Prophet Muhammad (saw) treated everybody, friend or foe, with kindness and

taught his companions to do likewise. It is reported by Abu Basra Ghifari

(ra) that when he was a non-believer he came to Madinah and stayed as a guest

of the Messenger of Allah (saw). He drank milk from all his goats a…t night

but the Prophet (saw) did not say a word. That night he and all his family

slept hungry.A similar incident is reported by Abu Hurairah (ra). One night a

non-believer stayed as a guest of the Noble Prophet (saw). One by one, he

drank milk of all the seven goats, but the Prophet (saw) did not show any

sign of anger or dislike towards him. Perhaps due to the Prophet’s behavior,

next morning, the man embraced Islam and was satisfied with the milk of only

one goat.Abu Hurairah’s mother, who lived with him in Madinah, was a

non-believer. She used to abuse the Noble Prophet (saw), about which Abu

Hurairah (ra) complained to him, but he prayed for her. Bilal (ra) was very

close to Prophet Muhammad (saw) and managed his household. One day a

non-believer called him a Negro and said that he would not rest until he had

made him tend his goats for him. Prophet Muhammad (saw) heard this

conversation but did not say anything to the non-believer.The problem of

hypocrites in Madinah was a great test for the Prophet and his companions,

but he always treated them kindly and with great consideration. Abdullah Ibn

Ubayy and his followers embraced Islam, but at heart they were non-believers

and never really accepted Islam. Their behavior at the time of the Battle of

Uhud and on many other occasions was damaging to the cause of Islam, but

Prophet Muhammad (saw) always treated them with kindness. When Abdullah Ibn

Ubayy died, Prophet Muhammad gave his cloak for his shroud.Jews were

extremely hostile to Prophet Muhammad (saw) and his mission, but he was

always kind to them. Once he went to the house of a Jew to visit his sick

son. He invited the boy to Islam but the boy looked towards his father for

his permission. His father gave him permission and the boy embraced Islam.

Once when the funeral of a Jew was passing, the Prophet (saw) stood up as a

mark of respect for the dead. Once a Jew complained to him that a Muslim had

slapped him. He called that Muslim at once and reprimanded him.In the valley

of Hudaibiyah while Prophet Muhammad (saw) was saying the morning prayer with

his companions, seventy or eighty non-believers came down quietly from the

mountain of Taneem in order to kill the Muslims during prayer. They were

caught and brought before him. He treated them well and released them all.
In fact, he treated all people with kindness under all circumstances and

never showed any ill-will towards anyone or mistreated anyone. Makhul (ra)

reported Allah’s Messenger (saw) as saying, “The believers are gentle and

kind like a pliant camel which, when guided, lets itself be guided and when

made to sit, even on stones, does so.” Mu’adh (ra) said, “The last injunction

Allah’s Messenger gave me when he put his foot in the stirrup was, ‘Treat

people well, O Mu’adh.’”