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Mercy to all mankind

Hadrat Abu Huraira (may Allah be pleased with him) said: the Prophet (may Allah'
s blessings and peace be upon him) was asked to curse the infidels. He said, "I
have not been sent to curse people but as a mercy to all mankind." (Muslim)
Mother of faithful believers Hadrat Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) said t
hat she once asked the Holy Prophet (may Allah's blessings and peace be upon him
), 'Did you face a day severer than the day of the battle of Uhud? 'He answered:
'Yes I have experienced such things at the hands of your people and such a day
was the day of Aqabah. On this day I presented myself to Abdi lail bin Abd Kulal
and offered him Islam, but he failed to make any response to what I had offered
to him. I therefore, left with a heavy heart and depressed. I felt some relief
only when I reached Qarn Sa'alib. Here I looked up and saw a cloud covering me.
In this cloud I saw Angel Jibril (peace be upon him) who called me and said, "Al
lah, the Most High, has heard what your people have said to you and the response
to your offer. Allah has now sent the Angel of the Mountains to you to carry ou
t your orders to do what you might like to be done to them." Then the Angel of t
he Mountains addressed me with Salam and then said, 'Muhammad! Allah (The Glorif
ied and the Exalted) has heard what your people have said to you. I am the Angel
of the Mountains and my Lord has sent me to you to carry out your orders. What
do you want now to be done? If you like I may crush them between the two mountai
ns encircling the city of Makka. The Holy Prophet (may Allah's blessings and pea
ce be upon him) replied, "(I do not want their destruction) I am still hopeful t
hat Allah will make some of their children (good Muslims) who would worship Alla
h, the One, without associating anybody with Him." (Bukhari and Muslim).
His forgiveness
Hadrat Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) reported that a Jewess came to Allah
's Messenger (may Allah's blessings and peace be upon him) with poisoned mutton
and he took of what had been brought to him. (When the effect of his poison were
felt by him) he called for her and asked her about that, whereupon she said, "I
had determined to kill you." Thereupon he said, "Allah will never give you the
power to do it." He (the narrator) said that they (the Companions of the Holy Pr
ophet) said. "Should we not kill her?" Thereupon he said, "No." He (Anas) said,
"I felt (the effects of this poison) on the uvula of Allah's Messenger." (Muslim
)
It has been narrated on the authority of Hadrat Anas bin Malik (may Allah be ple
ased with him) that eighty persons from the inhabitants of Makka swooped down up
on Allah's Messenger (may Allah's blessings and peace be upon him) from the moun
tain of Tan'im. They were armed and wanted to attack the Holy Prophet (may Allah
's blessings and peace be upon him) and his Companions and catch them unaware. H
e (the Holy Prophet) captured them but spared their lives. So, Allah (The Glorif
ied and the Exalted) revealed the verse: "And It is He Who restrained your hands
from them and their hands from you in the valley of Makkah after He had given y
ou a victory over them." (48:24) (Muslim)

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