To make up for his mistake and to show how sorry he was...

To make up for his mistake and to show how sorry he was, the rich man after apologising to the poor man, offered him half of all his wealth. The poor man told the rich man that he accepted his apology and forgave him, but did not want half of his wealth as he did not want to get something without having worked for it. Moral: In the eyes of Allah how rich or poor a person is makes no difference. The person who is closest to Allah is the one who obeys Him in every action.

(S) was a very kind person and he never got angry even when people were very naughty. There was one old woman who was very bad. She used to throw rubbish on the Holy Prophet (S) whenever he passed her house. (S) used to have to pass her house every morning when he went to the mosque and every morning this naughty old woman used to throw her rubbish on him but he never ever got angry with her. One day when the Holy Prophet (S) was passing the old woman's house, she did not throw rubbish on him.

He stopped and asked the old woman's neighbour if she was all right because she was not there to throw rubbish on him. The neighbour told him that the old woman was not well and she was in bed. So the Holy Prophet (S) went to see the old woman because it is good to go and see people who are not well and ask them if they need anything.

When the old woman saw the Holy Prophet (S), she thought he had come to tell her off and she said "why did you wait until I was ill to tell me off, why didn't you come when I was well and strong?" (S) told the old woman that he had not come to tell her off but to see and look after her because she was not well and Allah tells us to look after people who are not well.

The old woman was so surprised that the Holy Prophet (S) was being so kind to her after she had been so mean to him, that she decided from then on to listen to him and she became a Muslim. One day (S) was on a journey and very tired, so he sat down under a tree to rest. A bad man seeing that the Holy Prophet (S) was alone thought it was a good time to kill him quickly and quietly. He went towards the Holy Prophet (S) with his sword out in front of him.

He asked the Holy Prophet (S): "Tell me who can help you now?" "Allah," answered the Holy Prophet (S) calmly. When the bad man saw how calm and sure the Holy Prophet (S) was that Allah would help him, he became frightened and the sword fell from his hand. (S) picked up the sword and asked: "Now you tell me who is there to save you?" "No-one" answered the man.