gentleness to be shown in every matter. When ordering us to perform qurbani, he also issued a command for kindness to be shown to the animal in this process.

When a goat was brought to the Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم

A butcher once wanted to slaughter an animal. He went to his enclosure, opened the door, and chose a goat. The goat escaped his grip, bolted out the door, and ran to the Messenger of Allah صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم. The butcher then grabbed the goat by the leg and began dragging it away.

Allah’s Messenger صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم first said to the goat, اِصْبِرِیْ لِاَمْرِ اللہِ – “Be patient upon the command of Allah!” He then said to the butcher,    وَ اَنْتَ يَا جَزَّارُ فَسُقْهَا  اِلَى الْمَوْتِ سَوْقًا رَفِيقًا – “O butcher! Take it towards death gently.”^[1]

سُـبْحٰـنَ الـلّٰــه This is the mercy of the mercy for all worlds, the Messenger of Allah صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم. He called for the goat to be patient upon Allah’s command. Simultaneously, he told the butcher, who was about to sacrifice the goat by the permission of Allah Almighty and to fulfil this divine command, to be gentle in his treatment of the goat and treat it exceedingly well.

Following the Prophet’s example

Scholars of Islam say, that as we are the Umma of the Greatest Prophet                   صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم, we must try our absolute best to follow the example his sacred life set for us. We must emulate our Prophet’s good character and make it the roadmap for our lives. In other words, we must strive to follow his example in anything and everything we do.

This is why Allah Almighty ordered us to be gentle and considerate in everything we do, as it does not befit us to cause pain to others, hurt