The character and habits of Rasulullah (ﷺ) – Part 2
- He did not utter anything useless.
- He used to make everyone happy. He abstained from conducting himself in such a manner whereby the person becomes distressed.
- He used to save himself from the taunts and provocations of the wrong doers in a good manner. At the same time, he used to meet them in a cheerful way.
- If anyone from among those who used to visit him regularly failed to come on a certain day, he used to enquire about the person.
- He used to execute his tasks in a scheduled manner. It did not happen that he did a particular task in a certain way on one day and changed the method on another day.
- He used to stand up with the remembrance of Allah and sit down with the remembrance of Allah.
- When he attended any gathering, he used to sit at the place where the gathering ended. He did not jump over all those who were seated and take the main seat for himself.
- When he was addressing several persons, he used to look at each one of them individually. He did not focus his attention on one person to the exclusion of others.
- He used to conduct himself with everyone in such a way that each person used to believe that he likes him the most. When anyone came and sat near him or began to speak, he remained silent. He only used to get up after the person gets up.
- His manners were general with everyone.
- When he used to go home in order to rest, he used to sit by leaning against a pillow.
- He used to execute many of the domestic tasks with his own hands. At times he used to milk the goat, while on other occasions he used to clean his clothes. He used to do most of his work on his own.
- Irrespective of how great a person may be, he used to meet him with kindness and never disheartened him. In short, he was the best in character.
- If anyone did anything unpleasant, he did not reproach him directly. He was not strict by nature nor did he adopt a strict expression as is the habit of some people who adopt an angry facial expression in order to frighten or warn someone and who also speak in an angry tone. Nor was it his habit to speak in a shouting manner.
- If anyone caused him harm, he did not cause the person any harm in return. Instead, he used to forgive the person.
- He never ever hit any slave, servant or woman. In fact, he did not even hit any animal. All this excludes punishing anyone in order to fulfil the command of the Shariah.
- If anyone wronged him, he did not take revenge.
- He was always smiling and abstained from frowning or scowling. This does not mean that he was never sorrowful because we have already mentioned that he used to be in sorrow and concern all the time.
- He was very soft-natured. He was neither harsh in his speech and conduct nor was he audacious - saying whatever he wished and whichever way he wished. He did not mention the faults of anyone nor did he withhold from giving anything.
- He did not even have a whiff of the following characteristics and traits: speaking greatly about himself, getting into arguments with anyone, and doing something that has no benefit. At the same time, he did not speak ill of anyone nor did he search for the faults of anyone. He only uttered things which can earn some reward. If any stranger or traveller came from another place and displayed any arrogance or incivility in his speech and conduct, he overlooked it. He should not allow anyone to praise him.
Numerous other qualities are mentioned in the Hadith. If one acts on what we have written, it will be more than enough.
