the holy prophet`s behavior at home & outside home

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2019-01-23

1950

His Behavior At Home

Imam Husayn said: I asked my father concerning the holy Prophet’s behavior at home. He said: The holy Prophet used to go home whenever he felt like at home, he would divide his time into three parts; one portion for prayer, one portion for the household and one portion for himself. He would issue orders to companions to look into people’s affairs out of the portion he had devoted to himself and would not do anything for himself.

قالَ الحُسَينُ عَليهِ السَّلامُ: سَألتُ أبي عَن مَدخَلِ رَسولِ اللَّه صَلّى اللَّه عَليهِ وَآلِه: فَقالَ: كانَ دُخُولُهُ لِنَفسِهِ مَأذُونًا لَهُ في ذلِكَ، فَإِذا آوى إِلى مَنزِلِه جَزَّأَ دُخُولَهُ ثَلاثَةَ أجزاءَ، جُزءٌ للهِ، وَجُزءٌ لِأهلِهِ وَجُزءٌ لِنَفسِه ثُمَّ جَزَّأَ جُزأَهُ بَينَهُ وَبَينَ النّاسِ فَيَرُدُّ ذلِكَ بِالخاصَّةِ عَلَى العامَّةِ وَلا يَدَّخِرُ عَلَيهِم مِنهُ شَيئًا.

His Behavior Outside Home

The holy Prophet’s behavior outside home was such that he held his tongue from what was unnecessary. He was fond of people and did not keep aloof from them. He honored the nobleman of each nation, considering him superior to others. He always bewared of people and guarded himself against them without turning his face away from them of being bad-tempered. He showed kindness to his companions and appeased them. He asked after people, praised every good deed and denounced every bad deed and was moderate in all affairs. He would not go into extremes. He was not negligent of people’s affairs lest they would deviate from the right path. He never neglected the truth nor exceeded it. His associates were from among good people and the best of them were those who would give more advice to them and the greatest of them were those who were fair to their brothers-in-faith and wished them well.

كانَ رَسولُ اللَّه صَلّى اللَّه عَليهِ وَآلِه يَخزُنُ لِسانَهُ إِلا عَمّا كانَ يُعينُه وَيُؤلِّفُهُم وَلا يُنَفِّرُهُم، وَيُكرِمُ كَريمَ كُلِّ قَومٍ وَيُوَلّيهِ عَليهِم وَيَحذَرُ النّاسَ وَيَحترِسُ مِنهُم مِن غَيرِ أن يَطوي عَن أحَدٍ بِشرَهُ وَلا خُلقَهُ وَيَتَفَقَّدُ أَصْحابَهُ وَيَسألُ النّاسَ عَمّا في النّاسِ وَيُحسِّنُ الحَسَنَ وَيُقَوّيهِ وَيُقَبِّحُ القَبيحَ وَيُهَوِّنَهُ، مُعتَدِلُ الأَمرِ غَيرُ مُختَلِفٍ، لا يَغفُلُ مَخافَةَ أن يَغفُلُوا وَيَمُلّوا وَلا يَقصِرُ عَنِ الحَقِّ وَلا يَجُوزُهُ، الَّذينَ يَلُونَهُ مِنَ النّاسِ خِيارُهُم أَفضَلَهُم عِندَهُ أَعَمَّهُم نَصيحَةً لِلمُسلمينَ وَأَعظَمَهُم عِندَهُ مَنزِلةً أَحْسَنَهُم مُواساةً وَمُوازَرَةً.