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4773. It was narrated from Ishāq, meaning Ibn ‘Abdullāh bin Abī Ṭalḥah, he said: “Anas said: ‘The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ had the best character of all people. One day he sent me on an errand, and I said: “By Allāh, I will not go,” although in my heart I intended to go and do what the Prophet of Allāh ﷺ had told me to do. I went out and I passed by some boys who were playing in the market. Then suddenly the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ caught me by the neck from behind. I looked at him and he was smiling. He said: “O Unais, go where I told you to go.” I said: “Yes, I am going, O Messenger of Allāh.”’ Anas said: ‘By Allāh, I served him for seven years or nine years, and I never knew him to say of something that I did, “Why did you do such and such?” Or of something that I failed to do: “Why did you not do such and such?”’ (Sahīh)
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The Prophet ﷺ was a model of tolerance and good manners. He understood children.
