MUHAMMAD RUFFLED

According to another tradition, Muhammad gave a hundred camels each to AbU SufyAn, SafwAn, �Uyaina, and Aqra, but less than his share to �AbbAs b. MirdAs.  �AbbAs told Muhammad: �I am in no way inferior to anyone of these persons.  And he who is let down today would not be elevated.� Then Muhammad �completed one hundred camels for him� (2310).

In other cases when similar complaints were made, Muhammad could not always keep his temper.  One man complained that �this is a distribution in which the pleasure of Allah has not been sought.� On hearing this, Muhammad �was deeply angry . . . and his face became red�; he found comfort in the fact that �Moses was tormented more than this, but he showed patience� (2315).

author : ram swarup