He -saww exercised patience for the sake of his Allah -azwj...

He -saww exercised patience for the sake of his Allah -azwj and worked hard in the way of Allah -azwj . The Rasool Allah -saww gave good advice to his followers and called them to salvation (Jannah- the Paradise). He -saww encouraged them in the matters of al-Dhikr (Remembrance of Allah -azwj ) and showed them the ‘Sabeel’ (Imam Ali -asws – the right path).

The Rasool Allah -saww did so with knowledge and with the sources of ‘Noor’ (Divine Light) which he -saww left with the Holy Imam -asws after him -saww . He -saww did that to make sure that Muslims will not be misled after him -saww and he -saww was very compassionate and kind to them.

[18] The narrator of a Hadith says: ‘Abu Abdullah -asws (our 6 th Imam -asws ) said: ‘Do you know how the women pledge their Allegiances to the Rasool-Allah -saww ?’ I said, ‘Allah -azwj Knows, and the son -asws of His -azwj Rasool -saww knows’. He -asws said: ‘They gathered around him -saww , then he -saww called for a container, and poured water into it, and immersed his -saww hand in it, then said: ‘Hear me -saww , O those who are around.

You will be pledging Allegiance upon the (conditions) that you will not associate anything with Allah -azwj , nor will you steal, nor kill your children, nor slander by forging with your hands and your feet, nor disobey me -saww regarding the good. Do you accept?’ They said, ‘Yes’. So he -saww took his -saww hand out from the container, then said to them: ‘Immerse your hands’. So they did that’.

The hand of the Rasool-Allah -saww was pure, and clean from being touched by a female who was not a ‘Mahram’ to him -saww ’.

[19] The Holy Prophet -saww ’s Grand Father Hazrat Abd Al-Muttalib -asws Imam Jafar e Sadiq -asws said: On the Day of ‘Qiyamat’ (Judgement) ‘Hazrat Abd Al-Muttalib -asws (the grandfather of the Holy Prophet Mohammed -saww ), who is the first who believed in ‘Bada’ (Allah -azwj ’s Divine Plan for people), will be brought as a whole nation and he -asws will have a complexion like those of the Prophets -asws and a majestic presence like those of the kings.

[20] Once, Hazrat Abd Al-Muttalib -asws sent the Rasool Allah -saww to the shepherds of his camels to help them with a runaway camel. The Rasool Allah -saww collected them all but had delayed in returning home. Hazrat ‘Abd Al-Muttalib -asws out of anxiety was holding the ring of the door of Ka’ba. He -asws kept pleading, ‘Our Allah -azwj , will You -azwj Destroy your own people? (Please do not do so).