It was the month of fasting. It was the time of the morning prayers; the mosque was full of Muslims. Hazrat Ali(A.S.) was kneeling before God and when he raised his head a terrible blow fell upon it giving a very deep cut. There was a great disturbance and commotion in the mosque. The murderer started running. the Muslims followed, caught and bound him in ropes and brought him before Hazrat Ali(A.S.) who was on the prayer carpet drenched in blood and was reclining upon his sons. He knew the blow was fatal and he could not survive it but when the murderer was brought before him, he saw that the rope which had bound him was so tightly bound that it was cutting into his flesh. He turned towards those Muslims and said, “You should not be so cruel with your fellow being, slacken his ropes, do not you see that they are cutting into his flesh and he is in agony”.
Just thought of sharing this since its ramzan…seems to me that some muslims today can’t be bit merciful to their enemies…just talking about some of them…I was listening to PP007’s naat and heard also that our Prophet (SAW) would endure wounds from enemies and could still give dua.
May Allah help us all. May peace be on our Prophet and his children.
Ameen.