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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books The Perfect Role Model: The Prophet of Islam Kindness Since Islam is the religion of love and friendship and the Most Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) is the one entrusted with developing this school, love and affection were constantly flowing in the ocean of his existence.

The scope of his kindness was so broad that it encompassed his closest family members, companions, supporters, children, orphans, those who had been taken captive and those who were lost.

This was but an example of the radiance of God's mercy that had been cast in his existence (as supported by the Qur’an ic verse stating) "Due to a mercy from God, you were kind to them." [^1] Here reference will be made to some examples of the far-reaching mercy of the Messenger of God (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) that have been mentioned in books about his life: His loving attitude towards servants and subordinates is a manifestation of his kindness.

Anas ibn Malik has said, "I worked for the Messenger of God (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) for ten years and not once did I even hear him say ' uff ' to me and he never asked me, 'Why did you do this?' or, 'Why didn't you do that?'. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) would have something to drink for ift'ar (breaking the fast) and something to drink for sahar (the meal before dawn) and sometimes he would have one drink for both.

Sometimes that drink was milk and sometimes it was bread that had been mixed with water. One night, I prepared a drink for him, but he (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) came home late that night. I thought that some of his companions had invited him [ for ifṭar ] so I drank that which I had prepared for him.

An hour later, the Messenger of God (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) came home and I asked one of his companions if the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) had eaten ift'ar or if someone had invited him. The companion replied in the negative. I came to regret what I had done very much and that night, God knows, I was very upset right until morning.

This was because I was expecting the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) to look for his drink any moment and not find it. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) spent the whole night until morning without eating anything even though he had been fasting.