and town speech. So he had the strength and eloquence of bedouin language as well as the clarity and  the decorated splendid speech of town. Above all, there was the assistance of Allâh embodied in the  revealed verses of the Qur’ân.
His stamina, endurance and forgiveness — out of a commanding position — his patience and standing  what he detested — these were all talents, attributes and qualities Allâh Himself had brought him on.
Even wise men have their flaws, but the Messenger of Allâh (Peace be upon him), unlike everybody,  the  more he was hurt or injured, the more clement and patient he became. The more insolence an  ignorant  anybody exercised against him the more enduring he became.
‘Aishah said:
“The Messenger of Allâh (Peace be upon him) , whenever he is given the opportunity to choose  between two affairs, he always chooses the easiest and the most convenient. But if he is certain  that it is sinful, he will be as far as he could from it. He has never avenged himself; but when the  sanctity of Allâh is violated he would. That would be for Allâh’s not for himself. He is the last one  to get angry and the first to be satisfied. His hospitality and generosity were matchless. His gifts  and endowments manifest a man who does not fear poverty.”
Ibn‘Abbas said: “The Prophet (Peace be upon him) was the most generous. He is usually most  generous  of all times in Ramadan, the times at which the angel Gabriel (Peace be upon him) comes to see him.
Gabriel used to visit him every night of Ramadan and review the Qur’ân with him. Verily the
Messenger  of Allâh (Peace be upon him) is more generous at giving bounty or charity than the blowing wind.”
Jabir said:
“The Prophet (Peace be upon him) would never deny anything he was asked for.”
His courage, his succour and his might are distinguishable. He was the most courageous. He  witnessed  awkward and difficult times and stoodfast at them. More than once brave men and daring ones fled  away leaving him alone; yet he stood with full composure facing the enemy without turning his back.
All brave men must have experienced fleeing once or have been driven off the battlefield at a round at  a time except the Prophet (Peace be upon him) ‘Ali said: “Whenever the fight grew fierce and the eyes  of fighters went red, we used to resort to the Prophet (Peace be upon him) for succour. He was always  the closest to the enemy.”
Anas said: “One night the people of Madinah felt alarmed. People went out hurriedly towards the  source  of sound, but the Prophet (Peace be upon him) had already gone ahead of them. He was on the  horseback of Abu Talhah which had no saddle over it, and a sword was slung round his neck, and said  to them: ‘There was nothing to be afraid for.’”
He was the most modest and the first one to cast his eyes down. Abu Sa‘îd Al-Khudri : “He was shier  than a virgin in her boudoir. When he hates a thing we read it on his face. He does not stare at  anybody’s face. He always casts his eyes down. He looks at the ground more than he looks sky-wards.
His utmost looks at people are glances. He is willingly and modestly obeyed by everybody. He would  never name a person whom he had heard ill-news about — which he hated. Instead he would say:
‘Why  do certain people do so....’”
Al-Farazdaq verse of poem fits him very much and the best one to be said of:
“He casts his eyes modestly but the eyes of others are cast down due to his solemnity, and words  issue out of his mouth only while he is smiling.”
The Prophet     ﻠﻋ ﷲ ﻰﻠﺻis the most just, the most decent, the most truthful at speech, and the  honestest of all. Those who have exchanged speech with him, and even his enemies, acknowledge his  noble qualities. Even before the Prophethood he was nicknamed Al-Ameen (i.e. the truthful, the  truthworthy). Even then — in Al-Jahiliyah — they used to turn to him for judgement and consultation.
In a version by At-Tirmidhi, he says that ‘Ali had said that he had been told by Abu Jahl that he (Abu
Jahl) said to the Messenger of Allâh (Peace be upon him): “We do not call you a liar; but we do not  have faith in what you have brought.” In His Book, Allâh, the Exalted, said about them:
“It is not you that they deny, but it is the Verses (the Qur’ân) of Allâh that the Zalimûn
(polytheists and wrong-doers) deny.” 6:33
Even when Heraclius asked Abu Sufyan: “Have you ever accused him of lying before the ministry of
Prophethood?” Abu Sufyan said: “No.”