Life-of-Muhammad

Life of Muhammad sa 143master" said the Prophet sa . The shepherd did as he wastold, and the herd reached the Jewish fort. The guardsat the fort received them (Hisham, Vol 2, p.191). Theincident shows how seriously the Prophet sa regarded thequestion of individual rights and how important in hisview it was for a trustee to discharge his trust. In warthe property and belongings of the losers are rightfullyappropriated by the victors. Ours is an age of civilizationand culture, but can we show anything equal to this?Has it ever happened that a retreating enemy left behindstores which the victors sent back to their owners? Inthe present case the goats belonged to one of thecombatants of the enemy side. The return of the goatsmeant making over to the enemy food which would lastthem for several months. With it the enemy could resistthe siege for a long time. Yet the Prophet sa had the goatsreturned, and this in order to impress upon a newconvert the importance of discharging a trust.The third incident relates to a Jewish woman whotried to poison the Prophet sa . She asked the Companionswhat part of an animal the Prophet sa relished for a dish.She was told that he preferred the shoulder of lamb orgoat. The woman slaughtered a goat and made cutletson hot stones. Then she mixed with them a deadlypoison, especially in pieces cut from the shoulder,believing the Prophet sa would prefer them.The Prophet sa was returning to his tent, having saidthe evening prayers in congregation. He saw this womanwaiting for him near his tent and asked, "Is thereanything I can do for you, woman?""Yes, Abu’l Qasim sa , you can accept a present fromme." The Prophet sa asked a Companion to take whateverthe woman had brought. When the Prophet sa sat downto his meal this present of roasted meat was also laidbefore him. The Prophet sa took a morsel. A CompanionBishr ibn al-Bara’ ibn al-Ma‘rur ra also took a morsel.The other Companions present at the meal stretchedtheir hands to eat the meat. But the Prophet sa stoppedthem saying, he thought the meat was poisoned. Upon