מוחמד (פ.ב.ו.ה): התנהגות כלפי ילדים

All praises and thanks be to Allah, the creator of mankind, jinns and all that exists. The greatest thing that God had offered humanity is that he provided them messengers chosen from among the best of their kind.

We are now discussing about The Prophet’s (Peace Be Upon Him) Characters and Features.

מוחמד (ר''ל) was always very kind to children. Amr ibn (הַחוּצָה) Said quoted Anas(הַחוּצָה) באומרו, “I have never seen anyone act more kindly towards children than God’s Messenger (ר''ל). His son Ibrahim was being suckled in the neighbourhood of Medinah. הוא (ר''ל) would go, accompanied by us, and enter the house which was full of smoke, the child’s foster-father being a blacksmith. הוא (ר''ל) would take him and kiss him and then go back.”

It was his practice, whenever he (ר''ל) came back from a journey, to let the children, who met him on the way, ride before and behind him and he always greeted them first. One day Khalid bin Said (הַחוּצָה) came to him with his little daughter, Hasna, who was wearing a red dress. מוחמד (ר''ל) אמר, “Sana.” She had been born in Abyssinia and in their language, Hasna was called San i, והוא (ר''ל) called her Sana in that context. הוא (ר''ל) had a seal of prophethood at his back and it looked like a lump. She began to play with it so Khalid told her off but Muhammad (ר''ל) stopped him and let her play.

Anas(הַחוּצָה) אמר, “I never prayed behind an Imam who was more brief or more perfect in his prayer than God’s Messenger (ר''ל). אם הוא (ר''ל) heard a baby crying, הוא (ר''ל) would shorten the prayer for fear that the mother might be distressed.” Abu Qatada (הַחוּצָה) reported God’s Messenger (הַחוּצָה) באומרו, “When I begin the prayer, I intend to make it long, but I hear a baby crying and shorten the prayer, being aware of the Mother’s emotion because of the crying.”

הוא (ר''ל) used to kiss children and loved them very much. Once he (ר''ל) was kissing children when a Bedouin came and said, “You love children very much. I have ten children and I have never kissed one of them.” מוחמד (ר''ל) השיב, “What can I do if God takes away love from you?”. Jabir bin Samra (הַחוּצָה), one of his companions, reported an incident of his childhood. “Once I offered the prayer with God’s Messenger (ר''ל). After the prayer, when he (ר''ל) went towards his house, I went with him. We were joined by more boys, and he kissed them all and me too.” When he was entering the town of Medinah, after emigrating from Makkah, some young girls of the Ansar were singing with joy in front of their houses. When he (ר''ל) passed by, הוא (ר''ל) אמר, “O girls! You love me.” All said, “כן, O God’s Messenger.” Then he (ר''ל) אמר, “1 love you also. Yusuf bin Abdullah (הַחוּצָה) said that when he (ר''ל) was born his parents took him to God’s Messenger for his blessing; הוא (ר''ל) suggested the name, יוסוף, and put him in his lap. הוא (ר''ל) patted him on the head and prayed for the Blessings of God for him.’

לסיכום, מוחמד (ר''ל) was very kind and affectionate to children. הוא (ר''ל) loved them and always treated them with immense kindness and gentleness.

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