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The Holy Prophet’s (sa) compassion and kind treatment were not limited to his companions, beggars and poor people, it extended to the uncouth and harsh Bedouins…
Quite often, these uncivilised desert people used to ask awkward questions in the meetings. The Holy Prophet (sa) used to answer them politely. Once the Holy Prophet Muhammad (sa) was busy talking to his companions, a Bedouin interrupted and asked intrusively, ‘When will be Doomsday?’ How can a person with little knowledge of faith, be made to understand the answer to this question? The Holy Prophet (sa) continued conversing with the companions. The companions started to whisper. Some said that the Holy Prophet (sa) had not heard the question, and others said that the Holy Prophet (sa) did not like the question, hence had not answered it.
After concluding the topic under discussion, the Holy Prophet (sa) remembered the Bedouin and asked where the questioner about the Doomsday was. The questioner replied that he was still there. The Holy Prophet (sa) told him, ‘Wait for the Doomsday, when the trusts will be lost. The Bedouin heard the answer and asked another question which indicated that the meaning of ‘lost trust’ had not been understood by him. Hudur (sa) kindly started to explain the meanings to him. The Holy Prophet (sa) told him that it means, when the sovereignty would be entrusted to incompetent people, then he should realise that this is the sign of Doomsday.
Once the Holy Prophet Muhammad (sa) was standing to lead the prayer, a Bedouin came and holding his dress said, ‘I have a small job for you, please come outside and do it now lest I forget’. The Holy Prophet (sa) went outside the mosque, performed his task, returned and led the prayer.
In spite of his heavy religious duties, the Holy Prophet (sa) tried his best to win over the hearts of the Bedouins, who visited Madinah. Once a Bedouin fell ill, the Holy Prophet (sa) went to enquire about his health. He consolingly told the patient that soon his disease would leave him, and his outer and inner self would be cleansed. He despairingly said, ‘You are saying this, but I feel this fever which is raging in my old body would take me to the grave’.
The Holy Prophet Muhammad (sa) replied, ‘If this is your thinking, then it will happen like this.’ The Holy Prophet (sa) was kind enough to go and enquire about the health of this Bedouin and tried to console him and prayed for him. As he did not pay regard to the Prophetsa of God. The Holy Prophet (sa) did not consider it appropriate to argue and fell silent on hearing him.
Muhammad (sa) – The Perfect Man (Qadian, India: Nazarat Isha’at, 2015) 281-283.
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