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The Sealed Nectar

 The Sealed Nectar by Shaykh Safi ur-Rahman

 The Prophet (peace be upon him) was a mercy for all humanity. Allah, the Exalted, described him as such, saying:
"And We did not send you [O Muhammad] but as a mercy to the worlds." (21:107)
And the Prophet (peace be upon him) himself said, "Indeed, I was sent as a mercy." (Muslim)
His mercy was a general mercy which included everyone, the believer as well as the non-believer. When Tufayl ibn `Amr ad-Dausi gave up hope on the guidance of his tribe he went to the Prophet (peace be upon him) and said, "O Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him), the tribe of Daus has disobeyed and refused so supplicate to Allah against them." The Prophet (peace be upon him) faced the Qiblah and raised his hands, and the people were certain that Daus would be destroyed. But the Prophet of mercy only said, "O Allah, guide Daus and bring them [to Islam]." (Al-Bukhari and Muslim)
He (peace be upon him) supplicated for their guidance and not for their punishment or destruction because he only wished good for people and hoped for their success and salvation.

The Prophet (peace be upon him) went to Taif to invite its people to Islam but they met him with denial and ridicule and encouraged street boys to throw stones at him until his feet bled. Even under such circumstances, when the angels came to seek permission to destroy the town, the Prophet (peace be upon him) refused.
This was the mercy which enabled the Prophet (peace be upon him) to forget his bleeding wounds and broken heart, only thinking of how to bring good to those people and bring them out from darkness into the light and guide them to the straight path.
And when the Prophet (peace be upon him) conquered Makkah, entering it with ten thousand soldiers, Allah gave him the decision concerning those who had abused and persecuted him, plotted his assassination, expelled him from his homeland, killed his companions and tortured them because of their religion. One of his companions said, "Today is a day of massacre." But the Prophet (peace be upon him) said, "No, but today is a day of mercy."
Then he went before the defeated people whose eyes were wide with fear and whose hearts were trembling, waiting to see what the victorious conqueror would do with them. Their own practice was that of revenge and murder. But the Prophet (peace be upon him) said to them, "O Quraish, what do you suppose I should do with you?" They replied, "What is good. You are a generous brother and the son of a generous brother." The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) replied, "Go, for you are free."
Such an all-inclusive pardon was the result of mercy in the Prophet's heart, which was so great that it included those enemies who had harmed him and his companions most. If not for his mercy such a pardon could not have occurred. How true were the words of the Prophet when he said,
"I am but a bestowed mercy." (Al-Hakim)

 

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