Prophet Model for Muslims

Prophet model for Muslims

By :Fazal-e-Mujeeb

No Muslim can negate the fact that the Prophet Muhammad’s life is full of such incidents where he was mocked and ill-treated. But he always showed patience and tolerance. He never took revenge for these personal insults, rather he prayed for his enemies. This is why all muslims are proud of him, because he always forgave even his worse enemies.

Since the time of the Prophet, Muslims have come across many a blasphemous incident against their beloved Prophet. These include the recent incidents of the caricatures in a newspaper and drawing competition in Denmark.
As holy Prophet once said, “Filth does not clean filth.”
Muslims should react very maturely in dealing with such incidents. Violent reactions out of anger may quench the thirst for revenge for a while, but eventually it will backfire on muslims as a whole.
Islam as a religion will get a bad name from violent reactionts and vested forces, ultimately, will benefit from this. In such crucial situations this saying of the Prophet is worth remembering: “The strong wrestler is not he who defeats his opponent, but the one who got full control over himself during his anger.”
There are so many peaceful ways to convey grievances. One of them is to try to show the world the true picture of Islam and its Prophet. For this, Muslims all over the world may hold “Seerat-un-Nabi” (roughly means, beuty of the character of the Prophet) conferences, where the real beauty of Islamic teachings should be highlighted and noble examples of the holy Prophet focused on. And most importantly oh all, Muslims should truly copy their role model in everyday life. This may help those who insult the Prophet because of their lack of knowledge of Islam change their view.