In the hadith, seerah and Quran there are many instances were the great characteristics of the Prophet (PBUH) are talked about. These tell us that the Prophet (PBUH) was merciful from a young age, was trusted by everyone he met and had ultimate consideration for the things around him
For forty years before prophet hood and the revelation Quran, Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) was undeniably known to have the greatest morals. His tribe knew him as ‘As-Sadeeq Al-Ameen’, which means the honest and trustworthy. This means that the prophet’s honesty and trustworthiness surpassed all others in his tribe, this tells us that his nature was …show more content…
He showed mercy to the point that animals would have protection in his kindness. One of the examples of when he show his merciful quality is when he helps the helpless bird. One day some of the companions were trailing with the Prophet (PBUH). One of the men took the egg of a bird form its nest. This made the bird angry, and the provoked bird attacked the Prophet (PBUH). He noticed the bird was sad and because of his mercy he asked the man to give the egg back to the bird as a sing of compassion. At this time period in history people found it hard to show mercy to even humans and the Prophet was already encouraging compassion to animals.
Today, we look back to the lives of the people around the Prophet (PBUH) and read their stories. But sometimes it is hard to grasp how much energy they had, to do all the things they did. This energy was because of their unprecedented love for the Prophet (PBUH), this love was built by being near the Prophet (PBUH) and seeing his amazing mercy. This also made them think that if he, the creation of God, could show so much mercy, then what about of the mercy of his