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How the Sahabi (RA) exemplified Emotional Intelligence?

(Excerpt from the Book - Emotional Intelligence; Reflecting on the Prophet’s Way by Muhammad Javed)

Edited by Fatuma Hirsi

Even though they had faced the toughest of battles with armies ten times their size in the past, what they faced paled in comparison to the biggest calamity to have struck the companions of Prophet Muhammad ﷺ. Their beloved Prophet, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, their guide in worldly affairs and the hereafter, their last resort in good and bad days, more beloved to them than their parents or children or their own selves, had left this world.  He had returned to His Lord, the “The Highest Companion”. The companions’ attachment to the Messenger has no parallel in history. It was a combination of love, awe, respect, adoration and commitment to the extent that one companion said he would rather give up his life than that a hair of Rasoolullah ﷺ gets hurt.

When this news spread, there...