The Prophet's loyalty
- Updated On Sunday, 27 July 2014
- Written by Allamah Qurashi
- Editor Faisal Shaheen
- Supervisor Sayyed Roohullah Musavi
- Published on Wednesday, 07 May 2014
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There is no doubt that the Prophet (SAWA) was the most loyal of all human beings and the most careful in meeting good with good. His loyalty to his wife Khadijah was such that whenever a gift was offered to him, he gifted it to one of her friends.(1) Aa'ishah said: "I was not jealous of any woman as I was of Khadijah for what I heard about her from the messenger of Allah. He often slaughtered a sheep and offered its meat to her close friends. Once, a woman asked permission to come in to him (the Prophet). He welcomed her warmly and asked much about her affairs. When she left, he said: "She often visited us at the days of Khadijah, and being loyal (to one's old fellows) is from faith."(2) Another example ofhis loyalty was that he often sent to Thuwaybah, Abu Lahab's maid (3), gifts and clothes because she had suckled him when he was a child. When she died, he asked whether someone from her relatives was there, but it was said to him none.(4) Once, his foster-father came to him, and he received and welcomed him all too warmly. He spread to him a part of his garment to sit on. Then, his breast-feeding mother came, and he spread to her the other end of his garment from the other side and she sat on it.(5) Really, he was the best example in loyalty. He had bound himself to that. From his loyalty to his companions was that if one of them was absent for three days, he would ask about him; if he was on travel, he would pray to Allah for him, and if he was at home or ill, he would visit him. One day, an-Najashi's(6) delegation came to him. He himself began serving them. His companions said to him: "We do that for you." He said: "They honored our companions, and I like to reward them."(7)
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References: 1.Al-Adab al-Mufrad by al-Bukhari, p. 232, Mustadrak al-Hakim, vol. 4 p. 175. 2.Al-Amali by ash-Shajari, vol. 2 p. 152, It~haf as-Sadah al-Muttaqin, vol. 6 p. 235. 3.AbuLahab was the Prophetis uncle, but he harmed the Prophet (SAWA) too much until Allah cursed him in the Qur'an. 4.Jawahir al-Bihar fee Fadhaiil an-Nabiy al-Mukhtar, vol. 1 p. 48. 5.Ibid. 6.An-Najashi was the King of Abyssinia who had received and protected the first Muslim emigrants who had fled from the persecution of Quraysh. 7.Dala'il an-Nubuwwah by as-Sayooti, vol. 2 p. 307, It~haf as-Sadah al-Muttaqin, vol. 7 p. 103.