Life-of-Muhammad

214Life of Muhammad saup their faults and to acquire merit in the eyes of othersby assuming false virtues. The object of the HolyProphet sa of Islam, however, was to attain to real virtueand to win the pleasure of God. He was, therefore,completely free from pretence and make-believe. Thatthe world should regard him as bad or should appraisehim as good was a matter of complete indifference tohim. All that mattered to him was how he found himselfand how God would judge him. If in addition to thetestimony of his conscience and the approval of God healso won the true testimony of mankind he was grateful,but if men looked upon him with jaundiced eyes he wassorry for them and attached no value to their opinion.ATTITUDE TOWARDS HIS WIVESHe was extremely kind and fair towards his wives. Ifon occasion any one of them failed to comport herselfwith due deference towards him he merely smiled andpassed the matter over. He said to ‘A’isha ra one day: "‘A’isha ra , whenever you are upset with me I always get toknow it." ‘A’isha ra enquired: "How is that?" He said: "Ihave noticed that when you are pleased with me and inthe course of conversation you have to refer to God, yourefer to Him as the Lord of Muhammad sa . But if you arenot pleased with me, you refer to Him as the Lord ofIbrahim as ." At this ‘A’isha ra laughed and said he wasright (Bukhari, Kitabun Nikdh). Khadija ra was his firstwife and had made great sacrifices in his cause. She wasmuch older than the Prophet sa After her death hemarried younger women but never permitted thememory of Khadija ra to become dim. Whenever any ofKhadija ra 's friends visited him he would stand up toreceive her (Muslim). If he chanced to see any article thathad belonged to or had been connected with Khadija ra ,he was always overcome by emotion. Among theprisoners taken by the Muslims in the Battle of Badrwas a son-in-law of the Prophet sa . He possessed nothing