Prophet Muhammad

He is Muhammad, the Messenger of God

• He was the one who was repeatedly offended by a Jewish man. When the man stopped one day, the Prophet asked about him, learned that he was ill, and visited him.
• He was the one who postponed all his appointments to comfort a little child whose bird had died.
• He was the one who stood up out of respect one day when a funeral procession passed by, although the deceased did not share his religion. The Prophet nevertheless mourned for this person.
• He was the one who changed the route of his army so as not to frighten a cat and her kittens lying in the army’s path.
• He was the one who pardoned people after they had harmed and hurt him for 20 years and had killed his companions. Although he had full control and power over them at that time, he set them free.
• He was the one who prayed for forgiveness for those who fought against him. He neither hated them nor took revenge for himself.
• He was the one to whom a group of people entrusted their wealth because of his honesty – at the very time that the same group was fighting him.
• He was the one who gave the minorities in his land full rights, freedom and security and protected them from the majority.
• He was the one who rejected racism and class thinking and forbade both.
• He was the one who loved his wife so indescribably that he kept remembering her for many years after her death.
• He was the first to stand up for women’s rights and to establish them, after women had previously been sold like goods in the market. As the American jurist and author Pierre Crabitès said: “The Prophet Muhammad was probably the greatest champion of women’s rights the world has ever seen.”
• He was the one who called for equality, good manners, good deeds, forbearance with the mistakes of others, truthfulness and family ties.
• He was the one who reformed his land at a time darkened by corruption and injustice.
• He was the one who commanded people to respect and honour all prophets, including Moses and Jesus.
• He was the one who was sent as a mercy to the whole world (not only to his own people).
• He was the one who was compassionate and merciful.
• He was honest and sincere.