The Holy Prophet Muhammad (SAWW) was always very polite and gentle with others. He always treated people with kindness and tenderness. His manner was never belligerent, not even towards his enemies. His kind and gentle character endeared him to all; young and old, rich and poor, men and women.

ALLAH mentions this quality of the Holy Prophet (SAWW) in his book as follows,

“It is part of the Mercy of Allah that thou dost deal gently with them. Wert thou severe or harsh hearted, they would have broken away from about thee…” (3:159)

Behavior towards Companions:

The Holy Prophet’s (SAWW) mercy, fellow feeling and concern for his companions was widely known. He used to enquire about the welfare of each one of his companions. He would get worried if any one of them did not visit Him for a couple of days. He took interest in their welfare as well as personal problems. He shared their joys and sorrows and was never indifferent to any one of them. It was due to his kindness that he was always surrounded by his devoted followers who would not hesitate to sacrifice their lives for him. They played a significant role in his successful political struggle.

Behavior towards Strangers:

The Holy Prophet Muhammad (SAWW) taught Muslims to protect the lives and belongings of strangers and wayfarers. After the death of Abdul Muttalib (RA), authority in Makkah had become more or less divided and there was no institution to ensure the individuals, peaceful enjoyment of their rights and property. Family ties afforded some degree of protection against injustice, but strangers were exposed to all sorts of oppression. After a  sacrilegious war, a league was formed with the object of suppressing any violence and injustice to the oppressed, whether citizen or stranger. The Prophet Muhammad (SAWW) was one of those who joined the league and was so impressed by its noble objective that he remained loyal to it throughout. Later, he would say that if he was again summoned to it, he would gladly respond.

Behavior towards Children:

The Holy Prophet (SAWW) loved children. A companion quoted Anas as sayings:

“I have never seen anyone act more kindly towards children than Allah’s Apostle.” (Afzal-ur-Rehman: Encyclopedia of Seerah Vol. 1)

Anas was reported to have said,

“I have never prayed behind an Imam who was more brief or more perfect in his prayer than Allah’s Apostle. If he heard a baby crying, he would shorten the prayer for fear that the mother might be distressed.”(Afzal-ur-Rehman: Encyclopedia of Seerah Vol. 1)

His love and kindness was not confined to Muslim children only. Once in a battle, a few children came into the battlefield and were killed. The Holy Prophet (SAWW) was distressed about this. Someone told him that they were children of the unbelievers to which He replied:

“Even children of unbelievers are better than you. Beware! Do not kill children.” (Afzal-ur-Rehman: Encyclopedia of Seerah Vol. 1)

 

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The conditions of the Muslims all over the world where they are in minority are worse. These countries are continually denying the basic human rights which are against all the national and international laws. Burma is one of the countries where the conditions of Muslims population are the worst in the world. Even the animals are treated far better than the Muslim minority community.  The homes are burned, the people are burned alive, women are raped and the small children are cut into pieces by the state military. The dictatorship in Burma has crippled the country for the last fifty years. The authorities in the Burma have denied accepting the Rohingya Muslims. They have demanded from the UN mission to take these minorities out of their country as they want to clean the state of these minorities.

As the situation is very critical the people have to carry weapons in order to protect them from the military action. This has made the situation very dangerous.  Police and military are deployed in almost all the cities but the situation is becoming more and worse.  The reason of this unrest was the rape of the Buddhist women. Believing that it was done by the Muslims the Buddhist mob torched the Muslims homes and killed more than 25000 people in just a few weeks.  The Buddhist state has never accepted the Muslims minority and the violence here continues for many years. The state of Rakhine was named after the strong Buddhist group by ignoring the fact that this state has the Muslim majority population. The Rohingya people are also inhabitants of this region. These people are the most ignored and persecuted minorities in the world as stated by the United Nations. The Burma state treats the Rohingya as the foreigners and is expelled from the nation’s ethnic groups.  For most of the Burma people the Rohingya is considered as the illegal immigrants who should be expelled from Burma to other countries.

The Buddhist monks believe that the unrest in the Rakhine states because of the terrorist activities of the Rohingya Muslims. They say that these illegal immigrants should be banned by the countries that are supporting their flow to Burma.  The international community has not taken any strict action to tackle this problem. The reason of this problem is that the Burma authorities have banned the aid workers and the journalists and they are not allowing anyone to have access to the reality. The OIC meeting held in Makkah on 14^th August 2012 is expected to take necessary actions to solve this problem. The King Abullah bin Abdul Aziz has announced aid money of $50 million to minimize the sufferings of the Rohingya Muslims which is a good step. Hope the situation comes under control and the Muslims are granted their due rights.

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