If some man shook hands with him...
If some man shook hands with him, he did not take off his hand until that man would take off his hand first. [1] He did never say to anyone even one word that might tease or harm him, but he met people with nice and good statements. One day, some man came to the Prophet (a.s.) but he hesitated and could not talk to him because of the Prophet’s gravity. The Prophet (a.s.) said to him, “I am but a son of a woman from Quraysh who ate jerked meat in Mecca.” [2] [1] Sahih of at-Tarmithi, vol. 2 p.
255, Usool al-Kafi, vol. 2 p. 190. [2] Tareekh Baghdad, vol. 6 p. 220. He divided his time (of meeting) among his companions equally. [1] He met the old and the young, the free and slaves with smiles without showing any sign of anger towards anyone except when he saw a bad deed that was unlike what Allah wanted; then, anger appeared on him. Abdullah bin Umar narrated that the Prophet (a.s.) had never stretched his legs before anyone sitting with him at all.
When someone sat with him, he would not leave until that one would leave first. [2] Aa’ishah (the Prophet’s wife) narrated, “No one at all was better than the messenger of Allah in good manners.
Whenever someone of his companions and family called him, he would say to him: At your service!” [3] Aa’ishah said, “The Prophet’s morals were like the Qur'an whose meanings and attributes would not end.” These were just a few examples on the Prophet’s moralities that have filled the books of biographers and changed the course of history and established the government of Allah in the earth.
A word by Imam Ali We end this article with a word said by Imam Ali (a.s.) about the morals and manners of the Prophet (a.s.). He said, “The messenger of Allah did never shake hands with anyone and took off his hand (first), and no one talked with him about something and he left (first) until that one would leave. No one argued with him (and he interrupted him) except that that one would stop talking first. He had never been seen while [1] Rawdhat al-Kafi, p. 268, Mushkil al-Aathar, vol. 4 p.