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Assalamu Alikum wa rahamtullahi wa barakatuh
I get so hissy at people. So defencive.
:sl: - Hamdulillah it so happens, that sometimes, I come across something either in a book or the TV and then the same matter comes in front of me in real life. It was yesterday in a program I'd recorded earlier, called 'Islam in Focus - Improving ones character' that the presenter told the story of the bedouin who urinated in the mosque. Imagine we saw that happening in front our our sinful eyes? We'd see red and at least verbally abuse the man if not attack him physically. But what did our dear Prophet (saw) do? He simply told the ashaba who were boiling with anger to beat the man, to leave him. The beduoin watching the Prophet's reaction came and sat next to him (saw). The Prophet then, in the most gentle manner, began teaching the man that this was a place of worship and we don't do these things in places of worship. At this the bedouin threws his hands in the air and said, 'O Allah, forgive me and forgive Muhammad (saw) but don't forgive anyone else." He didn't want those who wanted to beat him to be forgiven. But he made dua for the Prophet (saw) because he found him to be beautiful and merciful in his manners.
So the Prophet (saw) told him not to say that as we cannot limit the mercy of Allah. That the mercy of Allah is so vast, we cannot limit it. And Allah will shower His mercy on me, you and all of us. SubhanAllah! The Prophet (saw) told the man all these things without any anger - because the man was ignorant.
We have so much to learn... So many changes to make in our manners and characters. We can start by following the example of the Prophet in this story. May Allah's peace and blessing be upon him and us. Ameen.