🖋 Unlettered (Illiterate)

It was important because being unable to read or write shows that it would not have been possible for the Prophet (pbuh) to have composed the Qur’an himself; the implication is that not being able to compose the Qur’an himself, shows that the Qur’an is from God.
God did not want anyone else to be the Prophet’s teacher, as that would have meant someone was superior to him in his knowledge of God. It was a miracle of God.
It was not important that he was not able to read/write because it shows God sends the revelation to whomever He wills.

💵 Generous

<aside> 💡 Generosity is giving freely without expecting anything in return.

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Some examples of the Prophet’s generosity are:

Muhammad (pbuh) would never refuse the beggar, would feed the poor and hungry, going hungry himself.
Abdullah ibn Ubayy, one of the hypocrites, was an enemy of Islam, yet on his death the Prophet prayed for him and gave his own shirt to enshroud Abdullah’s body.
Muhammad (pbuh) would give away his possessions and money. Muhammad (pbuh) never turned down anyone who asked him for something, and once a person asked for the clothes he was wearing, he took off his garment and handed it to the man.
Once, 70,000 dirhams were brought to Muhammad (pbuh) and he laid them on the floor and gave them out until they were all finished. Muhammad (pbuh) was most generous in Ramadan.
When Muhammad (pbuh) returned a debt, he gave more than he owed. Even when Muhammad (pbuh) asked for water from a woman to drink, he gave the water skins back with more water in them as well as some food.
Muhammad (pbuh) was generous with his prayers, praying for those who hurt him rather than asking for their destruction, e.g. at Ta’if and Uhud.

<aside> 💡 Forgiveness is to not have anger, or to show kindness to someone who has wronged you.

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Muhammad’s willingness to forgive the people of Ta’if after they pelted him with stones. Jibril came with permission from God to crush the people of Ta’if, but the Prophet (pbuh) instead forgave them saying he was sent as a mercy.
Muhammad (pbuh) forgave the woman who used to throw rubbish on him and went to visit her when she was unwell.
- At the time of the persecutions in Makka there was an old woman who threw rubbish on the Prophet every day as he walked to the mosque;
- One day she was not there;
- He asked her neighbour about her well-being and found out she was ill;
- He asked permission to visit the woman;
- When he entered the house, the woman thought that he had come there to take his revenge when she was unable to defend herself because of sickness;
- But the Prophet assured her that he had come to her, not to take any revenge, but to see her and to look after her needs, as it was the command of God that if anyone is sick a Muslim should visit him/her and should help him/her if help is needed.
After the Conquest of Makka the Prophet (pbuh) forgave most of his enemies, even those such as Abu Sufyan who had fought against him many times, and his wife Hinda, who had Hamza killed and chewed on his liver.