FORTY SELECTED PROPHETIC SAYINGS
PERTAINING TO THE VIRTUES
AND TRUE VALUE
OF THE
LAST MESSENGER OF THE CREATOR
TO ALL PEOPLES OF THE EARTH
Compiled by
Hafiz Abdullah son of Siddiq
of Ghumara, Morocco
Translated by his disciples
Anne Khadeijah and Ahmad Darwish
wardens of
Allah.com and Muhammad.com
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Preface
by Ahmad Darwish
The original Arabic edition details a wealth of academic
references and hadith terminology all of which support the authenticity of the
Prophet's statements quoted in this book coupled to the excellent discipline of
its transmitters.
For the purpose of readability, this English
translation has been abridged. Those seeking deeper academic knowledge will satisfy
their need in the original Arabic edition available on Allah.com.
Introduction by Hafiz Abdullah Ben Siddique
Hafiz Abdullah said:
Praise be to Allah, the One, the Unique to whom we
call upon for our needs. The One who was neither begotten nor did He beget -
there is none equal to Him.
Exalted is He, I praise and thank Him, the High, and
I seek His help and guidance, and I seek His forgiveness and bear witness that
there is no god except He. He is the only One who creates and brings into
being. Exalted is He, in Himself, His attributes and deeds. He is above having
any partner or equal.
I bear witness that our Master Muhammad is the Worshipper
and Messenger of Allah, and that He chose him, and he is His friend. Allah made
him to be a prophet and took a covenant from all His prophets and says, "Then
there shall come to you a Messenger (Muhammad) confirming what is with you, you
shall believe in him and you shall support him to be victorious, do you agree
and take My load on this?' They answered, 'We do agree.' Allah said, 'Then bear
witness, and I will be with you among the witnesses.'" Koran 3.81.
Allah sent and
supported him with astonishingly
clear miracles and made him to surpass the miracles of other prophets as well
as giving him specialties and honorable attributes. He expanded his chest and
raised his remembrance and value. He has rewarded him in abundance and made his
reward great. Allah made him to be the Seal of all the messengers and
prophethood, and He made the religion he brought eternal, to remain up until
the Day of Recompense. Allah praised and gave to him peace, and blessed him.
Allah increased him in honor and generosity with Him
and gave him all manner of virtues, the like of which no one else can aspire.
May Allah be pleased with his family and Companions, and whosoever is counted
to be among his followers and his beloved.
Having said the foregoing, the following Forty
Selected Prophetic Sayings Pertaining to the Virtues and True Value of the Last
Messenger of the Creator to all Peoples of the Earth", I served the
honorable rank of the Prophet and will astound the lover by his highly elevated
rank. It is with this that I am hopeful of
receiving his intercession on the Day in which a person runs away from his
brother, mother and father, and from the one who is close and loyal. I pray
that Allah accepts it in a fine way, and removes from us every hardship, worry
and sadness through His bounty and generosity. Indeed,
He is the Owner of great bounty and the Owner of outspread, vast, generosity,
in which no one who asks is refused. For He does not disappoint those who are
hopeful of Him, especially when we ask the intercession of the most honorable
and best of His creation who asks Him. Exalted is He, to realize our request
and accept our supplication and erase our sins and repair our breakages for He
is near and answers.
Bismillah Ir Rahman Ir Raheem
on Him we rely
1.
Abu Hurayrah, may
Allah be pleased with him, said:
"O Messenger of Allah when was the prophethood
obligated for you?" He replied, "When Adam was between the status of
the spirit and the body."
2.
Maysarah Al
Fajr, may Allah be pleased with him, said:
"I asked , O Messenger of Allah, when did you
become a prophet?" He replied, "When Adam was between the spirit and
the body."
"O Messenger of Allah, when did you become a
prophet?" He replied, "When Allah created the earth and willed to the
heaven, and determined it seven heavens. When He created the Throne He wrote
upon its leg, 'Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah, he is the Seal of the
Prophets.' And He created Paradise in which He
housed Adam in Eve and wrote my name on the doors, leaves, domes, and tents
while Adam was between the state of the spirit and body, so when Allah, the High, revived him he
looked at the Throne and saw my name. So Allah informed him, 'He is the master
of your children.' When satan cheated them both they repented and both sought
intercession by my name with Allah."
3.
Ali, peace be upon him, said tells that the Prophet, Allah
praised him and his family and gave peace, said:
"I issued from marriage and never issued from
fornication since the time of Adam up to the time my father and mother gave me birth.
I was never blemished by the fornication of the (pre-Islamic) time of
ignorance."
4.
Wathilah, Al Asqa's son said, "I heard the
Messenger of Allah, Allah praised him and his family and gave peace, say:
'Allah chose Kenanah from the children of Ishmael,
and from Kenanah He chose the Koraysh, and from
the children of Koraysh He chose the children of Hashim and chose me from the
children of Hashim.'"
5.
Al Irbad,
Saryah's son, said that the Messenger of Allah, Allah praised him and his
family and gave peace, said:
"Indeed, I am the worshipper of Allah, and the
Seal of the prophets when
Adam was in the status clay, and I will inform you
about this. I am the supplication of my father Abraham, the glad tidings of
Jesus, and the vision of my mother – and as such the mothers of the prophets
see. And the mother of this Messenger, praise and peace be upon him, saw when
she gave birth to me, a light that lit for her the palaces of Syria
6.
Lady Ayesha, wife of the Prophet, may Allah be
pleased with her, said:
"The Messenger of Allah, Allah praised him and
his family and gave peace, said, 'Gabriel told me: I looked to the east and the
west of the earth and did not find a man more honorable than Muhammad, and I
did not find the children of a father more honorable than the children of
Hashim.'"
7.
Jobair, Motam' son, said, I heard the Messenger of
Allah, Allah praised him and his family and gave peace, say:
"Indeed for me there are names, I am Muhammad, I
am Ahmad, and I am the Eraser (Mahi) with whom Allah erases disbelief. I am the
Assembler (Hashir) to whom the people are assembled before my feet, and I am
the Seal (Aqib) and the Seal is the one who has no prophet after him."
8.
Jabir, Samoreh son, may Allah be pleased with him,
said,
"The Messenger of Allah, Allah praised him and
his family and gave peace, said, 'Indeed I know a stone in Mecca
Termizi via Ali, peace be upon him, said:
"I was with the Prophet, Allah praised him and
his family and gave peace,
in Mecca
9.
Masood's son, said:
"During the time of the Messenger of Allah,
Allah praised him and his family and gave peace, the moon split into two parts.
One part was at its summit and the other at its base. Whereupon the Messenger
of Allah, Allah praised him and his family and gave peace, said, 'Bear
witness.'"
10.
Anas said, "The Prophet, Allah praised him and
his family and gave peace, said:
'The speeding flash mount (Burack) was brought on the
night of the Night Journey bridled and saddled, and backed away, so Gabriel
asked: 'Do you do this to Muhammad? Indeed, no one more honorable than he before
Allah has ever ridden you, and Burack started to perspire.'"
11.
Anas also said, "The Prophet of Allah, Allah
praised him and his family and gave peace, said:
While the Prophet, Allah praised him and his family
and gave peace, and his Companions were in the neighborhood Zawra he called for
a vessel in which there was water, whereupon he put his hand into it and the
water started springing from underneath his fingers and the Companions made
ablution." Qatada asked, 'Father of Hamza, how many were there?' He
replied, "Approximately three hundred."
12.
Abbas' son said,
"An Arab came to the Prophet, Allah praised him
and his family and gave peace, and asked, 'How may I know that you are a
prophet?' He replied, 'What if I may let
you see this branch from this palm tree bear witness for me?' He replied, 'Yes.'
So he called the branch and the branch came down from the tree and landed on
the ground and kept hopping until it reached him then stood erect before him.
Thereafter, the Prophet, Allah praised him and his family and gave peace, said,
'Return to your place', so it returned and the Arab embraced Islam."
13.
Jabir,
Abdullah's son said,
"There was a trunk on which the Prophet, Allah
praised him and his family and gave peace, stood by. When they made a pulpit
for him, we heard a moaning sound coming from the trunk until the Prophet,
Allah praised him and his family and gave peace, went down and placed his hand
upon it and it then became quiet."
14.
Hanzalah Huthaim's son said, "The
Prophet, Allah praised him and his family and gave peace, rubbed his
(Hanzalah's) head with his hand and said, 'Blessings be upon you.'"
Thayan, the grandson of Hanzalah who
reported the hadith via him, said, "I used to see Hanzalah and when a
sheep with a swollen udder came to him, or a camel, or a human with a swelling.
He would spit in his hand and rub it over his bald head and say, 'In the Name
of Allah and through the traces of the hand of the Messenger of Allah,' Allah
praised him and his family and gave peace, then rub the place that was swollen
and the swelling went away."
15.
Samura Jundob's son said, "We were
with the Messenger of Allah, Allah praised him and his family and gave peace, and
ate from a large dish from morning to night and from it ten people in succession
would come to eat." It was asked, "From where was it refilled?"
He answered, "What are you astonished about, it was not refilled except
from there" and pointed toward the heaven.
16.
Anas said, "Gabriel, Allah praised him, came to
the Messenger of Allah, Allah praised him and his family and gave peace, while
he was playing with the children. He took and overpowered him, then cut open
his chest to remove his heart and from it he removed a black speck and said,
'This is satan's share of you.' Then he washed his heart in a golden basin with
the water of Zam Zam. Thereafter he closed the heart, and put it in its place
just as it had been. The children went running to his (foster) mother and said,
"Muhammad has been killed!" Then they looked towards him and his
color had changed." Anas said, "I used to see the traces of sewing on
his chest."
17.
Abu Hurayrah, may Allah be pleased with him, said,
that the Messenger of Allah, Allah praised him and his family and gave peace,
said:
"I was preferred over the other prophets by six
things: I was given the total of eloquences,
I was given victory through fearfulness (thereby no war), the spoils of war
were made legitimate for me, and the entire earth is pure and a mosque for me,
and I was sent for all creation, and I am the Seal of all the prophets."
18.
Abu Hurayrah, may Allah be pleased with him, said,
that the Messenger of Allah, Allah praised him and his family and gave peace,
said:
"I was given victory through fearfulness
(thereby no war), and I was given the total of eloquences, and while I was
asleep the keys to the treasures of the earth were brought to me and placed
between my hands."
Abu Hurayrah commented: The Messenger of Allah, Allah
praised and gave him peace and his household, has left and you are spending it.
19.
Abu Hurayrah, may Allah be pleased with him, said,
that the Messenger of Allah, Allah praised him and his family and gave peace,
said:
"I am the father of the apportioning (Abu Al
Kasim), Allah gives and I apportion."
And via Jabir:
"The Messenger of Allah, Allah praised him and
his family and gave peace, said, 'You may name yourself with my name, but do
not use my familiar name
for indeed I am the father of the apportioning (Abu
Al Kasim) and I apportion between you.'"
Hafiz Abdullah ben Siddiq commented this demonstrates
the Prophet, Allah praised him and his family and gave peace, distributed
amongst his nation not only wealth but also the provision of knowledge, etc.
and Allah knows best.
20.
Abu Hurayrah, may Allah be pleased with him, said,
that the Messenger of Allah, Allah praised him and his family and gave peace,
said:
"I am the Master of the Children of Adam on the
Day of Judgement, and the first one for whom his tomb opens, and the first one
to intercede, and the first one whose intercession is accepted."
21.
Anas, may Allah be pleased with him, said, that the
Messenger of Allah, Allah praised him and his family and gave peace, said:
"I am the first of people to emerge when they
are revived, and I am their speaker when they arrive, and I am their bearer of
glad tidings when they have lost hope. The Banner of Praise on that Day is in
my hand and I am, with out boasting, the most honorable of the children of Adam
before my Lord."
"I am the first of them to come when they are
resurrected and I am their leader when they arrive, and I am their speaker when
they are quiet, and I am their intercessor when they are arraigned, and I am
their bearer of glad tidings when they are destitute. The Banner of Honor and
the Keys of Paradise and the Banner of Praise on that Day are in my hand. I am
the most honorable of the children of Adam before my Lord. I am attended by a
thousand servants, they are as hidden or scattered pearls."
22.
Jabir, may Allah be pleased with him, said, that the
Prophet, Allah praised him and his family and gave peace, said:
"My example and the examples of the prophets is
as a man who built a house, completed and perfected it except for the place of
one brick, so people kept entering and were amazed and said, 'If only that
brick were in place!' The Messenger of Allah, Allah praised him and his family
and gave peace, said, "I am the place of this brick and I came and sealed
the prophethood."
The Prophet, Allah praised him and his family and
gave peace, said, "When the Day of Judgement arrives, I am, without
boasting, the leader of the prophets and their speaker, and the owner of their
intercession."
23.
Abdullah son of Amru, son of As, may Allah be pleased
with him, said, that the Messenger of Allah, Allah praised him and his family
and gave peace, said:
"My Pool is (a distance of) one month's travel
and its corners are equal - its breadth and length are equal – its water is
whiter than silver, its aroma is sweeter than musk, and its goblets are as
(numerous as) the stars in the sky. Whosoever drinks from it will never thirst
thereafter."
24.
Abdullah Masood's son, said, that the Messenger of
Allah said:
"None of you are but accompanied by a jinn and
an angel." They said, "And you, O Messenger of Allah?" He
replied, "And I, though Allah supported me over the jinn so he surrendered
and does not order me except with good."
25.
Masood's son said, that the Prophet of Allah, Allah
praised him and his family and gave peace, said:
"My life is good for you, you involve in modern
matters and thereupon it is determined (by jurisprudence) to you, and my death
is better for you because I am presented with your deeds, so what I see of
good, I praise Allah, and what I see of evil, I ask Allah for your
forgiveness."
Hafiz Abdullah son of Siddiq commented: the deeds of
some sinners and all those who change the religion either in faith or action
are not presented to him. When they come to the Pool to drink, it will be said
to the Prophet, "You do not know what they changed after you." Thereupon
he will reply, "Obliteration for those who
changed after me."
26.
Jabir heard Omar son of Al Khattab say when he
married the daughter of Imam Ali, "Aren’t you going to congratulate me,
for I heard the Messenger of Allah, Allah praised him and his family and gave
peace, say, 'On the Day of Judgement, every connection through relationship and
lineage are severed except that of the connection of my relationships and my
lineage.'"
27.
Sa'ad son of Abi Waqqas, may Allah be pleased with
him, said, "I saw on the right side of the Messenger of Allah, Allah
praised him and his family and gave peace, and on his left side on the day of
the encounter at Uhud, two men clothed in white who fought in front of him, the
fiercest of fighting. I have never seen them before or after" – meaning
the two angels Gabriel and Michael, peace be upon both of them.
28.
Anas, said, that the Messenger of Allah, Allah
praised him and his family and gave peace, said:
"I come to the door of Paradise
on the Day of Resurrection and seek its opening so the guard asks (as a matter
of protocol and also to enjoy hearing the Prophet) 'Who are you?' and I say, 'Muhammad'
and he replies, "For you, I have been ordered to open and (I was ordered) not
to open to anyone before you."
29.
Abbas' son, may Allah be pleased with him, said,
"The Messenger of Allah, Allah praised him and his family and gave peace,
was the most generous of people in giving good, and he was most generous in the
month of Ramadan. The angel Gabriel, peace be upon him, would meet him every
year during Ramadan before its end and review the entire Koran with the
Messenger of Allah, Allah praised him and his family and gave peace. When
Gabriel met the Messenger of Allah, Allah praised him and his family and gave
peace, he became more generous than the blessed wind."
30.
Abi ad Darda, may Allah be pleased with him, said,
that the Messenger of Allah, Allah praised him and his family and gave peace,
said:
"Say multiple supplications of praising upon me
on the day of Friday because it is a day witnessed by angels, and there is no
person who commences such supplication but it is presented to me until he
concludes it." So I asked, "And even after death?" He replied,
"Indeed, Allah has forbidden the earth to consume the bodies of prophets."
"Therefore the Prophet of Allah is alive
receiving provision."
Aus son of Aus said:
"Amongst the best of your days is Friday. Adam
was created in it, and his soul was also withdrawn in it, and in it the Horn
will be blown, and in it the Day of the Lethal Shout. Therefore during that day
say multiple supplications of praising upon me because your praising is
presented to me." They said, "O Messenger of Allah, how is it that
our praising is presented to you and you have decayed?" He replied, "Allah,
the Mighty the Glorified, has forbidden the earth to consume the bodies of the
prophets."
31.
Lady Ayesha, Allah is pleased with her, said:
"He never struck anything with his hand, neither
woman nor a servant unless he struggled in the Path of Allah. He never took
revenge unless the injunction of Allah was broken, then he would do so for the
sake of Allah, the Mighty, the Glorified."
32.
Anas, said, "I neither touched silk nor material
softer than that of the palm of the Messenger of Allah, Allah praised him and
his family and gave peace. And I never smelt musk or amber more fragrant than
the aroma of the Messenger of Allah, Allah praised him and gave peace."
Anas also said, "The Messenger of Allah, Allah
praised him and gave peace, came to spend the mid-day with us and fell asleep
and perspired, so my mother came with a small phial and collected it, whereupon
the Prophet, Allah praised him and his family and gave peace, awoke and inquired
of her, "Mother of Sulaym, what are doing?" She replied, "This
perspiration is mixed with our perfume and it is the best of perfumes."
33.
Anas, may Allah be pleased with him, said, that the
Messenger of Allah, Allah praised him and his family and gave peace, said:
"No worshipper will be a believer until I am
more beloved to him than his children, his father and people all
together."
34.
Abu Hurayrah, may Allah be pleased with him, said,
that the Messenger of Allah, Allah praised him and his family and gave peace,
said:
"By He in whose hand is the soul of Muhammad, there
is no one of the nation - whether Jew or Christian - who hears about me then
dies, who did not believe in what I have been sent with except that he will be
among the inhabitants of Hell."
35.
Al Miqdad son of Madikarib, said, that the Messenger
of Allah, Allah praised him and gave peace, on the Day of Khybar, forbade the
consumption of things such as the domesticated donkey etc. Then he, Allah
praised him and his family and gave peace, said, "It is about a man
sitting on his couch when he is informed with my speech and says, 'Between us
and you is the Book of Allah. Whatever we found in it permissible we consider
as permissible, and whatever we found in it forbidden, we consider it as
forbidden.' Indeed what the Messenger of Allah has forbidden is as that which Allah
has forbidden."
"Attention! Indeed I was given the Book and the
like of it. Attention! Indeed I was given the Book and the like of it. And it
is about a man who is replete upon his couch saying, 'Take this Koran, what you
see legal in it, make it legal, and what you see of it forbidden, make it
forbidden.'"
"Attention it is forbidden to consume the
domesticated donkey ……"
"It is about a man amongst you who will belie me
while he is reclining on his couch. When my speech reaches him he will say,
'What the Messenger of Allah said, leave it, and bring what is in the Koran.'"
36.
Omar's son, may Allah be pleased with him, said, that
the Prophet of Allah, Allah praised him and his family and gave peace, said:
"I was given the keys of everything except for
the five (then he recited the verse): 'Allah,
He alone has knowledge of the Hour. He sends down the rain and He knows what is
in the wombs. No soul knows what he will earn tomorrow; and no soul knows in which
land it will die. Surely, Allah is the Knower, the Aware.'" 31.34 Koran.
"The Messenger of Allah, Allah praised him and
his family and gave peace,
Stood among us and he mentioned everything, leaving
nothing out, that will occur up to the Day of Judgement. Some of us remember
whereas others forget. When something occurred that I had forgotten, I would
remember it just as a man recognizes the face of man he knew."
37.
Abdullah son of Abbas said:
"During the time of the Messenger of Allah,
Allah praised him and his family and gave peace, there was a blind man who had
child and its mother would backbite and defame the Messenger of Allah, Allah
praised him and his family and gave peace, so the blind man killed her. The
matter was mentioned to Prophet, Allah praised him and his family and gave
peace, whereupon the Prophet, Allah praised him and his family and gave peace,
said, "I bear witness that her blood is of no value."
Abu Barzah said:
"I was with Abu Bakr, may Allah be pleased with
him, and he was extremely upset about a man, so I said, 'O Caliph of the
Messenger of Allah, permit me to slit his neck.' My word immediately removed
his anger, and thereupon he stood up and went inside. Then he sent for me and
asked, 'What did you just say?' I replied, 'Permit me to slit his neck.' So he
asked, 'If I had ordered you to do so, would you have done it?' I replied, 'Yes'.
So he said, 'No, by Allah, it is not for any human after the Messenger of
Allah,' Allah praised him and his family and gave peace."
38.
Abu Hurayrah said that the Messenger of Allah, Allah
praised him and his family and gave peace, said:
"Do you see my direction of prayer here? By
Allah, your bowing and prostrating is not hidden from me, for indeed I see that
which is behind my back."
Anas said, that the Messenger of Allah, Allah praised
him and his family and gave peace, said:
"O people, I am in front of you, so do precede
me in bowing or prostrating because I see you in front of me and behind
me."
39.
Jabir said, that Omar, may Allah be pleased with him,
came to the Prophet, Allah praised him and his family and gave peace, and said:
"We heard news from the Jews that we admire do
you see that we should write some of it?" He replied, "Are you are in
doubt as the Jews and Christians were in doubt? I brought it (the Koran) to you pure white. Had Moses been alive
he would have had no choice other than to follow me."
40.
Abu Hurayrah said, that the Messenger of Allah, Allah
praised him and his family and gave peace, said:
"Indeed, the son of Mary will descend - a just
ruler and fair imam - and during the Greater Pilgrimage and the Lesser
Pilgrimage he will reside at (a place called) Faj. Indeed he will come to my
tomb and greet me with peace and I will respond."
Abu Hurayrah said,
"My nephews if you see him, tell Abu Hurayrah
greets you will peace."
41.
Abu Hurayrah said, the Prophet, Allah praised him and
his family and gave peace, was the best of people. He was of medium stature but
on the taller side, and he was wide between the
shoulders. His cheeks were smooth and well covered. His hair was jet-black. He had naturally mascared long
eyelashes. When he walked he walked with his entire foot, having a high arch.
When he took of his robe his shoulders appeared as crafted silver. When he
laughed it was like a flash of light upon the wall. I have never seen anyone
like him either before or after."
Abu Hurayrah also said:
"I have never seen anyone finer than
the Messenger of Allah, Allah praised him and his family and gave peace. His
face was as radiant as the sun and I have never seen anyone walk faster or
effortless than he, it was as if the earth shrank for him, while we had to make
an effort."
42.
Omar son of Abdullah the freed man by Ghafra said,
"I was told by Ibrahim, son of Muhammad - from the children of Ali the son
of Abi Talib - who said:
"When Ali, peace be upon him, described the
Messenger of Allah, Allah praised him and his family and gave peace, he said:
The Messenger of Allah, Allah praised him and his family and gave peace, was
neither tall nor short, he was of medium height. His hair was neither curly nor
straight, rather it was uniformly dense. He was neither overweight nor underweight and
his face was almost round but not round. His complexion was wheaten or whitish
with reddish tones. His eyelashes were long and naturally mascared. His head
and shoulders were well proportioned and magnificent. The
hair between his chest and navel was fine. He had muscular hands and
shoulders. When he walked, his steps were as those taken going down a slope.
When he looked at a person he turned completely to face him. Between his
shoulders was the Seal of the Prophethood and he is the Seal of the prophets. He
was the most generous of people at heart, and the most truthful in statement,
and he had the most soft of personalities, and he was the most generous person
to commune with. Whosever looked at him had great reverence for him, and
whosoever associated with him would know that he loves him. Anyone who
described him would say, 'I have never seen anyone like
him either before or after him.'"
FURTHER SELECTED TRANSMISSIONS FROM HAFIZ
ABDULLAH
1. Description of Prophet via Imam Termizi
AN INSIGHT INTO HIS NOBLE
CHARACTER, NATURE AND PHYSICAL FEATURES:
Lady Ayesha, the wife of the
Prophet, may Allah be pleased with her, described him as being more handsome
than Prophet Joseph for whom the wives of Pharaoh's ministers slit their hands
on account of his handsome appearance. She said: "If the friends of
Zulayka had seen the blessed face of the Messenger of Allah, praise and peace
be upon him, they would have cut their hearts instead of their hands!"
A portion of Prophet
Muhammad's inner beauty manifested itself externally and illuminated his very
being. Kurtubi, a great scholar of Islam, said that if his entire beauty had
been made manifest, it would have been impossible for anyone to look at him.
SELF DESCRIPTION:
The Prophet, praise and
peace be upon him, said: "The prophets were shown to me. I saw Moses,
peace be upon him, he had a slender body, like a man from the tribe of Shanuah.
I saw Jesus, peace be upon him, from all those I have seen, he resembles Urwah,
the son of Masood. I saw Abraham, peace be upon him, and from all those I have
seen I most resemble him .. "
HIS FACE:
His complexion has been
described as being somewhat delicately wheaten in color or whitish with reddish
tones. His face was luminous, almost round, but not round, and frequently
compared to the beauty of the full moon when it reached its zenith.
He had a broad forehead and
his eyebrows were separate and thick with densely fine hair. When the Prophet,
praise and peace be upon him, became displeased a vein between his eyebrows
became enlarged. His eyes were jet-black and his eyelashes long, mascared with
kohl made from ithmid that he applied thrice to each eye before sleeping. Our
Prophet, praise and peace be upon him, tells us that: "... kohl made from
ithmid used on the eye brightens the eyesight. Also, it strengthens and
increases the growth of the eye lashes." His companions said that even
when he did not use kohl, his eyes looked as if he had.
His nose was prominently
distinguished. His cheeks were smooth and well covered whilst his
proportionally perfect mouth was neither large nor yet small. His teeth were
bright, slim and evenly spaced, however, the space between his front teeth was
slightly larger. As for the thickness of his beard, it was dense.
His hair was uniformly dense,
sometimes it was cut short and at other times he wore it nearly shoulder
length. When his hair had the tendency to part itself in the middle he wore it
that way, otherwise he did not dress it in that fashion. His habit was to use
oil on his hair and in order not to soil his turban he would place a piece of
cloth between it and his hair. When he went on pilgrimage to Mecca
The Prophet, praise and peace be upon him, would
dress his hair and his beard using his right hand. It was not his practice to
dress his hair every day, in fact, he prohibited it, unless there was a valid
reason, and would dress his hair every third day.
2. Selection from the Cure (Shefa) by Judge Eyad
The
complexion of Prophet Muhammad, praise and peace be upon him, was
radiant. His eyes were black, deep,
widely set, and naturally mascaraed with a slight tinge of pink, accentuated by
long eyelashes. His nose was distinctive and his teeth evenly spaced. His face
was round with a broad forehead. His beard was thick and reached his chest. As
for his chest and abdomen they were equal in size and his shoulders were broad
as was his chest. His bones were large as were his arms. The palms of his hands
were thick as were the soles of his feet. His fingers were long and his skin
tone fair. The hair between his chest and navel was fine. He was of medium
stature, however, when a tall person walked by his side the Prophet, praise and
peace be upon him, appeared to be the taller. As for his hair it was neither
curly nor straight and when he laughed his teeth were visible like a flash of
lightning, or, they have been described as white as hailstones. His neck was
balanced, neither broad nor fat, as for his body it was firm and did not lack
firmness in any limb.
APPENDIX
Four samples of the authenticity of transmission
through detailed notation and reference citations in the Arabic edition which
is only of interest to scholars of hadith. However, the conclusion of all the
hadith is that they are all authentic.
1. Reported by Termizi who said it is
a fine hadith.
2. Reported by Ahmad and Bukhari in
"The Book of History." Tabarani and Hakim classified it as being
sound. Ibn Hajar classified it as a strong narration. I, (Hafiz Abdullah), add
that it was also reported by Abu Hussain Bashraan's son from via him downstream
by the son of Jowhzi in the book "The Repay of the Virtues of Al
Mustapha" as follows:
The chain of this narration is also
strong.
3. Reported in the Musnad of Al Hafiz
Muhammad Madhya's son, the son of Omar Al Adnee who said, 'We were told by
Muhammad, Jaffar's son, who said: I bear witness to this from my father, via
his father, via his grandfather up to Ali with such transmission." This
transmission, all its transmitters are from the family of the Prophet, praise
and peace be upon him.
Tabarani also reported it in his middle
dictionary of hadith while Abu Naem reported it in his book "The Proofs of
the Prophethood" as did Asakir's son in a very large book of history. It
is also similar to a hadith reported via Lady Ayesha, wife of the Prophet,
Mother of Believers and via Abbas's son, and may Allah be pleased with them.
4. Reported by Muslim and Termizi who
said this hadith is authentic.
6. Please note: we did not translate
number 6 and adjusted the numbers from 42 to 41 since Hafiz Abdullah ordered
that this quotation be removed as it is found not be authentic and had been
inserted in error.
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