The way of the prophets, to correct the mistakes of other people

Anas Ibn Mâlik said:"when we us with the Messenger of Allah stayed in the mosque, a Bedouin came and urinated in a corner of the mosque." The companions of the Messenger of Allah said: 'stop! Stop it! ", and they were going to attack him." The Messenger of Allah said: "cut him not; Let him alone." So they let off by him until he had finished his business. Then the Messenger of Allah called him to himself and said: "in mosques not right is that you urinated in them or defäkiert; they are there only for the remembrance of Allah, to pray, to the Quranlesen or similar. Then he ordered a man who was present, to bring a bucket of water and pour it in (via the urine) and he did so well." (Muslim)

The principle of the Prophet followed in dealing with this error, was the benevolent treatment of the man, so it was not hard for him.

The Prophet considered the likely consequences of the two options: to stop him or to leave alone. When she tried to stop him by they forced him to do this to stop the urination, so this could have hurt him. In contrast, the impurity on other parts of the mosque and the body and the clothing of the man would have spread in the second option, that you would have removed him from that place, perhaps. The Prophet had understanding of the vision that the man the uninterrupted execution of its business to enable, which provided the lesser of two evils, in particular also for this reason, because the man was already busy with urination. The latter was a problem, it is only in hindsight could create with a cleaning out of the world. Therefore, he ordered his companions to leave him alone and not to interrupt.

Ibn Hajar mentioned in his commentary on some things that we learn from this hadeeth about the Bedouin. Among these are:

-We should be soft with an ignorant and teach him what he needs to know without rebuke him as long as he is not out of stubbornness. This is particularly true if it is a man you can convince.

-The Prophet was friendly and treated him very graciously.

-The idea to take impurity in eight had firmly in the mind of the Sahâba (companions of the Prophet). For this reason, they tried in a hurry in the presence of the Prophet to denounce the Act, without previously asking him for permission. The idea, to enjoin the good and forbid the evil, was firmly established in their minds as well.

-We should hurry as well to remove something disgusting and if there's nothing to stop us from. Thus, the Prophet ordered, that the site should be cleaned with water.

Explain the seriousness of the error

Ibn ' Umar, Muhammad Ibn Kaab, Zaid Ibn Aslam and Qatâda delivered (the following is a compilation of their traditions), that a man said during the campaign of Tabuk: "We have never seen someone that loves more than our leader or one that would be cowardly on the battlefield (as them) the dining and the lie." Thus, he said the Messenger of Allah and his companions.

Bin Mâlik said: "you're lying! You're a hypocrite, and I will this the Messenger of Allah tell. AWF went to the Messenger of Allah, to report him.However, he saw that a revelation had already come down: the man came to the Prophet, who rode his camel and said: "O of Messenger of Allah!"We were talking about only so and joked to pass the time during the trip." Ibn ' Umar  said: "as if I would see him in front of me, as he hangs, while he came to pebbles on the camel knitting of the Prophet and says: 'We were talking about just talking idly and in play', while the Messenger of Allah recited: " tell: you did you do funny about Allâh and his signs and his Messenger? " " (Sûrah 9:65)

We see that the answer of the Prophet to these heinous remarks from the recitation of some verses from the Qurân was stated the man that you not making fun of Allâh and his Messenger. He infuriated either, yet he commanded that you should severely punish the man. Someone else would have done so well, but the Prophet was sent as a mercy for all creation, and as a model for the behavior of all people

Category: The Prophets