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wouldn’t grin as he spoke. He would look sorry, but he would
not frown. He was modest, but he was not low-natured. He was
majestic; that is, he would inspire respect and awe. But he was
not nasty. He was polite. He was generous, but he would not
waste, nor would he give anything in vain. He used to pity
everybody. He always bent his blessed head forward. He would
not expect anything from anybody. He who wants happiness
and ease should be like him.”
It is written in the book Masâbih that Anas bin Mâlik ‘radiy-
Allâhu anh’ said, “I served Rasûlullah for ten years. He never
uttered “Ugh!” towards me. He never asked me why I had done
this or why I hadn’t done that.” Again in Masâbih Anas bin
Mâlik said, “Rasûlullah was the most beautiful-natured of
human beings. One day, he told me to go to some place. I said,
‘By Allah, I won’t’. But I did. I went out to do his command.
Children were playing in the street. As I passed them, I looked
round. Rasûlullah was coming behind me. His blessed face was
pleasant. He said, ‘O Anas! Did you go to the place I told
you?’ I said, ‘Yes, O Rasûlullah, I am going there.’ ”
Abû Hurayra ‘radiy-Allâhu anh’ said, “During a holy war, we
asked him to pray so that the disbelievers would be annihilated.
He said, ‘I was not sent to curse people so that they will be
tormented. I was sent to do favours for everybody so that
people will attain ease.” Allahu ta’âlâ declares in the hundred
and seventh âyat of the Sûrat-ul-Anbiyâ, “We sent thee as a
mercy, as a blessing for beings.”
Abû Saîd-i Khudrî ‘radiy-Allâhu anh’ said, “Rasûlullah ‘sall-
Allâhu alaihi wa sallam’ was more bashful than Muslim virgin
girls.”
Anas bin Mâlik said, “When Rasûlullah ‘sall-Allâhu alaihi wa
sallam’ shook hands with a person, he would not take his hand
away from that person’s hand before that person did so. He
would not turn his face away from that person before the latter
turned his face. As he sat near a person, he would sit on his
two knees; to respect a person, he would not erect his blessed
knee.”
Jâbir bin Sumra says, “Rasûlullah ‘sall-Allâhu alaihi wa
sallam’ used to talk very little. He used to talk when necessary
or when he was asked a question.” This means to say that a
Muslim should not talk about nonsense; instead, he should
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