Prophet of Allah,(PBUH)guided those who made mistakes with gentleness and leniency

Under category: How He treated them?

He, sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, would deal with their mistakes in an instructive, judicious manner which suited the child’s young age.

It was reported from Abu Raafi’ ibn ‘Amr Al-Ghifaari (a Companion) that he said:

“I was throwing stones at date-palms belonging to [some of] the Ansaar. They took me along with them to the Prophet of Allah, sallallaahu ‘alay- hi wa sallam. He, sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, said: ‘O boy, why were you throwing stones at their date-palm?’ I said: ‘[Out of] hunger, O Messenger of Allah!’ He, sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, said: ‘Do not throw stones at them; and eat what falls beneath them.’” Then he, sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, ran his hand over my head and said: “May Allah fill you and quench your thirst.”1

He, sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, used soft words when talking to them, in order to incline their hearts towards him: He, sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, would call the child by the best of names, or by his nickname, or by a good quality in him.

In one instance,

he, sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, calls the young boy saying: “O boy, I am teaching you certain words” and “O boy, say the Name of Allah, and eat with your right hand.”

In another narration

, he, sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, calls him saying: “O my son”,


as he said to Anas when the verse of Hijaab (women’s dress) was revealed and Anas

attempted to enter the house of the Prophet of Allah, sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, (as he used to do before) but he, sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, stopped him and said: “O son wait, do not enter unless you are granted permission.”2

And he, sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, would call them by their nickname, as he said to the young child: “O Abu ‘Umayr.” How does this compare with the callous, harsh treatment that so many young children receive today?


المراجع

  1. Reported by At-Tirmithi (1288) and Ahmad (19830). 
  2. Reported by Ahmad (11958).