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THE EXCELLENCE OF THE PROPHET’S BEHAVIOR
|H 707
“While Mu'awiah was praying with the Prophet, praise and peace be
upon him, one of the congregation sneezed whereupon Mu'awiah
responded, „Yarhamuk Allahu (May Allah have mercy on you).‟
Thereupon some of the congregation looked at him with
disapproval. To this he retorted, „May you lose your mothers, why
are you staring at me?‟ Then they started clapping their hands on
their legs so he understood that they wanted him to be silent, so he
restrained himself.
Once the prayer was over, the Prophet, praise and peace be upon
him, drew attention to the incident. „May my father and mother be
the ransom of the Prophet‟ said Mu'awiah, „I have never known a
better instructor before him or after him. When he finished the
|H 707
“While Mu'awiah was praying with the Prophet, praise and peace be
upon him, one of the congregation sneezed whereupon Mu'awiah
responded, „Yarhamuk Allahu (May Allah have mercy on you).‟
Thereupon some of the congregation looked at him with
disapproval. To this he retorted, „May you lose your mothers, why
are you staring at me?‟ Then they started clapping their hands on
their legs so he understood that they wanted him to be silent, so he
restrained himself.
Once the prayer was over, the Prophet, praise and peace be upon
him, drew attention to the incident. „May my father and mother be
the ransom of the Prophet‟ said Mu'awiah, „I have never known a
better instructor before him or after him. When he finished the