STRAIGHTPATHMONTHLY December 2011
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there is anyone whose back I have hit, this is my
back, here you may take revenge for it. And if I have
taken anyone's money, this is my money. He may come
and take it. And if I have harmed the reputation of
anyone, I say that he may come and take revenge for it
and none should say that he or she is scared that the
Holy Prophet (s) may have malice for me, as to have
malice for anyone does not befit me and neither is it
from my manners and the best of you in my view is one
who has some right upon me and he takes it from me
and after that he forgives me so that when I meet my
Creator I am not having anything upon my neck."
By this command the Holy Prophet (s) explained justice
and truth that no reformer in the world had ever done before
because to give retaliation oneself so that one may leave the
world in a way when one is not having anyone's right or
consequences upon oneself. So a person came forward and
said, "O The Messenger of Allah (s)! My three dirhams
are with you." His Eminence said, "Though I am not
falsifying you or asking you to swear for it, but tell me
how you got three dirhams on me?" The man said, "Don't
you recall that a beggar came begging to you and you
told me to pay three dirhams from my pocket and I gave
him?"
His Eminence ordered Fadl to return his money and after
that the Messenger of Allah (s) proceeded with this discourse
and said. "O people, if anyone of you are having
concealed wealth he or she may return it." So a man stood
up towards His Eminence and said, "O Messenger of Allah
(s)! I am having three dirhams that I had concealed with
me and I did not spend them on the way of Allah." His
Eminence asked, "Why have you kept them concealed?" "I
needed them," he replied.
The Messenger of Allah (s) told Fadl to take the money
and he took it and after that His Eminence continued his
discourse and said, "O People, if anyone of you feels
anything, he may stand up so that I may pray for him
from the Almighty."
A man stood up and told His Eminence, "O Messenger
of Allah (s)! I am a hypocrite and a liar, can I be
reformed?" Umar chastised him and said, "Woe be unto
you, O man! The Almighty has concealed you, why are
you revealing yourself?" The Holy Prophet (s) told him, "O
son of Khattab! Keep quiet, as the humiliation of the
world is better than humiliation of the Hereafter." Then
he prayed for man, "O Allah, grant him truth and faith and
remove evils from him."[1]
A man known by the name of Suwadeh bin Quays turned
to the Holy Prophet (s) at the end of the meeting and said, "O
Messenger of Allah (s)! You had hit my stomach with a
whip and I would like to take revenge for it."
The Holy Prophet (s) commanded Bilal to get a whip so
that Suwadeh may take his revenge. Bilal was shocked, and he
went to the lanes of Yathrib and yelled, "O people, allo