The Shaykh: "Tell me about the description of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) in the Torah. He said: Yes, by Allah, he is indeed described in the Torah with some of his description in the Qur'an:

The Shaykh : "Tell me about the description of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) in the Torah. He said: Yes, by Allah, he is indeed described in the Torah with some of his description in the Qur'an: and a protection for the unlettered. You are My servant and My Messenger; I have named you al-Mutawakkil (the One who relies on Allah). He is not harsh, not rough, not loud in the markets, and he does not repay evil with evil, but he pardons and forgives. And Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He) will not take him until he establishes with it the crooked religion by saying: There is no god but Allah, and he opens with it eyes that are blind, ears that are deaf, and hearts that are sealed."
Our discussion of this hadith in the previous lesson reached the phrase: "I have named you al-Mutawakkil." We mentioned, with some elaboration and detail, that the fact that the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) was named by his Lord (Blessed and Exalted is He) as al-Mutawakkil does not mean that he left off work and taking the means that lead to the provision which Allah has written for him. We spoke about this with some detail, and now we continue with the commentary on the remaining parts of this hadith. It was stated that the description of the Messenger (peace be upon him) in the Torah includes the previous attributes and the following ones. Among them is that he (peace and blessings be upon him) was not harsh, not rough, and not loud in the markets. This is what Allah (Blessed and Exalted is He) described him with in part of this passage when He said (Mighty and Majestic): This attribute, meaning that the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) was not harsh or rough-hearted, is a natural consequence, given that he (peace and blessings be upon him) was described in the Qur'an by the words of Allah (Blessed and Exalted is He): It is not among the noble morals for a Muslim man who emulates and follows the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) to be harsh and rough, because if he were so, people would be repelled and disperse from around him. Therefore, Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He) informed of this reality regarding the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), namely that he was tender-hearted, merciful, and gentle with his companions, and even sometimes with his enemies. We have previously mentioned the story of that Jew who came to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) while he was in his gathering in his house and greeted him with a greeting that, in common parlance, was poisoned—a greeting that contained an insult to him (peace and blessings be upon him) when he said: "As-sam al-asam 'alayk" (Death upon you), O Messenger of Allah. He mumbled it in his speech, so some people might have understood it as "As-salam" (Peace), but he actually meant "As-sam 'alaykum" (Death upon you), and "as-sam" is death. It is self-evident that this was not hidden from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him and his family). So he replied to him with the shortest answer: "Wa 'alayk" (And upon you). But Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her), who heard their words and realized their intention to curse the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) with evil and death, could not control herself or restrain her anger. Instead, she rushed to say: "And upon you be peace, curse, and anger." Then, when the Jew left the gathering of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), he turned to her and said: . She said: "O Messenger of Allah, did you not hear what he said?" He said to her: I have answered him with my saying: "And upon you." If he intended that bad meaning that came to our minds, then I have given him the answer and made him understand that we are awake and alert, and that falsehood does not deceive us. And if perhaps he did not mean that speech, but rather "as-sam" just reached our ears that way, then we have answered him as well, without aggression and without injustice. This is one of the effects of the Messenger (peace be upon him) being neither harsh nor rough, even with disbelievers who had a covenant and appointments between him (peace and blessings be upon him) and them. So it is even more fitting that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) not be harsh or rough with his companions. We mentioned in the previous lesson some stories that confirm his gentleness (peace and blessings be upon him) with his companions, such as the story of Mu'awiyah ibn al-Hakam al-Sulami when he spoke during the prayer. Then, when the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) came to him, he did not hit him, did not curse him, did not mock him, and so on, but rather taught him that nothing of people's speech is appropriate in prayer. Also, the story of that Bedouin who urinated in the mosque; his companions were angry with him, but the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) was not harsh or rough with him; rather, he was merciful and tender to him. This is a reality: if the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), as described in the Torah, was not harsh or rough, then the history of his life (peace and blessings be upon him) fully confirms this attribute. As for his saying: "Nor loud in the markets," this means that the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) was at the peak of calmness, so he was far from the morals of the common folk and sellers who raise their voices in the markets, as the "shilafi" and their like do today. This is the meaning of his saying: "Nor loud in the markets." "Al-Sakhb" is raising the voice with intensity, so the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) was not like that; rather, as we mentioned, he was tender, gentle, and refined. This is the meaning of his saying: "Nor loud in the markets."