Just thought that it is a good time to remain ourselves of some virtues
after the feast.

Alieu
......................................................................
"We sent you not (O Muhammad), but as a Mercy for all creatures."

The noble Qur'an, Al-Anbiya(21):107

In order to understand the message of Islam, it is first necessary to
acquaint ourselves with the prophet of Islam. You cannot, as
the popular saying goes, separate the message from the messenger. It is
therefore only natural to wish to study the life of
Muhammad (pbuh), his manners and his morals, and to see how Islam manifested
itself in his person as a living example for all
Muslims till the end of time.

Abu Hurairah described him as follows:

"He was of medium build, closer to being tall. His skin was extremely white,
his beard was black, his mouth was
pleasant, his eyebrows were long, and his shoulders were wide"

Anas ibn Malik said:

"I never touched silk or any soft fabric equal to the softness of his palm,
and I never smelled a scent more pleasing than
his."

Hind ibn Abi Hala (the son of Muhammad's wife Kadijah) described Muhammad
(pbuh) as follows:

"The Messenger of Allah was of consecutive sorrows, continuous thought,
never finding rest, long in silence. He did not
speak without cause. He spoke with his full mouth (was not arrogant), and
spoke concisely. His speech was just, with
neither excess nor deficiency. He was not pompous, nor denigrating. He
exalted all blessings no matter how small and
never belittled a single one. He would never praise his food nor criticize
it. He was never angered by matters of this life
nor that which was associated with it. However, if justice was transgressed
nothing could stand up to his anger until
justice was established. He never became angry for his own self nor sought
retribution for himself. If he gestured, he did
so with his whole palm. If he was amazed, he overturned it. If he spoke, he
struck with his right palm the inside of his left
thumb. If he became angry he turned away, and when he was happy he lowered
his gaze. The majority of his laughter
was [restricted to] smiling."

Ali ibn abi Talib described Muhammad (pbuh) as follows:

"He was not vulgar nor did he condone vulgarity, and he was not one to shout
in the market place. He did not reward
evil with evil, rather, he would forgive and overlook. He never in his life
struck anything with his hand except when he
was fighting in the name of Allah. He never struck a servant nor a woman,
and I never saw him taking revenge for an
injustice dealt him, except if the prohibitions of Allah were transgressed.
For if the prohibitions of Allah were
transgressed he was among the strongest of them in anger. He was never given
a choice between two matters but he
chose the simplest of the two. If he entered into his home he was a man like
any other; cleaning his own garment, milking
his own goat, and serving himself.

He would guard his tongue from that which did not concern him. He would
attract them (the people) and not repel them.
He would ennoble the noble of the people and charge them with their affairs.
He was wary of the people and guarded
himself against them but without depriving them a warm smile or fitting
conduct. He would inquire after his companions
and would ask the people about their affairs. He would encourage that which
was good and strengthen it, and he would
discourage that which was evil and undermine it. He was balanced and
consistent. He would never be neglectful that
they would not learn neglect and grow indifferent. He had a provision for
every occasion and he never fell short of
justice nor exceeded it. The closest people to him were the best among them,
and the best among them in his eyes were
the most comprehensive in advice. The highest of them in stature with him
was the best among them in looking after the
people and assisting them. He would not rise nor sit down without praise [to
God]. If he visited a gathering he would sit
wherever the group ended (and not at their head) and he encouraged the same.
He would give all those sitting with him
their just due [to the extent that] they would each feel that none was more
important to him than them. If someone were
to sit with him or come in search of a favor he would be patient with them
until they (the guest) would be the one to
leave. Whoever came to him with a request was never turned away except with
that which they had asked for or with a
kind word. His cheerfulness and good manners encompassed them all such that
he became a father to them and they all
became equal in rights. His gatherings were those of knowledge, humbleness,
patience, and integrity. In them there
would be no raising of voices nor transgressions of prohibitions. They would
not expose one-another's errors, but would
be equal, encouraging each-other in the fear of God. In them, they would
respect their elders, be merciful to their
children, give preference to those in need, and protect the stranger."

He continues: "He was continually smiling, gentle in manners, soft in
nature. He was not severe, harsh-hearted, loud,
abusive, or miserly. He would disregard that which he disliked, and no one
ever despaired of him. He never responded to
disparagement or evil words. He forbade upon himself three things: Argument,
arrogance, and that which did not
concern him. And he relieved the people of three: He would not degrade any
among them or abuse them, he would not
search after their honor or private matters, and he would not speak except
in matters which he hoped to be rewarded
for. When he spoke his attendees would lower their heads as if birds had
alighted upon them. Once he finished they
would speak. They would not vie with one-another in his presence to speak,
but when one would talk in his presence the
rest would listen until he finished. Speech in his presence was that of the
first among them. He would laugh with them,
and wonder with them. He had patience with the strangers when they were
gruff in speech and requests, to a degree that
his companions would fetch them to him. He would say: 'If you see someone in
need, fetch him to me.' He would not
accept praise except from those who were balanced and not excessive. He
would not interject into someone's speech
unless they transgressed, in which case he would either rebuke them or else
leave.

He was the most generous of heart, truthful of tongue, softest in
disposition, and noble in relationship. He who first set
eyes upon him feared him, but he who associated with him loved him. Those
who described him would say: 'I have never
seen before of after him anyone similar to him, peace be upon him' "

With God:

Whenever Muhammad (pbuh) commanded his followers to observe a command or
prohibition of God he was always found to be
the most observant of this command or prohibition. He was the most devout in
worship to God among them, and no one could
equal him in worship, and in patience in the worship of God.

Al-Mugeerah ibn Shooba narrated:

"The Prophet, peace be upon him, used to stand in prayer until his feet
became swollen and cracked. He was then asked:
'Hasn't God forgiven you that which is before you and that which is behind
you?' He (Muhammad, pbuh) replied: 'Should
I not be a thankful servant?' " (Narrated by Al-Bukhari)

Aisha (pbuh) narrated:

"Allah's Messenger (pbuh) used to fast till one would say: he never stops
fasting, and he would abstain from fasting till
one would say:t he never fast." (Narrated by Al-Bukhari)

Anas said:

"You would never like to see him standing in the middle of the night in
prayer but you would, and never would you like to
see him sleeping but you would" (Narrated by Al-Bukhari)

The companions narrated that when a hardship or trial befell him he would
pray. He would say

"My comfort has been placed in prayer" (Narrated by Al-Nissai)

With Life:

Muhammad (pbuh) was the most far removed among his people from the love of
money or wealth. He encouraged his followers
to be industrious, make an honest living and discouraged them from seeking
charity. He did not condemn wealth and the wealthy,
however, he feared for his followers and encouraged them to not allow it to
corrupt them or obsess them.

Muhammad (pbuh) himself could have been the most wealthy man in the history
of Arabia, however, he preferred to live simply
and use his wealth in that which pleased God. As the leader of the Islamic
nation, he received great wealth, however, he hated for
this wealth to remain in his home for more than a day without having
distributed it in charity. At times he would distribute tens or
hundreds of thousands of "dinars" at a time as soon as he received them. He
lived according to his sayings:

"O my Lord, indeed, true life is only the afterlife" and "What have I to do
with this life? The similitude of me and this life
is as a traveler who stopped to take shelter in the shade of a tree and then
arose and left it"

Urwah narrated that Aisha (the wife of Muhammad, pbuh) said to me,

"O my nephew! We used to see the crescent, and then the crescent, and then
the crescent, in this way we saw three
crescents in two months and no fire (for cooking) used to be lit in the
houses of Allah's Messenger (pbuh). I said, "O my
aunt! Then what use to sustain you?" Aisha said, "[These two]: dates and
water." (Narrated by Al-Bukhari)

Abu Tharr narrated that Allah's Messenger (pbuh) said,

"If I had gold equal to the mountain of Uhud, it would not please me that
any of it should remain with me after three
nights (i.e. I would spend all of it in Allah's cause) except what I would
keep for repaying debts." (Narrated by Al-Bukhari)

Jabir ibn Abdullah narrated:

"The messenger of Allah was never asked for something and then he said 'no'
(he never refused a request)" (Narrated by
Al-Bukhari)

With People:

"By the grace of Allah, you are gentle towards the people; if you had been
stern and harsh-hearted, they would have
dispersed from round about you"

The noble Qur'an, A'al-Umran(3):159

Even with all of his concerns and obligations, Muhammad (pbuh) never became
unmindful of his people. He had a special place in
his heart for each one of them and he was known among them for his
soft-spokenness, his generosity, his tolerance, and his
friendliness.

He would joke with his companions, sit and talk with them, play with their
children and sit them on his knee. He would respond to
the call of the free man or the slave, or the young girl or the poor. He
would visit the sick on the opposite end of the city and he
would attend their funerals. He would accept the people's apologies and
their excuses, and he was the most humble among them.

Abdullah ibn Al-Haritha narrated:

"I have never seen anyone who smiled more continuously than the Messenger of
Allah (pbuh)" (Narrated by Al-Tirmathi)

Usamah ibn Zayd narrated:

"The daughter of the Prophet (pbuh) sent (a messenger) to the Prophet (pbuh)
requesting him to come as her child was
dying. However, the Prophet (pbuh) returned the messenger and told him to
convey his greeting to her and say:
"Whatever Allah takes is for Him and whatever He gives is for Him.
Everything with Him has a limited fixed term (in
this world) and so she should be patient and hope for Allah's reward." She
again sent for him, swearing that he should
come. The Prophet (pbuh) stood up, and so did Sa'id ibn Ubadah, Mu'ath ibn
Jabal, Ubay ibn Ka'ab , Zayd ibn Thabit
and some other men. [When he arrived,] the child was brought to Allah's
Apostle (pbuh), his chest heaving. On that the
eyes of the Prophet (pbuh) began shedding tears. Sa'd said, "O Allah's
Apostle! What is this?" He replied, "It is mercy
which Allah has lodged in the hearts of His slaves, and Allah is merciful
only to those of His slaves who are merciful (to
others)." (Narrated by Al-Bukhari)

Anas ibn Malik narrated that

"the Prophet (pbuh) used to mix with us (the children) to the extent that he
would say to a younger brother of mine, 'O
abu-Umayr! What did the Nughayr (a kind of bird) do?' " (Narrated by
Al-Bukhari)

Abu Dawood narrated that the Messenger of Allah would say:

"Let none of you transmit to me [evil news] about my companions, for I like
to meet with you with a pure heart"

Ibn Masood narrated that Muhammad (pbuh) said to a group he sent to teach
and advise:

"Be lenient and do not make [this religion] difficult. Bring glad tidings
and do not repel"

AbuMalik al-Ash'ari said:

"The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: 'Cleanliness is half of faith, and
[saying] 'Praise be to God' fills the scale, and
[saying] 'Glory be to God' and 'Praise be to God' fill up what is between
the heavens and the earth, and prayer is a light,
and charity is proof [of one's faith], and patience is a brightness, and the
Qur'an is a proof for or against you. All men go
out early in the morning and sell themselves, some setting themselves free
and others destroying themselves.' " (Narrated
by Muslim)


With His Family and Children:

Aisha, the wife of Muhammad (pbuh) said:

"Allah's Messenger (pbuh) used to patch his sandals, sew his garment and
conduct himself at home as anyone of you
does in his house. He was a human being, searching his garment for lice,
milking his sheep, and doing his own chores."
(Narrated by al-Tirmathi).

She also said:

"He would patch his garments and sole his sandals" She was once asked: "How
was he with his family?", she responded:
"He was in the service of his family until it was time for prayer, at which
time he would go and pray"

Anas narrated:

"I never saw anyone more merciful with children than the Messenger of Allah
(pbuh)" (Narrated by Muslim)

Abu Hurairah narrated that:

"The Messenger of Allah never denigrated any type of food; if he liked it he
ate it, and if he disliked it he left it alone"
(Narrated by Bukhari and Muslim)


Generosity, Clemency and Conduct:

Abdullah ibn Amr narrated:

"Allah's Messenger (pbuh) neither spoke in an insulting manner nor did he
ever speak evil intentionally. He used to say,
'The most beloved to me among you is the one who has the best character and
manners.'" (Narrated by Al-Bukhari)

AbuHurayrah narrated that the Prophet (pbuh) said:

"The most Perfect believer in respect of faith is he who is best of them in
manners." (Narrated by Abu-Dawood)

Qatadah ibn Malik narrated that Zayd ibn Ilaqah related on the authority of
his uncle, Qatadah ibn Malik, that the Prophet (pbuh)
would supplicate:

"O Allah, I seek Your protection against undesirable manners, acts, and
desires." (Transmitted by Al-Tirmithi.)

Anas ibn Malik narrated:

"I was walking with the messenger of Allah (pbuh) and he was wearing a
mantle of Najran with a thick border. A
Bedouin met him and pulled the mantle so violently that I saw this violent
pulling had left marks from it's border on the
skin of the neck of the Messenger of Allah (pbuh). And he (the Bedouin)
said: Muhammad!, command that I should be
given out of the wealth of Allah which is at your disposal. The Messenger of
Allah (pbuh) turned to him and smiled, and
then he ordered for him a provision."

Anas narrated:

"Eighty men from the men of Makkah descended upon the Messenger of Allah
(pbuh) from the mountain of Al-Taneem,
in [full] armor, with the intent of doing battle with him. He (Muhammad,
pbuh) captured them peaceably and then did
not kill them" (Narrated by Muslim)

A pagan by the name of Zaid ibn Sa'ana came to the Messenger of Allah (pbuh)
in order to collect a debt. When he drew near
Muhammad (pbuh) he wrenched him by his clothes violently, exposing his
shoulder, and spoke rudely at him. Finally, he said:
"You sons of AbdulMuttalib are all a procrastinating lot." Immediately, Umar
ibn Al-Khattab leapt at him chastising and
rebuking him harshly, all the while the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) looked on
smiling. Then the Prophet (pbuh) said to Umar: "He
and I were in need of other than this O Umar; You should have commanded me
to excel in my repayment, and have
commanded him to excel in his request for repayment." He (Muhammad, pbuh)
said: "There [still] remains in his term
three [days]" He (Muhammad, pbuh) then commanded Umar to see to his
recompensation and to increase him twenty
'saa' (weights) as compensation for the terrorization he had endured (from
Umar). This man later became a Muslim"
(Narrated by Al-Bayhaqi, ibn Habban, and Al-Tabarani)

Anas ibn Malik said:

"Allah's Messenger (pbuh) had the best disposition amongst people. He sent
me (when I was a child) on an errand one
day, and I said: By Allah, I would not go. I had, however, this idea in my
mind that I would do as Allah's Apostle (pbuh)
had commanded me to do. I went out until I happened to come across children
who had been playing in the street. In the
meanwhile, Allah's Messenger (pbuh) came there and he caught me by the back
of my neck from behind me. As I looked
towards him I found him smiling and he said: Unays, did you go where I told
you to go? I said: Allah's Messenger, yes, I
am going. Anas further said: I served him for nine years but I know not that
he ever chastised me about a thing which I
had done why I did that, or about a thing I had left as to why I had not
done that." (Narrated by Muslim)

In another narration, he said:

"I served the Prophet (pbuh) at Madinah for ten years. I was a boy. Every
work that I did was not according to the
desire of my master, but he never said to me: Fie!, nor did he say to me:
Why did you do this? or Why did you not do
this?" (Narrated by Abu-Dawood)

Anas also said:

"No one was more beloved to us than the Messenger of Allah (pbuh),
[however], if we saw him we would not stand up
for him for we knew how much he disliked [for us to do so]. And on one
occasion someone called to him saying: 'O best
of mankind ...' He replied: 'That is Abraham, peace be upon him' " (Narrated
by Muslim)

Adi ibn Hatim al-Ta'ee came to the Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) to ask about
Islam, so Muhammad (pbuh) invited him to his
home. When they sat down, a small girl brought a pillow to the Messenger of
Allah (pbuh), however, he placed it between him
and Adi and sat on the ground. Adi later said: "[When I saw that] I knew
that he was not a king"

It was also narrated that Muhammad (pbuh) once said:

"I am but a servant, I eat as the servant eats, and I sit as the servant
sits"

Muhammad (pbuh) would tie his own camel, feed his own animal, eat with the
servants, knead dough with them, and carry his
own groceries from the market.

With Parents

AbuHurayrah narrated that a man came to Allah's Messenger (pbuh) and said,
"O Allah's Messenger! Who is the most deserving
person of my good companionship?" The Prophet (pbuh) said, "Your mother."
The man said, "Who is next?" The Prophet (pbuh)
said, "Your mother." The man said, "Who is next?" The Prophet (pbuh) said,
"Your mother." The man asked for the fourth time,
"Who is next?" The Prophet (pbuh) said, "Your father." (Narrated by
Al-Bukhari)

A man came to AbudDarda and said, "I have a wife whom my mother commands me
to divorce," he replied to him that he had
heard Allah's Messenger (pbuh) say, "A parent is the best of the gates of
Paradise; so if you wish, keep to the gate, or lose it."
(Narrated in Mishkat Al-Masabih, Tirmidhi and Ibn Majah transmitted it.)

AbuBakrah said: The Prophet (pbuh) said thrice, "Should I inform you about
the greatest of the great sins?" They said, `Yes, O
Allah's Messenger!" He said, "To join others in worship with Allah and to be
undutiful to one's parents." The Prophet (pbuh) then
sat up after he had been reclining (on a pillow) and said, "And I warn you
against giving a false witness," and he kept on repeating
that warning till we thought he would not stop." (Narrated by Al-Bukhari)

Anas ibn Malik narrated that the Prophet (pbuh) said, "The worst of Kaba'ir
(the greatest sins) are: to join others as partners in
worship with Allah, to murder a human being, to be undutiful to one's
parents and to make a false statement," or said, "to bear
false witness." (Narrated by Al-Bukhari)

Defense of the Boundaries of the Religion:

The day Ibraheem (the son of Muhammad, pbuh) died, there was an eclipse of
the sun. The people began to say: "The sun has
eclipsed for the death of Ibraheem", whereupon the messenger of Allah (pbuh)
became angry and chastised them saying:

"Verily, the sun and the moon are two signs of the signs of Allah, they do
not eclipse for the death of anyone nor for his
birth, so if you see that (an eclipse) then supplicate to God, reverence His
name, pray and give charity" (Narrated by
Al-Bukhari and Muslim)

On another occasion, a man said: "God and You (O Muhammad) have willed this"
regarding a certain matter. The Messenger
of Allah then rebuked him saying:

"Have you made me equal to God?" (Narrated by Al-Bukhari and Muslim)

For the same reason, another time, a man was delivering a speech and said:
"He who obeys God and His messenger is indeed
wise, and he who disobeys Allah and his messenger has lost." Upon hearing
this, the Messenger of Allah said:

"You are the most evil of speakers" (Narrated by Al-Bukhari and Muslim)

Note: Muhammad (pbuh) did not want those listening to the speech to think
that God and His messengers are in any way equal.

Muhammad (pbuh) also used to say:

"Do not over-praise me as the Christians over-praised [Jesus] the son of
Mary. For I am only His servant, so say:
'Allah's servant and messenger' " (Narrated by Al-Bukhari and Muslim)

His Bravery and Bashfulness:

Many people believe bravery and bashfulness to be self-contradictory
opposites of one-another, however, in Muhammad (pbuh)
we were given the example of a true balance between these two attributes. It
was narrated that Muhammad (pbuh) was the most
bashful of all mankind, and if he disliked a matter we (the companions)
would know that from his face (his expression). Aisha
(pbuh) narrated that whenever he was informed of an error committed by
someone he would never say: "Why did 'such' the son
of 'such' do such-and-such", rather, he would say:

"Why do some people do (or say) such-and-such?"

In this manner he would caution them, but he would not mention the man by
name. (Narrated by Abu-Dawood)

Regarding his bravery Ali ibn Abi-Talib, one of the bravest young men in the
Islamic nation said:

"In the heat of battle, [when the passions burned strongest,] we would seek
shelter behind the Messenger of Allah
(pbuh), for there was none closer to the enemy than him, and you had seen me
on the day of Badr, battle of we were
taking shelter behind the Prophet of Allah (pbuh) and he was the closest
among us to the enemy" (Narrated by
Abu-Dawood)

Al-Bukhari narrated upon the authority of Anas:

"The Messenger of Allah was the best of mankind, and the most generous among
mankind, and the bravest among
mankind. The citizens of Al-Madinah awoke in a panic one night [to a sound],
so they rode out towards the sound. On
their way they met the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) returning, having beat them
to the sound, saying: 'Do not worry, do
not worry' and he was riding a horse of Abi-Talha with no saddle (in his
hurry to reach that sound), around his neck
hung his sword."

During the first hours of the battle of Hunain, when many of the Muslims
forsook Muhammad (pbuh) and fled the battle field,
Muhammad (pbuh) stood firm in the field of battle as if nothing had happened
saying:

"I am the Messenger, I lie not!. I am the son of Abdul-Muttalib."

General Mercy

Ibn Abbas narrated:

"A man had laid down his sheep (in preparation to slaughter it) and then he
went about sharpening his knife. Upon
seeing this, the Messenger of Allah rebuked him saying: 'Do you want to kill
it twice? Wouldn't it have been better for
you to sharpen your knife before laying it down (so as not to terrorize
it)?' " (Narrated by Al-Tabarani and Al-Hakim)

Shaddad ibn Aws said:

"Two are the things which I remember Allah's Messenger (pbuh) having said:
'Verily Allah has enjoined goodness to
everything; so when you kill, kill in a good way and when you slaughter,
slaughter in a good way. Every one of you
should sharpen his knife, and let the slaughtered animal die comfortably.' "
(Narrated by Muslim)

Muhammad (pbuh) also used to command mercy for all animals such that they
are fed well, watered well, not forced to carry too
heavy a burden, and not tortured or maimed for one's enjoyment.

AbuHurayrah said:

"The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said,
'While a man was walking on a road he became
very thirsty. He found a well, went into it, drank, and came out. [Upon
exiting he met] a dog panting and eating the dirt
out of thirst. The man said: 'This dog has become stricken with the same
degree of thirst which had stricken me.' He went
down into the well and filled his shoe and then held it in his mouth until
he climbed out and gave the dog water to drink.
Allah thanked him (for his good deed) and forgave him.' They said, 'O
Messenger of Allah, are we rewarded for taking
care of beasts?' He said, 'There is a reward [for you] in every creature
with a moist liver.'"(Narrated by Al-Bukhari,
Muslim, and Malik)

AbuHurayrah said:

"Allah's Messenger (pbuh) said: 'A woman was punished because of a cat. She
neither provided it with food nor drink,
nor set it free so that it might eat the insects of the earth.' " (Narrated
by Muslim and Al-Bukhari).

Sahl ibn Amr said:

"The Messenger of Allah passed by a camel who's stomach quite touched it's
back (from lack of food). Upon seeing this
he said: 'Fear God in these unspeaking animals! Ride them [while they are]
in good health, and eat them [while they
are] in good health' " (Narrated by Abu-Dawood)

Regarding slaves, when Muhammad (pbuh) became the messenger of Allah the
people of his land had become accustomed to
having countless slaves and usually treated them quite harshly. During the
period of his prophethood he worked diligently to do
what he could to cut down on their numbers. Islam closed most of the doors
leading to slavery and encourages the freeing of
slaves in many ways. For those people who continued to posses slaves they
were encouraged to treat them fairly and with mercy.

AbuDharr said:

"The Prophet (pbuh) said: 'Feed those of your slaves who please you from
what you yourselves eat and clothe them with
what you clothe yourselves, but sell those who do not please you and do not
punish Allah's creatures.' " (Narrated by
Abu-Dawood)

Ma'rur narrated that:

"I saw AbuDharr wearing a Burd (garment) and his slave too was wearing a
Burd, so I said (to AbuDharr), 'If you take
this (Burd of your slave) and wear it (along with yours), you will have a
nice suit and you may give him another
garment.' AbuDharr said, "There [once] was a quarrel between me and another
man whose mother was a non-Arab and
I called her bad names. The man complained about me to the Prophet (pbuh).
The Prophet (pbuh) said, 'Did you abuse
so-and-so?' I said, 'Yes.' He said, 'Did you call his mother bad names?' I
said, 'Yes.' He said, 'You still have the traits of
(the pre-Islamic period of) ignorance.' I said, '(Do I still have ignorance)
even now in my old age?' He said, 'Yes, they
(slaves or servants) are your brothers and Allah has put them under your
command. So the one under whose hand Allah
has put his brother, should feed him from what he eats, and clothe him in
what he wears, and should not ask him to do
anything beyond his capacity. And if ever he asks him to do a hard task, he
should help him with it.'" (Narrated by
Al-Bukhari)

Abdullah ibn Umar said:

"An A'arabi (desert Arab) came to the Prophet of Allah (pbuh) and said: 'O
Messenger of Allah, how many times should I
forgive my slave every day?' The Prophet (pbuh) replied: 'Seventy times.' "
(Narrated by Al-Tirmathi and Abu-Dawood)

Abdullah ibn Umar also narrated:

"The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: 'Pay the worker his [due] wages before
his sweat dries' " (Narrated by ibn Majah)



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