[2:108] Or do you desire to question your Messenger as Moses was questioned, aforetime? Whoever exchanges belief for unbelief, has surely strayed from the even way.
The Children of Israel annoyed Moses (ʿa), and the Muslims were prohibited from following this precedent. They were commanded to be conscious of the bashfulness of the Messenger (ṣ) as much as possible, so that in his presence it was as if they had birds on their heads. [God] Most High said: Support him, and revere him [48:9]. The beauty of refined behavior (adab) in outward circumstances is a model for the beauty of refined behavior with God inwardly.