‘Urwah related that Khadeejah’ s (Radi Allahu anha) neighbour –
during pre-Islamic times – informed him that he once heard the
Prophet (Peace be upon him) say to Khadeejah (Radi Allahu anha) , “O Khadeejah, by Allah, I will
never worship Al-Laat and Al-‘Uzzaa.”
These were the names of idols that the Quraish would worship.

Also, both the Prophet (Peace be upon him)
and Zaid ibn ‘Amr ibn Nufail (may Allah have mercy on him)
would abstain from eating the meat of animals that were
slaughtered by other than the Name of Allah.

To be sure, Allah protected the Prophet(Peace be upon him) from the vile deeds
that result from the recklessness of youth; but He also protected
the Prophet(Peace be upon him) from lesser sins as well.

Ali ibn Abi Taalib reported that he heard the Messenger of Allah (sallallaahu ‘alaihi wa sallam)
say, “I never resolved to do any of bad things that the people of ignorance
would resolve to do, except on two occasions in life; and on both
occasions, Allah protected me from perpetrating those bad things.

One night, I was north of Makkah in the company of a young man
from the Quraish; we were with his family’s sheep, which he was
herding, when I said to him, “Watch over my sheep, so that I can
while away this evening with conversation and entertainment in
Makkah, just as other youth while away their evenings with
conversation and entertainment.” He said, “Yes” and so I set out
(for Makkah).

When I reached the nearest house from the houses
of Makkah, I heard singing, the striking of Dufoof (drum-like
instruments), and (the sound of) pipes. I asked, “What is this?

They (people nearby perhaps) said, ‘Such and such man married
such and such woman. It was a man from the Quraish who had
married a woman from the Quraish. And so I amused myself with
that singing and with those sounds until sleep overcame me (right
there where I was), and then the only thing that woke me up was
the heat of the sun, and so I returned.

He (i.e., the other shepherd)
asked, “What did you do? I informed him (about what had
happened). Then I made a similar request to him on another
night, and he agreed. I set out (towards Makkah), and I heard
sounds that were similar (to the sounds of the earlier night), and
words similar to what was spoken to me (on the earlier night)
were spoken to me (again). I amused myself with what I heard,
until sleep overcame my eyes. And it was only the touching of the
sun that awoke me. Then I returned to my companion, who said,
‘What did you do?’ I said, ‘I didn’t do anythin’ By Allah, after
that, I never again resolved to perpetrate the evil that the people
of ignorance would perpetrate.

I continued upon that (protected
state) until Allah honoured me by making me His Prophet.”*

This Hadeeth clarifies two important realities:

1) The Prophet (Peace and blessings be upon him) possessed the main characteristics that are
common to all human beings. He felt the same inward
inclinations and desires that all young people feel, and he
understood what it meant to while away the hours of the night
with conversation and entertainment.

He knew that evenings spent in such a manner were enjoyable, and within
himself his soul was saying to him, ” Would that you enjoyed
some of the things that other people enjoy.”

2) Despite the above-mentioned natural inclinations and desires,
Allah protected the Prophet (Peace and blessings be upon him) from all forms of evil and
from anything that was not in harmony with the message for
which he was being prepared.

May Allah guide us to the straight path,make us adhere to the Sunnah of our Holy Prophet (Peace and blessings be upon him) and save us from all the evil and deception of this world, ameen