 was compassionate towards the Meccans, although he had endured oppression from them for the last 13 years.
He guaranteed them that they will not be harmed in any way and will be safe amongst the Muslims, and thus forgave everyone that had caused emotional and physical distress to him.
Just as we see in his example, we should try to act with compassion no matter what the situation may be.
It is not feasible to expect everyone to showcase of a level of compassion displayed by the Prophet, instead a constant attempt must be made to have that value in our daily life and use it to its fully extent whenever possible
Through that kind of repeated attempts, we’ll have compassion engraved into out hearts and have that reflected onto others.)
Put yourself in a situation where you’ve been subjected to some kind of injustice, oppression, or a really bad and unethical behavior
In the inside you are most likely mad, frustrated, angry – but also a little sad – you are just full of mixed emotions
Maybe you want to say something back, respond to them by saying their behavior is inappropriate and wrong, maybe you are going to take it a step further and act on that emotion
In the inside you know that you are being oppressed, although you are innocent. You are treated unfairly and unjust
What do you do?
Let’s look at the life of the prophet. Do you remember what happened to him when he was praying at the Kaaba, minding his own business, connecting with Allah, fulfilling his obligations toward Him – but the people of Mecca did not leave him alone
The moment that he was closest with Allah, during sajdah, they placed camel rumen on him
He didn’t respond. However, he was sad because he was treated harshly.
When the day came, and the Muslims conquered Mecca, the Prophet (S.A.V.) was compassionate towards the Meccans, although he had endured oppression from them for the last 13 years.
He guaranteed them that they will not be harmed in any way and will be safe amongst the Muslims, and thus forgave everyone that had caused emotional and physical distress to him.
Just as we see in his example, we should try to act with compassion no matter what the situation may be.
It is not feasible to expect everyone to showcase of a level of compassion displayed by the Prophet, instead a constant attempt must be made to have that value in our daily life and use it to its fully extent whenever possible
Through that kind of repeated attempts, we’ll have compassion engraved into out hearts and have that reflected onto others.
