 One time the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam was sitting with the Jabil alayhi sallam when suddenly the sky split open and an angel came down and descended closer to them and as this angel came closer to them Rasulullah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam looked at Jabil alayhi sallam and he saw that Jabil was shrinking himself or becoming smaller or bracing himself as if he was afraid of something and this angel drew close to them and said to Rasulullah oh messenger of Allah I'm a messenger that I'm a messenger that's been sent to you from God I've been giving you a choice and I'm paraphrasing here but the choices the angel gave to Rasulullah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam were to either continue to live as a king with all the riches of this world or to continue to live as a humble slave and Rasulullah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam looked to angel Jabil and then he said to the angel that I choose to be a humble slave then the angel left and Jabil alayhi sallam said that this angel has never been down on the earth before this day Rasulullah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam asked Jabil why he braced himself or shrunk himself as if he was afraid and Jabil alayhi sallam said he replied I swear by Allah I didn't think that he came except to announce the day of judgment which means we can derive from this that the angel was Israfiyah and after this incident the sahaba noticed that Rasulullah became even more humble he before this incident he used to sit up and eat or he would sometimes recline in a reclining position and eat but after this incident he only at he only ate sitting up only ate sitting upright and it was because it was more befitting for a humble slave and we can also infer who the angel was referring to when he said live as a king he was likely referring to Suleiman alayhi sallam and Suleiman alayhi sallam he was a prophet of Allah but he also was a was a ruler who had all the riches of this world and he also had the hereafter meanwhile prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam never lived such a life he grew up in orphan and even when he was given this choice Rasulullah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam preferred to live like a humble slave so for our prophet who is given the title of Habibullah beloved of Allah and who is the best of the best of creation and for him to choose to live like a humble slave it is only befitting for us as his followers as the members of the best ummah that we try to follow in his footsteps of what it means to be a humble slave of Allah or slaves of ar-Rahman