Belonging To God ...

Muhammad (PBUH) was able to express love and spread it around him ... 

His wives were gratified by his presence, tenderness, and affection ... 

His companions loved him with an intense 
Profound
And extraordinarily generous love 

He gave and offered his presence 
His smiles 
His being 

And if a slave happened to address him 
Or wanted to take him to the other end of the city
He went
He listened
He loved

Belonging to God, he was nobody's possession ... 
He simply offered his love to all ... 

When he gave someone his hand, he was never the first to draw it back ...

And he knew what light and peace can surge in the heart of a being 
Who is offered a tender word 
An affectionate name
Comfort 

Freed from his own self 
He neglected nobody's self  

His presence was a refuge 

He was the Messenger 

He loved 
He forgave  

Every day he begged God to forgive his own failings and oversights  

When a woman or a man came to him burdened with a mistake
However serious 
He received that soul 
And showed her or him the way to forgiveness
Solace
Dialogue with God 
And the Most Gentle's protection 

He covered other people's mistakes from the sight of others 
While teaching everyone the need for personal rigour and discipline 

When laziness moved anyone to ask him for minimal practice
He always answered positively 
And invited them to use their intelligence and their qualities 
To understand 
Improve
And free themselves 
From their own contradictions 
While accepting their own fragility 

He taught responsibility without guilt ... 
And adherence to ethics as the conditions for freedom ...



Source: In The Footsteps of the Prophet - (Tariq Ramadan, p. 212)