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ن الحلم والحتمال والصبر والعفو معانيها كلها متقاربة فهي كلها مما أّدب ال به نبيه المصطفى صلى ال
إّ
ف وأعِرض عن الجاهلين { سورة العراف. خذ العفو واُمر بالُعر ِ
عليه وسلم فقال تعالى ُ } :
ن المطالع لسيرة الرسول محمد صلى ال عليه وسلم العظم يعلم إّنه كان من صفاته أن يعفو عمن ظلمه
وإ ّ
ويصل من قطعه ويحسن الى من أساء اليه وإّنه كان ل يزيده كثرة الذى عليه إل صبرا وحلما.
قال تعالى في خطابه للرسول عليه الصلة والسلم }:فاصبْر كما صَبر ُأولوا العزِم من الرسِل { )سورة
الحقاف ,آية.(35:
تقول السيدة الجليلة عائشة زوج النبي محمد صلى ال عليه وسلم في وصفه صلى ال عليه وسلم ":وما
انتقم رسول ال محمد صلى ال عليه وسلم لنفسه إل أن تنتهك حرمة ال في شيء فينتقم بها ل " رواه
البخاري.
ومن آثار صبره وعفوه أّنه يوم أحد ابُتلي بلء شديدا فقد ُكسرت رباعيته وشج رأسه الشريف حتى شق ذلك
على أصحابه شقا شديدا فقال عليه الصلة والسلم ":اللهم اهِد قومي فإنهم ل يعلمون" فانظر ،أخي المسلم،
ما في هذا القول من جماع الفضل ودرجات الحسان وحسن الخلق وغاية الصبر والحلم إذ لم يقتصر على
السكوت عنهم بل ودعا لهم ،أي للمشركين ،بالهداية فقال " اللهم اهِد قومي فإنهم ل يعلمون".
ولما تصدى أحد المشركين وهو غورث بن الحارث ليفتك بالرسول صلى ال عليه وسلم والرسول نائم تحت
شجرة وحده فلم ينتبه إل والرجل والسيف في يده فقال المشرك للرسول " من يمنعك مني " فقال له عليه
الصلة والسلم بلسان التوكل واليقين " ال " فسقط السيف من يده فأخذه النبي وقال للرجل " من يمنعك
مني " قال " كن خير آخذ " فتركه وعفا عنه فرجع ذلك المشرك الى قومه وقال لهم " جئتكم من عند خير
الناس ".
ومن أوصاف النبي محمد صلى ال عليه وسلم الشجاعة والنجدة وكان النبي محمد عليه الصلة والسلم
منهما بالمكان الذي ل ُيجهل وقد حضر المواقف الصعبة وفّر الُكَماُة والشداُء عنه غير مرة وهو صلى ال
عليه وسلم ثابت ل يبرح ومقبل ل يدبر ول يتزحزح .وقد روى البيهقي عن ابن عمر رضي ال عنهما أنه قال
" :ما رأيت أشجع ول أنجد ول أجود ول أرضى من رسول ال محمد صلى ال عليه وسلم.
وروى البيهقي عن سيدنا علي بن أبي طالب رضي ال عنه أنه قال في شجاعة الرسول محمد صلى ال عليه
حُدق اتقينا برسول ال محمد صلى ال عليه وسلم فما
وسلم في المعارك " إنا كنا إذا اشتد البأس واحمرت ال ُ
يكون أحد أقرب الى العدو منه
." ولقد رأيتني يوم بدر ونحن نلوذ بالنبي محمد صلى ال عليه وسلم وهو أقربنا إلى العدو
.وكان الرسول محمد صلى ال عليه وسلم أشد الناس يومئذ بأسا
ويوم حنين لما التقى المسلمون والكفار وّلى بعض المسلمين مدبرين و الرسول محمد صلى ال عليه وسلم
لم يفر فطفق عليه الصلة والسلم ُيركض بغلته نحو الكفار وأبو سفيان آخذ بلجامها يكفها بغية أن ل تسرع
. رواه البخاري."والرسول محمد صلى ال عليه وسلم العظم يقول " أنا النبي ل كذب أنا ابن عبد المطلب
ما أجمل أن تقتدي بالنبي محمد صلى ال عليه وسلم وأن تكون صاحب حلم وصبر وعفو،أخي المسلم
.وشجاعة تصبر على أذى الناس وتعفو عمن أساء اليك وتدافع عن دين ال بإقدام وشجاعة
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Into this environment at Mecca was born a man who would change completely
the religious, political, and social organization of his people. Muhammad (c.
570-632) came from a family belonging to the Koraysh. His early years were
difficult because of the deaths of both his parents and his grandfather who
cared for him after his parents' loss. He was raised by his uncle, Abu Talib,
a prominent merchant of Mecca. His early years were spent helping his uncle in
the caravan trade. Even as a young man, Muhammad came to be admired by his
fellow Meccans as a sincere and honest person, and earned the nickname
al-Amin, "the trustworthy." When he was about twenty years old, he accepted
employment by a wealthy widow, Khadija, whose caravans traded with Syria. He
later married Khadija and took his place as a leading influential citizen of
the city. Muhammad's marriage to Khadija was a long and happy one, and
produced two sons, who both died as infants, and two daughters, of whom the
younger, Fatima, is best known.
Muhammad was able to win the early support of some of his relatives and
close friends. His first converts were his wife, his cousin Ali, and Abu Bakr,
a leading merchant of the Koraysh tribe who was highly respected for his
integrity. Abu Bakr remained the constant companion of the Prophet during his
persecution and exile and later became the first caliph (leader) of Islam. But
opposition to Muhammad's message was very strong, especially from Mecca's
leading citizens. Many thought Muhammad was a poor poet attempting to pass on
his own literary creations as the word of God. Others believed him to be
possessed by demons. Muhammad's strong monotheism worried those residents of
Mecca who obtained their income from the pilgrims to the Kaaba. Most of
Muhammad's early converts were among the poorest of the city's residents, and
Mecca's leading citizens feared social revolution.
Since Muhammad was himself a member of the Koraysh tribe, its leaders
first tried to convince Abu Talib to persuade his nephew to stop preaching.
Next they tried to bribe Muhammad himself with the promise of a lucrative
position in tribal affairs. When such offers were rejected, actual persecution
of Muhammad's converts began, and a commercial and social boycott of the
Prophet's family was attempted. During this time Abu Talib and Khadija both
died, and Muhammad's faith and resolution was greatly tested. But inspired by
the spirit and example of earlier prophets such as Abraham and Moses, who were
also tested and persecuted, Muhammad persevered in his faith and continued his
preaching.
The Hijrah
To the north of Mecca is the city of Medina, which was then called
Yathrib. The residents of Medina were more familiar with monotheistic beliefs,
perhaps because of the Jewish community in residence there. They also had no
dependence on the revenues from a pagan site of pilgrimage, as the Meccans
had. Some pilgrims from Medina saw in Muhammad a powerful and influential
leader and invited him to come to Medina to settle differences among rival
factions. Muhammad sent some of his followers from Mecca to take up residence
in Medina in order to escape persecution. Muhammad and Abu Bakr were the last
to leave when it became known that the Koraysh intended to kill the Prophet.
They were followed, but escaped, the story goes, by hiding in a narrow cave
whose entrance was quickly covered by a spider's web. The web convinced
Koraysh that the cave had been abandoned for a long while.
Return To Mecca
In 629 Muhammad returned with his followers to take control of the city
of Mecca and to cleanse the Kaaba of pagan idols. The temple itself, together
with the Black Stone, was preserved as the supreme religious center of Islam
the "Mecca" to which all devout Muslims are to attempt to make a pilgrimage
during their lifetimes. Muhammad urged his old enemies and unbelievers to
accept Islam and become part of the Ummah. By 632, almost all of the Arabian
peninsula had accepted Islam, and Muhammad had even sent ambassadors to the
neighboring Byzantine and Persian empires to announce the new religion and
encourage converts. Clearly Muhammad did not look upon Islam as only a
religion of the Arabs, and certainly sought converts other than the residents
of the Arabian peninsula.
Soon after Muhammad's death, his followers and companions, many of whom
were scholars and teachers, began to collect and codify his teachings and
actions. The result of their efforts was the hadith, or reports of the
activities and sayings of Muhammad. The hadith has become an important source
of values and ethical paths of behavior for the Islamic world. The Sunnah, the
custom or practice of the Prophet, is grounded in the hadith and serves as a
pattern for a model way of life to be imitated by the faithful. Sunni Islam is
thus based on imitation of the Prophet's behavior as a proper goal for a
meaningful life; 85 percent of the modern world's Muslims are Sunni.