A Glimpse into the Life of the Holy Prophet Muhammad (sa) – The Holy Prophets (sa) Compassion for the General Public

© Shutterstock

The Holy Prophet Muhammad (sa) did not let any opportunity of service to mankind slip without taking some action. He would become restless on hearing the distress of a person. It did not matter what country or nation that wronged person belonged to. 

When the Muslims who had migrated to Abyssinia returned to Madinah, the Holy Prophet Muhammad (sa) asked them to describe some interesting event they had observed. One young man related this incident. He said that once, while they were sitting, an old lady with a pitcher full of water on her head passed by. As she passed by, a boy pushed her and she fell down and her pitcher broke. The woman stood up and said to the boy, ‘O thee deceitful, wretched boy, you would soon suffer the consequences of your evil deed. When God would sit on the seat of judgment and everyone will be gathered together, and the hands and the feet would bear witness, then you would know what you have done to me.’ The Holy Prophet Muhammad (sa) said with great compassion, ‘The old lady spoke the truth. How would God bless such a nation and purify them, whose powerful people do not discharge the rights of the weak.’

The Holy Prophet Muhammad (sa) has instructed his companions that whenever a beggar or needy person came, they should inform him of his needs, in order to get reward. ‘Rest, Allah will bring about what He wills through His Prophet’s (sa) tongue.’

Muhammad (sa) – The Perfect Man (Qadian, India: Nazarat Isha’at, 2015), 258-259.