prophet: (Today, you are not condemned.) Go, you are released.'
Anas narrated:
I was with the Prophet who was putting a garment of a tough margin when a Bedouin pulled him so violently that the margin of his garment left an effect on his neck. 'Mohammed,' said the Bedouin, 'load on my two camels with the fortune of God that is in your possession, because it is neither yours nor your father's.'
The Prophet (s) kept silent for a while before he said, 'The fortune is Allah's, and I am His servant.' He then added, 'Do you, Bedouin, not think you will be retaliated for you deed?'
'No, I do not,' answered the Bedouin.
'Why?' asked the Prophet.
The Bedouin said, 'Because you do not set evil for an evil.'
The Prophet laughed and ordered to load on the back of the Bedouin's camel with barley and wheat. 17
Amir ul-Mu'minin 18 (a) narrated:
The Prophet (s) told the very rich Jew whom he had owed a few dinars 19 that he had nothing to pay him back at that time. The Jew decided not to leave the Prophet before he would pay him. The Prophet therefore sat with him. In the same place, he offered the Dhuhr, Asr, Maghrib, Eshaa, and Fajr prayers. As he noticed that his companions were threatening that Jew, the Prophet (s) looked at them and said, 'What are you doing?' 'God's Messenger,' said they, 'he is detaining you.' The Prophet answered, 'Allah has not sent me to wrong any person, including the followers of other religions.'
As soon as the day broke, the Jew declared, 'I declare there in no god but Allah and that Mohamed is His servant and messenger. I will dedicate half of my fortune to the cause of God. By God I swear, I only did so to notice the conformity of your