و انك لعلي خلق عظيم
When we study the Seerah of Rasulullah صلي الله عليه و سلم we see that in the year 6 hijri at the time of Hudaibiyyah the amount of Sahaba present were approximately 1500. And in the year 10 hijri on the occasion of Hajjatul Wida they were 124,000 Sahaba. Just in the span of 4 years the number increased.
What was the reason?
When the Muslims gained victory on the occasion of Fathe Makkah, Rasulullah صلي الله عليه و سلم showed his amazing character. When Sa’d Bin Ubadah RA was entering Makkah as a leader and a flag in his hands, his gaze fell on Abu Sufyan (who wasn’t a Muslim at the time, but later on accepted Islam) he said, “اليوم يوم الملحمة” Today is a day of war, revenge. When rasulullah heard this he said, “اليوم يوم المرحمة” Today is a day of Mercy, and he took the flag from Sa’d RA and said don’t pass such remarks. Those who use to curse him, swore at him, gave him trouble his whole life, when they came as captives and were presented to Rasulullah صلي الله عليه و سلم, he said, “Today I’ll say the same thing my brother Yusuf AS said to his brothers (when they came to Yusuf AS whilst he was a king) ‘لا تثريب عليكم اليوم’ Their will be no revenge today”. Then he said,
“What do you think I will do to you?’ They answered: ‘You will only do something favorable; you are a kind and generous brother, and a kind and generous nephew!’ The Prophet (pbuh) said:
”أنتم الطلقاء” You are free to go. When they saw that the person whom they used to criticise and trouble for so many years, today when he has the upper hand, he is still forgiving, then his religion and his God has to be on Haqq, due to which they began to enter into Islam in huge numbers. This is what what Allah is saying in Sura Nasr, و رأيت الناس يدخلون في دين الله افواجا “And you will see people entering the Deen of Allah in armies”.
This was the lofty character of the Messenger of Allah صلي الله عليه و سلم
Akhlaq (character) can be categorised into 3 types:
1. Khulq-e-Hasan خلق حسن: if someone does wrong to you, you do the same in return. فجزاء سيئة سيئة بمثلها
2. Khulq-e-Kareem خلق كريم: if someone does wrong to you, you forgive them. فمن عفا و اصلح فأجره علي الله
3. Khulq-e-Azeem خلق عظيم: if someone does wrong to you, you forgive them and on top of that you do them a favour. This was the character of Rasulullah صلي الله عليه و سلم, Allah says in Sura Qalam و انك لعلي خلق عظيم
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