. Whoever needed anything from the

Prophet would have his need met by him or be sent away with pleasant
words. His smiling face and proper moral values enriched those peo-
ple."(Yusuf Kandahlawi, Hayat al-Sahaba (Life of the Companions),
vol. 1, Sentez Nesriyat, p. 28)
Another report mentions his moral superiority:
Ibrahim al-Taimi narrates on the authority of his father, who said: "We

were sitting with Hudhaifa. A man said: ‘If I had been alive in the time
of the Messenger of Allah (saas), I would have fought by his side and
striven hard for his causes.' Hudhaifa said: ‘You might have done

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