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The mercy of the Prophet even extended to those who brutally killed and then mutilated the body of his uncle Hamzah, one of the most beloved of people to the Prophet.\u00a0 Hamzah was one of the earliest to accept Islam and, through his power and position in the Quraishite hierarchy, diverted much harm from the Muslims.\u00a0 An Abyssinian slave of the wife of Abu Sufyan, Hind, sought out and killed Hamzah in the battle of Uhud.\u00a0 The night before the victory of Mecca, Abu Sufyan accepted Islam, fearing the vengeance of the Prophet, may the mercy and blessings of God be upon him.\u00a0 The latter forgave him and sought no retribution for his years of enmity.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n After Hind had killed Hamzah she mutilated his body by cutting his chest and tearing his liver and heart into pieces.\u00a0 When she quietly came to the Prophet and accepted Islam, he recognized her but did not say anything.\u00a0 She was so impressed by his magnanimity and stature that she said, \u201cO Messenger of God, no tent was more deserted in my eyes than yours; but today no tent is more lovely in my eyes than yours.\u201d<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Ikrama, son of Abu Jahl, was a great enemy of the Prophet and Islam.\u00a0 He ran away after the victory of Mecca and went to Yemen.\u00a0 After his wife embraced Islam, \u00a0she brought him to the Prophet Muhammad under her protection.\u00a0 He was so pleased to see him that he greeted him with the words:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n \u201cO emigrant rider, welcome.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Safwan bin Umaya, one of the chiefs of Mecca, was also a great enemy of Muhammad and Islam.\u00a0 He promised a reward to Umair ibn Wahab if he managed to kill Muhammad.\u00a0 When Mecca was conquered, Safwan ran away to Jeddah in the \u00a0hope of finding a berth that would take him to Yemen by sea.\u00a0 Umair ibn Wahab came to Muhammad and said, \u201cO Messenger of God! \u00a0Safwan ibn Umayya, \u00a0a chief of his tribe, has run away from fear of what you might do to him and threatens to cast himself into the sea.\u201d \u00a0The Prophet sent him a \u00a0guarantee of protection and, when he returned, he requested Muhammad to give him two months to come to a decision..\u00a0 He was given four months, after which he became a Muslim by his own will.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Habir ibn al-Aswad was another vicious enemy of Muhammad and Islam. He inflicted a serious injury to Zainab, daughter of the Noble Prophet when she decided to migrate to Medina.\u00a0 She was pregnant when she started her migration, and the polytheists of Mecca tried to stop her from leaving. \u00a0This particular man, Habbar bin al-Aswad, physically assaulted her and intentionally caused her to fall down from her camel.\u00a0 Her fall had caused her to miscarry her baby, and she herself, was badly hurt.\u00a0 He had committed many other crimes against Muslims as well.\u00a0 He wanted flee to Persia but, when he decided to come to Muhammad instead, the Prophet magnanimously forgave him.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n The tribe of Quraish the were archenemies of Islam and, for a period of thirteen years while he was still in Mecca, they would rebuke the Prophet, taunt and mock him, beat him and abuse him, both physically and mentally.\u00a0 They placed the afterbirth of a camel on his back while he prayed, and they boycotted him and his tribe until the social sanctions became unbearable.\u00a0 They plotted and attempted to kill him on more than one occasion, and when the Prophet escaped to Medina, they rallied the majority of the Arab tribes and waged many wars against him.\u00a0 Yet, when he entered Mecca victorious with an army of 10,000, he did not take revenge on anyone.\u00a0 The Prophet said to the Quraish:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n \u201cO people of Quraish! \u00a0What do you think I will do to you?<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n Hoping for a good response, they said: \u201cYou will do good.\u00a0 You are a noble brother, son of a noble brother.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n The Prophet then said:<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cThen I say to you what Joseph said to his brothers: \u2018There is no blame upon you.\u2019 \u00a0Go! \u00a0For you all free!.\u201d[1]<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n Rarely in the annals of history can we read such an instance of forgiveness. Even his deadliest enemy Abu Sufyan, who led so many battles against Islam, was forgiven, as was any person who stayed in his house and did not come to fight him.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n The Prophet was all for forgiveness and no amount of crime or aggression against him was too great to be forgiven by him.\u00a0 He was the complete example of forgiveness and kindness, as mentioned in the following verse of the Quran:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n \u201cKeep to forgiveness (O Muhammad), and enjoin kindness, and turn away from the ignorant.\u201d (Quran 7:199)<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n He always repelled evil with the good of forgiveness and kind behavior for, in his view, an antidote was better than poison.\u00a0 He believed and practiced the precept that love could foil hatred, and aggression could be won over by forgiveness.\u00a0 He overcame the ignorance of the people with the knowledge of Islam, and the folly and evil of the people with his kind and forgiving treatment.\u00a0 With his forgiveness, he freed people from the bondage of sin and crime, and also made them great friends of Islam.\u00a0 He was an epitome of the verse of the Quran:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n \u201cGood and evil are not alike.\u00a0 Repel evil with what is better.\u00a0 Then he, between whom and you there was hatred, will become as though he was a bosom friend.\u201d (Quran 41:34)<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n Footnotes:<\/span><\/span> <\/p>\n [1] \u201cMukhtasar Seeratur Rasool\u201d<\/em>, Muhammad ibn Sulayman at-Tameemi.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 The mercy of the Prophet even extended to those who brutally killed and then mutilated the body of his uncle Hamzah, one of the most beloved… <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":1398,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1399","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-prophet-mohammad"],"yoast_head":"\n
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