PACIFICATION

But this course was not without its problems.  It created quite a lot of dissatisfaction among some of his old supporters, and Muhammad had to use all his powers of diplomacy and flattery to pacify them.  �Don�t you feel delighted that [other] people should go with riches, and you should go back with the Apostle of Allah,� he told the ansArs with great success when, after the conquest of Mecca, they complained about the unjust distribution of the spoils.  They had grumbled: �It is strange that our swords are dripping with their blood, whereas our spoils have been given to them [the Quraish]� (2307).

Muhammad added other words of flattery and told the ansArs that they were his �inner garments� (i.e., were closer to him), while the Quraish, who had received the spoils, were merely his �outer garments.� To cajolery, he added theology, telling them that they �should show patience till they meet him at Hauz Kausar, � a canal in heaven (2313).  The ansArs were happy.

author : ram swarup