Originally Posted on: 24/Sep/2012
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Message To Muslims And Americans
by Sheikh Imran
Hosein
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'We love Prophet' Massive anti-Charlie Hebdo protest in Chechnya
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WE PETITION THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION TO:
outlaw offending prophets of major religions
To enact a law that prohibits any action or
literature that offend prophets of major religions:
- Moses
- Jesus
- Mohammad
Such acts offend billions of people, and cause
unrest in the world. Furthermore, acts like this contradict the essence of
coexistence and peace among humans. Labeling these acts as freedom of speech is
similar to labeling murder as freedom of expression!
We all know the chaos such acts can cause, but it's
difficult to answer the question: What do they contribute to our nation, or
humanity in general?
Created: Sep 17, 2012
Jan 2015
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1st Sept 2020
The decision by the same French magazine to recirculate/republish
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30 Oct 2020
Thousands of Muslims in Pakistan are joining anti-France protests
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Moronic Macroon said "I understand the sentiments being expressed and I respect them. But you must understand my role right now, it's to do two things: to promote calm and also to protect these rights," he said, referring to the freedom of expression of those who created the cartoons.
"Today in the world there are people who distort Islam and in the name of this religion that they claim to defend, they kill, they slaughter… today there is violence practised by some extremist movements and individuals in the name of Islam."
Moronic Macroon also said a boycott of French goods proposed amid anger at the cartoons was "unworthy" and "unacceptable".
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In Honour of The
Beloved Prophet
(صلى الله عليه وسلم)
(صلى الله عليه وسلم)
The Ka’aba would say, “I was honoured to bow down to him when he arrived into this world. I felt delighted when he came into me and honoured me.”
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The sun would speak out, “O
Muslims! I surrendered myself to the order of the Blessed one and I rose again
after I had already set.”
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The Moon would say, “I would move according to the pointing of my beloved when he was in the cradle. I split my heart into two when the blessed finger pointed towards me.”
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The Mountains would say, “We would be overwhelmed (Mount Uhud) and were moved when the blessed feet were on top of us. We were ready to listen to the command of the Beloved. We would have crushed the enemies of our Beloved if he commanded us. But he was sent as a Mercy (Rahmah) and prayed for them.”
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The trees would speak out, “We were honoured of serving the Beloved of Allah by shading him when he blessed us with his presence. We would uproot ourselves and come to him crawling whenever he ordered us to do so.”
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The pebbles would say, “We were imprisoned in the hands of the staunch enemy (Abū Jahl) and yet we called out his name (Kalimah), responding to his order.”
The water of the wells would say, “We were blessed of receiving his saliva. We changed our traits and became sweet only for his sake.”
The camels would say, “We would come to see him. We would prostrate in front of the best of creation, the Mercy of the worlds.”
The dried palm tree-trunk (Hannānah) would say, “I was honoured being in his blessed company. I cried like a baby in separation of my Beloved. He embraced me and buried me with his blessed hands.”
The clouds would say, “We shaded the Sun of the universe. We moved with him wherever he went. When he commanded us, we showered rain on his blessed city.”
The deer would say, “I listened to the order of my Beloved my coming back after feeding my children. He then freed me. I was so delightful that I went running to the jungle reading his Kalima.”
The pigeons would say, “We protected him and his companion (Abū Bakr al-Siddīq RadiAllāhu ‘Anhu) by laying eggs and sitting on our nests on the mouth of the cave (Thour).”
The Burāq would say, “How fortunate I was! I carried the beloved from the Sacred Haram (Makkah) to Masjid al-Aqsa.”
The fire would speak out, “I cooled down for his beloved companion (‘Ammār Bin Yāsir RadiAllāhu Anhumā) when my beloved told me to do so.”
The lion would speak out, “I helped one of the companions of my Beloved and guided him (Safīnah RadiAllāhu ‘Anhu).”
The small stones would respond, “We were honoured to be thrown by his blessed hands. He blinded the enemies in the midst of a battle (Hunayn).”
The spider would say, “I spun a web to close the mouth of the cave to protect him and his companion (Abū Bakr al-Siqqīq RadiAllāhu ‘Anhu) from the enemies.”
The donkey would say, “I (Yafūr) was privileged of carrying the best of creation on my back. After his veiling away from this world, I could not endure his separation so. I fell into a well and gave my life in his love.”
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The Moon would say, “I would move according to the pointing of my beloved when he was in the cradle. I split my heart into two when the blessed finger pointed towards me.”
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The Mountains would say, “We would be overwhelmed (Mount Uhud) and were moved when the blessed feet were on top of us. We were ready to listen to the command of the Beloved. We would have crushed the enemies of our Beloved if he commanded us. But he was sent as a Mercy (Rahmah) and prayed for them.”
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The trees would speak out, “We were honoured of serving the Beloved of Allah by shading him when he blessed us with his presence. We would uproot ourselves and come to him crawling whenever he ordered us to do so.”
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The pebbles would say, “We were imprisoned in the hands of the staunch enemy (Abū Jahl) and yet we called out his name (Kalimah), responding to his order.”
The water of the wells would say, “We were blessed of receiving his saliva. We changed our traits and became sweet only for his sake.”
The camels would say, “We would come to see him. We would prostrate in front of the best of creation, the Mercy of the worlds.”
The dried palm tree-trunk (Hannānah) would say, “I was honoured being in his blessed company. I cried like a baby in separation of my Beloved. He embraced me and buried me with his blessed hands.”
The clouds would say, “We shaded the Sun of the universe. We moved with him wherever he went. When he commanded us, we showered rain on his blessed city.”
The deer would say, “I listened to the order of my Beloved my coming back after feeding my children. He then freed me. I was so delightful that I went running to the jungle reading his Kalima.”
The pigeons would say, “We protected him and his companion (Abū Bakr al-Siddīq RadiAllāhu ‘Anhu) by laying eggs and sitting on our nests on the mouth of the cave (Thour).”
The Burāq would say, “How fortunate I was! I carried the beloved from the Sacred Haram (Makkah) to Masjid al-Aqsa.”
The fire would speak out, “I cooled down for his beloved companion (‘Ammār Bin Yāsir RadiAllāhu Anhumā) when my beloved told me to do so.”
The lion would speak out, “I helped one of the companions of my Beloved and guided him (Safīnah RadiAllāhu ‘Anhu).”
The small stones would respond, “We were honoured to be thrown by his blessed hands. He blinded the enemies in the midst of a battle (Hunayn).”
The spider would say, “I spun a web to close the mouth of the cave to protect him and his companion (Abū Bakr al-Siqqīq RadiAllāhu ‘Anhu) from the enemies.”
The donkey would say, “I (Yafūr) was privileged of carrying the best of creation on my back. After his veiling away from this world, I could not endure his separation so. I fell into a well and gave my life in his love.”
The wolf would say, “I spoke out eloquently to inform the shepherd of the arrival of the Prophet who possessed of the Knowledge of the past and the future (Yukhbirukum Bimā Madā wa mā huwa kāinun).”
The goats would say, “We were honoured of prostrating to him and kissing his forehead when he was in the lap of Halīma. Others were blessed by being sacrificed at his hands and others miraculously gave milk to serve him and his companions.”
The eagle would cry out, “I was blessed holding his blessed Sandals to protect him from the poisonous snake.”
They would all then speak out and would say, “O Muslims! We served him as much as we could. But what have you done to serve him and honour him though you claim to be his followers?
Our Beloved Prophet ﷺ is being insulted yet you do nothing? We responded to his every call and yet you are disobeying him. O Muslims! Be sure that salvation is only in his obedience.”
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Necessity of Loving
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The Holy Prophet (صلى الله عليه وسلم)
In
these present times, some people due to their misunderstanding consider the
immense love for our beloved Prophet (صلى
الله عليه وآله وسلم) equivalent to shirk. In spite of the fact that
lovers of Prophet (Peace be upon him) consider him to be an "Abd (Slave)
of Allah" and they have no intentions of comparing the Prophet (Peace be
upon him) to Allah azza Wajjal (Naudhobillah), the comparison only comes due to
ill thinking of opponents who look for ways just to accuse Muslims of Shirk and
Kufr but what they forget is that their false takfir would return back upon
themselves rather than it being applicable on the accused.
Let us
Analyze this in light of Quran and Hadith
قُلْ إِن كَانَ آبَاؤُكُمْ وَأَبْنَآؤُكُمْ وَإِخْوَانُكُمْ وَأَزْوَاجُكُمْ وَعَشِيرَتُكُمْ وَأَمْوَالٌ اقْتَرَفْتُمُوهَا وَتِجَارَةٌ تَخْشَوْنَ كَسَادَهَا وَمَسَاكِنُ تَرْضَوْنَهَا أَحَبَّ إِلَيْكُم مِّنَ اللّهِ وَرَسُولِهِ وَجِهَادٍ فِي سَبِيلِهِ فَتَرَبَّصُواْ حَتَّى يَأْتِيَ اللّهُ بِأَمْرِهِ وَاللّهُ لاَ يَهْدِي الْقَوْمَ الْفَاسِقِينَ
قُلْ إِن كَانَ آبَاؤُكُمْ وَأَبْنَآؤُكُمْ وَإِخْوَانُكُمْ وَأَزْوَاجُكُمْ وَعَشِيرَتُكُمْ وَأَمْوَالٌ اقْتَرَفْتُمُوهَا وَتِجَارَةٌ تَخْشَوْنَ كَسَادَهَا وَمَسَاكِنُ تَرْضَوْنَهَا أَحَبَّ إِلَيْكُم مِّنَ اللّهِ وَرَسُولِهِ وَجِهَادٍ فِي سَبِيلِهِ فَتَرَبَّصُواْ حَتَّى يَأْتِيَ اللّهُ بِأَمْرِهِ وَاللّهُ لاَ يَهْدِي الْقَوْمَ الْفَاسِقِينَ
Allah
says, "Say: 'If it be that your fathers, your sons, your brothers,
your mates, or your kindred; the wealth that ye have gained; the commerce in
which ye fear a decline: or the dwellings in which ye delight -are dearer to
you than Allah, or His Messenger, or the striving in His cause;- then
wait until Allah brings about His decision: and Allah guides not the
rebellious." (9:24)
This
is an Explicit "Nass (definite proof)" in Quran that Allah and his
Prophet (Peace be upon him) should be dearer to us than everything in the world
i.e. our wealth, children, parents etc... Some people use this verse in
regards to Jihad only but they forget that loving Prophet (Peace be
upon him) is mentioned before that, hence even Jihad without the love
of Allah and his Prophet (Peace be upon him) would "not be" Jihad in
cause of Allah, rather it could lead one to hell fire instead.
وَمَن يُطِعِ اللّهَ وَالرَّسُولَ فَأُوْلَـئِكَ مَعَ الَّذِينَ أَنْعَمَ اللّهُ عَلَيْهِم مِّنَ النَّبِيِّينَ وَالصِّدِّيقِينَ وَالشُّهَدَاءِ وَالصَّالِحِينَ وَحَسُنَ أُولَـئِكَ رَفِيقًا
Allah says: "All who obey Allah and the apostle are in the company of those on whom is the Grace of Allah,- of the prophets (who teach), the sincere (lovers of Truth), the witnesses (who testify), and the Righteous (who do good): Ah! what a beautiful fellowship"(4:69)
The Reason Behind Revealing this Honorable Ayah
Hafiz Ibn Kathir: Ibn Jarir recorded that Sa`id bin Jubayr said, "An Ansari man came to the Messenger of Allah while feeling sad. The Prophet said to him, `Why do I see you sad' He said, `O Allah's Prophet! I was contemplating about something.' The Prophet said, `What is it' The Ansari said, `We come to you day and night, looking at your face and sitting by you. Tomorrow, you will be raised with the Prophets, and we will not be able to see you.' The Prophet did not say anything, but later Jibril came down to him with this Ayah,
وَمَن يُطِعِ اللّهَ وَالرَّسُولَ فَأُوْلَـئِكَ مَعَ الَّذِينَ أَنْعَمَ اللّهُ عَلَيْهِم مِّنَ النَّبِيِّينَ وَالصِّدِّيقِينَ وَالشُّهَدَاءِ وَالصَّالِحِينَ وَحَسُنَ أُولَـئِكَ رَفِيقًا
Allah says: "All who obey Allah and the apostle are in the company of those on whom is the Grace of Allah,- of the prophets (who teach), the sincere (lovers of Truth), the witnesses (who testify), and the Righteous (who do good): Ah! what a beautiful fellowship"(4:69)
The Reason Behind Revealing this Honorable Ayah
Hafiz Ibn Kathir: Ibn Jarir recorded that Sa`id bin Jubayr said, "An Ansari man came to the Messenger of Allah while feeling sad. The Prophet said to him, `Why do I see you sad' He said, `O Allah's Prophet! I was contemplating about something.' The Prophet said, `What is it' The Ansari said, `We come to you day and night, looking at your face and sitting by you. Tomorrow, you will be raised with the Prophets, and we will not be able to see you.' The Prophet did not say anything, but later Jibril came down to him with this Ayah,
وَمَن يُطِعِ اللَّهَ وَالرَّسُولَ فَأُوْلَـئِكَ مَعَ الَّذِينَ أَنْعَمَ اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِم مِّنَ النَّبِيِّينَ
(And
whoever obeys Allah and the Messenger then they will be in the company of those
on whom Allah has bestowed His grace, of the Prophets), and the Prophet sent
the good news to the Ansari man.'' This Hadith was narrated in Mursal form from
Masruq, `Ikrimah, `Amir Ash-Sha`bi, Qatadah and Ar-Rabi` bin Anas. This is the
version with the best chain of narrators. Abu Bakr bin Marduwyah recorded it
with a different chain from `A'ishah, who said; "A man came to the Prophet
and said to him, `O Messenger of Allah! You are more beloved to me than
myself, my family and children. Sometimes, when I am at home, I remember you,
and I cannot wait until I come and look at you. When I contemplate about my
death and your death, I know that you will be with the Prophets when you enter
Paradise. I fear that I might not see you when I enter Paradise.' The
Prophet did not answer him until the Ayah,
وَمَن يُطِعِ اللَّهَ وَالرَّسُولَ فَأُوْلَـئِكَ مَعَ الَّذِينَ أَنْعَمَ اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِم مِّنَ النَّبِيِّينَ وَالصِّدِّيقِينَ وَالشُّهَدَآءِ وَالصَّـلِحِينَ وَحَسُنَ أُولَـئِكَ رَفِيقاً
(And
whoever obeys Allah and the Messenger, then they will be in the company of
those on whom Allah has bestowed His grace, of the Prophets, the true
believers, the martyrs, and the righteous. And how excellent these companions
are!) was revealed to him.'' This was collected by Al-Hafiz Abu `Abdullah
Al-Maqdisi in his book, Sifat Al-Jannah, he then commented, "I do not see
problems with this chain.'' And Allah knows best.
Greater
news than this is in the authentic Hadith collected in the Sahih and
Musnad compilations, in Mutawatir form, narrated by several Companions that the Messenger
of Allah was asked about the person who loves a people, but his status is not
close to theirs. The Messenger said,
الْمَرْءُ مَعَ مَنْ أَحَب
(One
is with those whom he loves.) Anas commented, "Muslims were
never happier than with this Hadith.'' In another narration, Anas said, "I
love the Messenger of Allah, Abu Bakr and `Umar, and I hope that Allah will
resurrect me with them, even though I did not perform actions similar to
theirs.''Allah said,
ذلِكَ الْفَضْلُ مِنَ اللَّهِ
(Such
is the bounty from Allah) meaning, from Allah by His mercy, for it is He
who made them suitable for this, not their good deeds.
Narated
By Anas : The
Prophet said "None of you will have faith till he loves me more than
his father, his children and all mankind."
Reference: Bukhari Volume 001, Book 002, Hadith Number 014.
Reference: Bukhari Volume 001, Book 002, Hadith Number 014.
Narated By Anas : The Prophet said, "Whoever possesses the following three qualities will have the sweetness (delight) of faith:
1. The one to whom Allah and His Apostle becomes dearer than anything else.
2. Who loves a person and he loves him only for Allah's sake.
3. Who hates to revert to Atheism (disbelief) as he hates to be thrown into the fire."
Reference : Bukhari Volume 001, Book 002, Hadith Number 015.
Narated By 'Abdullah bin Hisham : We were with the Prophet and he was holding the hand of 'Umar bin Al-Khattab. 'Umar said to Him, "O Allah's Apostle! You are dearer to me than everything except my own self." The Prophet said, "No, by Him in Whose Hand my soul is, (you will not have complete faith) till I am dearer to you than your own self." Then 'Umar said to him, "However, now, by Allah, you are dearer to me than my own self." The Prophet said, "Now, O 'Umar, (now you are a believer)."
Reference : Bukhari Volume 008, Book 078, Hadith Number 628.
Narrated 'Umar bin Al-Khattab: During the lifetime of the Prophet there was a man called 'Abdullah whose nickname was Donkey, and he used to make Allah's Apostle laugh. The Prophet lashed him because of drinking (alcohol). And one-day he was brought to the Prophet on the same charge and was lashed. On that, a man among the people said, "O Allah, curse him ! How frequently he has been brought (to the Prophet on such a charge)!" The Prophet said, "Do not curse him, for by Allah, I know for he loves Allah and His Apostle."
Reference : Volume 8, Book 81, Number 771:(Sahih Bukhari)
Hazarath
Ali(R.A) teaching the aadabe (Respect) Rasoollah (صلى الله عليه وسلم)
Narrated by Hadrat Asma (RA): Revelation was being sent to Prophet (salallaho alaihi wasalam) and his head was on the Lap of Hadrat Ali (ra), and he had not prayed Asr till yet, soon the Sun got set too, The Prophet (salallaho alaihi wasalam) asked: O Ali (ra) have you prayed?, He replied: No, at this the Prophet (salallaho alaihi wasalam) made a plea in the court of Allah: O Lord He (Ali) was busy in Itaat of You and your Messenger (salallaho alaihi wasalam), hence return the Sun back for him , Hadrat Asma (ra) said: I had seen the Sun being set but then I saw it :RISING BACK AGAIN and daylight became visibale on mountains and land, This incident took palce near Khaybar
References: Imam Ibn Kathir in Al Bidayah wan Nihayah, Volume No. 6, Page No. 80, 81 and 85, Also Tafsir ul Qurtubi, Volume No. 5, Page No. 97
Reward for loving Prophet (صلى الله عليه وسلم)
Narated By Anas : A man asked the Prophet about the Hour (i.e. Day of Judgment) saying, "When will the Hour be?" The Prophet said, "What have you prepared for it?" The man said, "Nothing, except that I love Allah and His Apostle." The Prophet said, "You will be with those whom you love." We had never been so glad as we were on hearing that saying of the Prophet (i.e., "You will be with those whom you love.") Therefore, I love the Prophet, Abu Bakr and 'Umar, and I hope that I will be with them because of my love for them though my deeds are not similar to theirs.
Reference : Bukhari Volume 005, Book 057, Hadith Number 037.
Narrated by Hadrat Asma (RA): Revelation was being sent to Prophet (salallaho alaihi wasalam) and his head was on the Lap of Hadrat Ali (ra), and he had not prayed Asr till yet, soon the Sun got set too, The Prophet (salallaho alaihi wasalam) asked: O Ali (ra) have you prayed?, He replied: No, at this the Prophet (salallaho alaihi wasalam) made a plea in the court of Allah: O Lord He (Ali) was busy in Itaat of You and your Messenger (salallaho alaihi wasalam), hence return the Sun back for him , Hadrat Asma (ra) said: I had seen the Sun being set but then I saw it :RISING BACK AGAIN and daylight became visibale on mountains and land, This incident took palce near Khaybar
References: Imam Ibn Kathir in Al Bidayah wan Nihayah, Volume No. 6, Page No. 80, 81 and 85, Also Tafsir ul Qurtubi, Volume No. 5, Page No. 97
Reward for loving Prophet (صلى الله عليه وسلم)
Narated By Anas : A man asked the Prophet about the Hour (i.e. Day of Judgment) saying, "When will the Hour be?" The Prophet said, "What have you prepared for it?" The man said, "Nothing, except that I love Allah and His Apostle." The Prophet said, "You will be with those whom you love." We had never been so glad as we were on hearing that saying of the Prophet (i.e., "You will be with those whom you love.") Therefore, I love the Prophet, Abu Bakr and 'Umar, and I hope that I will be with them because of my love for them though my deeds are not similar to theirs.
Reference : Bukhari Volume 005, Book 057, Hadith Number 037.
Safwan ibn Qudama said, "I emigrated to the Prophet and went to him and said, 'Messenger of Allah, give me your hand.' So he gave me his hand. I said, 'Messenger of Allah, I love you.' He said, 'A man is with the one he loves.'"
Reference: Sunan Tirmidhi Volume 004, Page 23
Ali said that the Prophet took Hasan and Husayn by the hand and said, "Whoever loves me and loves these two and their father and mother will have the same degree as me on the Day of Rising."
Reference: Sunan Tirmidhi Volume 005, Page 305
It is
related that a man came to the Prophet and said, "Messenger of Allah, I
love you more than my family and my possessions. I remember you and I cannot
wait until I can come and look at you. I remember that I will die and you will
die and I know that when you enter the Garden, you will be raised up with the
Prophets. When I enter it, I will not see you." Allah then revealed,
وَمَن يُطِعِ اللّهَ وَالرَّسُولَ فَأُوْلَـئِكَ مَعَ الَّذِينَ أَنْعَمَ اللّهُ عَلَيْهِم مِّنَ النَّبِيِّينَ وَالصِّدِّيقِينَ وَالشُّهَدَاءِ وَالصَّالِحِينَ وَحَسُنَ أُولَـئِكَ رَفِيقًا
"Whoever obeys Allah and the Messenger, will be with those whom Allah has blessed: the Prophets, the men of truth, the martyrs and the righteous. And such people are the best of company!" (Quran 4:69) The Prophet called the man and recited the verses to him.
Reference: Tafsir Dar Mansur Volume 002, Page 588
In another hadith we find, "A man was with the Prophet, looking at him without turning away. The Prophet asked, "What is wrong with you?" He replied, "My father and mother be your ransom! I enjoy looking at you. On the Day of Rising, Allah will raise you up because of His high estimation of you!" Allah then sent down the verse mentioned above.
In the hadith of Anas, the Prophet said, "Whoever loves me will be with me in the Garden." al-Isfahani fi al-targeeb kama fi manahil al-safa al-Suyuti Page 182
وَمَن يُطِعِ اللّهَ وَالرَّسُولَ فَأُوْلَـئِكَ مَعَ الَّذِينَ أَنْعَمَ اللّهُ عَلَيْهِم مِّنَ النَّبِيِّينَ وَالصِّدِّيقِينَ وَالشُّهَدَاءِ وَالصَّالِحِينَ وَحَسُنَ أُولَـئِكَ رَفِيقًا
"Whoever obeys Allah and the Messenger, will be with those whom Allah has blessed: the Prophets, the men of truth, the martyrs and the righteous. And such people are the best of company!" (Quran 4:69) The Prophet called the man and recited the verses to him.
Reference: Tafsir Dar Mansur Volume 002, Page 588
In another hadith we find, "A man was with the Prophet, looking at him without turning away. The Prophet asked, "What is wrong with you?" He replied, "My father and mother be your ransom! I enjoy looking at you. On the Day of Rising, Allah will raise you up because of His high estimation of you!" Allah then sent down the verse mentioned above.
In the hadith of Anas, the Prophet said, "Whoever loves me will be with me in the Garden." al-Isfahani fi al-targeeb kama fi manahil al-safa al-Suyuti Page 182
Sahaba's(R.A)
Extreme love for Prophet(صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم)during the Prayer
Narrated Anas: The Prophet did not come out for three days. The people stood for the prayer and Abu Bakr went ahead to lead the prayer.(In the meantime) the Prophet caught hold of the curtain and lifted it.When the face of the Prophet appeared we had never seen a scene more pleasing than the face of the Prophet as it appeared then. The Prophet beckoned to Abu Bakr to lead the people in the prayer and then let the curtain fall. We did not see him (again) till he died.
Narrated Anas: The Prophet did not come out for three days. The people stood for the prayer and Abu Bakr went ahead to lead the prayer.(In the meantime) the Prophet caught hold of the curtain and lifted it.When the face of the Prophet appeared we had never seen a scene more pleasing than the face of the Prophet as it appeared then. The Prophet beckoned to Abu Bakr to lead the people in the prayer and then let the curtain fall. We did not see him (again) till he died.
Reference : Volume 1, Book 11, Number
649: (Sahih Bukhari)
Narrated Sahl bin Sa'd As-Sa'idi: Allah's Apostle went to establish peace among Bani 'Amr bin 'Auf. In the meantime the time of prayer was due and the Mu'adh-dhin went to Abu Bakr and said, "Will you lead the prayer, so that I may pronounce the Iqama?" Abu Bakr replied in the affirmative and led the prayer. Allah's Apostle came while the people were still praying and he entered the rows of the praying people till he stood in the (first row). The people clapped their hands. Abu Bakr never glanced sideways in his prayer but when the people continued clapping, Abu Bakr looked and saw Allah's Apostle. Allah's Apostle beckoned him to stay at his place. Abu Bakr raised his hands and thanked Allah for that order of Allah's Apostle and then he retreated till he reached the first rowAllah's Apostle went forward and led the prayer. When Allah's Apostle finished the prayer, he said, "O Abu Bakr! What prevented you from staying when I ordered you to do so?" Abu Bakr replied, "How can Ibn Abi Quhafa (Abu Bakr) dare to lead the prayer in the presence of Allah's Apostle?" Then Allah's Apostle said, "Why did you clap so much? If something happens to anyone during his prayer he should say Subhan Allah. If he says so he will be attended to, for clapping is for women."
Reference : Volume 1, Book 11, Number 652: (Sahih Bukhari)
Narrated Sahl bin Sa'd As-Sa'idi: Allah's Apostle went to establish peace among Bani 'Amr bin 'Auf. In the meantime the time of prayer was due and the Mu'adh-dhin went to Abu Bakr and said, "Will you lead the prayer, so that I may pronounce the Iqama?" Abu Bakr replied in the affirmative and led the prayer. Allah's Apostle came while the people were still praying and he entered the rows of the praying people till he stood in the (first row). The people clapped their hands. Abu Bakr never glanced sideways in his prayer but when the people continued clapping, Abu Bakr looked and saw Allah's Apostle. Allah's Apostle beckoned him to stay at his place. Abu Bakr raised his hands and thanked Allah for that order of Allah's Apostle and then he retreated till he reached the first rowAllah's Apostle went forward and led the prayer. When Allah's Apostle finished the prayer, he said, "O Abu Bakr! What prevented you from staying when I ordered you to do so?" Abu Bakr replied, "How can Ibn Abi Quhafa (Abu Bakr) dare to lead the prayer in the presence of Allah's Apostle?" Then Allah's Apostle said, "Why did you clap so much? If something happens to anyone during his prayer he should say Subhan Allah. If he says so he will be attended to, for clapping is for women."
Reference : Volume 1, Book 11, Number 652: (Sahih Bukhari)
Love
for the Prophet (صلى الله عليه وسلم) and
yearning for him (صلى الله عليه وسلم)
Abu Huraira reported so many 'ahadith from Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) and one among them was that Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) is reported to have said: By Him in Whose Hand is the life of Muhammad, a day would come to you when you would not be able to see me, and the glimpse of my face would be dearer to one than one's own family, one's property and in fact everything. This hadith has been transmitted on the authority of Ishaq with a slight variation of wording.
Reference: Book 030, Number 5833: Sahih Muslim
Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: The people most loved by me from amongst my Ummah would be those who would come after me but everyone amongst them would have the keenest desire to catch a glimpse of me even at the cost of his family and wealth.
Reference : Muslim Book 040, Hadith Number 6791.
The hadith of 'Umar, "I love you more than myself," has already been cited. There are similar things from other Companions.
Amr ibn al-As said, "There is no one I love better than the Messenger of Allah."
Abu Huraira reported so many 'ahadith from Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) and one among them was that Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) is reported to have said: By Him in Whose Hand is the life of Muhammad, a day would come to you when you would not be able to see me, and the glimpse of my face would be dearer to one than one's own family, one's property and in fact everything. This hadith has been transmitted on the authority of Ishaq with a slight variation of wording.
Reference: Book 030, Number 5833: Sahih Muslim
Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: The people most loved by me from amongst my Ummah would be those who would come after me but everyone amongst them would have the keenest desire to catch a glimpse of me even at the cost of his family and wealth.
Reference : Muslim Book 040, Hadith Number 6791.
The hadith of 'Umar, "I love you more than myself," has already been cited. There are similar things from other Companions.
Amr ibn al-As said, "There is no one I love better than the Messenger of Allah."
Abda
bint Khalid ibn Ma'dan said, "Khalid never went to bed without remembering
how he yearned for the Messenger of Allah and his Companions among the
Muhajirun and Ansar, and he would name them. He said, 'They are my root and
branch, and my heart longs for them. I have yearned for them a long time. My
Lord, hasten my being taken to You!'"
It is related that Abu Bakr said to the Prophet, "By the One who sent you with the truth, I would be happier if Abu Talib (the Prophet's uncle) were to become Muslim than if Abu Quhayfa (his own father) were to. That is because the Islam of Abu Talib would delight you more."
Umar ibn al-Khattab told al-Abbas, "Your becoming a Muslim is dearer to me than al-Khattab becoming a Muslim because it is dearer to the Messenger of Allah."
Reference : Majm-uz-zawaid 009, Page 268.
Ibn Ishaq said that the father, brother and husband of one of the women of the Ansar were killed in the Battle of Uhud fighting for the Messenger of Allah. She asked, "What has happened to the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace?" They said, "He is as well as you would like, praise be to Allah!" She said, "Show him to me so I can look at him." When she saw him, she said, "Every affliction is as nothing now that you are safe."
Reference :Bayhaqi Volume 003, Page 302.
It is related that Abu Bakr said to the Prophet, "By the One who sent you with the truth, I would be happier if Abu Talib (the Prophet's uncle) were to become Muslim than if Abu Quhayfa (his own father) were to. That is because the Islam of Abu Talib would delight you more."
Umar ibn al-Khattab told al-Abbas, "Your becoming a Muslim is dearer to me than al-Khattab becoming a Muslim because it is dearer to the Messenger of Allah."
Reference : Majm-uz-zawaid 009, Page 268.
Ibn Ishaq said that the father, brother and husband of one of the women of the Ansar were killed in the Battle of Uhud fighting for the Messenger of Allah. She asked, "What has happened to the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace?" They said, "He is as well as you would like, praise be to Allah!" She said, "Show him to me so I can look at him." When she saw him, she said, "Every affliction is as nothing now that you are safe."
Reference :Bayhaqi Volume 003, Page 302.
Ali
ibn Abi Talib was
asked, "How was your love for the Messenger of Allah?" He replied, "By
Allah, we loved him more than our wealth, our sons, our fathers and our
mothers, and more than cold water in a time of great thirst."[Ash-Shifa of
Qadi Iyad]
Zayd ibn Aslam said, 'Umar went out at night to observe the people and saw a lamp in a house where an old woman was teasing some wool, saying:
"The prayer of the good be upon Muhammad, may the blessed bless him!
I was standing in tears before dawn. If only I knew,when death gives us different forms,
Whether the Abode will join me to my beloved!"
She meant the Prophet. 'Umar sat down in tears.
Reference : al-zuhad Page 362-363.
Zayd ibn Aslam said, 'Umar went out at night to observe the people and saw a lamp in a house where an old woman was teasing some wool, saying:
"The prayer of the good be upon Muhammad, may the blessed bless him!
I was standing in tears before dawn. If only I knew,when death gives us different forms,
Whether the Abode will join me to my beloved!"
She meant the Prophet. 'Umar sat down in tears.
Reference : al-zuhad Page 362-363.
It is related that once 'Abdullah ibn 'Umar's foot went numb. He was told, "Remember the most beloved of people to you and it will go away!" He shouted, "O Muhammad!" and the feeling returned.
Reference :
Imam
al-Bukhari in Adab al-Mufrad Hadith No. 964.
When
Bilal was near death, his wife called out, "O sorrow!" Bilal said,
"What joy! I will meet those I love, Muhammad and his
party!"
It is related that a woman said to A'isha, "Show me the grave of the Messenger of Allah." She showed it to her and the woman wept until she died.
When the Makkans drove Zayd ibn ad-Dathima out of the Haram to kill him, Abu Sufyan ibn Harb said to him, "I ask you by Allah, Zayd, don't you wish that Muhammad were with us now to take your place so that we could cut off his head, and you were with your family?" Zayd said, "By Allah, I would not wish Muhammad to be now in a place where even a thorn could hurt him if that was the condition for my being with my family!" Abu Sufyan remarked, "I have not seen any people who love anyone the way the Companions of Muhammad love Muhammad."
Reference : Bayhaqi Volume 003, Page 362.
Ibn Abbas said, "When a woman came to the Prophet (i.e. from Makka to Madina), he made her take an oath that she had not left because of her husband's wrath or desire for a new land and that she had only left out of love for Allah and His Messenger."
Reference: Tafsir ibne Jarir Volume 028, Page 044.
Trees
Extreme Love for Prophet (صلى
الله عليه وسلم)
أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ خَطَبَ إِلَى لِزْقِ جِذْعٍ وَاتَّخَذُوا لَهُ مِنْبَرًا فَخَطَبَ عَلَيْهِ فَحَنَّ الْجِذْعُ حَنِينَ النَّاقَةِ فَنَزَلَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَمَسَّهُ فَسَكَنَ
Sayyidina Anas ibn Maalik reported that Allah’s Messenger (SAW) used to deliver sermon reclining on the trunk of a palm tree. The sahabah (RA) chose a pulpit for him and he delivered a sermon from it, but the trunk wept like the weeping of a she-camel. So, he descended and stroked it and it ceased to weep.
[Chapter 9, Weeping of a trunk of a tree Jami Tirmidhi Hadith 3647, Albani graded it Sahih]
Narrated
Ibn Umar: The
Prophet used to deliver his sermons while standing beside a trunk of a
date palm.When he had the pulpit made, he used it instead. The trunk
started crying and the Prophet went to it, rubbing his hand over it (to
stop its crying). (Book #56, Hadith #783, Sahih Bukhari)
Hadith:
جَاءَ أَعْرَابِيٌّ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَقَالَ بِمَ أَعْرِفُ أَنَّكَ نَبِيٌّ قَالَ إِنْ دَعَوْتُ هَذَا الْعِذْقَ مِنْ هَذِهِ النَّخْلَةِ أَتَشْهَدُ أَنِّي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ فَدَعَاهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَجَعَلَ يَنْزِلُ مِنْ النَّخْلَةِ حَتَّى سَقَطَ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ثُمَّ قَالَ ارْجِعْ فَعَادَ فَأَسْلَمَ الْأَعْرَابِيُّ
Sayyidina Ibn Abbas reported that a villager came to Allah’s Messenger (SAW) and asked, “How do I know that you are a Prophet?” He said, “If I summon this bunch from this date tree, asking if it testifies that I am Allah’s Messenger?” So, he summoned it. It come down from the tree, dropped before the Prophet (SAW).Then he commanded it, “Return.” So it returned and the villager submitted in Islam.
Reference: Chapter 9, Weeping of a trunk of a tree Jami Tirmidhi Hadith 3648, Albani graded it Sahih
2) Ahmed 1954
جَاءَ أَعْرَابِيٌّ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَقَالَ بِمَ أَعْرِفُ أَنَّكَ نَبِيٌّ قَالَ إِنْ دَعَوْتُ هَذَا الْعِذْقَ مِنْ هَذِهِ النَّخْلَةِ أَتَشْهَدُ أَنِّي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ فَدَعَاهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَجَعَلَ يَنْزِلُ مِنْ النَّخْلَةِ حَتَّى سَقَطَ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ثُمَّ قَالَ ارْجِعْ فَعَادَ فَأَسْلَمَ الْأَعْرَابِيُّ
Sayyidina Ibn Abbas reported that a villager came to Allah’s Messenger (SAW) and asked, “How do I know that you are a Prophet?” He said, “If I summon this bunch from this date tree, asking if it testifies that I am Allah’s Messenger?” So, he summoned it. It come down from the tree, dropped before the Prophet (SAW).Then he commanded it, “Return.” So it returned and the villager submitted in Islam.
Reference: Chapter 9, Weeping of a trunk of a tree Jami Tirmidhi Hadith 3648, Albani graded it Sahih
2) Ahmed 1954
Rocks
and Trees Welcome Prophet (صلى
الله عليه وسلم)
Hadith
كُنْتُ مَعَ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ بِمَكَّةَ فَخَرَجْنَا فِي بَعْضِ نَوَاحِيهَا فَمَا اسْتَقْبَلَهُ جَبَلٌ وَلَا شَجَرٌ إِلَّا وَهُوَ يَقُولُ السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ
Translation: Sayyidina Ali ibn Abu Talib narrated: I came forth with the Prophet through the surroundings of Makkah. Every rock and tree welcomed him, saying, “Peace be on you, 0 Messenger of Allah.”
Reference:
Chapter 8: Rocks or trees welcomed the Prophet (SAW) in Makkah, Sunan Tirmidhi (3646)
Order
of Prophet (صلى الله عليه وسلم)
Hadith
أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى
اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ خَرَجَ عَلَى أُبَيِّ بْنِ كَعْبٍ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ
اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَا أُبَيُّ وَهُوَ يُصَلِّي
فَالْتَفَتَ أُبَيٌّ وَلَمْ يُجِبْهُ
وَصَلَّى أُبَيٌّ فَخَفَّفَ ثُمَّ انْصَرَفَ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَقَالَ السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَعَلَيْكَ السَّلَامُ
مَا مَنَعَكَ يَا أُبَيُّ أَنْ تُجِيبَنِي إِذْ دَعَوْتُكَ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنِّي كُنْتُ فِي الصَّلَاةِ قَالَ أَفَلَمْ تَجِدْ فِيمَا أَوْحَى اللَّهُ إِلَيَّ أَنْ
Translation: Sayyidina Abu Huraira (RA) reported that Allah’s Messenger (SAW) went to Ubayy ibn Ka’b. He called out. “O Ubbay!” He was engaged in salah and turned but did not answer. He shortened his salah and then went to Allahs Messenger (SAW) and said, “As-salammu alikum, O Messenger of Allah (SAW)”! He said, “Wa alika salaam! What prevented you, O Ubayy, from answering me when I called you”? He said, “O Messenger of Allah (SAW) , I was engaged in salah.” He said, “Have you not observed that which Allah has revealed to me: “Respond to Allah and to His Messenger (SAW) when he (the Messenger) calls you.” (Al-Quran 8:24). He said, “Yes indeed. I will not do it again, Insha Allah.” He asked, “Would you love that I teach you a surah that has not been revealed in the Torah, not in the Injil, not in the Zabur and not in the Qur’an, the like of it.” He answered, “Yes, O Messenger of Allah (SAW). So, he asked, “How do you recite in salah”? He said, “We recite the ummul Qar’an.” So, Allah’s Messeneger said, “By Him in Whose hand is my soul, nothing has been revealed like it in the Turah, the Injil, the Zabur and the Qur’an. It is the sab’am minal mathani and the mighty Qur’an that is given to me.”
Reference: 2884 Tirmidhi, BOOK ON VIRTUES OF THE QUR’AN Chapter 1: Virtues al-Fatihah
وَصَلَّى أُبَيٌّ فَخَفَّفَ ثُمَّ انْصَرَفَ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَقَالَ السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَعَلَيْكَ السَّلَامُ
مَا مَنَعَكَ يَا أُبَيُّ أَنْ تُجِيبَنِي إِذْ دَعَوْتُكَ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنِّي كُنْتُ فِي الصَّلَاةِ قَالَ أَفَلَمْ تَجِدْ فِيمَا أَوْحَى اللَّهُ إِلَيَّ أَنْ
Translation: Sayyidina Abu Huraira (RA) reported that Allah’s Messenger (SAW) went to Ubayy ibn Ka’b. He called out. “O Ubbay!” He was engaged in salah and turned but did not answer. He shortened his salah and then went to Allahs Messenger (SAW) and said, “As-salammu alikum, O Messenger of Allah (SAW)”! He said, “Wa alika salaam! What prevented you, O Ubayy, from answering me when I called you”? He said, “O Messenger of Allah (SAW) , I was engaged in salah.” He said, “Have you not observed that which Allah has revealed to me: “Respond to Allah and to His Messenger (SAW) when he (the Messenger) calls you.” (Al-Quran 8:24). He said, “Yes indeed. I will not do it again, Insha Allah.” He asked, “Would you love that I teach you a surah that has not been revealed in the Torah, not in the Injil, not in the Zabur and not in the Qur’an, the like of it.” He answered, “Yes, O Messenger of Allah (SAW). So, he asked, “How do you recite in salah”? He said, “We recite the ummul Qar’an.” So, Allah’s Messeneger said, “By Him in Whose hand is my soul, nothing has been revealed like it in the Turah, the Injil, the Zabur and the Qur’an. It is the sab’am minal mathani and the mighty Qur’an that is given to me.”
Reference: 2884 Tirmidhi, BOOK ON VIRTUES OF THE QUR’AN Chapter 1: Virtues al-Fatihah
Aadab of Nabi Kareem(صلى الله عليه وسلم) from
Quran
يٰأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ آمَنُواْ لاَ تَرْفَعُوۤاْ أَصْوَاتَكُمْ فَوْقَ صَوْتِ ٱلنَّبِيِّ وَلاَ تَجْهَرُواْ لَهُ بِٱلْقَوْلِ كَجَهْرِ بَعْضِكُمْ لِبَعْضٍ أَن تَحْبَطَ أَعْمَالُكُمْ وَأَنتُمْ لاَ تَشْعُرُونَ
The following was revealed regarding those who raised their voices in the presence of the Prophet (s): O you who believe, do not raise your voices — when you [want to] speak — above the voice of the Prophet, when he is speaking, and do not shout words at him, when you [wish to] confide in him, as you shout to one another, but [speak] lower than that, out of reverence for him, lest your works should be invalidated without your being aware, that is to say, for fear of this [happening] as a result of the raising of voices and the shouting mentioned.[49-Al Hujurat:2]
يٰأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ آمَنُواْ لاَ تَرْفَعُوۤاْ أَصْوَاتَكُمْ فَوْقَ صَوْتِ ٱلنَّبِيِّ وَلاَ تَجْهَرُواْ لَهُ بِٱلْقَوْلِ كَجَهْرِ بَعْضِكُمْ لِبَعْضٍ أَن تَحْبَطَ أَعْمَالُكُمْ وَأَنتُمْ لاَ تَشْعُرُونَ
The following was revealed regarding those who raised their voices in the presence of the Prophet (s): O you who believe, do not raise your voices — when you [want to] speak — above the voice of the Prophet, when he is speaking, and do not shout words at him, when you [wish to] confide in him, as you shout to one another, but [speak] lower than that, out of reverence for him, lest your works should be invalidated without your being aware, that is to say, for fear of this [happening] as a result of the raising of voices and the shouting mentioned.[49-Al Hujurat:2]
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THE
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صلى الله عليه و آله وسلم
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WHY DO THEY KISS THEIR THUMBS
WHEN THEY HEAR THE BLESSED NAME OF THE
HOLY PROPHET MUHAMMAD [SALLALLAHU ALAIHI WASALLAM] ?
WHEN THEY HEAR THE BLESSED NAME OF THE
HOLY PROPHET MUHAMMAD [SALLALLAHU ALAIHI WASALLAM] ?
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300 Miracles
1. The Holy
Qur'an; the final and absolute book of divine guidance. Through it, Allah
revealed to His Beloved Messenger numerous scientific proofs and evidences 1400
years ago which science is just beginning to comprehend today. Its eloquence
and complete accuracy have remained unchallengeable to this day.
• “Say: If mankind and the jinns were together to produce the
like of this Qur'an, they could not produce the like thereof, even if they
helped one another.” [Qur'an 17:88]
2. Mi'raj;
the Beloved Messenger’s ascension to the Heavens accompanied by Angel Jibra’il.
• The Messenger of Allah said, “..al-Buraq, a white animal,
smaller than a mule and bigger than a donkey was brought to me, and I set out
with Gabriel. When I reached the nearest Heaven, Gabriel said to the
gate-keeper of Heaven, 'Open the gate'...” [Bukhari]
3. Splitting of the moon: challenged to prove his Prophethood by the unbelieving Quraysh, the
Beloved Messenger of Allah split the moon into two halves, and the pieces were
clearly separated from each other. Despite this, the kuffaar turned away
in ignorance and continued to follow their desires in non-belief.
• Narrated Sayyidina Anas b. Malik: "The people of Makkah asked the
Messenger of Allah to show them a miracle; he therefore split the moon, the two
pieces were seen on the opposite sides of Mount Hira." [Bukhari]
• "The Hour has come near, and the moon has split [in two]. But if
they see a Sign, they turn away, and say, 'This is (but) transient
magic.'" [Qur'an 54:1-2]
4. Prophecy of the Roman Empire’s victory over the
Persians after facing defeat.
• "The Romans have been defeated. In the nearest land, and they,
after their defeat, will be victorious." [Qur’an 30:2-3]
5. The blessed saliva of the Beloved Messenger,may Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him, worked as a
miraculous cure for ailments.
• “...The Prophet was told that Ali was suffering from eye-trouble, so
he applied saliva to Ali’s eyes and invoked Allah to cure him. He at once got
cured as if he had no ailment.” [Bukhari]
6. The Beloved Messenger of Allah never yawned
during his entire lifetime.
• It is related that the Beloved Messenger himself said, “No Prophet
has ever yawned.” [Imam ibn Hajar, Fath al-Bari]
7. The Messenger of Allah had no visible shadow,
even on a bright sunny day.
• Sayyidina Abdullah ibn Abbas, the cousin of the Beloved Prophet,
states, "The Messenger of Allah had no shadow, not while standing in the
sun, but the brilliance of his light (noor) surpassed the rays of the sun; nor
while sitting before a burning light, but his luminous light excelled the
lustre of the light." [Imam ibn al-Jawzi’s Kitabul-Wafa]
• Imam Jalaluddin Suyuti narrates, "This is also a unique feature
of the Prophet that his shadow did not touch the ground, because he was light
(noor), and when he used to walk in the sunshine his shadow could not be
seen." [Khasaa’is al-Kubra]
8. Allah encouraged him before the Battle of Badr
with a dream of a small kuffaar army.
“(And remember) when Allah showed them to you as few in your dream; if
He had shown them to you as many, you would surely have been discouraged…”
[Qur'an 8:44]
• Hafiz ibn Kathir relates in his Tafsir: Mujahid said, "In a
dream, Allah showed the Prophet the enemy as few. The Prophet conveyed this
news to his Companions and their resolve strengthened.'' This demonstrates
Allah's compassion towards the believers. Allah made them see few disbelievers
in their eyes, so that they would be encouraged and feel eager to meet them.
9. Victory of the Battle of Badr; 313 Muslim soldiers triumphed against approximately a thousand
non-Muslim soldiers and their cavalry. The Angels were present in this battle
too, aiding the believers with their unseen forces.
• “There has already been for you a Sign in the two armies that met (in
combat): One was fighting in the cause of Allah, the other resisting Allah;
these saw with their own eyes twice their number. But Allah does support with
His aid whom He pleases. In this is a warning for such as have eyes to see.”
[Qur'an 3:13]
• “[Remember] when you asked help of your Lord, and He answered you,
‘Indeed, I will reinforce you with a thousand from the angels, following one
another.’” [Qur'an 8:9]
10. There was once a drought in Madinah, and the people requested the Messenger of Allah to pray for rain. His
prayer was answered so fast that it began to rain before he descended the
pulpit. [Tafsir ibn Kathir]
• Sayyidina Anas b. Malik says in a narration: "The Prophet raised
his hands and said: 'O Allah, make it rain', thrice. I swear by Allah, there
were no clouds in the sky, not even a single one. Then suddenly, a thick heavy
cloud covered us, and it rained, and we never saw the sky for a week…"
[Bukhari]
11. Rainfall on the eve of the battle of Badr, which resolved the issue of scarce water supplies for drinking and
purification, and firmed the ground for the Muslim camp.
• "And He caused rain to descend on you from heaven...” [Qur'an
8:11]
• Tafsir ibn Kathir reports on this verse that Mujahid said, "Allah
sent down the rain on the believers before slumber overtook them, and the rain
settled the dust, made the ground firmer, made them feel at ease and their feet
firmer.''
• And Ibn Ishaq narrated from Yazid bin Ruwman that Sayyidina Urwa bin
Az-Zubayr said, "Allah sent rain down from the sky on a sandy valley. That
rain made the area where the Messenger of Allah and his Companions camped
firmer so that it did not hinder their movement. Meanwhile, the part that the Quraysh
were camping on became difficult to move in.''
12. As a baby in the cradle, the Beloved Prophet
would move the moon with his blessed finger and would converse with it.
• The Prophet’s uncle, Sayyidina Abbas, said, “O Messenger of Allah,
what made me enter into your religion was my witnessing a sign of your
Prophethood. I saw you in your cradle talking tenderly to the moon and pointing
at it with your finger. It moved across the sky to wherever you pointed.” The
Beloved Messenger replied, “I was talking to it, and it talked to me, which
distracted me from crying. I could hear the sound of its prostration under
the Throne.” [Imam al-Qastalani’s Mawahib al Ladunya; Imam Suyuti’s
Khasa’is al-Kubra]
13. He increased blessing in food to the extent
that a piece of bread once fed seventy to eighty Companions to their fill.
• Sayyidina Anas b. Malik narrates: Abu Talha said, "O Umm Sulaym,
here comes the Messenger of Allah along with the people and we do not have
enough (food) to feed them.'' She said, "Allah and His Messenger know
better.'' Abu Talhah went out (to receive him) until he met Messenger of Allah,
and he came forward along with him until they both arrived. Then the Messenger
of Allah said, "O Umm Sulaym, bring forth what you have with you.'' So she
brought the bread. The Messenger of Allah commanded that the bread be broken
into small pieces and after Umm Sulaym had squeezed clarified butter out of a
butter container and made it just like soup. Messenger of Allah recited over it
what Allah wished him to recite. He then said, "Allow ten guests to come
in.'' They ate until they had their fill. They then went out. He (Messenger of
Allah) again said, "Allow ten (more to come in)'', and he (the host)
ushered them in. They ate to their fill. Then they went out. He again said,
"Allow ten (more),'' until all the people ate to their fill. They were
seventy or eighty persons." [Bukhari; Muslim]
14. He remained unseen when the accursed wife of
Abu Lahab approached him and Sayyidina Abu Bakr at the Ka’bah.
• When Surah al-Masad was revealed, the one-eyed wife of Abu Jahl came
out wailing and she had a stone in her hand. The Messenger of Allah was sitting
in the Masjid (of the Ka'bah) and Sayyidina Abu Bakr was with him. When
Sayyidina Abu Bakr saw her, he said, "O Messenger of Allah! She is coming
and I fear that she will see you." The Messenger of Allah replied, "Verily,
she will not see me." Then he recited some of the Qur'an as a
protection for himself.. So she advanced until she was standing in front of
Sayyidina Abu Bakr and she did not see the Messenger of Allah. She then said,
"O Abu Bakr! Verily, I have been informed that your friend is making
defamatory poetry about me." [Tafsir ibn Kathir]
15. Water from his blessed fingers: On the day of Hudaibiya, the Muslims came upon a water shortage. The
only water available was the amount that the Beloved Messenger had with him. He
simply dipped his blessed hands into the water, and as witnessed by 1500
Companions, it began to flow in abundance from his blessed fingers.
• As narrated Sayyidina Salim, Sayyidina Jabir states, "On the day
of Al-Hudaibiya, the people felt thirsty and Allah's Apostle had a utensil
containing water. He performed ablution from it and then the people came
towards him. Allah's Apostle said, 'What is wrong with you?' The people said,
'O Allah's Apostle! We haven't got any water to perform ablution with or to
drink, except what you have in your utensil.' So the Prophet put his hand in
the utensil and the water started spouting out between his fingers like
springs. So we drank and performed ablution."
I said to Jabir, "What was your number on that day?" He
replied, ‘Even if we had been one hundred thousand, that water would have been
sufficient for us. Anyhow, we were 1500.'” [Bukhari]
16. His authority over the Arabian Peninsula, with Muslims living in peace and security.
• "Allah has promised those among you who believe and do righteous
good deeds, that He will certainly grant them succession in the land, as He
granted it to those before them.." [Qur'an 24:55]
• Tafsir ibn Kathir relates: This is a promise from Allah to His
Messenger that He would cause his Ummah to become successors on earth i.e.,
they would become the leaders and rulers of mankind, through whom He would
reform the world and to whom people would submit, so that they would have in
exchange a safe security after their fear.
This is what Allah did indeed do, may He be glorified and exalted, and
to Him be praise and blessings. For He did not cause His Messenger to die until
He had given him victory over Makkah, Khaybar, Bahrain, all of the Arabian
Peninsula and Yemen (...). Then when the Messenger died, his successor
(Khalifah) Sayyidina Abu Bakr as-Siddiq took over the reins of power and united
the Ummah, preventing its disintegration. He took control of the entire Arabian
Peninsula, and he sent the Islamic armies to the land of Persia...”
17. Tree-trunk cries for his blessed presence: The tree-trunk which the Beloved Messenger would lean on to deliver the
Friday sermon cried when it was replaced with a proper pulpit.
• Narrated Sayyidina Jabir bin 'Abdullah: "The Prophet used to
stand by the stem of a date-palm tree (while delivering a sermon). When the
pulpit was placed for him, we heard that stem crying like a pregnant she-camel
till the Prophet got down from the pulpit and placed his hand over it."
[Bukhari]
18. The Qur'an informs with a prophecy of the Holy
Prophet's departure from this world.
• Tafsir ibn Kathir relates that when Surah al-Nasr [110] was revealed,
the Messenger of Allah said, “My death has been announced to me.” And indeed,
he died during that year. May Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him.
19. His illiteracy which proved to the unbelievers
that he did not write the Qur'an.
• "Neither did you read any book before it nor did you write any
book with your right hand. In that case, indeed, the followers of falsehood
might have doubted." [Qur'an 29:48]
• Tafsir ibn Kathir elaborates on the verse above: 'During this time you
never read any book or wrote anything. Your people, as well as others all know
that you are an unlettered man who does not read or write.' This is how he (the
Beloved Messenger) was also described in the previous Scriptures...”
20. Food would recite the Names of Allah in his
blessed hand, sometimes sounding like the humming of bees.
• From a narration by Sayyidina Abdullah: "...I saw the water
flowing from among the fingers of Allah's Apostle, and no doubt, we heard the
meal glorifying Allah, when it was being eaten (by him)." [Bukhari]
21. When the Beloved Messenger was born, Shaytan and the jinns were no longer able to access the Heavens,
symbolised by an increase of meteorites and falling stars.
• After Allah’s Messenger honoured the world, especially on the night of
his birth, there was an increase in star-fallings. This is a sign of the devils
and jinn being forbidden to eavesdrop on the unknown in the Heavens. [Imam
Bayhaqi’s Dala’il al-Nubuwwa; Qadi Iyad’s al-Shifa]
22. The divine inspiration within him when
revelation took place. [Qur'an 42:52]
• “And thus have we, by our command, sent inspiration to you…” [Qur'an
42:52]
• On the above verse, Tafsir ibn Kathir comments: Sometimes He casts
something into the heart of the Prophet, and he has no doubt that it is from
Allah.
23. The increase of provision in the house of
Sayyida Haleema, his foster-mother, during the time he went to live
with her as a child.
• From the time he went to live with her and during the time he stayed
with her, her provision and goats & camel milk increased significantly more
in amount than before, and in huge contrast to the others in her tribe. [Imam
al-Haythami, Majmau’z-Zawaid; Imam Abu Nuaym, Dala’il al-Nubuwwa; Hafiz ibn
Kathir’s al-Bidaya wal-Nihaya; Qadi Iyad’s al-Shifa]
24. A cloud would follow him wherever he went, providing shelter and shade from the sun.
• One incident is reported that, when Allah’s Messenger came back from a
business trip together with Sayyida Khadijah and her maid-servant Maysara,
Sayyida Khadijah saw two angels above the Prophet’s head, making shade like a
cloud. She told it to Maysara, who replied: “I saw the same thing during the
whole journey.” [Qadi Iyad’s al-Shifa; Imam Bayhaqi’s Dala’il al-Nubuwwa]
25. Swiftly after the prayer of the Messenger of
Allah, Sayyidina Umar ibn al-Khattab accepted Islam.
• Sayyidina Anas ibn Malik narrates that the Messenger of Allah
supplicated on Thursday night saying, “O Allah, strengthen Islam by Umar ibn
al-Khattab or Amr ibn Hisham.” On the morning of Friday, Umar became Muslim.
[al-Tabarani in al-Awsat; Imam Suyuti’s Forty Hadith on the Virtues of Umar ibn
al-Khattab]
26. A ditch of fire appeared before Abu Jahl when he resolved to attack the Beloved Messenger of Allah whilst he
prayed.
• Sayyidina Abu Hurayrah that Abu Jahl said, "Does Muhammad cover
his face with dust (i.e., from prostration) while he is among you all?'' The
people replied, "Yes.'' Then he said, "By al-Lat and al-‘Uzza, if I
see him praying like this, I will stomp on his neck, and I will certainly put
his face in the dust.'' So the Messenger of Allah came and he began praying,
which made it possible for Abu Jahl to stomp on his neck. The people became
surprised at Abu Jahl because he began retreating on his heels and covering
himself with his hands. Then it was said to him, "What's the matter with
you?'' He replied, "Verily, between me and him is a ditch of fire,
monsters and wings.'' Then the Messenger of Allah said, “If he had come near
me, the angels would have snatched him limb by limb.” [Tafsir ibn Kathir; Surah
al-Alaq]
27. A wolf testified about the Messenger of Allah’s
Prophethood to a shepherd outside the city of Madinah, who
consequently went to accept Islam at his blessed hands.
• Narrated Sayyidina Unais bin 'Amr: Sayyidina Ahban bin Aus said,
"I was amongst my sheep. Suddenly a wolf caught a sheep and I shouted at
it. The wolf sat on its tail and addressed me, saying, 'Who will look after it
(i.e. the sheep) when you will be busy and not able to look after it? Do you
forbid me the provision which Allah has provided me?' Sayyidina Ahban added,
"I clapped my hands and said, 'By Allah, I have never seen anything more
curious and wonderful than this (that a wolf can speak like a human being)!' On
that, the wolf said, 'There is something (more curious) and wonderful than
this; that is, Allah's Apostle in those palm trees, inviting people to Allah
(i.e. Islam).'"
Sayyidina Unais bin 'Amr further said, "Then Ahban went to Allah's
Apostle and informed him of what happened and embraced Islam." [Bukhari]
28. The perspiration of the Beloved Messenger of
Allah was so pure that it would emit a pleasant, sweet
fragrance as testified by many Noble Companions.
• Sayyidina Anas b. Malik commented, “I have never smelled amber, musk
or any other (perfume) more fragrant than the aroma of the Messenger of Allah.”
[Muslim]
29. When the Beloved Messenger of Allah was born, he emerged from his mother’s womb in the sajda position,
entering into the world with prostration to Allah.
• When the Beloved Messenger was born, he fell to the ground, fingers
drawn together with the index finger pointing, testifying to the oneness of
Allah. [Imam al-Qastalani, Mawahibul-Laduniyya; Imam Tabarani's al-Awsat; Imam
Abu Nu’aym, Dala’il al-Nubuwwa]
30. Faith in Allah at the Cave Thawr, in the face of possible death at the hands of the enemy. He turned and
said to Sayyidina Abu Bakr al-Siddiq, "Do not despair, Allah is with
us." [Qur'an 9:40]
• Sayyidina Abu Bakr Siddique himself reported, “I saw the feet of the
polytheists very close to us as we were in the cave. I said, ‘Allah's
Messenger, if one amongst them were to see at his feet, he would have surely
seen us.’ Thereupon he said, ‘Abu Bakr, what can befall two who have Allah as
the third One with them.’” [Muslim]
31. His prediction that Sayyidina Suraqa would one day wear the bangles of Chosroes. This came true during
Sayyidina Umar's reign. This prediction also proves the Messenger of Allah’s
knowledge that Sayyidina Suraqa would soon embrace Islam, as he was not a
Muslim at that time.
• Sayyidina Suraqa, before he became a Muslim, was enticed by the
Quraysh’s promises of reward for capturing the Messenger of Allah. He set out
in pursuit, and eventually his mule caught up with the Messenger of Allah. It
became extremely close, and the Messenger of Allah prayed for Allah’s
protection. Consequently, Sayyidina Suraqa’s mule began to stumble in the sand,
unable to proceed. Eventually he realised the divine implication, and asked the
Messenger of Allah for amnesty, which was then granted to him. Then the
Messenger of Allah said, “You will wear the two bracelets of Chosroes.”
During the khilafat of Sayyidina Umar b. al-Khattab, the land of
Chosroes was conquered and his jewellery was brought to Sayyidina Umar, who put
the bracelets on Sayyidina Suraqa. This confirmed the report of the Messenger
of Allah. [Qadi Iyaad’s al-Shifa, Mulla Ali Qari’s Sharh al-Shifa, Imam ibn
Hajar’s al-Isabah]
32. He informed his Companions of what was
happening during the Battle of Muta (near
Damascus), as if watching it, even though it would take someone one month to
reach it on foot.
• The Messenger of Allah said: "Zayd has taken the flag and been
hit; now Ibn Rawaha has taken it and been hit; now Ja'far has taken it and been
hit; now one of God's Swords (i.e. Khalid b. Waleed) has taken it."
Two or three weeks later, Sayyidina Ya'la ibn Munabbih returned from the
battlefront. In his presence, the Prophet described the fighting in detail and
Sayyidina Ya'la swore by God that everything had happened exactly as described.
[Bukhari; al-Hakim; Imam Abu Nu'aym’s Dala'il al-Nubuwwa]
33. His knowledge of the future martyrdom of
Sayyidina Umar and Sayyidina Usman.
• When the Messenger of Allah was on top of Mount Uhud with the three
Companions, the mountain trembled. He said, "Be firm, o Uhud! For on you
are a Prophet, a Siddiq (a truthful one i.e. Sayyidina Abu Bakr) and two
martyrs (Sayyidina Umar and Sayyidina Usman)." [Bukhari; Muslim]
34. Overcoming hardship and trials of the land of
Arabia, and of spreading the Word of Allah.
• “And remember when you were few and were reckoned weak in the land,
and were afraid that men might abduct you, but He provided a safe place for
you, strengthened you with His help, and provided you with good things so that
you might be grateful.”[Qur'an 8:26]
• On this verse, Tafseer ibn Kathir relates from Qatadah bin Di'amah
As-Sadusi: “Arabs were the weakest of the weak, had the toughest life, the
emptiest stomachs, the barest skin and the most obvious misguidance. Those who
lived among them lived in misery; those who died went to the Fire.” He
continues, “By Allah! We do not know of a people on the face of the earth at
that time who had a worse life than them. When Allah brought Islam, He made it
dominant on the earth, thus bringing provisions and leadership for them over
the necks of people. It is through Islam that Allah granted all what you see,
so thank Him for His favours...”
35. His prophecy that his beloved daughter, Sayyida
Fatima, would be the first of his family to pass away
after him.
• The Messenger of Allah said to his daughter, Sayyida Fatima, whilst on
his death-bed: "You will be the first of my family to join me (after my
death)." [Bukhari; Muslim]
36. The Messenger of Allah told a Bedouin man to
testify to Islam during an expedition, and the man
asked for a sign. The Messenger of Allah called to a tree at the side of the
valley and it went towards him.
• Sayyidina Abdullah ibn Umar narrates, "The tree swayed, uprooted
itself, left the soil, and drew near to Allah's Messenger. He asked it three
times to testify, and each time it testified to his truthfulness. Then he
ordered the tree to go back and settle down in its place, and it did so."
[Qadi Iyaad's al-Shifa; Tirmidhi; Bayhaqi]
37. On numerous occasions, rocks and trees would greet
him as he passed by.
• One report narrates that Sayyidina Ali said, “Whenever we walked
through Makkah’s suburbs during the early part of his Prophethood, the trees
and rocks we passed would say: ‘Peace be upon you, O Messenger of Allah.’”
[Tirmidhi; Hakim; Imam Abu Nu'aym's Dala'il al-Nubuwwa]
38. The Beloved Messenger of Allah informed
Sayyidina Qatada of an intruder at his house, and then gave him a stick which
lit his path home.
• Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal relates from Sayyidina Abu Sa'id al-Khudri that
Allah's Messenger gave Sayyidina Qatada ibn Nu'man a stick on a dark rainy
night, saying: "This stick will light your surroundings as far as 7
meters. When you get home, you will see a black shadow that is Satan. Drive him
away from your home." Sayyidina Qatada left with the stick, which was
emitting light like the Prophet Musa's' shining hand. When he arrived home, he
found the person described and drove him away. [Majma al-Zawa'id; Imam Ahmad;
al-Hakim]
39. On several occasions during battle, if a Companion’s
sword broke, he would give them a stick to fight with and it would change into
a sword.
• During the Battle of Badr, Sayyidina Ukkasha ibn Mihsan al-Asad broke
his sword while fighting the polytheists. Allah's Messenger replaced his broken
sword with a stick and told him to continue fighting. Suddenly, by Allah's
power, the stick changed into a long white sword. He fought with it and kept it
with him until he was martyred during the Battle of Yamama. [Ibn Hisham;
Bayhaqi; Imam ibn al-Jawzi's Zad al-Ma'ad]
40. On the battle of Uhud, Sayyidina Qatada’s eye
fell out of its socket. The Messenger of Allah replaced
it with his blessed hand. It healed instantly and became more beautiful than
the other one.
• From a narration by Sayyidina Sa'd ibn Abi Waqqas, about the Battle of
Uhud: "..Qatada ibn Nu'man was hit and one of his eyeballs protruded.
Allah's Messenger used his hand to replace the eyeball in its socket. The eye
healed at once, as if nothing had happened, and it became even better than the
other one." [Qadi Iyaad's al-Shifa; Tabarani; Bayhaqi]
This incident became so well-known that when one of Sayyidina Qatada's
grandsons met Caliph Umar ibn Abdul Aziz, he presented himself with the
following poetical statement:
"I am the son of the person whose eye protruded over his cheek,
But was wonderfully restored by the hand of Mustafa;
Then it became as it had been before; it was the most beautiful of eyes,
and most wonderful was its restoration."
41. The promise of Allah to protect the Messenger and
aid him in delivering the Message of Islam.
• “O Messenger! Convey what has been sent down to you from your Lord.
And if you do not, then you have not conveyed His Message. Allah will protect
you from mankind.” [Qur'an 5:67]
• Tafseer ibn Kathir elaborates on the above verse: “Allah will protect
you from mankind...” means, “You convey My Message and I will protect, aid and
support you over your enemies and will grant you victory over them. Therefore,
do not have any fear or sadness, for none of them will be able to touch you
with harm.” Before this verse was revealed, the Prophet was being guarded by
Companions.
42. The complete unity of mankind as one equal
race, and his teaching us that there is no place for
discrimination in the brotherhood of Islam.
• The Messenger of Allah said in his final sermon to the believers:
“…All mankind is from Adam and Eve; an Arab has no superiority over a non-Arab,
nor does a non-Arab have any superiority over an Arab; also a white has no
superiority over a black, nor does a black have any superiority over a white,
except by piety and good action.” [Bukhari; Muslim; Tirmidhi; Musnad Imam
Ahmad]
43. His chest was opened twice by the angels, who
poured into it divine purity and wisdom. This happened once during his childhood,
and another time on the night of the Mi’raj.
• During his childhood: It has been narrated from Sayyidina Anas ibn
Maalik that Jibra’il came to the Messenger of Allah when he was playing with
the other boys. Jibra’il took hold of him and threw him to the ground, then he
opened his chest and took out his heart, from which he took a clot of blood and
said, “This was the Shaytan’s share of you.” Then he washed it in a vessel of
gold that was filled with Zam Zam. Then he put it back together and
returned it to its place. The boys went running to his mother – meaning his
nurse i.e. Sayyida Haleema – and said, “Muhammad has been killed!” They went to
him and his colour had changed. Sayyidina Anas said, “I used to see the mark of
that stitching on his chest.” [Muslim]
• On the night of Mi’raj: Sayyidina Abu Dharr narrated that the
Messenger of Allah said: “The roof of my house was opened when I was in Makkah,
and Jibra’il came down and split open my chest, then he washed it with Zam
Zam water. Then he brought a golden basin filled with wisdom and faith and
emptied it into my chest. Then he sealed it…” [Bukhari; Muslim]
44. A spider and pigeons guarded the entrance of
Cave Thawr as the Messenger of Allah and Sayyidina Abu Bakr sought refuge there
from the kuffaar.
• The Quraysh reached the Cave Thawr as the Messnger of Allah and his
beloved friend hid inside. They suggested, “Let us enter the cave,” but Ubayy
ibn Khalaf them, “How can we enter? I see a web; it looks as if it was made
before the birth of Muhammad. There are two pigeons standing there. If there
was somebody in there, would they stand there?” So they accepted that the cave
was empty, and departed. [Qadi Iyaad’s al-Shifa;; Musnad Imam Ahmad; Hafiz
ibn Kathir’s al-Bidaya wal-Nihaya; Imam al-Haythami, Majma’ al-Zawa’id]
45. He restrained and consoled a violent camel
which would attack anyone who approached it.
• This camel approached the Messenger of Allah, bowed before him and
then sat beside him. The Messenger of Allah put a bridle on it, and the camel
said to him: “They made me do the heaviest work and now they want to slaughter
me. That is why I became wild.” The Messenger asked its owner if this was true.
He replied, “Yes.” [Musnad Imam Ahmad; Imam al-Haythami, Majma’
al-Zawa’id; Hafiz ibn Kathir’s al-Bidaya wal-Nihaya; Imam al-Hakim’s
al-Mustadrak]
46. The slow horse of Sayyidina Abu Talha became
the fastest of horses after the Messenger of Allah rode on it.
• One night, there were noises heard outside the city of Madinah, which
startled its residents. The people went to investigate but they saw the
Messenger of Allah already returning from the scene. He settled the people,
saying, “There is nothing to fear.” He was riding on Sayyidina Abu Talha’s
horse which was extremely slow, and had gone before everyone else to
investigate the matter. Then he said to Sayyidina Abu Talha, “Your horse is
extremely swift and unfaltering.” After that night, no horse was able to catch
up with it. [Bukhari; Muslim; Ibn Majah; Abu Dawud; Tirmidhi]
47. Through the Messenger of Allah’s blessings, the
memory of Sayyidina Abu Hurayra became so incredibly sharp that he never forgot
anything after that.
• Sayyidina Abu Hurayra said to Allah's Messenger: "I hear many
ahadith (narrations) from you but I forget them." Allah's Messenger said,
"Spread your rida' (garment)." So I did accordingly and then he moved
his hands as if filling them with something (and emptied them in my rida'), and
then he said, "Take and wrap this sheet over your body." I did it,
and after that I never forgot any thing. [Bukhari]
48. The angels would guard the Messenger of Allah.
• Sayyidina Sa’d b. Abi Waqqas narrates: “At the Battle of Uhud we saw
two white-dressed persons on either side of Allah’s Messenger, guarding him
like sentries. We understood that they were the angels, Jibra’il and Mika’il.”
[Bukhari; Muslim; Qadi Iyaad’s al-Shifa]
49. The Messenger of Allah healed the deeply
wounded leg of Sayyidina Salama.
• During the battle of Khaybar, Sayyidina Salama b. al-Aqwa’s leg was
struck and split open by a sword. The Messenger of Allah breathed onto it, and
the leg was healed instantly. [Bukhari; Abu Dawud]
50. A child who had been mute all his life began to
speak when spoken to by the Messenger of Allah.
• It is reported that he was an older child but was mute i.e. unable to
speak. He went to the Messenger of Allah, who asked the child: “Who am I?” The
child, who had been mute from birth, replied: “You are the Messenger of Allah,”
and began to speak from then onwards. [Qadi Iyaad’s al-Shifa; Hafiz ibn
Kathir’s al-Bidaya wal-Nihaya]
51. Sayyidina Hamza wished to see the angel
Jibra’il, so the Messenger of Allah showed him; he fell unconscious at the
sight.
• Sayyidina Hamza pleaded with the Messenger of Allah to see Jibra’il.
So he showed him to Sayyidina Hamza in the Ka‘bah, but he could not endure it
and fell to the ground unconscious. [Qadi Iyaad’s al-Shifa; Mulla Ali al-Qari,
Sharh al-Shifa]
52. At Hudaibiya, the water of a well had dried
out, so the Messenger of Allah rinsed his mouth into it
and the water levels rose up once again.
• Narrated Sayyidina al-Bara: “We were one thousand four hundred persons
on the day of Al-Hudaibiya, and (at) Al-Hudaibiya (there) was a well. We drew
out its water not leaving even a single drop. The Prophet sat at the edge of
the well and asked for some water with which he rinsed his mouth, and then he
threw it out into the well. We stayed for a short while and then drew water
from the well and quenched our thirst, and even our riding animals drank water
to their satisfaction.” [Bukhari]
53. A branch from tree responded to his call, went to him and then returned to its place.
• Sayyidina Abdullah ibn Abbas narrates: Allah’s Messenger asked a
Bedouin, “Will you testify that I am the Messenger of Allah if a branch of that
tree comes to me when I call to it?” The Bedouin replied, “‘Yes.” The Messenger
of Allah called to the branch. It broke off and jumped near him, then jumped
back when he told it to do so.” [Tirmidhi; Imam al-Haythami, Majma’ al-Zawa’id]
54. Water flowed from his blessed fingers in
abundance.
• Sayyidina Anas b. Malik narrates: It was the time of Asr prayer and
people searched for water but in vain. Then the Messenger of Allah brought some
water for ablution and he dipped his hand into the vessel, and ordered the
people to do their wudhu. I saw water running out from under his fingers
and all people till the last one did their ablution.” [Bukhari; Muslim]
55. His prayer for Sayyidina Abdullah ibn Abbas,
who consequently became the scholar amongst the Companions.
• The Messenger of Allah said, “O Allah! Give him knowledge of religion
and teach him interpretation.” This supplication was accepted in such a
way that Sayyidina Abdullah ibn Abbas gained the glorious title of ‘Interpreter
of the Qur’an’, and reached the elevated degree of ‘learned scholar of the
Muslim community.’ [Bukhari; Muslim; Mustadrak; Imam ibn Hajar’s al-Isaba]
56. He prayed for Sayyidina Abu Qatada who, as a
result, had a youthful radiant face until he died at the age of seventy.
• Allah’s Messenger prayed for the Sayyidina Abu Qatada so that he would
remain youthful: “May Allah prosper your face! O Allah, bless his hair and his
skin!” When he died at the age of seventy, he was like a youth of fifteen.
[Qadi Iyaad’s al-Shifa; Mulla Ali al-Qari’s Sharh al-Shifa]
57. A lion killed the son of Abu Lahab as a result
of the curse of the Messenger of Allah.
• The Messenger of Allah said, ‘Utba b. Abu Lahab: “O Allah, beset a dog
on him from among your dogs!” Some time later, ‘Utba went on a journey during
which a lion sought him out from among the caravan, and tore him to pieces.
[Qadi Iyaad’s al-Shifa; Mulla Ali al-Qari, Sharh al-Shifa]
58. One of the camels of the Messenger of Allah
grieved for him when he passed away, until it died.
• Allah’s Messenger had a camel called ‘Adba. After the Prophet died,
the camel neither ate nor drank due to grief, until it died. [Qadi Iyaad’s
al-Shifa]
59. A man who rejected a command of the Messenger
of Allah was cursed by him, and then struck by paralysis.
• Once Allah’s Messenger saw a man eating with his left hand. He ordered
him to eat with his right hand. The man replied: “I can’t.” The Messenger said
as a malediction: “Henceforth you will be unable to raise it.” And after that
he was unable to use it. [Muslim; ibn Hibban; Qadi Iyaad’s al-Shifa]
60. The Messenger of Allah gave several strands of
his blessed hair to Sayyidina Khalid bin Waleed, who never lost a battle since
then due to its blessings.
• Allah’s Messenger gave Sayyidina Khalid b. al-Waleed (known as Allah’s
Sword) several of his hairs and prayed for his victory in battle. Sayyidina
Khalid put them in his cap. As the result of these hairs and the blessings of
the prayer, there was never a battle in which he then fought but he was
victorious. [Qadi Iyaad’s al-Shifa; Imam al-Haythami, Majmau’z-Zawaid;
al-Hakim, al-Mustadrak]
61. The Messenger of Allah returns every greeting
sent upon him. Allahumma salli ala Sayyidina Muhammad!
• Sayyidina Abu Hurayra narrates that the Messenger of Allahsaid, “No
one greets me except Allah has returned my soul to me so that I can return his salam.”
[Abu Dawud]
62. The Messenger of Allah, though living in times
deprived of medical science, had extremely vast knowledge of medical cures and
remedies.
• Imam ibn al-Qayyim says in his book of Prophetic medicine: "We
have tried the Prophetic cures and found that they are more powerful than any
type of regular medicine." [al-Tibb al-Nabawi, Imam ibn Qayyim
al-Jawziyya]
63. His entrance into the city of Madinah transformed it into a sanctuary, and filled it with immense blessing.
This was a city which had previously suffered from great troubles and
affliction, and then became the best of them due to the Messenger of Allah.
• "The Beloved Messenger said, “Madinah is best for them if they
knew..." [Muslim]
64. The Messenger of Allah’s city, al-Madinah, is
guaranteed protection from plague and the Dajjal.
• Sayyidina Abu Hurayra reports that the Beloved Messenger of Allah
said, “There are angels guarding the entrances (or roads) of Madinah; neither
plague nor Dajjal will be able to enter it.” [Bukhari]
65. The dates of his blessed city of al-Madinah
provide protection from poison and witchcraft.
• Sayyidina Saud narrated that the Beloved Messenger said, “If somebody
takes some Ajwa dates every morning, he will not be affected by poison or magic
on that day till night.” (Another narrator said seven dates). [Bukhari]
66. Invoking blessings and salutations upon him
blesses a person with Allah’s forgiveness, and the fulfilment of needs.
• In a narration from Sayyidina Ubayy b. Kaab: Sayyidina Ubayy b. Kaab
said, “O Messenger of Allah, what if I make my entire prayer devoted
exclusively to sending salutations and blessings upon you? The Messenger of
Allah replied, “In that case, all of your needs will be fulfilled by Allah and
your sins shall be forgiven.” [Tirmidhi]
67. One hundred and thirty Companions were fully
fed with four handfuls of dough and a small amount of goat’s meat.
• Sayyidina Abd al-Rahman, the son of Sayyidina Abu Bakr al-Siddiq
relates: “We, one hundred and thirty Companions, were with the Noble Messenger
of Allah on an expedition. Dough was prepared to the amount of about four
handfuls, a goat was slaughtered and cooked, and its liver and kidneys were
roasted. I swear by Allah that from that roasted meat [liver and kidneys], the
Messenger of Allah gave a small piece to each person, and put the cooked meat
into two large bowls. After we had all eaten until we were full, there was
still some left over, which I loaded onto a camel.” [Bukhari; Muslim; Musnad
Imam Ahmad; al-Fath al-Rabbani]
68. When the Messenger of Allah and Sayyidina
Siddiq-e-Akbar were travelling to Madinah for migration, a shepherd saw them. He went to inform the Quraysh but then his memory failed him.
• During migration to Madinah, when a shepherd saw Allah's Messenger and
Sayyidina Abu Bakr. He immediately went to Makkah in order to inform the
Quraysh, but when he arrived there, he forgot what he had come for. Tried as he
might, he could not remember his intention, so he had to turn back. [Qadi Iyad,
al-Shifa, 1:351; Mulla Ali al-Qari, Sharh al-Shifa]
69. His arrival was awaited by the wisest people of
their times; they knew he was the Chosen Messenger of Allah.
• Before the Prophet was sent, a knowledgeable person named
Asqalani’l-Himyari would ask the people of Quraysh whenever he saw them: “Is
there anyone who claims Prophethood among you?” and the people of Quraysh would
say “No.” Later, after the duty of Prophethood was assigned to the Messenger of
Allah, Asqalani’l-Himyari asked again and they replied, “Yes, someone is
claiming Prophethood.” Asqalani said: “Behold, the world has been expecting
him.” [Qadi Iyaad, al-Shifa; Mulla Ali al-Qari, Sharh al-Shifa; Imam Nabhani,
Hujjatullah ala’l-Alameen]
70. Though his height was generally of medium
stature, he was seen taller than anyone standing near him.
• Sayyidina Anas b. Malik reports, "The Messenger of Allah was
neither tall nor was he short…” In one hadith, it is mentioned that when
the Messenger of Allah used to stand up in a group, he appeared to be the
tallest among them. This was not due to his height, but was a result of a
Miracle. In the manner that no one had reached a higher status than the Messenger
of Allah super-intellectual status, likewise in the outward appearance, none
could excel him. [from Shama’il Tirmidhi; chapter on Noble Features of the
Messenger of Allah]
71. Evidence of his journey to Jerusalem, al-Israa,
was confirmed by the Patriarch of Jerusalem in the court of Caesar.
• It is reported that Sayyidina Abu Sufyan said, about his meeting with
Caesar before he embraced Islam: "By Allah, nothing stopped me from saying
something to Caesar to make him despise Muhammad, but the fact that I did not
want to tell a lie that would later be found out, and he would never believe me
again after that.
Then I told him about the night on which he was taken on the Night
Journey.
I said: “O King, shall I not tell you of something from which you
will know that he is lying?” He said, “What is it?” I said: “He claims that he
went out of our land, the land of al-Haram, in one night, and came to your
sanctuary in Jerusalem, then came back to us the same night, before morning
came.” The Patriarch of Jerusalem was there, standing next to Caesar. The
Patriarch of Jerusalem said, “I know that night.” Caesar looked at him and
said, “How do you know about this?” He said, “I never used to sleep at night
until I closed the doors of the sanctuary. On that night, I closed all the
doors except for one, which I could not manage to close. I asked my workers and
others who were with me to help me deal with it, but we could not move it. It
was like trying to move a mountain. So I called the carpenters, and they looked
at it and said: the lintel and some part of the structure have fallen onto it.
We cannot move it until morning, when we will be able to see what the problem
is. So I went back and left those two doors open. The next morning I went back,
and saw that the stone at the corner of the sanctuary had a hole in it, and
there were traces of an animal having been tethered there. I said to my
companions, ‘This door has not been closed last night except for a Prophet, who
prayed last night in our sanctuary.’” [Tafsir ibn Kathir; Surah 17]
72. The Messenger of Allah was greeted by a
specific stone in Makkah which he always recognised after that.
• Sayyidina Jabir b. Samura reported that Allah's Messenger said, “I
recognise the stone in Makkah which used to pay me salutations before my advent
as a Prophet, and I recognise that even now.” [Muslim]
73. The butter of Sayyida Umm Malik never ran out
from the container she would send to the Messenger of Allah.
• Sayyidina Jabir reported that Sayyida Umm Malik used to send clarified
butter in a small skin to the Messenger of Allah. Her sons would come to her
and ask for seasoning when they had nothing with them (in the form of
condiments), and she would go to that skin in which she offered clarified
butter to Allah's Messenger. She would find clarified butter in that and it
kept providing her with seasoning for her household until she had completely
squeezed it. She came to Allah's Messenger (and informed him about it).
Thereupon, he said, “Did you squeeze it?” She said, “Yes.” Thereupon he said,
“If you had left it in that very state, it would have kept on providing you
(with clarified butter) on end.” [Muslim]
74. A small amount of barley which he gave to a man
continued to feed the man and his family until it was weighed.
• Sayyidina Jabir reported that a person came to Allah's Messenger and
asked for food. So he gave him half a wasq of barley, and the person and
his wife and their guests kept on making use of it, until he weighed it (in
order to find out the actual quantity) and it was no more). He went to Allah's
Messenger (and informed him about it). He said, “Had you not weighed it, you
would be eating out of it and it would have remained intact for you.” [Muslim]
75. The Messenger of Allah owns the Hawdh
al-Kawthar, which is a pool in the Hereafter of the purest, most delightful
drink.
• Sayyidina Sahl b. Saa'd reported that the Messenger of Allah said, “I
shall go to the Pool (of al-Kawthar) before you, and he who comes would
drink, and he who drinks would never feel thirsty, and there would come to me
people whom I would know and who would know me.” [Muslim]
76. The Hawdh al-Kawthar is a pool of
incredible beauty and goodness which will completely quench all thirst.
• Sayyidina Abdullah b. Amr al-‘As reported that Allah's Messenger said,
“My Pool (is as wide and broad that it requires) a month’s journey (to go round
it) all, and its sides are equal, and its water is whiter than silver, and its
odour is more fragrant than the most fragrant of musk, and its jugs (placed round
it) are like stars in the sky; and he who would drink from it would never feel
thirsty after that.” [Muslim]
77. His patience and kind character was proven in
the fact that in ten years, he had never said a single word of harshness
towards his servant, Sayyidina Anas b. Malik.
• Sayyidina Anas b. Malik said, “I served the Messenger of Allah for ten
years, and by Allah, he never said to me any harsh word, and he never said to
me about a thing as to why I had done that and as to why I had not done that.”
[Muslim]
78. His blessings were sought by everyone; the
servants of Madinah would go to him after the Fajr prayer to
obtain his blessings over their water vessels.
• Sayyidina Anas b. Malik reported that when Allah’s Messenger had
completed his dawn prayer, the servants of Madinah came to him with utensils
containing water, and no utensil was brought in which he did not dip his hand;
and sometime they came in the cold dawn (and he did not feel reluctant in
granting to their request, even in the cold weather) and dipped his hand in
them. [Muslim]
79. He was loved so greatly by his Companions that
they would not even let one of his blessed hairs touch the ground.
• Sayyidina Anas b. Malik reported, “I saw when the Messenger of Allah
have his hair cut by the barber. His Companions surrounded him and they eagerly
wished that no hair should fall but in the hand of a person.” [Muslim]
80. His blessed natural fragrance and beautiful
skin were manifestations of the complete perfection of his being. Sallallahu
alayhi wa sallam!
• Sayyidina Anas b. Malik reported, “I never smelt ambergris or musk as
fragrant as the fragrance of the body of Allah's Messenger, and I never touched
brocade or silk and found it as soft as the body of Allah's Messenger.”
[Muslim]
81. Reciting durood upon the Beloved Prophet
brings Allah’s peace and blessings upon the recitor.
• Sayyidina Abd al Rahman ibn Awf narrates that the Messenger of Allah
said: “I met Jibra’il who said, “I give you good news that Allah has said:
Whosoever asks for peace for you (O Prophet), I ask for peace for him;
whosoever blesses you, I bless him.” [Imam al-Hakim’s al-Mustadrak; Imam
Bayhaqi, Sunan al-Kubra; Qadi Iyaad’s al-Shifa]
82. His kindness and compassion over the believers
is confirmed by Allah’s Words.
• Allah Most High addresses the people saying: “Now has come to you a
Messenger from among yourselves; it grieves him that you should perish; he is
ardently anxious over you: to the believers, is he most kind and merciful.”
[Qur’an 9:128]
83. Our deeds are presented to him, and he shows
gratitude to Allah or asks for our forgiveness according to the nature of them.
Sallallahu alayhi wa sallam.
• Sayyidina Abdullah bin Masud narrates that the Messenger of Allah
said, “My life is blissful for you because you hear traditions from people and
relate them to others, and my death is also blissful for you because your deeds
will be presented to me. If I see the virtues prevail, I will be grateful to
Allah, and if I see the vices prevail, I will pray for your forgiveness from
Allah.” [Imam Haythami, Majma uz-Zawaid; Musnad Imam Bazzar; Imam ibn Saa’d’s
al-Tabaqat al Kubra; Qadi Iyaad’s al-Shifa]
84. The Messenger of Allah will intercede on the
Day of Judgement for one who visits his blessed grave.
• Sayyidina Abdullah ibn Umar narrates that the Messenger of Allah said,
“Whosoever visits my grave, my intercession becomes wajib (obligatory)
for him.” [Imam al-Daraqutni’s Sunan; Imam al-Bayhaqi in Shu’ab al-Iman]
85. The remembrance of the Messenger of Allah
continues to thrive, and will do so eternally through the Grace of Allah.
• Extracted from Tafsir ibn Kathir on Surah al-Kawthar: “When the sons
of a man died, the people used to say, “He has been cut off.” So, when the sons
of the Messenger of Allah died, they said, “Muhammad has been cut off.” Thus,
Allah revealed: “For he who hates you, he will be cut off.” [Qur’an 108:3]
So they thought in their ignorance that if his sons died, his
remembrance would be cut off. Allah forbid! To the contrary, Allah preserved
his remembrance for all the world to see, and He obligated all the servants to
follow his Law. This will continue for all of time until the Day of Gathering
and the coming of the Hereafter. May the blessings of Allah and His peace be
upon him forever until the Day of Assembling.” Allahumma salli ala Sayyidina
Muhammadin abadan abada! (O Allah, send Your blessings upon our Master Muhammad
forever and ever.)
86. A Christian delegation attempting to challenge
him about tawheed then feared his curse and pleaded for his amnesty.
• A delegation from the Christians of Najran (in Yemen) came to Madinah
to argue about Prophet Isa or Jesus, claiming that he was divine and the son of
Allah.
Then Allah revealed: “If anyone disputes in this matter with you, now
after knowledge has come to you, say: come let us gather together, our sons and
your sons, our women and your women, ourselves and yourselves: then let us
earnestly pray, and invoke the curse of Allah upon those who lie!” [Qur’an
3:61] This act of invoking curse of Allah upon the wrongdoers is referred
to as Mubahalah.
Imam ibn Ishaq said, “When this verse came to the Messenger from Allah ,
thus judging between him and the People of the Book, Allah also commanded the
Prophet to call them to the Mubahalah if they still refused the truth.
The Prophet called them to the Mubahalah. They said, `O Abu al-Qasim!
Let us think about this matter and get back to you with our decision to what we
want to do.’ They left the Prophet and conferred with al-‘Aqib, to whom they
referred to for advice. They said to him, ‘O Abdul-Masih! What is your advice?’
He said, ‘By Allah, O Christian fellows! You know that Muhammad is a Messenger
and that he brought you the final word regarding your fellow (‘Isa). You also
know that no Prophet conducted Mubahalah with any people, and (yet) the
old persons among them remained safe and the young people grew up. Indeed, it
will be the end of you if you do it. If you have already decided that you will
remain in your religion and your creed regarding your fellow (‘Isa), then
conduct a treaty with the man (Muhammad, may Allah’s peace and blessings be
upon him) and go back to your land.’ They came to the Prophet and said, ‘O
Abu al-Qasim! We decided that we cannot do Mubahalah with you, and that
you remain on your religion, while we remain on our religion. However, send
with us a man from your Companions whom you are pleased with to judge between
us regarding our monetary disputes, for you are acceptable to us in this
regard.’” [extract from Tafsir ibn Kathir, Qur’an 3:61]
87. The Messenger of Allah was given the choice
between life and death.
• Sayyidina Abu Sa’id al-Khudri relates that the Messenger of Allah
announced to his Companions: “Allah has given a slave the choice between this
world and that which is with Him. That slave has chosen that which is with
Allah.” Later, they found out that the ‘slave’ was actually in reference to the
beloved Messenger of Allah himself. [Bukhari; Muslim]
88. Seeking blessings from his grave removed a
drought which occurred at the time of Sayyidina Umar’s reign.
• Sayyidina Malik al-Darr narrates: “The people suffered a drought
during Umar’s caliphate, whereupon a man [according to Imam ibn Hajar, it was
the companion Sayyidina Bilal ibn al-Harith] came to the grave of the Messenger
of Allah and said, “Messenger of Allah! Ask for rain for your Community, for
verily they have but perished.” After this, the Messenger of Allah appeared to
him in a dream and told him, “Go to Umar and give him my greeting, then tell him
that they will be watered. Tell him: Be clever!” The man went and told Umar.
The latter wept and said: “My Lord! I spare no effort except in what escapes my
power.” [Imam Bayhaqi, Dala’il al-Nubuwwa; Imam Subki, Shifa al Siqam fi
Ziyarat Khayr al Anaam]
89. To respect and honour him is vital for
one's faith, and to neglect this even slightly will render one’s virtues
and deeds completely void.
• This is to the extent that Allah Most High forbade the believers from
even raising their voices in the blessed presence of His Messenger. “O you who
believe! Raise not your voices above the voice of the Prophet, nor speak aloud
to him in talk, as you may speak aloud to one another, lest your deeds become
vain and you perceive not. Those that lower their voice in the presence of
Allah's Messenger, their hearts has Allah tested for piety: for them is
forgiveness and a great reward.” [49:2-3]
Hafiz ibn Kathir reports in his Tafsir, regarding this verse, that
Sayyidina Abdullah bin Az-Zubayr said, “After that, Umar's voice was so low
that the Messenger of Allah had to ask him to repeat what he said so that he
could understand what he was saying to him.”
90. Allah spoke of the arrival of His final
Messenger in the Torah.
• “Allah revealed to one of the Prophets of the Children of Israel whose
name was Sha’ya’ (Isaiah): “Stand up among your people the Children of Israel
and I shall cause your tongue to utter (words of) revelation. I shall send an
unlettered (Prophet) from among the illiterate. (…) Through him I will open
blind eyes, deaf ears and sealed hearts. I will guide him to do every good deed
and I will bestow upon him every noble characteristic. I will make tranquillity
his garment, righteousness his banner, piety his conscience, wisdom his speech,
truthfulness and loyalty his nature, tolerance and goodness his character,
truth his way, justice his conduct, guidance his leader, Islam his nation.
Ahmad is his name and through him I will guide people…” [Tafsir ibn Kathir,
Surah 33; Imam Ghazali’s Ihya Ulum al Deen]
91. The knowledge of the Messenger of Allah
completely overwhelms the knowledge of the entire creation.
• Wahb ibn Munabbih said, "From my readings, it has been has become
evident that if all the intelligence of humanity, from the first to the last, were
to be gathered as one, it would be in comparison to the intelligence of the
Prophet, praise and peace be upon him, as a single grain of sand."
[Qadi Iyaad’s al-Shifa]
92. The Beloved Messenger is the most beautiful of
all Prophets, thus the most beautiful of all creation.
• Sayyidina Anas bin Malik narrated that the Beloved Messenger said,
“Allah did not send a Prophet except with a beautiful face and a beautiful
voice, and your Prophet is the most beautiful of them in face and voice.”
[Tirmidhi]
93. When the Beloved Messenger of Allah would step
on a rock, his blessed footprint would be imprinted upon it.
• One such imprint is kept in the famous Topkapi Palace in Turkey, and
many others are present throughout the world.
94. The wives of the Beloved Messenger of Allah
hold a unique dignified status of honour amongst the women of the world.
• Allah Most High says, “O wives of the Prophet! You are not like any
other women.” [Qur’an33:32]
95. The Messenger of Allah is closer to the
believers than their own selves, and has
rights over them.
• Allah says, “The Prophet is closer to the believers than
themselves...” [Qur’an 33:6]
On this verse, Hafiz ibn Kathir says: Allah tells us how His Messenger
is merciful and sincere towards his Ummah, and how he is closer to them than
they are to themselves. His judgement or ruling takes precedence over their own
choices for themselves. [Tafsir ibn Kathir]
96. His speech was distinctive in its eloquence and
linguistic beauty.
• The Companions said to him, "We are unable to find anyone more
eloquent than you." To this he replied, "How could it be otherwise;
the Qur’an was revealed on my tongue, a clear Arabic tongue." [Qadi
Iyaad’s al-Shifa]
97. The wives of the Beloved Messenger of Allah are
the mothers of all believers.
• Allah Most High says: “The Prophet is closer to the believers than
their own selves, and his wives are their mothers.” [Qur’an 33:6]
98. The Messenger of Allah was blessed with immense
physical strength and ability.
• One report narrates that Rukana al Muttalibi was the strongest amongst
the Quraysh; he was an undefeated wrestler. The Messenger of Allah wrestled
with him twice and overcame him on both occasions. [Qadi Iyaad’s al-Shifa]
99. Camels would go to him and volunteer to be his
sacrifice on the day of Eid al Adha.
• It was the time for Eid, and either five, six or seven camels went of
their own accord to the Prophet so that he might sacrifice them. [Qadi Iyaad’s
al-Shifa]
100. The Messenger of Allah knew every detail of
creation until the Day of Judgement, and informed his Companions about them.
• Sayyidina Umar said, “One day the Messenger of Allah stood up amongst
us for a long period and informed us about the beginning of creation (and
talked about everything in detail), till he mentioned how the people of
Paradise will enter their places and the people of Hell will enter their
places. Some remembered what he had said, and some forgot it.” [Bukhari]
• Regarding the signs relating to future events and the Last Day,
Sayyidina Hudhayfa reports: “The Messenger of Allah gave a sermon in which he
omitted nothing that would occur up until the Last Day.” [Qadi Iyaad’s
al-Shifa]
Prophet Muhammad (صلى الله عليه وسلم)
101. He brought a dead child back to life and
offered her the choice to live.
• Imam Hasan al-Basri related: “A man came weeping to Allah’s Messenger.
He said, ‘I had a little girl; she drowned in such-and-such stream nearby. I
left her there.’ Allah’s Messenger pitied the man and said they would go there
together. They went, and the Messenger called to the dead girl, saying her
name. At once, the dead girl replied, ‘I am present and answer your call
gladly.’ Allah’s Messenger asked her: ‘Do you want to return to your father and
mother?’ She replied: ‘No, I have found something better here [with Allah]!’
[Qadi Iyaad’s al-Shifa]
102. The saliva of the Messenger of Allah cured
complete blindness.
• Qadi Iyaad relates: Habib, the son of Fudayk or Furayk, said that his
father's eyes became so white that he had no vision at all. The Messenger of
Allah applied some of his saliva into his eyes whereupon his vision was
immediately restored. He was even seen threading a needle at the age of eighty.
[Qadi Iyaad’s al-Shifa]
103. The incredible generosity of the Messenger of
Allah, as witnessed by the Companions and even his enemies.
• Sayyidina ibn Abbas narrates: “Allah's Messenger was the most generous
person, even more generous than the strong uncontrollable wind (in readiness
and haste to do charitable deeds).” [Bukhari]
• Sayyidina ibn Abbas also said: “The Messenger of Allah himself led a
simple life but in giving, he would put a king to shame.” [Shama’il Tirmidhi]
104. The unbelievers were unable to cause him harm
despite numerous assassination attempts.
• Once, the Messenger of Allah was resting under a tree and he hung his
sword from one of its branches. One of the unbelievers saw this and resolved to
kill the Messenger of Allah with his own sword, imagining the reward and status
the Quraysh would give him. He took the sword from the branch and brandished it
above the Messenger of Allah and said, “Who will protect you from me?” The
Messenger of Allah opened his eyes and calmly said, “Allah.” The man began to
tremble with fear and the sword dropped from his grasp. Then the Messenger of
Allah took his sword back, and let the man go. [Tafseer ibn Kathir 5:11, Qadi
Iyaad’s al-Shifa]
105. His recitation of the Qur’an inspired fear and
awe in the hearts of those opposing him.
• Sayyidina Umar reports that one time, before he embraced Islam, he and
Sayyidina Abu Jahm b. Hudhayfa had planned between themselves to kill the
Messenger of Allah. It was night time and as they approached his home they
began to listen for him. Then they heard him recite the verses of the Qur’an
[69:1-8]:
"The sure reality!
What is the sure reality?
And what will make you realize what the sure
reality is?
The Thamud and the Aad people disbelieved in the
stunning calamity!
But the Thamud, they were destroyed by a terrible
storm of thunder and lightning!
And the Aad, they were destroyed by a furious wind,
exceedingly violent;
He made it rage against them seven nights and eight
days in succession: so that you could see the people lying prostrate, as if
they had been roots of hollow palm trees tumbled down!
Then do you see any of them left surviving?”
Upon hearing these verses Sayyidina Abu Jahm struck Sayyidina Umar on
his arm saying, "Save yourself!" and they ran away in fright. This
incident contributed to the conversion of Umar. [Qadi Iyaad’s al-Shifa]
106. The Messenger of Allah had a thoroughly
in-depth knowledge of old Scriptures.
• “When the unbelievers came to him, he was able to debate and clearly
answer both Jew and Christian according to their own scripture. He even told
them of the secrets of their scriptures and spoke of their hidden sciences, and
informed them of what they choose to conceal and how they had tampered with
their Books.” [Qadi Iyaad’s al-Shifa]
107. Bahira the Monk recognized the Messenger of
Allah’s Prophethood early in his childhood.
• This is the famous story of the well-known monk Bahira. At a
young age, the Messenger of Allah travelled towards Damascus with his uncle Abu
Talib and some of the Quraysh, for the purpose of trade. They rested when they
approached the church of Bahira the Monk. Bahira, who was a hermit and lived in
complete seclusion, suddenly came out of his monastery. He saw the beloved
Messenger of Allah and said, “He is the Master of the World; he will be a
Prophet.” The Quraysh asked, “How do you know?” The monk replied: “I saw
a small cloud over the caravan as you were coming. When you sat down, the cloud
moved towards him and cast its shadow over him. I also saw trees and rocks
prostrate themselves before him; this they do only before Prophets.” [Qadi
Iyaad’s al-Shifa]
108. During the Battle of Badr, he threw a handful
of dust into the face of the enemy and they fled in bewilderment.
• In reference to the above incident, Allah Most High says: “And when
you threw, it was not you who threw; it was rather Allah Who threw.” [Qur’an
6:17]
Allah’s Messenger took up a handful of earth and small stones and threw
them at the army of the unbelievers, saying: “May your faces be deformed!” Just
as these words entered the ears of all of them, despite being a single phrase,
so too the handful of earth entered the eyes of each one of the unbelievers.
Each became preoccupied with his eyes, and although on the attack, the army
suddenly turned and fled. [Imam al-Haythami, Majma al-Zawaid]
109. He nudged the weak camel of Sayyidina Jabir
and it suddenly became full of energy.
• Sayyidina Jabir b. Abdullah had a camel which was weak. The beloved
Messenger of Allah prodded it and it became so lively that after that,
Sayyidina Jabir had to use all his power to control it. [Qadi Iyaad’s al-Shifa]
110. He completely changed the state of Sayyidina
Fudhala ibn Umayr, who originally wanted to assassinate him.
• It was the year of the conquest of Makkah. Sayyidina Fudhala himself
tells us, "I wanted to kill the Prophet as he circumambulated the Ka’bah.
As I drew near to him he asked, 'Is it Fudhala?' and I replied that it was. He
then asked, 'What were you saying to yourself?' and I replied, ‘Nothing, I was
making remembrance of Allah (dhikr)’. The Messenger of Allah laughed and
asked Allah to forgive me, then placed his hand on my chest and my heart became
still. By Allah, as soon as he lifted it, Allah had not created anyone more
beloved to me than him." [Qadi Iyaad’s al-Shifa; Imam ibn Hajar Asqalani’s
al-Isaba; Imam ibn Kathir’s al-Bidaya wal-Nihaya]
111. The mother of the Messenger of Allah was told
to name him ‘Muhammad’ in a dream prior to his birth.
• Sayyida Amina, his beloved mother, was told in a dream, “When he is
born, name him Muhammad, for his name is Ahmad in the Torah and the Gospels. He
will be praised by those in the Heavens and those on the earth. In the Qur'an,
his name will be Muhammad.” So she named him thus. [Imam Abu Nu'aym, from Imam
Bayhaqi; Dala’il al-Nubuwwah 1/111-112]
112. Abu Lahab is given a small respite in
punishment for some joy he showed when the Messenger of Allah was born.
• Sayyidina Urwa reports in Sahih Bukhari: “Thuwaiba was a slave of Abu
Lahab. Abu Lahab set her free, and she suckled the Holy Prophet. When Abu Lahab
died, someone from his family saw him in a dream, in the worst possible
condition. The person asked him, ‘What did you get?’ Abu Lahab said, ‘After I
was separated from you, I did not find any peace, except that because I freed
Thuwaiba, I am given a drink through this (i.e. the finger).” [Bukhari]
113. The Messenger of Allah saw the angel Jibra’il
in his true form.
• ”And indeed he saw him in the clear horizon” [Qur’an 81:23] - meaning,
indeed the Messenger of Allah saw the angel Jibra’il, who brought him the
Message from Allah, in the form that Allah created him in (i.e. his true form),
and he had six hundred wings. [Tafsir ibn Kathir 81:23]
114. Allah’s forgiveness should be sought through
the His Beloved Messenger.
• “And if, when they wronged themselves, they had come to you, [O
Muhammad, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him], and asked
forgiveness of Allah, and the Messenger had asked forgiveness for them, they
would have found Allah accepting of repentance and Merciful.” [Qur’an 4:64]
115. The Messenger of Allah told Sayyidina Rabi’ah
b. Kaab to ask for anything his heart desired.
• Sayyidina Rabi'ah ibn Kaab narrates, "I was with Allah’s
Messenger one night and I brought him water and what he required. He said to
me, ‘Ask (anything you like).’ I said, ‘I ask your company in Paradise.’ He
(the Holy Prophet) said, ‘Or anything else besides it?’ I said, ‘That is all
(that I require).’ He said, ‘Then help me to achieve this for you by devoting
yourself often to prostration.’ [Muslim]
• Mulla Ali Qari writes an interpretation of this Hadith: “The Beloved
Prophet, may Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him, kept the question
open-ended, which shows that Allah has granted such authority to the Holy
Prophet, that he can grant whatever he wishes to anybody, from the treasures of
the Lord. [Mirqat al-Mafatih Sharah Mishqat, Vol. 2, Page no. 323]
• Shaykh Abdul Haqq Muhaddith Dehlvi states regarding this Hadith: ‘Sal’
(meaning: ask) is an unconditional question. There are no limitations or
restrictions attached to it. This is to understand that it is within the power and
authority of Beloved Prophet, may Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him, to
grant the desire. Whatever and to whomever the Beloved Prophet desires, he can
grant it, by the permission of Allah. [Ashiatul Lam’aat, commentary of Mishkaat
al-Masabih]
116. Sayyidina Urwa b. Masud told the unbelievers: “Never have I seen any king respected by his courtiers as much as
Muhammad is respected by his Companions.”
• While Sayyidina Urwa bin Masud was an unbeliever, the Quraysh sent him
as envoy to the Beloved Messenger. When he returned to his people, he said, “O
people! By Allah, I have been to the kings and to Caesar, Chosroes and
an-Najashi, yet I have never seen any of them respected by his courtiers as
much as Muhammad is respected by his companions. By Allah, if he spat, the
saliva would fall in the hand of one of them (i.e. the Prophet's companions)
who would rub it on his face and skin; if he ordered them, they would carry out
his order immediately; if he performed ablution, they would compete to take the
remaining water; and when he spoke, they would lower their voices and would not
look at his face constantly out of respect.” [Bukhari]
117. The Messenger of Allah affirmed that the angel
Jibra’il would support his poet and close Companion Sayyidina Hassaan b.
Thabit.
• Sayyidina al-Bara narrates: “The Messenger of Allah said to Hassaan,
"Lampoon them (the pagans) in verse, and Jibra’il is with you."
[Bukhari]
118. The angel Jibra’il would often send greetings
to the wives of the Messenger of Allah.
• Sayyida A’isha narrates that the Messenger of Allah said: "O
Aisha! This is Jibra’il sending hisgreetings to you." I said, "Peace,
and Allah's Mercy be on him." Sayyida 'Aisha added: The Prophet used to
see things which we used to not see. [Bukhari]
119. The Messenger of Allah had a sweet and
pleasant humour.
• The brother of Sayyidina Anas ibn Malik was called Abu ‘Umayr and he
had a bird whose name was al-nughayr. The bird died and the child
grieved for it, and the Messenger of Allah cheered him up by saying, “O Abu
‘Umayr, what happened to al-nughayr?” The nughayr is a
small bird like a sparrow, or it was said that it is a nightingale. [Bukhari;
Muslim]
This incident highlights the soft and delightful humour of the Messenger
of Allah.
120. The blessings of the Messenger of Allah
allowed Sayyidina Jabir to pay off his deceased father’s huge debt.
• Narrated Sayyidina Jabir: “My father had died in debt. So I came to
the Prophet and said, ‘My father (died) leaving unpaid debts, and I have
nothing except the yield of his date palms; and their yield for many years will
not cover his debts. So please come with me, so that the creditors may not
misbehave with me.’ The Prophet went round one of the heaps of dates and
invoked (Allah), and then did the same with another heap and sat on it and
said, ‘Measure (for them).’ He paid them their rights and what remained was as
much as had been paid to them.” [Bukhari]
121. He is the perfect completion and seal of
Prophethood.
• Sayyidina Abu Hurayra narrates that the Messenger of Allah
said:"My similitude in comparison with the other Prophets before me, is
that of a man who has built a house nicely and beautifully, except for a place
of one brick in a corner. The people go about it and wonder at its beauty, but
say: 'Would that this brick be put in its place!' So I am that brick, and I am
the last of the Prophets." [Bukhari]
122. Due to the prayers of the Messenger of Allah,
Sayyidina as-Sa’ib’s hearing and sight was still strong at the age of
ninety-four.
• ”…Sayyidina as-Sa'ib bin Yazid, when he was ninety-four years old,
quite strong and of straight figure. He said, "I know that I enjoyed my
hearing and seeing powers only because of the invocation of Allah's Messenger.
My aunt took me to him and said, 'O Allah's Messenger! My nephew is sick; will
you invoke Allah for him?' So he invoked (Allah) for me." [Bukhari]
123. He could see his Pool, the Hawdh al Kawthar,
from the pulpit as he addressed the people after Uhud.
• Sayyidina Uqba bin 'Amr narrates: The Messenger of Allah once came out
and offered the funeral prayer for the martyrs of Uhud, and proceeded to the
pulpit and said, "I shall be your predecessor and a witness over you, and
I am really looking at my sacred Fount now, and no doubt, I have been given the
keys of the treasures of the world..” [Bukhari]
124. His blessings enabled a small amount of food
to be distributed in abundance to his entire family.
• Sayyida Fatima al-Zahra had prepared enough food for her family. She
then sent Sayyidina Ali to invite the Messenger of Allah to eat with them.
Allah’s Messenger went and told them to send a dish of food to each of his
wives. Sayyida Fatima said that after a dish of food had been set aside for the
Messenger of Allah, Sayyidina Ali, Sayyida Fatima and their children, they
lifted up the saucepan and it was full, in fact, overflowing. Through Allah’s
Will, they ate of the food for a long time afterwards. [Qadi Iyaad’s al-Shifa;
Imam ibn Hajar’s al-Matalibu’l-Aliya]
125. Due to Allah's Grace upon his noble character,
he had the honour of placing the Hajr ul Aswad in its place.
• When the Quraysh were rebuilding the Ka'bah, a war almost emerged
regarding the Hajr ul Aswad, or Black Stone. Each tribe of the Quraysh wanted
to have the honour of placing it. Eventually one of the leaders of the Quraysh
said, "Let us allow the first man who enters the Haram (sanctuary) to
judge between your dispute." The Messenger of Allah was the first man, and
when they saw him, they all cried, "It is al-Ameen (the Trustworthy)! We
are satisfied, it is Muhammad!" Then he solved their dispute and ended the
threat of civil war. He told them to place the Hajr ul Aswad in the centre of a
cloth, which all the leaders held the corners of. Then he himself placed the
Hajr ul Aswad into its place with his blessed hands. [Imam Ibn Hisham's Sirat
al Nabi]
126. On the conquest of Makkah, each idol in the
Ka’bah fell and broke upon his gesture towards them.
• “On the conquest of Makkah, there were three hundred and sixty idols
around the Ka’bah, fixed with lead to the stone. That day, the Messenger of
Allahpointed to each of the idols in turn with a stick he was holding curved
like a bow, saying, “The Truth has arrived and falsehood has perished; indeed,
falsehood is ever bound to perish.” [Qur’an 17:81] Whichever one he pointed to,
it fell down. If he pointed to the face of the idol, it fell backwards;
otherwise, it fell on its face. Thus, they all toppled over and fell to the
ground. [Imam al-Haythami’s Majma al-Zawaid]
127. One single bowl of meat brought to him
sufficed the hunger of crowds of Companions.
• Sayyidina Samura relates: “A bowl of meat was brought to the Messenger
of Allah. From morning to evening, many groups of men came and ate from it.”
[Tirmidhi; Sunan Abu Dawud; Musnad; Imam al-Hakim’s al-Mustadrak]
128. One cup of milk from the Messenger of Allah
fed over a hundred Companions.
• Sayyidina Abu Hurayra narrates: “Once I was hungry, so I followed the
Messenger of Allah into his house. There we saw that a cup of milk had been
brought as a gift. Allah’s Messenger said to me: “Call all the People of the
Bench (Ahlus Suffah)!” I said to myself, “I could drink all the milk myself,”
as I was most in need of it. However, since it was Allah’s Messenger’s order, I
fetched the People of the Bench, who numbered more than a hundred. Allah’s
Messenger told me to offer milk to them. I gave the cup to each one by one, and
each drank until satisfied.
At the end, the Messenger of Allah told me, “The rest is for me and
you.” As I drank, Allah’s Messenger kept telling me to drink more, until I
said, “I swear by the Glorious One who sent you with the truth, that I am too
full to drink any more.” Then Allah’s Messenger drank the rest, invoking the
name of God and offering Him thanks.” May it be a blessing for him a hundred
thousand times! [Bukhari; Tirmidhi; Musnad; Imam al-Hakim’s al-Mustadrak]
129. At Tabuk, the Messenger of Allah performed
ablution and increased that small amount of water in blessings and amount.
• Sayyidina Muaadh ibn Jabal narrates: “We came across with a
fountain during the Expedition of Tabuk; the water flowing was in the thickness
of a rope. The Messenger of Allah ordered us to “get a little water from it”.
That little water was poured into his palm. The Messenger of Allah washed his
face and hands with that water. Then, we put that water into the fountain. Upon
this, the outlet of the fountain opened at once and water poured plentifully
and met the needs of the whole army.” Imam ibn Ishaq says: “The water poured
with a sound like thunder coming from under the soil.” [Imam Malik’s Muwatta;
Musnad Imam Ahmad; Imam Bayhaqi, Dalail al Nubuwwah]
130. After the above miracle of increase in water, the Messenger of Allah demonstrated his knowledge of the future
regarding both the life-span of Sayyidina Muaadh and the future prosperity of
that soil.
• After this miracle, the Messenger of Allah said to Sayyidina Muadh
“This blessed water which is an effect of this miracle will allow this place to
become a garden: if you live (until then), you will see.” Of course, what he
said came true. [Imam Malik’s Muwatta; Musnad Imam Ahmad; Imam Bayhaqi, Dalail
al Nubuwwah]
This proves three points: 1. the Messenger of Allah was indicating of
his knowledge that Sayyidina Muaadh would live long, 2. the Messenger of Allah
knew that land would flourish into a garden, and 3. the Messenger of Allah knew
Sayyidina Muaadh would live to witness it.
131. The
Messenger of Allah was given the keys of the treasures of the world by Allah.
• Sayyidina Uqba bin 'Amr narrates: The Messenger of Allahonce came out
and offered the funeral prayer for the martyrs of Uhud, and proceeded to the
pulpit and said, "I shall be your predecessor and a witness over you, and
I am really looking at my sacred Fount now, and no doubt, I have been given the
keys of the treasures of the world..” [Bukhari]
• The Messenger of Allahsaid, "I have been given the keys of
eloquent speech and given victory with awe (cast into the hearts of the enemy),
and while I was sleeping last night, the keys of the treasures of the earth
were brought to me till they were put in my hand." [Bukhari]
132. The
Messenger of Allah predicted that nations will unite against the Muslim Ummah.
This has undoubtedly come true.
• The Messenger of Allah said, "The nations shall gather and team
up against you (i.e. the Ummah) as the predators gather and team up against
their preys."
A questioner asked: 'Is it because of us being low in numbers at that
day?' The Messenger of Allahreplied: "No, you that day shall be in great
numbers, but you will be as powerless as the foam of the water on the surface
of the river, and Allah shall remove any fear from your enemies toward you, and
He shall put in your hearts a corruption." A questioner asked: "O
Messenger of Allah, what is the corruption?" The Messenger of Allah
replied: "The love of life's amusements and the fear of death."
[Sunan Abu Dawud]
133. The mother of the Beloved Messenger, Sayyida
Aminah, felt no pain or discomfort when giving birth to him.
• She said "I conceived him and suffered no pain until delivery.”
[Tabarani, Bayhaqi, Imam Abu Nu'aym’s Dalail al-Nubuwwa]
134. The Messenger of Allah predicted that the Khulafa-e-Rashideen
(Rightly-Guided Caliphs) would rule for a total of 30 years.
• "The khilafah in my Ummah after me will be for thirty
years. Then there will be mulkan 'aduudan (hereditary rule) after
that." [Tirmidhi; Sunan Abu Dawud; Musnad Imam Ahmad]
• Sayyidina Abu Bakr ruled for two years, Sayyidina Umar ruled for ten
years, Sayyidina Usman ruled for twelve years and Sayyidina Ali ruled for six
years, which totals thirty years as predicted.
135. The earth rejected the corpse of an apostate
who denied the Messenger of Allah.
• Sayyidina Anas b. Malik narrates, "There was a Christian who
embraced Islam and read Surah al-Baqara and al-Imran, and he used to write (the
revelations) for the Prophet. Later on, he returned to Christianity again and
he used to say: "Muhammad knows nothing but what I have written for
him." Then Allah caused him to die, and the people buried him, but in the
morning they saw that the earth had thrown his body out. They said, "This
is the act of Muhammad and his companions. They dug the grave of our companion
and took his body out of it because he had run away from them." They again
dug the grave deeply for him, but in the morning they again saw that the earth
had thrown his body out. They said, "This is an act of Muhammad and his
companions. They dug the grave of our companion and threw his body outside it,
for he had run away from them." They dug the grave for him as deep as they
could, but in the morning they again saw that the earth had thrown his body
out. So they believed that what had befallen him was not done by human beings
and had to leave him thrown (on the ground)." [Bukhari]
136. A tray of food fed more than a hundred
Companions yet it seemed to remain untouched.
• Sayyidina Abu Hurayra narrates: "The Messenger of Allah commanded
me, ‘Invite the poor Makkan migrants who have made the Bench [suffa] of
the Masjid their home and who number more than a hundred.’ So I went and
searched for them and gathered them together. A tray of food was set before us,
and we ate as much as we wanted, then we arose. The dish remained full as it
was when set down; only the traces of fingers on the food were visible."
[Qadi Iyaad’s al-Shifa, Imam al-Haythami’s Majma al-Zawaid; Imam Bayhaqi’s
Dalail al-Nubuwwa]
137. The Isra’ and Mi’raj of the Messenger of Allah took place between the night prayer and the
morning prayer.
• [Sirat ibn Hisham; Imam ibn Sa'd’s Tabaqatu'l-Kubra; Tafsir Imam
Tabari; Imam Dhahabi’s Tarikhu'l-Islam]
138. A tree split itself into two so the horse of the Messenger of Allah
could pass through it.
• ”While travelling on horseback one night during the Ta’if expedition,
sleep overcame Allah’s Noble Messenger. While in that state, a lote-tree loomed
up before him. To make way for him and not to hurt his horse, the tree split in
two, and the Noble Messenger of Allah, on the horse, passed between the two
parts of the tree.” The tree has remained as two trunks, in that honoured
position, up to our time.” [Qadi Iyaad’s al-Shifa]
139. A tree once did tawaf around the
Messenger of Allah.
• “During an expedition, a tree -called either talha or samura
- came, passed around the Messenger of Allah as if circumambulating (doing tawaf),
and went back to its place. The Messenger of Allah said: ‘The tree requested of
Allah that it should salute me.’ [Qadi Iyaad’s al-Shifa, Imam al-Haythami’s
Majma al-Zawaid; Imam al-Hakim’s al-Mustadrak; Musnad Imam Ahmad]
140. Though unlettered, he is best of teachers, the
guide and master of all mankind.
• The Messenger of Allah said, "I am the sayyid (Master) of all the
children of Adam on the Day of Judgment, the first to have his grave split open
[h: for resurrection], the first to intercede, and the first to be granted
intercession." [Muslim]
141. Allah blessed the Beloved Prophet with six
superior favours above the other Prophets.
• The Messenger of Allah said, “I have been favoured above the prophets
in six things: I have been endowed with consummate succinctness of speech, made
triumphant through dread, war booty has been made lawful for me, the whole
earth has been made a purified place of worship for me, I have been sent to all
created beings, and the succession of prophets has been completed in me.”
[Tirmidhi; ibn Majah]
142. The Messenger of Allah cured the heart disease
of Sayyidina Saa’d bin Abi Waqqas with ajwa dates.
• Sayyidina Saa’d bin Abi Waqqas narrates, “I was sick, and the Prophet
came to pay me a visit. He placed his hands on my chest and I felt its coolness
at my heart. He said: “'You are a man suffering from heart sickness. So, go to
al-Haarith ibn Kaladah, the brother of Thaqeef, as he is a man who gives
medical treatment. He should take seven ajwa dates of Madinah and grind
them with their kernels, and then put them into your mouth (in one side of your
mouth).”” [Sunan Abu Dawud]
143. The Messenger of Allah witnessed the martyrdom
of his grandson Sayyidina Imam Hussain at Karbala.
• Sayyida Salma reported that she went to Sayyida Umm Salama and found
her weeping. She asked her what made her weep. She said, “I saw Allah’s
Messenger in my dream. There was dust on his head and beard. I asked him, “What
is wrong, O Messenger of Allah?” He said, “I have just witnessed Hussain’s
murder.”” [Tirimdhi]
144. The first sign of his Prophethood was dreams
or visions which came “strikingly true”.
• According to Sayyida Aisha, "When Allah wanted to honour the
Prophet and have mercy on His servants through him, the first sign of his
Prophethood was true visions. Whenever he saw a vision whilst sleeping, it
turned out to be strikingly true, like the brightness of daybreak. And Allah
made him love solitude so that he loved nothing more than to be alone."
[Sirat ibn Hisham]
145. An enemy who disrespected the staff, or
walking stick, of the Messenger of Allah was seized by infection and death.
• An enemy once seized the staff of the Messenger of Allah from
Sayyidina Usman, and tried to break it on his knee. Consequently, his knee
became infected, which lead to its amputation, and he died before the end of
the year.” [Qadi Iyaad’s al-Shifa]
146. The Messenger of Allah predicted that he
himself would slay Ubai b. Khalaf whose fate ended in utter torment.
• “When the Messenger of Allah was going up the hillock (during the
battle of Uhud), he was followed by Ubai bin Khalaf who was saying: ‘Where is
Muhammad? Either I kill him or I will be killed.’ The Companions of the
Messenger of Allah said: ‘O Messenger of Allah, do you mind if one of us
combats with him?’ But the Messenger of Allah said: ‘Leave him!’ So when he
drew nearer, the Messenger of Allah took the spear from Sayyidina al-Harith bin
as-Simma. Ubai bin Khalaf shivered violently in such a way that made all of
them scatter in all directions violently and impulsively. Then the Messenger of
Allah faced him, observed his clavicle through a gap between the wide opening
of the armour and the part of his neck enclosed by. He speared him in that
spot. The effect of the stroke was so strong that it made him roll off his
horse over and over. When he returned to Quraysh, they found that he had only
had a small scratch in his neck. So when blood became congested he said: ‘By
Allah, Muhammad has killed me.’ Hearing him say so, they said: ‘By Allah you
are afraid to death. By Allah, you are possessed by a devil.’ He replied: ‘He
had already told me when we were in Makkah: ‘I will kill you.’ By Allah, had he
spat on me, he would have killed me.’ Eventually, the enemy of Allah breathed
his last at a place called Sarif, while they were taking him back to Makkah.”
[Sirat ibn Hisham; Za'd Al-Ma'ad]
147. Allah granted him authority to divide things
among the people as he pleased.
• The Messenger of Allah said on several occassions, "Allah gives
and I am the Distributor!" [Bukhari; Muslim]
148. In the Qur'an, the Messenger of Allah is addressed as Prophet/Messenger unlike other
Prophets who are addressed by name.
• [Tafsir Ruhul Bayaan]
149. The honour given to the Messenger of Allah is more than that given to Prophet Adam when the angels were ordered to
bow to him.
• [Tafsir Ruhul Bayaan]
150. The Messenger of Allah cured the mental
illness of a person by passing his blessed hand over his face.
• Sayyidina al-Wazi had a son who had become mentally ill. He took him
to the Messenger of Allah, who passed his hand over his face and prayed for
him. Thereafter none was more rational than he. [Imam Abu Nu'aym; Imam
al-Bazzar]
151. Due to the excellence of the Messenger of
Allah, our Ummah is the most excellent of them.
• As Imam al-Busayri says in his famous Qasida Burdah: “Because of the
noblest of Prophets, we are the nobles of Ummahs.”
152. The light of the Messenger of Allah was the
first of all creation.
• It is related that Sayyidina Jabir b. Abdullah said to the Messenger
of Allah: "O Messenger of Allah, may my father and mother be sacrificed
for you, tell me of the first thing Allah created before all things." The
Messenger of Allah replied: "O Jabir, the first thing Allah created was
the light of your Prophet from His light..." [Imam Bayhaqi, Dala'il
al-Nubuwwa; Imam al-Haythami; Imam al-Qastalani; Imam al-Suyuti; Shaykh Abd al
Qadir, Sirr al-Asraar; Mulla Ali Qari; Imam Nablusi; Imam Nabahani]
153. This world would not have been created if not
for the Messenger of Allah.
• Sayyidina Salman al-Farsi reports that, “Jibra’il came to the
Messenger of Allah and said, Allah says: I have not created anyone who is more
honoured to me than you. I have created the world and all that is therein so
that they may know the rank that you possess. I would not have created the
world if I had not created you. ” [Imam ibn Asakir]
154. Allah affirmed the pledge of allegiance to the
Messenger of Allah as pledging allegiance to Him.
• Allah Most High says: "Those who pledge allegiance to you (O
Prophet) are but pledging allegiance to Allah. The Hand of Allah is over their
hands." [Qur’an 48:10]
155. The fragrance of his blessed hand remained for
days upon the place it had touched.
• Sayyidina Wa’il ibn Hajar said, "Whenever I shook hands with the
Messenger of Allah, or my skin touched his skin, I smelled the scent of musk on
my hand for three days." [Majma' al-Zawa'id]
156. The Messenger of Allah cured the toothache of
his Companion with his touch and supplication.
• Sayyidina Abdullah ibn Rawaha went to the Messenger of Allah saying,
“O Messenger of Allah, I suffer from a molar tooth that pains me greatly!” The
Messenger of Allah placed his hand on his cheek saying, “O Allah, remove from
him the pain he suffers and the distress, by the prayer of Your Blessed
Prophet, whose rank is high with You!” He repeated this prayer seven times.
Sayyidina ibn Rawaha left the Messenger of Allah’s presence completely cured.
[Imam al-Suyuti, al-Khasa'is al-Kubra]
157. The Messenger of Allah cured severe swelling
and discomfort simply through his blessed touch.
• Sayyidina Shurahbil al-Ju‘fi said, "I came to the Messenger of
Allah with a swelling on my palm and said, ‘O Messenger of Allah! This swelling
has tormented me and it prevents me from holding my sword or the reins of my
mount!’ He blew on my palm, then put his palm on the swelling and went on
massaging it until it disappeared." [Imam Bukhari’s al-Tarikh al-Kabir;
Tabarani; Bayhaqi]
158. Allah mentions the Messenger of Allah’s
journey of al-Mi’raj with great splendour.
• In the verse: “By the star when it descended.” [Qur’an 53:1]
Imam Ja'far as-Sadiq, teacher of Imam Abu Hanifa, explains that “By the
star (wan-najmu)…” refers to the Messenger of Allah, and the term “when
it descended (izaa hawaa)…” refers to his descent from the skies during
the night of Mi'raj. [Tafsir Imam Qurtubi]
Thus the explanatory translation of this verse would read: “By the Star,
Muhammad, when he descended from al-Mi'raj.”
159. The hair touched by the blessed hands of the
Messenger of Allah often never turned grey.
• Once such report is narrated by Sayyidina Muhammad ibn Fudala
al-Zafari, who said, “The Messenger of Allah arrived when I was two weeks old.
I was brought to him, he passed his hand over my head saying, ‘Call him by my
name, but do not call him by my kunya.’ I was taken along to perform the
Farewell Pilgrimage with him when I was ten years old.” Sayyidina Muhammad ibn
Fudala’s life was long, his hair turned white - but not where the hand of the
Messenger of Allah had touched it.” [Imam Bukhari’s al-Tarikh al-Kabir;
Bayhaqi; Majma al-Zawa'id]
160. The face which was touched by the Messenger of
Allah glistened with radiant light.
• Sayyidina Abul ‘Alaa ibn ‘Umayr said, “I was visiting Qatada ibn
Milhan when he was ill. A man passed by the far end of the house and I saw him
reflected in Qatada’s face [so shiny it was], for the Messenger of Allah,
may Allah’s blessings and peace be upon him, had passed his hand over his
face. Whenever I saw him it was as if he had rubbed his face with oil.” [Ahmad;
Bayhaqi]
161. The Messenger of Allah passed his hand over a
young man’s head, who reached the age of a hundred and still had no grey hair.
• Sayyidina Abu Attiya al-Bakri was taken by his parents to the
Messenger of Allah. He was a young man at the time. The Messenger of Allah
passed his hand over his head. When he was a hundred years old, his head and
beard were still black. [Majma' al Zawa'id]
162. To obey Allah, one must obey the Messenger of
Allah!
• “He who obeys the Messenger, has indeed obeyed Allah…” [Qur’an 4:80]
163. To love Allah AND the Messenger of Allah is a
precondition for the sweetness of faith.
• Sayyidina Anas b. Malik reports that the Messenger of Allah said,
"Whoever possesses the following three qualities will have the sweetness
(delight) of faith:
1. The one to whom Allah and His Messenger becomes dearer than anything
else.
2. Who loves a person and he loves him only for Allah's sake.
3. Who hates to revert to atheism (disbelief) as he hates to be thrown
into the fire." [Bukhari]
164. Through Messenger of Allah’s prayer, the sun
(which had set) reversed in its course, and Sayyidina Ali was able to pray his
‘Asr salah.
• Sayyida Asma narrates: Revelation was being sent to the Messenger of
Allah and his head was on the lap of Sayyidina Ali, who had not yet prayed Asr
salah. Eventually, the sun set. The Messenger of Allah asked, “O Ali, have you
prayed?” He replied, “No,” Then the Messenger of Allah made a plea to Allah: “O
Lord, he (Ali) was busy in the obedience of You and Your Messenger, hence
return the sun back for him.” Sayyida Asma said: “I saw the sun set but then I
saw it rising back again, and daylight became visible upon the mountains and
land. This incident took place near Khaybar.” [Hafiz ibn Kathir’s al Bidayah
wan Nihayah; Tafsir Imam Qurtubi]
165. On the day of migration to Madinah, the camel
of the Messenger of Allah was guided by Allah’s Command.
• When the Messenger of Allah first entered Madinah, the people and the
nobles of the city wanted him to reside with them. He said, "Let it (the
she-camel) step forward freely, for it is commanded (by Allah).” [Sirat ibn
Hisham]
166. On the night of the Messenger of Allah’s
migration to Madinah, he left his house which was surrounded by enemies,
and threw dust in their faces; as a result, none of them saw him or Sayyidina
Abu Bakr Siddiq.
• [Sirat ibn Hisham]
167. Abu Jahl was overcome with terror when the
Messenger of Allah approached his door to collect the due of a foreign
businessman.
• Abu Jahl brought a camel from a man but withheld his money. So he went
to an assembly of the Quraysh, whilst the Messenger of Allah sat in one corner
of the Masjid al-Haram, and said, "Who amongst you can help me retrieve my
due payment from Abul Hakam ibn Hisham (Abu Jahl)? I am a stranger and a
wayfarer, and he has taken my right." They said, "Do you see that man
sitting over there?", and they pointed to the Messenger of Allah, aiming
to joke at him, as they knew well the hostility between him and Abu Jahl. They
added, "Go to him, and he will help you get your right."
This man went to the Messenger of Allah, and said, "O servant of
Allah, Abdul Hakam ibn Hisham (Abu Jahl) has withheld the money he owes me. I
am a stranger and a wayfarer. When I asked these men to tell me of someone who
would help me to get my right, they advised me to come to you, so go and bring
me my money from him, may Allah bless you." The Messenger of Allah said,
"Go to him," and they went to him together.
When the men of Quraysh saw this, they sent a man to follow them. The
Messenger of Allah went and knocked at Abu Jahl's door, and when he asled who
was there, he replied, "Muhammad! Come out to me." He came out to him
pale with terror, and the Messenger of Allah said, "Give this man his
due." Abu Jahl said, "Do not leave until I get him his money,"
and went inside and came out with the due payment and gave it to the man. The
Messenger of Allah went away saying, "Go to your business." The man
returned to the Quraysh assembly and said, "May Allah reward him, for he
has gotten me my right."
The man who the Quraysh had sent to follow them reported: "It was
something unusual. Hardly had he knocked at his door when he came out bloodless
with fear." Just after relating what had happened, Abu Jahl himself
appeared and they said, "What has happened to you? We have never seen you
doing anything like what you have done." Abu Jahl replied, "Confound
you! By Allah, as soon as he knocked on my door and I heard his voice, I was
terrified. Then I went out to him. A camel stallion was high above his head. I
have never seen such a stallion before with such a head, shoulders and canines.
By Allah, if I had not paid him, the stallion would have devoured me."
[Sirat ibn Hisham]
168. As a child, his smile was such that a light
appeared from his blessed mouth which ascended to the skies.
• When his wet-nurse, Halima al-Sa‘dia, first saw him, she laid her hand
on him and he smiled. "When he smiled," she said, "a light
appeared from his mouth that rose to the sky." [Imam Bayhaqi, Imam Abu
Nu'aym]
169. No supplication is valid without invoking
blessings upon the Messenger of Allah.
• Sayyidina Umar narrated that the Messenger of Allah said,
“Supplication is detained between the heavens and the earth, and no part of it
is taken up until you send blessings upon your Prophet.” [Tirmidhi]
170. The beauty of the Messenger of Allah was so
perfect that he was seen more radiant than the moon.
• Sayyidina Jabir b. Samura said, “I saw Allah’s Messenger on a
cloudless night, and he was wearing a red suit of clothes, so I started looking
at him as well as at the moon, for he is indeed more beautiful, in my opinion,
than the moon!” [Tirmidhi, Imam Bayhaqi, Dala’il al-Nubuwwa]
• In another version, Sayyidina Jabir says: “It was a full moon when we
were sitting in the mosque. Allah’s Messenger came in. I looked first at the
shining moon, and then at the face of Allah’s Messenger. I swear by Allah that
the face of Allah’s Messenger was brighter than the moon.” [Imam Suyuti,
al-Khasa’is al-Kubra]
171. The Messenger of Allah was appointed two
deputies in Jannah (Jibra’il and Mika’il), and two on Earth (Sayyidina Abu Bakr
and Sayyidina Umar).
• Sayyidina Abdullah ibn Abbas narrates that the Messenger of Allah
said, “Indeed Allah has given me strength via four deputies – two in the
heavens and two upon the Earth. Jibra’il and Mika’il are my deputies in the
heavens and Abu Bakr and ‘Umar are my deputies in the Earth.” [Imam Abu Nu’aym,
Hilyat al-Awliya; Imam Tabarani]
172. On the Day of Judgement, honour and status
will be with the beloved Messenger of Allah.
• Sayyidina Anas reports that the Messenger of Allah said, “On the Day
of Judgement, honour will be with me and the Keys shall also be with me, and on
that day the Liwa’ al-Hamd (the flag of Praise) will be in my hands.”
[Mishkat al Masabih]
173. On the Day of Judgement, the entire creation
including Prophet Ibrahim, will turn towards the Messenger of Allah.
• Sayyidina Ubayy b. Kaab reports that the Messenger of Allah said,
regarding the special supplications he has made: “O Allah! Forgive my people,
forgive my people, and I have deferred the third one (supplication) for the Day
on which the entire creation will turn to me, including even Ibrahim (may
Allah’s peace be upon him).” [Muslim]
174. The Messenger of Allah, though the entire
world was at his behest, lived a life of complete humility.
• Sayyida A'isha reports that she said, “Messenger of Allah! You may
wish to take a reclining position when you eat, for it would be more
comfortable for you.” The Messenger of Allah lowered his head in humility until
his head almost touched the ground, and answered, “No, I would rather eat and
sit as a servant does.” [ibn Hibban]
175. The name of the Messenger of Allah “Muhammad”
is derived from Allah’s Name of ‘Mahmud”.
• Sayyidina Hassaan bin Thabit said:
“He (Allah) derived for him a name from His own Name in order to exalt
him,
For the One of the Throne is Praised (Mahmud), and this is the Praised
One (Muhammad).”
176. Allah bestowed help, victory and leadership
upon His beloved Messenger.
• Sayyidina Ubada bin Samit relates that the Messenger of Allah said:
“Jibra’il came to me and gave me glad tidings that Allah had given me help
through the angels; He has given me victory and help and He has granted me
kingdom and leadership”. [Imam Suyuti’s al-Khasa’is al-Kubra]
177. The Messenger of Allah is “the highest amongst
his nation and whom people turn towards in difficulty.”
• Commentating on the Hadith of the Messenger of Allah, “I am the Sayyid
(leader) of all people on the Day of Judgement,” Imam Nawawi writes:
“Qadi Iyaad says that a Sayyid is he who is the highest amongst his
nation and to whom people turn towards in difficulty. The Messenger of Allah is
the Sayyid of all people in this world and in the Hereafter. The Day of
Judgement has been mentioned specifically, because on this day there will be no
other leader and all people will accept him”. [Sharh Sahih Muslim]
178. The Messenger of Allah removes illness and
difficulty e.g. the case of Imam Busayri, author of Qasida Burda.
• Imam Allama Zarqani writes: “In Sahih Muslim, one of the titles
attributed to the Messenger of Allah is ‘Shaafi’, meaning he removes
illness and difficulty - and whatever complication befalls the ummah, the
Messenger of Allah removes it.” [Sharh Zarqani ‘ala al-Mawahib]
• Qasida Burda (also known as Mawla Ya Salli), or the Poem of the Scarf,
was written by Imam Sharafuddin Busayri whilst he was suffering from paralysis.
After the Imam had composed it, the Beloved Messenger of Allah graced
his dream and asked him to recite Qasida Burdah to him. Then the Beloved
Messenger placed his blessed scarf/cloak over the Imam. When the Imam awoke, he
found the blessed cloak on him and his paralysis was cured.
179. The Messenger of Allah is the Beloved (Habeeb)
of Allah.
• The Messenger of Allah said, “Listen! I am the Beloved (Habeeb) of
Allah and I do not say this with pride”. [Tirmidhi; Darimi; Mishkat]
180. The wishes of the Messenger of Allah were
often fulfilled very quickly.
• Sayyida A’isha said, “By Allah! I see that Allah fulfils the wishes of
the Messenger of Allah quickly.” [Muslim]
181. The Messenger of Allah will intercede for the
believers.
• The Messenger of Allah said: “Then I will perform intercession
and Allah will allocate a limit for me. I will then take them out from the fire
and enter them into Jannah.” [Muslim]
182. No one will be granted access to Jannah before
the Messenger of Allah.
• The Messenger of Allah said, "I will come to the gates of
Paradise and ask for it to be opened. The gatekeeper will ask, "Who are
you?" I will say, "Muhammad." The gatekeeper will say, "I
was ordered not to open the gate for anyone else before you." [Bukhari,
Muslim; al-Nasa'i]
183. Due to the Messenger of Allah, Abu Talib
suffers only a mild punishment in his grave.
• Sayyidina Abbas bin ‘Abdul Muttalib said, “O Allah’s Messenger! Did
you benefit Abu Talib with anything as he used to protect and take care of you,
and used to become angry for you?” The Messenger of Allah said, “Yes, he is in
a shallow place of Fire. But for me he would have been in the lowest part of
the Fire.” [Bukhari]
184. The Messenger of Allah voluntarily chose a
life of humility above the life of a king.
• Sayyida A’isha, quotes that the Messenger of Allah said to her:
“A’isha! Had I wished I would have been given mountains of gold. Once came to
me an angel whose waist line is as big as the Ka’bah and said: ‘Your Lord sends
you His greetings, and says that you can choose either to be a Prophet and a
servant of God, or a Prophet and a king.’ I looked at Jibra’il, who was also
present, and he indicated to me that I better maintain my humility. I said: ‘I
choose to be a Prophet and a servant of God.’” Ever since that moment, the
Messenger of Allah never ate his food in a reclining position. He used to say:
‘I eat like a servant and sit like a servant.’” [ibn Hibban, al-Baghawi, ibn
Saa’d; Imam al-Haythami]
185. His mercy was so immense that he prayed for
the enemy even when they injured him at Uhud.
• When the Messenger of Allah was severely wounded at Uhud, some
Companions asked him to invoke Allah's curse on the enemy. Instead, he prayed
for them, saying: "O Allah, forgive my people, for they do not know."
He made this supplication while his face was bleeding profusely. [Qadi Iyaad’s
al-Shifa; Bukhari; Muslim]
186. One of the Jewish scholars of Madinah believed
in him at first sight, from the pure radiance of his blessed face.
• Sayyidina Abd Allah ibn Salam, formerly a renowned Jewish scholar of
Madinah, believed in him at first sight, saying: "There can be no lie in
this face. One with such a face can only be a Messenger of Allah." [Sirat
ibn Hisham]
187. Just the sight of him would have convinced any
sincere heart of his Prophethood.
• Sayyidina Abd Allah ibn Rawaha al-Ansari said of the Prophet:
“Law lam takun fihi ayatun mubina, lakana manzaruhu yunabbi'uka bi
al-khabari.
Even if there were not, concerning him, clear and evident signs, yet the
sight of him would have told you the news.” [Imam ibn Hajar’s al-Isaba]
188. When the Messenger of Allah smiled, his face
would beam “as if it were a piece of the moon.”
• Sayyidina Kaab ibn Malik said: "I greeted the Messenger of Allah
and there was lightning in his face. Whenever the Prophet was happy, his face
would be illuminated as if it were a piece of the moon." [Bukhari; Muslim]
189. On the night of the birth of the Messenger of Allah, his mother saw
a light which showed her the castles of Damascus.
• The Messenger of Allah said: "I am the supplication of my father
Ibrahim, and the good tidings of my brother ‘Isa. The night I was delivered my
mother saw a light that lit the castles of Damascus so that she could see
them." [Imam al-Hakim’s Mustadrak, Imam Ahmad’s Musnad, Imam Bayhaqi in
Dala'il al-Nubuwwa]
190. Even the enemy was fearful and in awe of his
word: “They weren't poetry, nor did they resemble those of a soothsayer.”
• Abu Jahl feared that Utba might have accepted Islam, having waited for
him for a long time. Abu Jahl knocked at his door. When opened, he said to
Utba: "I heard Muhammad treated you very generously and fed you, and in
return you believed in him. This is what the people are saying." Angrily,
Utba replied: "You know I don't need his feeding. I am richer than all of
you. But his words shook me. They weren't poetry, nor did they resemble those
of a soothsayer. I don't know how I should respond. He's a truthful person.
While I was listening to his recitation, I feared that what happened to 'Ad and
Thamud might happen to us." [Hafiz ibn Kathir; Sirat ibn Hisham]
191. The Messenger of Allah is titled by Allah as
“a Lamp spreading Light.” [Qur’an 33:46]
• Mulla Ali al-Qari comments upon the Prophet's title "as a Lamp
spreading Light" [33:46], saying: “Muhammad, peace and blessings of
Allah be upon him, is a tremendous light and the source of all lights, he
is also a book that gathers up and makes clear all the secrets... Sirajan
munira means a luminous sun, because of Allah’s saying: "He has placed
therein a great lamp and a moon giving light" [25:61]. There is in this
verse an indication that the sun is the highest of the material lights and that
other lights are outpourings from it: similarly, the Prophet is the highest of
the spiritual lights and other lights are derived from him by virtue of his
mediating connection and pivotal rank in the overall sphere of creation. This
is also inferred from the tradition: "The first thing Allah created is my
light."
192. The Messenger of Allah heard, and responded
to, the call of a Companion who was struggling against the enemy.
• Sayyidina Maymuna, one of the Mothers of the believers, said:
"The Messenger of Allah, upon him be blessings and peace, was
sleeping with me one night, and he got up to make ablution and pray. I heard
him say during his ablution in the dead of night:
"Labbayka, labbayka, labbayka!" three times, and then: "Nusirta, nusirta, nusirta!"
three times. When he came out, I asked him, "Messenger of Allah, I heard
you say, during your ablution, 'In your service!' three times, and 'To your
defense!' three times, as if you were addressing someone. Was there someone
with you?"
He replied: "This was the poetry champion (rajiz) of the
Banu Kaa’b (one of the sub-tribes of the Khuza’a) invoking my aid
(yastas-rikhuni) and asserting that the Quraysh had helped the Banu Bakr
against them." [Imam Tabarani, al-Mu'jam al-Kabir; Imam ibn Hajar,
al-Isabah]
193. The Messenger of Allah predicted the arrival
of the tyrant Hajjaj b. Yusuf.
• The Messenger of Allah said: "There will be one liar and one
destroyer (kadhdhab wa mubir) from Thaqif." [Muslim] It is thought
that this refers to al-Hajjaj ibn Yusuf and al-Mukhtar ibn `Ubayd.
194. The blessed soul of the Messenger of Allah is present in every believing household.
• Qadi Iyad cited reagrding the explanation of the verse, “When
you enter houses, salute one another” [Qur’an 24:61]: “If there is no one in
the house then say: ‘assalamu ‘ala al-Nabiyyi wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh.’”
[Qadi Iyaad’s al-Shifa]
• On the above, Mulla al-Qari said in his commentary on al-Shifa:
“Meaning, because his soul, may Allah’s peace and blessing be upon him,
is present in the house of the Muslims (ay li’anna ruhahu ‘alayhi al-salamu
hadirun fi buyuti al-muslimeen.”
195. The Messenger of Allah is the mercy of Allah. [Qur’an 10:58]
• Regarding the verse, “Say: In the bounty of Allah and in His Mercy:
therein let them rejoice. It is better than what they hoard.” [Qur’an 10:58],
Sayyidina ibn Abbas said: "The bounty of Allah is Knowledge (of tawhid),
and His mercy is the Prophet, upon him be Allah’s peace and blessings."
[Imam al-Suyuti, al-Durr al-Manthur; Imam al-Alusi, Ruh al-Ma’ani]
196. Prophet Adam sought the Mercy of Allah through
the name of our Beloved Prophet Muhammad.
• Prophet Adam, in his state of repentance for having eaten the
forbidden fruit, sought the Mercy of Allah through the name of our Beloved
Prophet Muhammad, may Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him.
Reported by Sayyidina Umar bin al-Khattab, the Messenger of Allah said,
"When Adam committed his mistake, he said: ‘O my Lord, I am asking you to
forgive me for the sake of Muhammad.’ Allah said: ‘O Adam, and how do you know
about Muhammad, whom I have not yet created?’ Adam replied, ‘ my Lord, after
You created me with Your Hand and breathed into me of Your Spirit, I raised my
head and saw written on the heights of the Throne, ‘La ilaha illallah
Muhammadun RasulAllah’. I understood that You would not place next to Your
Name but the Most Beloved One of Your creation.’ Allah said: ‘O Adam, I have
forgiven you, and were it not for Muhammad, I would not have created
you.’" [Imam Baihaqi’s Dala'il al-Nubuwwa, Imam Abu Nu’aym in Dala'il
al-Nubuwwa, Imam al-Hakim’s al-Mustadrak (2:615), Imam Tabarani in his
al-Mu'jam al-Saghir (2:82, 207) and others]
• About this, Qadi Iyaad says: "It is said that this Hadith
explains the verse: ‘Then Adam received from his Lord [some] words, and He
accepted his repentance.’” [Qur’an 2:37]
197. The Messenger of Allah knew of the piety of
Sayyidina Uwais al-Qarni, though never having met him during his lifetime.
• This is to the extent that the Messenger of Allah asked the Companions
to seek the prayers of Sayyidina Uwais al-Qarni:
Sayyidina Umar b. al-Khattab reported: I heard Allah's Messenger, may
Allah’s eternal peace and blessings be upon him, saying, “Worthy amongst
the successors (tabi’een) would be a person who would be called Uwais.
He would have his mother (living with him) and he would have (a small) sign of
leprosy. Ask him to beg pardon for you (from Allah).” [Muslim]
198. On the night of the migration, the angel Jibra'il was sent to the Messenger of Allah to murder to warn
him that the unbelievers were plotting to murder him in his bed that very
night.
• Jibra'il was sent to the Prophet, "Do not sleep tonight in your
usual bed." When it became dark, the enemy gathered at his door in vigil,
waiting for the moment on which he would go to sleep so that they might fall
upon him. [Sirat ibn Hisham]
199. The Messenger of Allah instructed Sayyidina
Ali, as the enemies surrounded their dwelling, and
guaranteed his safety.
• When the Messenger of Allah observed what was happening, he said to Sayyidina
Ali: "Sleep in my bed, and cover yourself with my green Hadrami mantle.
Use it when sleeping and they will not be able to do anything dislikable to
you." [Sirat ibn Hisham]
200. He created
a brotherhood between the Muhajirun and the Ansar which was so deep that it
broke all worldly or egotistical barriers.
• This brotherhood was so deep, sincere, and strong that the Ansar
(known as the Helpers, they were the original residents of Madinah) shared
everything with the Muhajirun (known as the Emigrants, those who had migrated
to Madinah for the sake of Islam). This lasted for some time. However, when the
Muhajirun had become accustomed to their new environment, one day they asked
the Messenger of Allah: "O Messenger of Allah, we emigrated here purely for
the sake of Allah. But our Muhajirun brothers are so good to us that we fear we
will consume in this world the reward of our good deeds, which we expect to get
in the Hereafter. Also, we feel extremely indebted to them. Please ask them to
allow us to earn our own living."
The Messenger of Allah sent for the Ansar of Madinah, and told them of
the situation. The Ansar unanimously objected, finding it unbearable to be
separated from their brothers. In the end, to spare the Muhajirun’s feeling of
indebtedness, the Ansar agreed that the Muhajirun would work in their fields
and gardens in return for wages until they could build their own houses.
[Bukhari; Muslim]
Prophet Muhammad (صلى الله عليه وسلم)
201. The entire
community of the city of Madinah would obtain the blessings of his noble hand.
• Sayyidina Anas ibn Malik related: "The whole community of the
people of Madinah used to take the hand of the Prophet and rush to obtain their
need with it." [Musnad Imam Ahmad]
202. The Messenger of Allah was the seal of all
Messengers before Prophet Adam was fully created.
• Narrated from Sayyidina al-Irbad ibn Sariya that the Prophet said:
"I am Allah's Servant (as written) in the Mother of the Book, and verily
the seal of Prophets when Adam was still kneaded in his clay…” [Sahih ibn
Hibban; Imam Hakim’s al-Mustadrak; Imam al-Haythami, Majma al-Zawa'id]
203. The Messenger of Allah, as well as all
Prophets, is alive and worshipping Allah in his blessed grave.
• Sayyidina Anas ibn Malik related that the Messenger of Allah
said, “The Prophets are alive in their graves, praying to their Lord.” [Imam
Bayhaqi’s Hayat al-Anbiya]
204. Sayyida Asma would use the blessed garment of
the Messenger of Allah to heal the sick.
• Sayyida Asma had a gown of the Messenger of Allah. The sick would go
to her, and she would dip the gown in the water. She would then take the
gown out, and give that water for the sick to drink for tabarruk/blessing."
[Muslim]
205. The Messenger of Allah was gifted with
exclusive privileges including his Ummah being the best Ummah.
• Sayyidina Ali bin Abi Talib relates: The Messenger of Allah said, “I
was given what no other Prophet before me was given.” We said, “O Messenger of
Allah! What is it?” He said, “I was given victory by fear, I was given
the keys of the earth, I was called Ahmad, the earth was made a clean place
for me (to pray and perform tayammum with), and my Ummah was made the
best Ummah.'' [Imam Ahmad]
206. If the final Messenger of Allah was sent
during their lifetime, all the Prophets would believe and support him.
• Sayyidina Ali bin Abi Talib and his cousin Sayyidina
Abdullah ibn Abbas said, "Allah never sent a Prophet but after taking
his pledge that if Muhammad, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, were
sent in his lifetime, he would believe in and support him.'' [Tafsir ibn
Kathir]
207. The touch and prayer of the Messenger of Allah
strengthened Sayyidina Ali’s judgements.
• Sayyidina Ali bin Abi Talib said, “The Messenger of Allah sent me to
Yemen. I said, ‘O Messenger of Allah, you send me, while I am still young, to
judge amongst them, and I know not how to judge!’ He struck my chest with his
hand saying, ‘O Allah! Guide his heart and strengthen his tongue!’ By He Who
split the grain! Thereafter I never doubted how to judge between two people!”
[ibn Majah]
208. The Messenger of Allah will be the first one
to rise up on the Last Day, and the first to intercede.
• Sayyidina Qatadah said, "He is the first one for whom the earth
will be opened on the Day of Resurrection, and he will be the first one to
intercede.'' [Tafsir ibn Kathir]
209. The touch of the Messenger of Allah healed
broken bones instantly.
• Sayyidina Abdallah ibn Atik went to Khaybar to kill the infamous Jew,
Abu Rafi, in the latter’s house. As he was leaving the house, he fell and broke
his ankle. He bandaged it and went to his companions, then they rode back
together to Madinah. The Messenger of Allah said, “Stretch your leg!” He passed
his hand over the broken bones and they mended there and then. [Bukhari]
210. The Messenger of Allah’s status is
unparalleled and will remain so until the Last Day.
• Hafiz ibn Kathir says, “He is the greatest Imam, who if he existed in
any time period, deserves to be obeyed, rather than all other Prophets. This is
why Muhammad,peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, led the
Prophets in prayer during the night of Isra' when they gathered in Bayt
al-Maqdis (Jerusalem). He is the intercessor on the Day of Gathering, when the
Lord comes to judge between His servants.” [Tafsir ibn Kathir – Qur’an 8:31]
211. “The Messenger of Allah will have honours in
the Day of Resurrection in which no one else will have a share…”
• Extracted from Tafsir ibn Kathir: “I, Ibn Kathir, say: the Messenger
of Allah will have honours in the Day of Resurrection in which no one else will
have a share, honours which will not be matched by anyone else. [Tafsir ibn
Kathir – Qur’an 17:79]
212. The
blessed hair strands of the Messenger of Allah grows over time, and is reported
to also split into multiples.
• [Narrated by Imam Yusuf al-Nabhani in Jawahir al Bihar, from Imam Abd
al-Ghani al-Nablusi]
213. He placed a bright light with one of his
Companions, whose tribe embraced Islam as a result.
• Sayyidina Tufayl ibn ‘Amr al-Dawsi related how, after his first
visit to the Prophet, he accepted Islam and was about to return to his tribe. H
asked the Prophet for a sign to show to his tribesmen, at which a light shone
forth from his forehead. He exclaimed, "Not here, O Messenger of
Allah, they will think it a curse!" So the Messenger of Allah moved the
light to the tip of al- Sayyidina Tufayl’s whip. He returned to his
tribe with this sign and most of them accepted Islam. [Sirat ibn Hisham]
214. There will never be one like the Messenger of
Allah, neither before him nor after him.
• Sayyidina Ali b. Abu Talib, describing the Messenger of Allah, said,
“The Messenger of Allah was neither tall nor short, endowed with sturdy hands
and feet, stout head and limbs, and lengthy hair on the chest. When he walked,
he inclined forward, as if he were descending a downward
slope. I have never seen the like of him, neither before him nor after
him.” [Tirmidhi; ibn Hibban; Imam al-Hakim]
215. The Messenger of Allah predicted th martyrdom
of his beloved grandson, Sayyidina Husayn.
• He said to Sayyida Umm Salama, “Husayn will be killed in Taff, which
is in Karbala.” Fifty years later, what the Messenger of Allah had predicted
came true exactly; Sayyidina Husayn was martyred in Karbala. [Imam al-Haythami,
Majma al-Zawaid; Musnad Imam Ahmad]
216. The Messenger of Allah predicted the
significance and conquests of Sayyidina Saa’d ibn Abi Waqqas.
• When Sayyidina Saa’d ibn Abi Waqqas was extremely ill, the Messenger
of Allah said to him, “You will live a long time and lead the army. In the end,
you will be beneficial for some nation and you will harm some nations.” Indeed,
he led the Islamic army and gained many victories such as the conquest of
Persia. He caused many nations to embrace Islam. [Bukhari; Sharh al-Shifa,
Mulla Ali al-Qari; Imam Abu Nu’aym, Hilyat al-Awliya]
217. The Hawdh al Kawthar (or Pool) of the
Messenger of Allah is more delightful than honey and whiter than milk.
• The Messenger of Allah said, “It (Hawdh al-Kawthar) is a river
in Paradise which my Lord has given me. It is whiter than milk and sweeter than
honey.” [Musnad Imam Ahmad]
218. The Messenger of Allah knew instantly of the
death of Negus in Ethiopia.
• Negus, the ruler of Ethiopia who had earlier accepted Islam, died in
the seventh year of Hijra. Allah's Messenger informed his companions about it,
and even performed funeral prayer for him. One week later came the news
confirming the death of the Negus at the very same moment as the Messenger of
Allah had said. [Bukhari; Muslim; Sunan Abu Dawud]
219. The Messenger of Allah proved his Mi’raj to
the Quraysh, informing them of the caravans which had passed by.
• In the morning, the Messenger of Allah told the people of Makkah about
al-Mi’raj. They asked for evidence. He told them about the caravans he had seen
on the way. The Quraysh went out of Makkah to meet the caravans. They saw the
caravans in the same state as the Prophet had informed them but they did not
embrace Islam. [Sirat ibn Hisham]
220. When one of the Companions encountered a lion
in the wilderness, he proclaimed his allegiance to the Messenger of Allah and
it caused him no harm.
• Sayyidina Safina, a servant of the Messenger of Allah, was on his way
to complete a task set by the beloved Messenger of Allah. He set off and on the
way encountered a lion in the wilderness. Sayyidina Safina said to the lion, “I
am the servant of Allah’s Messenger!” The lion left without doing anything or
harming him. According to another narration, Sayyidina Safina lost his way when
returning from a task, then enoucntered the lion which actually also showed him
the way. [Imam al-Hakim, al-Mustadrak; Imam al-Asqalani, al-Matalib al-‘Aliya;
Imam al-Haythami, Majma al-Zawa’id; Imam Abu Nu’aym, Hilyat al-Awliya; Hafiz
ibn Kathir, al-Bidaya wal-Nihaya]
221. Masjid al-Aqsa was shown to him in a vision as
the Quraysh questioned him heavily about its details.
• When the Quraysh heard about the night of al-Mi’raj, those who had
seen Masjid al-Aqsa before asked the Messenger of Allah, “Can you describe
Masjid al-Aqsa to us?” The Messenger of Allah, at this point, had become tired
of their doubts and questioning. Just then, Allah showed him a vision of Bayt
al Muqaddis. The Messenger of Allah said: “While looking at it, I described
every detail one by one. They even asked me, “How many doors does Bayt al
Muqaddis have?” I had not counted its number of doors. When I saw Bayt al
Muqaddis across from me, I began to look at it, count each of its doors and
told them the number.” Thereupon, the polytheists said, “By Allah, you
described it accurately, and perfectly.” Nevertheless, they still did not
become Muslims. [Musnad Imam Ahmad; Imam ibn Jawzi, al-Wafa; Imam Dhahabi,
Tarikhu'l-Islam]
222. The fire which Zoroastrians kept ablaze for a
thousand years went out on the night of the Prophet’s birth.
• The fire that had been kept ablaze for a thousand years in Istahrabad
and that was worshipped by Zoroastrians went out at the night of the Prophet’s
birth. [Qadi Iyaad’s al-Shifa; Mulla Ali al-Qari, Sharh al-Shifa]
223. A small bird in the Messenger of Allah’s house
would never move in his presence, out of respect.
• Sayyida A’isha narrates: “There was a domestic animal in our house
like a pigeon. When the Messenger of Allah was at home, it stood without
moving. And when the Messenger of Allah left home, the bird would began to move
around constantly.” It shows, the bird was listening to the Messenger of Allah,
and waiting in silence in his presence in complete earnestness. [Qadi Iyaad’s
al-Shifa; Mulla Ali al-Qari, Sharh al-Shifa; Imam al-Haythami, Majma al-Zawa’id]
224. A lizard in the hands of a Bedouin testified
to the truth of the Messenger of Allah.
• Sayyidina Umar narrates, “A Bedouin came to the Messenger of Allah. He
was holding a lizard. He said: ‘If this reptile testifies to you, I shall
believe in you; otherwise I will not.’ The Messenger of Allah asked the lizard,
and it testified to his pProphethood clearly.” [Mulla Ali al-Qari, Sharh
al-Shifa; Imam al-Haythami, Majma al-Zawa’id; Hafiz ibn Kathir, al-Bidaya
wal-Nihaya]
225. The Lake of Sawa, which was deemed holy by
Zoroastrians, sank into ground on the night the Prophet was born.
• [Qadi Iyaad’s al-Shifa; Mulla Ali al-Qari, Sharh al-Shifa; Imam
Bayhaqi, Dala'il al-Nubuwwa; Imam Suyuti, Khasa’is al-Kubra]
226. The blessed saliva of the Messenger of Allah
healed the severe burns of a small child.
• A child called Muhammad b. al-Hatib had been scalded by a pan of
boiling water and his whole arm was burnt. The Messenger of Allah touched the
arm, spreading his blessed saliva over it; it was immediately healed. [Qadi
Iyaad’s al-Shifa; Mulla Ali al-Qari, Sharh al-Shifa; Imam al-Haythami, Majma
al-Zawa’id; Hafiz ibn Kathir, al-Bidaya wal-Nihaya; Imam al-Hakim,
al-Mustadrak]
227. A newborn baby, later known as Mubarak
al-Yamama, spoke and testified to the Messenger of Allah.
• Soon after being born, a famous person called Mubarak al-Yamama was
taken to the Messenger of Allah. On his turning to the baby, it started to
speak, saying, “I testify that you are the Messenger of Allah.” The Prophet
exclaimed, “May Allah bless you!” The child never spoke again in his infancy,
and later became famously known as “Mubarak al-Yamama” (the blessed one,
Yamama) since he had been the object of this miracle of the Messenger of Allah,
and of his prayer. [Qadi Iyaad’s al-Shifa; Hafiz ibn Kathir, al-Bidaya
wal-Nihaya; Imam Suyuti, Kanzu’l-Ummal]
228. Due to the Messenger of Allah’s prayer,
Sayyidina Urwa b. Abi al-Ja’da’s trade reached a miraculous level of profit and
success.
• It is related that the Messenger of Allah prayed that Sayyidina Urwa
b. Abi al-Ja’da might thrive profitably at trade. Sayyidina Urwa said:
“Sometimes I would go to the marketplace in Kufa and come home in the evening
having made a forty-thousand fold profit.” Imam Bukhari says: “If he took earth
in his hand, he still would make a profit from it!” [Bukhari; ibn Majah; Musnad
Imam Ahmad; Qadi Iyaad’s al-Shifa]
229. Sayyidina Umar ibn al-Khattab said: “He sent
you as the last Prophet but He described you before all…”
• Sayyidina Umar ibn al-Khattab said, after the Messenger of Allah
passed away: “He sent you as the last Prophet but He described you before all.
For that, He says: ‘When We took from the Prophets their covenant and from you
and from Noah and Abraham and Moses…’ [Qur’an 33:7] [Qadi Iyaad’s al-Shifa;
Imam Ghazali’s Ihya ‘Ulum al-Deen]
230. Sheep would bow to the Messenger of Allah.
• Sayyidina Anas b. Malik tells of the occasion when the Messenger of
Allah, accompanied by Sayyidina Abu Bakr, Sayyidina Umar and an Ansari, went
into a garden belonging to another Ansari. There were some sheep in the garden.
When they saw the Messenger of Allah, the sheep bowed to him.
231. The Messenger of Allah planted trees of
extreme blessing which paid for the freedom of Sayyidina Salman al-Farsi.
• Sayyidina Salman al Farsi had converted to Islam but had been sold to
Jews in Madinah. He wanted to buy himself out of his bondage but they placed a
high price upon him. The Jews told him that he would be set free upon the
payment of three hundred planted sapling palm-trees that were tied and bore
fruit. In addition, they demanded that he pay forty pieces of gold. One day, he
was blessed to meet the Messenger of Allah. He told him of his circumstances
whereupon the Messenger of Allah planted the trees for him with his own blessed
hands - all except for one which someone else planted, and all flourished
except that one tree. Each of the trees except that one bore fruit that same
year. When the Messenger of Allah, praise
and peace be upon him,learned of the tree, he uprooted the sapling, replanted it and it took
root and bore fruit.
As for the gold, the Messenger of Allah gave Sayyidina Salman the amount
of gold equal to the size of a chicken's egg, but first he put it in his
blessed mouth. Forty pieces of gold were weighed from it for the Jewish
masters, and still the gold did not reduce in amount. [Qadi Iyaad’s al-Shifa]
232. Sayyidina Abdullah ibn Umar once cured
numbness in his leg by calling out to the Messenger of Allah.
• Sayyidina Abdullah ibn Umar once felt numbness in his leg, whereupon a
man said to him: “Remember the most beloved of people to you”, so he said, “O
Muhammad! (Peace and blessings of Allah be upon him.)” and the numbness
left. [Qadi Iyaad’s al-Shifa; Imam Bukhari’s Adab al-Mufrad]
233. The inmates of the Fire of Hell will regret
opposing the Messenger of Allah.
• Sayyidina Umar ibn al-Khattab said, “May my father and mother be your
ransom! O Messenger of Allah, it has been revealed that a fraction of your
excellence with Allah is that thepeople of the Fire will wish they had obeyed
you, even when they are being severely punished, and will say, “Would that we
had obeyed Allah and obeyed the Messenger!” [Qur’an 33:66] [Qadi Iyaad’s
al-Shifa]
234. At the conquest of Makkah, the pigeons of Makkah shaded Messenger of Allah, and he supplicated to
Allah to bless them.
• [Qadi Iyaad’s al-Shifa]
235. There are many reports of sheep and goats
which yielded no milk, but gave abundance of milk through the blessing of his
touch.
• For example, the sheep of Sayyida Umm Mabad, the one that belonged to
Sayyidina Anas b. Malik, that belonging to Sayyida Haleema and many more. [Qadi
Iyaad’s al-Shifa]
236. The Messenger of Allah was able to see the
earth and its eastern and western extremities.
• The earth was rolled up for the Messenger of Allah, so that he was
able to see its eastern and western extremities, and he said that the extent of
his nation would reach that which was rolled up for him. [Qadi Iyaad’s
al-Shifa]
237. The mercy of the Messenger of Allah saved the
people from great destruction and Allah’s Wrath.
• Sayyidina Umar ibn al-Khattab said, “O Messenger of Allah, may my
parents be sacrificed to you! Noah prayed to Allah about his people: ‘O my
Lord, don't leave a single house of the unbelievers in the world.’ If you had
prayed against us in a similar manner, we would have been destroyed. Your back
was burdened, your front teeth were martyred, yet you did not invoke against
them but for good, and said: ‘O Allah, forgive my people, as they know not what
they do.’ [Qadi Iyaad’s al-Shifa; Imam Ghazali’s Ihya ‘Ulum al-Deen]
238. During an expedition, the Messenger of Allah
knew when a hypocrite had died in Madinah.
• When they were on an expedition, a wind storm blew up and the
Messenger of Allah told his Companions, "It blows for the death of a
hypocrite." Upon their return to Madinah, they found his prophecy had been
realized. [Qadi Iyaad’s al-Shifa]
239. The Messenger of Allah brought more people to
Islam than Prophet Noah did during his long life on Earth.
• Sayyidina Umar ibn al-Khattab said, “O Messenger of Allah, may my
parents be sacrificed to you! Noah was not followed by so many people during
his long stray as you have been followed in a short time.” [Qadi Iyaad’s
al-Shifa; Imam Ghazali’s Ihya ‘Ulum al-Deen] Some reports say that Prophet Noah
(or Nuh) lived for approximately 900 years.
240. No favour is more universally beneficial and
of greater advantage than the Messenger of Allah because he is our path to
guidance.
• Qadi Iyaadh says, “There is no other favor that could be more
universally beneficial and of greater advantage than his blessing to all
Muslims because he is our path to guidance. He is the one who rescues us from
the error of our blindness. He is the one who calls us to success and honor! He
is our path to our Lord and our intercessor. He is the one who will speak on
our behalf
and bear witness for us and bring us, inshaAllah, to the
Everlasting Life with its happiness!” [Qadi Iyaad’s al-Shifa]
241. The Messenger of Allah prayed for Sayyidina
Abdullah b. Jafar so that he became famously wealthy.
• The Messenger of Allah prayed that Sayyidina Abdullah b. Jafar would
acquire an abundance of wealth, and he became so rich he was famous for it. He
also became as famous for his generosity, as he was for the wealth he obtained
through the Messenger of Allah’s prayer. [Imam al-Haythami, Majma al-Zawaid;
Imam ibn Hajar, Matalibu’l-Aliya; Imam Bayhaqi, Dalail al-Nubuwwa; Qadi Iyaadh,
al-Shifa]
242. The Messenger of Allah prayed so that every
prayer of Sayyidina Saa’d b. Abi Waqqas would be answered.
• The Messenger of Allah prayed for Sayyidina Saa’d b. Abi Waqqas: ‘O
Allah, answer his prayer!’ After that, the answering of his prayers became
famous and everyone feared his malediction. [Tirmidhi; Imam ibn Hajar,
al-Isaba]
243. The Messenger of Allah knew of hidden wealth
of his uncle Sayyidina Abbas.
• When Sayyidina Abbas was taken captive, his goods were confiscated. He
told the Messenger of Allah that he had no money. The Messenger of Allah
reminded him about the money he had left concealed with Umm al Fadl, whereupon
Sayyidina Abbas exclaimed, “None except Umm al Fadl and I knew where it was.”
Then Sayyidina Abbas became a Muslim. [Qadi Iyaadh, al-Shifa]
244. The Messenger of Allah knew about Chosroes’
death before the news had even arrived.
• Before the news had arrived via messenger, the Messenger of Allah told
a Persian envoy named Fayruz that Chosroes had passed away. When the messenger
arrived with the news, Fayruz read the letter and embraced Islam. [Qadi Iyaad,
al-Shifa]
245. Sayyidina Anas b. Malik had children and
grand-children numbering over a hundred, due to the prayer of the Messenger of
Allah.
• Sayyidina Anas reported: “My mother Umm Anas (also called Umm Sulaym)
came to the Messenger of Allah. She prepared my lower garment out of the half
of her headdress and (with the other half) she covered my upper body, and said:
‘Messenger of Allah, here is my son Unais; I have brought him to you for
serving you. Invoke blessings of Allah upon him.’ Thereupon the Messenger of
Allah said: ‘O Allah, make an increase in his wealth and progeny.’” Sayyidina
Anas said: “By Allah, my fortune is huge, and my children and grand-children
are now more than one hundred.” [Sahih Muslim]
• Hafiz ibn Kathir also relates that Sayyidina Anas b. Malik had a
garden which would produce fruit twice every year.
246. The beauty of the Qur’an which Allah sent down
to him deeply affects pure hearts.
• Qadi Iyaadh says: “As for those who believe, they experience fear and
are in rapture of its awe. It is like a magnet, attracting the listener and its
reciter. It is a source of joy that causes the heart to incline to it and also
a confirmation. Allah says, "The skins of those who fear their Lord
tremble; and thereafter their skins and hearts soften to the Remembrance of
Allah." [Qur’an 39:23] [Qadi Iyaad, al-Shifa]
247. Utba b. Rabi’ah’s unbelieving heart trembled
upon hearing the Messenger of Allah recite Qur’an.
• On one occasion, Utba b. Rabi’ah went to the Messenger of Allah to
speak to him about a recent revelation that that spoke against the pagan belief
of his tribe. So, the Messenger of Allah began to recite the chapter that
begins "Ha Meem" [Qur’an; Surah 41]. Utba could not bear to hear it
and put his hand over the Messenger of Allah 's mouth, and begged him to stop.
It is also reported that he listened, and in so doing he put his hands behind
his back and leant on them until the Messenger of Allah reached the verse of
prostration, whereupon the Messenger of Allah prostrated. Utba did not know how
to deal with the situation and immediately got up, returned to his family and
declined to go out to his tribesmen. His fellow tribesmen came to him and he
apologized telling them, "By Allah, he recited some words to me, and by
Allah, I have never heard anything like them; I just did not know what to
say." [Qadi Iyaad, al-Shifa]
248. The Qur’an confirms the truth of the Messenger
of Allah; none of the unbelievers were able to disprove it.
• Allah says in the Qur’an: ”Say: 'If the abode of the Hereafter is with
Allah for you especially, to the exclusion of all other people, then long for
death if you are truthful.” But they will never long for it.” [Qur’an 2:94-95]
Shaykh Abu Isaac az-Zajjaj commented on this verse saying, "This
verse contains the greatest proof and also the clearest indication of the
soundness of the Message of Allah. This is because Allah told the Jews to
"long for death" and then informs them "but they will never long
for it", so none of them sincerely longed for death. The Messenger of
Allah spoke of this by saying, "By the One in whose hand is my soul, not a
single man from amongst them could say it without choking on his saliva.” Allah
turned the hearts of the Jews against longing for death. He cast tremendous
fear into them thereby signifying that His Messenger, praise and peace be
upon him, was indeed truthful, and that which He had sent down to him was
without doubt authentic. [Qadi Iyaad, al-Shifa]
249. After the prayer of the Messenger of Allah, Sayyida Umm Sulaym had nine sons who all grew up as huffaadh
(memorisers) of the Qur’an.
• [Sahih Muslim]
250. The name ‘Muhammad’ was completely unknown
until shortly before the Messenger of Allah’s birth.
• Qadi Iyaadh writes, “Neither Arabs nor non-Arabs knew of the name
‘Muhammad’ until shortly before the Messenger of Allah’s birth, when they heard
the news that a person bearing this name had been selected to be a Prophet.
When the news of his name became known, six Arabs named their son ‘Muhammad’ in
the hope that it would be their son who would be the chosen one, but Allah had
selected His Message to be placed with Muhammad ibn Abdullah.” Sallallahu
alayhi wa sallam! [Qadi Iyaad, al-Shifa]
251. Allah has placed His own attributes within the
Messenger of Allah, and made him a “truthful ambassador for creation.”
• Referring to the verse "Whosoever obeys the Messenger, indeed he
has obeyed Allah." [Qur’an 4:80], Imam Jafar b. Muhammad as-Sadiq said,
"Allah was aware that His creation would be incapable of pure obedience to
Him so He informed us in this order: the Messenger, then Allah – so it would be
realized one would never be able to aspire to the achievement of pure obedience
to Him. Therefore between Himself He placed a human, adorning him with His own
attributes of the Kind and Merciful. He made him a truthful ambassador for
creation and decreed that when a person obeys him, they are in fact obeying
Allah, and when someone complies with him, they are also complying with Allah.
[Qadi Iyaad, al-Shifa]
252. The honour of the righteous is due to the
honour bestowed upon the Messenger of Allah.
• Imam Jafar as-Sadiq said regarding the meaning of the verse
"Peace be upon you, Companions of the Right!" [Qur’an 56:91] is because
of Prophet Muhammad, and the cause of their peace is the great honor bestowed
upon Prophet Muhammad, may Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him.
[Qadi Iyaad, al-Shifa]
253. Allah raised the status of his beloved
Messenger by placing his name in the company of His Own Name.
• Allah accentuated the Prophet's exceptional position, his tremendous
rank, and great prominence by raising his name in the company of His Own Name.
Of this, Sayyidina Qatada said, "Allah exalted his fame in the world and
in the Hereafter. There is no one who offers the prayers who does not say,
'There is no God except Allah, Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah.'"
Sayyidina Abu Sa’eed al Khudri narrated that the Messenger of Allah
said, "Jibra’il came to me and said, 'My Lord and your Lord says: Do you
know how I have exalted Muhammad's fame? When My Name is mentioned, he is
mentioned."
In a Hadith Qudsi, Allah says to His beloved Messenger, "I
completed belief with your being mentioned with Me." And, "I have
made your mention next to My mention and whosoever mentions Me, mentions you
thereafter." [Qadi Iyaad, al-Shifa]
254. The perfection of the Beloved Messenger of
Allah is even proven in the purity of his lineage.
The perfection of status granted to the Beloved Messenger of Allah,
upon him be utmost blessings and peace, extends to the fact that even his
lineage is pure and sacred. Referring to the blessing of his nobility, the
Messenger of Allah told Sayyidina Abu Hurayrah, "I was sent from the best
of each consecutive generation of the children of Adam until I appeared in the
generation in which I am from." [Qadi Iyaad, al-Shifa]
255. The Messenger of Allah’s habits, such as the
manner in which he slept, have scientifically proven benefits.
• Qadi Iyaadh relates, “When he slept, he slept on his right side so
that his sleep would be shallow. Sleeping on the left side is easier on the
heart and one's organs as they incline to the left side. When one sleeps on the
right side, there is a tendency to wake up quickly and one is not overcome by
deep slumber.” [Qadi Iyaad, al-Shifa]
256. The Messenger of Allah’s character was that of
the noble Qur’an.
• Sayyida A’isha, wife of the Prophet, beloved Mother of Believers
described him saying, "His character was that of the Qur’an. He was pleased
by that which it finds pleasing, and angered by that which it finds hateful.”
[Qadi Iyaad, al-Shifa]
257. Every miracle of the previous Messengers is
due to the light of the final Messenger of Allah.
• Imam al-Qastalani quotes Ibn Marzuq regarding Imam Busayri’s Qasida
Burda: “…Every miracle that every Messenger has brought, surely was only
because it was an extension to each one of them of the light of Muhammad, may
Allah bless him and give him peace. How beautiful is his saying
"surely was theirs only in connection to his light" for it suggests
that his light, may Allah bless him and give him peace, always remained
unchanged in him, and nothing of it was decreased. Had he said, "Surely it
was part of his light", then it could have been imagined that he
distributed it to them, and that perhaps nothing of it remained for him. All
the signs given to each one of them was only theirs through his light, may
Allah bless him and give him peace, because he is a sun of excellence, and
they are the planets of that sun which convey its lights to humankind in the
darkness. The planets are not shining by themselves, but they receive light
from the sun, so that when the sun is absent they show the light of the sun.
Similarly, the Prophets before his existence used to show his excellence, so
that whatever lights appeared at the hands of the Messengers other than him, it
was only from his outpouring light and vast extension (madad), without
decreasing anything of it.” [al-Mawahib al-Laduniyya]
258. From the prayer of the Messenger of Allah,
Sayyidina Abdullah ibn Rawaha attained the honour of martyrdom.
• Hisham ibn Urwa relates that after Sayyidina Abdullah ibn Rawaha
recited poetry in honour of the Messenger of Allah, the Messenger of Allah
said: "And you also, may Allah make you firm, O ibn Rawaha." Hisham
ibn Urwa continues, “Allah indeed made him firm with the staunchest firmness.
He died as a martyr, and Paradise was opened for him and he entered it.” [Qadi
Iyaad, al-Shifa]
259. The Messenger of Allah knows the reality of
Allah more than every other being in creation.
• The Messenger of Allah said, "I am the most God-fearing, and know
Allah better than all of you do." [Bukhari]
260. When Chosroes tore up a letter sent from the
Messenger of Allah, Allah’s Wrath seized him.
• Chosroes, ruler of Persia, tore up the letter sent to him by the
Messenger of Allah. When the Messenger of Allah received news of this, he
prayed: “O Allah, slit him as he slit my letter!” It was as a result of this
malediction that Chosroes’ son cut him to pieces with a dagger. [Bukhari; Qadi
Iyaad, al-Shifa]
261. When the Messenger of Allah was born,
meteorites fell from the sky indicating that the heavens were now secured from
devils.
• On the night of the blessed birth, stars fell down from the sky in the
form of meteorites, like the leaves in autumn, indicating that the devil and
the jinns would no longer be able to steal information from the Heavens.
[Tabari; Qadi Iyaad’s al-Shifa]
262. Jews of Madinah recognized the Messenger of Allah’s
arrival on the night of his birth.
• Sayyidina Hassan bin Thabit reports, “I was about eight years old. One
morning a Jewish man was running, crying out, ‘O Jews!’ Jews gathered around
the man saying ‘What is it? Why are you shouting?’ The man was crying out, ‘Let
me give you this news; Ahmad’s star was born tonight. Ahmad was born tonight.”
[Imam al-Qastalani, Mawahibul-Laduniyya]
263. The Messenger of Allah restored the sight of a
blind man through his own intercession.
• The Messenger of Allah restored the sight of a blind man by
prescribing a prayer which invoked Allah through his intercession.
Sayyidina Usman bin Hanif says that a blind man once went to the place
of the Messenger of Allah and said, "O Messenger of Allah! Pray for me
that I may regain my sight." The Messenger of Allah replied, "Go and
perform ablution, and read two Rakaats of Nafl prayer and read this
supplication: ‘O Allah! Verily I ask of you and towards You, I use the
mediation of Muhammad Mustafa. O Muhammad, verily I turn through your Waseela
(medium) to your Creator for my needs, so that my needs may be fulfilled. O
Allah, accept the intercession of Muhammad, may peace and blessings be upon
him, for me." [ibn Majah; Qadi Iyaad’s al-Shifa]
264. The Messenger of Allah declared it a form of
charity and a sunnah to smile!
• Sayyidina Abu Dhar reported that the Messenger of Allah said: “Your
smile to your brother is a sadaqa (charitable act) for you. Your
commanding the right and forbidding the wrong is a sadaqa. Your
guiding a man in the land of misguidance is a sadaqa for you. Your
seeing (showing the way) for a man with bad eyesight is a sadaqa for
you. Your removing a stone or thorn or bone from the road is a sadaqa
for you. Your emptying your bucket of water into your brother’s (empty) bucket
is a sadaqa for you.” [Tirmidhi]
265. Prophet Musa caused water to stream from a
rock, the Messenger of Allah caused water to flow from his sacred fingers.
• Sayyidina Umar b. al-Khattab said, in a tribute, “O Messenger of God,
may my parents be sacrificed to you. Moses, son of Imran, made to flow a stream
of water from a stone. Is it not more wonderful that water flowed down from
your fingers?” [Ihya ‘Ulum al-Deen of Imam al-Ghazali, Vol. 1]
266. The Messenger of Allah formed a deep
brotherhood throughout his Ummah, likening it to a human body.
• Sayyidina Nu’man ibn Bashir reported that the Messenger of Allah said,
“The likeness of the believers in their mutual love, mercy and affection is
that of the body. When one limb of it complains, the rest of the body reacts
with sleeplessness and fever.” [Bukhari; Muslim]
267. One who writes in honour of the Messenger of Allah is prayed for by
the angels.
• The Messenger of Allah said: “If a man glorifies me by writing books,
the angels pray to God for his forgiveness so long as the book exists.” [Ihya
‘Ulum al-Deen of Imam al-Ghazali, Vol. 1]
268. The Messenger of Allah opened to us the
realities of the treasures of dhikr.
• The Beloved Messenger of Allah said: “…If your state of mind is always
the same as it is at the time of dhikr (remembrance of Allah), the
Aangels would shake hands with you and would greet you on the path by saying, ‘Assalamu
alaykum.’” [Muslim]
In his commentary of Sahih Muslim, Imam al-Nawawi says regarding this hadith:
“This kind of sight is shown to someone who persists in meditation (muraqaba),
reflection (fikr), and anticipation (iqbal) of the next world.”
269. The Messenger of Allah was most afflicted by
trial but his character surpassed any level of grief he endured.
• Sayyidina Saa’d bin Abi Waqqas reports: I said, “O Messenger of Allah,
who are the most afflicted of all people?” He replied, "The Prophets, then
the righteous people, then those who are nearest to them in perfection and
those who are nearest to them. Man is tested according to his religiosity; if
he is strong religiously, his test is increased and if he is weak in religion,
his test is reduced. And a believer will be tested until he walks on the earth
sinless [i.e. his sins have been erased by series of afflictions that he
endured.]” [Bukhari]
270. The Messenger of Allah inspired a Jewish boy
to embrace Islam on his deathbed.
• Sayyidina Anas b. Malik reported that a Jewish boy used to serve the
Messenger of Allah. The boy became ill and Messenger of Allah went to visit
him. He sat by his head and said, "Become a Muslim." The boy looked
at his father who was also sitting by his head. His father said to him,
"Obey Abu'l-Qasim (may Allah bless him and grant him peace)."
So the boy became a Muslim. The Messenger of Allah left, saying, "Praise
be to Allah who has saved him from the Fire!" [Bukhari]
271. The Messenger of Allah receives our durood/salawat
wherever we may be.
• The Messenger of Allah said, “Pray for Allah's blessings upon
me, for your blessings reach me from wherever you are.” [Sunan Abu
Dawud]
272. Sayyidina Usman b. Maz’un’s love for the
Messenger of Allah increased when witnessing him receive revelation.
• Sayyidina Abdullah ibn Abbas narrates, "While the Messenger of
Allah was sitting in the courtyard of his house, Usman b. Maz’un passed by and
smiled at the Messenger of Allah. The Messenger of Allah said to him, “Won't
you sit down?” He said, “Certainly.” So the Messenger of Allah sat facing him,
and while they were talking, the Messenger of Allah began looking up at the
sky, looking at it for a while, then he brought his gaze down until he was
looking at the ground to his right. Then the Messenger of Allah turned slightly
away from his companion Usman to where he was looking. Then he began to tilt
his head as if trying to understand something, and Usman ibn Maz’un was looking
on.
When the matter was finished and he had understood what had been said to
him, the Messenger of Allah stared at the sky again as he had the first time, looking
at whatever he could see until it disappeared. Then he turned back to face
Usman again. Usman said, ‘O Muhammad, I have never seen you do anything like
you did today while I was sitting with you.’ The Messenger of Allah said, ‘What
did you see me do?’ Usman said, ‘I saw you staring at the sky, then you lowered
your gaze until you were looking to your right, then you turned to him and left
me. Then you tilted your head as if you were trying to understand something
that was being said to you.’ The Messenger of Allah said, ‘Did you notice
that?’ Usman said, `Yes.’ The Messenger of Allah said, ‘A messenger from Allah
came to me just now, when you were sitting here.’ Usman said, ‘A messenger from
Allah?’ The Messenger of Allah said, ‘Yes.’ Usman said, ‘And what did he say to
you?’ The Messenger of Allah said, ‘Verily, Allah orders justice and
kindness...’ Usman said: ‘That was when faith was established in my heart and I
began to love Muhammad .’” [Imam Ahmad]
273. “Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah; and those
with him are forceful against the disbelievers, merciful among themselves...”
• “Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah; and those with him are forceful
against the disbelievers, merciful among themselves. You see them bowing and
prostrating [in prayer], seeking bounty from Allah and [His] pleasure. Their
mark is on their faces from the trace of prostration. That is their description
in the Torah. And their description in the Gospel is as a plant which produces
its offshoots and strengthens them so they grow firm and stand upon their
stalks, delighting the sowers - so that Allah may enrage by them the
disbelievers. Allah has promised those who believe and do righteous deeds among
them forgiveness and a great reward.” [Qur’an 48:29]
274. Chosroes suffered great ruin and destruction
through disrespecting the Messenger of Allah.
• Chosroes, ruler of Persia, tore up the letter sent to him by the
Messenger of Allah. When the Messenger of Allah received news of this, he
prayed: “O Allah, slit him as he slit my letter!” It was as a result of this
malediction that Chosroes’ son cut him to pieces with a dagger. [Bukhari; Qadi
Iyaad, al-Shifa] And it is further reported that later in history, Sayyidina
Saa’d b. Abi Waqqas broke his kingdom apart, so that in no part of the Sasanid
empire did his sovereignty remain. [Sirat ibn Hisham; Imam Tabari,
Tarikhu’l-Umma wa’l-Muluk; Hafiz ibn Kathir’s al Bidaya wal-Nihaya]
275. The Messenger of Allah will accept the
responsibility of intercession on the Day when everyone else will turn us away.
• ”It may be that your Lord will raise you to maqaam Mahmud (an
Exalted Station).” [Qur’an 17:79] On this verse, Hafiz ibn Kathir states in his
tafsir: “I, Ibn Kathir, say: He is the first one for whom the earth will
be opened and he will come forth riding to the gathering place. He will have a
banner under which Adam and anyone else will gather, and he will have the Hawdh
(Lake) to which no one else will have more access than he. He will have the
right of the Grand Intercession with Allah when He comes to judge between His
creation. This will be after the people ask Adam, then Nuh, then Ibrahim, then
Musa, then ‘Isa to intercede, and each of them will say, "I am not able
for that.'' Then they will come to Muhammad, peace and blessings of Allah be
upon him , and he will say, “I can do that, I can do that.” [Tafsir ibn
Kathir]
276. The light of the Messenger of Allah was placed
in the forehead of Prophet Adam.
• Imam Muhyuddin ibn Arabi states: “When Allah created our father Adam,
He placed the light of Muhammad, His first creation, on Adam’s forehead. When
the angels encountered Adam, they paid respect and greeted that light, but Adam
was dismayed, being unable to see the divine light of Muhammad shining on his
own forehead…” [Imam ibn Arabi’s Shajarat al-Kawn]
277. The full reality of the Messenger of Allah is
unknown to us and beyond our limited comprehension.
• "If the strength and valour of forty warriors were put into one
man, who could drag a lion by the ear, and if that man saw the truth of the
Prophet for a single moment, the awe he'd feel would tear his lungs from his
chest & his soul would leave him." ~ Shaykh Ahmad Dabbagh
278. The blessed lineage of the Messenger of Allah
consists of exactly fifty males and fifty females.
• Imam Yusuf Nabhani relates, “The father and the mother of Prophet
Muhammad were the final links of light, which had passed from a hundred people:
fifty of whom were male, and the other fifty female.” [Imam Yusuf Nabhani’s
Hujjatallahi alal-Alameen]
279. “He was solely of love. Thus, God selected him
from among the Prophets…”
• Mawlana Jalal uddin Rumi evaluates the creation of the Messenger of
Allah with love:
“Love boils the sea like clay. Love smashes and melts the mountains like
sand.
Love ruptures the sky, opening hundreds of cracks. Love shakes the earth
with no reason.
The immaculate love was equivalent to Prophet Muhammad.
Because of love, God said to him, “If you had not existed, (I would not
have created the worlds)...”
He was solely of love. Thus, God selected him from among the Prophets;
“If you had not been of immaculate love, if you had not possessed love,
would I have created the Heavens?” [Mathnawi, v. 223-4]
280. The blessed spirit of the Messenger of Allah
is the sultan or ruler over all creation.
• Imam Muhyuddin ibn Arabi says, when the essence of Prophet Muhammad
existed, it existed as the ruler, sultan and the one who is guarded.
When the creation of the body was delayed, Allah created agents on behalf of
him. His first agent and viceroy was Adam. Then the reproduction and
proliferation of humanity began; Allah had always created viceroys through all
eras until the pure body of the Prophet Muhammad was achieved. The body of
Prophet Muhammad appeared like a strong sun. Now all the lights were contained
in his vivid light, all the verdicts were hidden in his verdicts, all the laws
yielded to him and his hidden rule emerged. As a consequence, Prophet Muhammad
is the “first, last, spiritual and the all knower.” [Futuhat al-Makkiya]
281. The Messenger of Allah responded to a Bedouin
Arab’s call at his blessed grave.
• Imam al-Nawawi relates on al-‘Utbi's authority:
“As I was sitting by the grave of
the Messenger of Allah, a Bedouin Arab came and said: “Peace be upon you, O
Messenger of Allah! I have heard Allah saying: “If they had only, when they
were unjust to themselves, come unto thee and asked Allah’s forgiveness, and
the Messenger had asked forgiveness for them, they would have found Allah
indeed Oft-Returning, Most Merciful.” [Qur’an 4:64]. Therefore, I have come to
you asking forgiveness for my sin, seeking your intercession with my Lord.”
Then he began to recite poetry:
“O best of those whose bones are buried in the deep earth,
And from whose fragrance the depth and the height have become sweet,
May I be the ransom for a grave which thou inhabit,
And in which are found purity, bounty and munificence!”
Then he left, and I dozed and saw the Messenger of
Allah in my sleep. He said to me: “O ‘Utbi, run after the Bedouin and give him
glad tidings that Allah has forgiven him.” [Imam
al-Nawawi, al-Idah fi Manasik al-Hajj & al-Adhkaar]
282. Light was seen in the forehead of the
Messenger of Allah’s father until he was conceived.
• A woman, the sister of the Christian monk Waraqa b. Naufal,
showed interest in Sayyidina Abdullah before he had married Sayyida Amina.
After the Messenger of Allah was conceived, Sayyidina Abdullah saw the same
woman, and she turned her face away. When he asked her why, the woman replied,
“The light I saw on you has forsaken you today.” According to Ibn Ishaq, this
woman had seen a bright mark between the eyes of Sayyidina Abdullah, and she
had been told by her brother that the arrival of a Prophet was imminent.
Naturally, what the woman had seen on the face of Sayyidina Abdullah was the
light of Prophethood. [Sirat ibn Hisham]
283. “If the candle of Prophet Muhammad’s existence
had not existed, all would have remained in darkness…”
• Shaykh Ismail Haqqi Bursawi emphasizes that: the Messenger of Allah is
presented within the Qur’an as a “lamp that gives light.” [Qur’an 33:46] Within
this verse, the Messenger of Allah is likened to a candle. If there were no
candles, it would not be possible to reach a destination; likewise, if the
candle of Prophet Muhammad’s existence had not existed, all would have remained
in darkness, and would not have found the path to the light of existence, and
would not have reached the path where the source of prosperity existed. [Tafsir
Ruh al Bayan]
284. One who sees the Messenger of Allah in a dream
has truly seen him. Sallallahu alayhi wa sallam!
• Sayyidina Abu Hurayrah reports that the Messenger of Allah said, “He
who saw me in a dream has certainly seen me, for Shaytan cannot take my form.”
[Bukhari; Muslim]
285. Mankind, jinn and the angels serve the
Messenger of Allah.
• “Not just men and jinn; but angels too throughout the day [and
night] stand in your service / It is not foreheads and heads that prostrate,
but our hearts that fall down in reverence for thee!” ~ Imam Ahmad Raza Khan
• One hadith confirming how even the angels are in the service of
the Messenger of Allah: “Indeed Allah has angels who roam the earth and they
convey to me the greetings of my Ummah (nation).” [al-Nisa’i]
286. Allah sent His Beloved Messenger to empower
the world with Islam over all other religions.
• “It is He Who has sent His Messenger with Guidance and the Religion of
Truth, to proclaim it over all religion: and enough is Allah for a Witness.”
[Qur’an 48:28]
287. The grave of the Messenger of Allah surpasses
all other lands in superiority.
• Qadi Iyaad says, “There is no difference of opinion (la khilaf)
in that the grave of the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him & give
him peace, is the most virtuous land on earth.” [Qadi Iyaad’s
al-Shifa]
288. Every blessing upon creation comes through the
Messenger of Allah.
• Imam Yusuf Nabhani says:
“For he is not in need of creation at all,
While they all need him without exception;
He belongs to Allah alone, Whose purified servant he is,
As his attributes and names have made manifest;
And every single favor in creation comes from Allah
To him, and from him to everything else.” [Sa’adat al-Darayn]
289. Every time Allah is mentioned, the Messenger
of Allah is mentioned.
• On the verse: “And we have exalted for you your remembrance.” [Qur’an
94:4]
Hafiz ibn Kathir relates that Mujahid said: "Meaning, every time I
[Allah] am mentioned, you [Muhammad] are mentioned.” [Tafsir ibn Kathir]
290. The five fingers of each hand represent the
closest beloveds of the Messenger of Allah.
• Imam Muhyuddin ibn Arabi states: “The five fingers of your right hand
are given to you to remind you to keep the Blessed Five as guides: Muhammad the
Messenger of Allah, may Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him, and his
four companions Abu Bakr, ‘Umar, ‘Uthman and ‘Ali, and to honor what they hold
as truth.” He continues, “Now the five fingers of your other hand are there to
remind you of the five members of the Prophet’s household: Muhammad the
Messenger of Allah, may Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him, ‘Ali,
Fatimah, Hasan and Husayn, from whom Allah cleansed all impurity…” [Imam ibn
Arabi’s Shajarat al-Kawn]
291. Allah Most High swears an oath by the life of
the Messenger of Allah.
• “Verily, by your life (O Muhammad)!” [Qur’an 15:72] Thus it was said:
Do they know any other Prophet or angel whom Allah addressed directly and by
whose life He swore?
292. It is Allah’s Way to invoke blessings upon the
Prophet, to the extent that His angels do so too and He Himself commands it
upon the believers.
• “Indeed, Allah and His angels send blessings on the Prophet: O you who
believe! Invoke blessings upon him, and salute him with all respect.” [Qur’an
33:56]
293. Following his Sunnah grants one the honour of
being with the Messenger of Allah in Jannah.
• The Messenger of Allah said, “Whoever cherishes my sunnah,
indeed he cherishes me, and whoever loves me will be with me in Jannah.”
[Tirmidhi]
294. Allah Most High has preferred his beloved
Messenger over all creation in the heavens and earth.
• Sayyidina Abdullah ibn Abbas said: “Allah has preferred (faddala)
Muhammad over all Prophets and over the dwellers of the heavens (i.e. the
angels).”
They said: “O ibn ‘Abbas, how did He prefer him to the dwellers of the
heavens?”
He replied: “Allah Most High said: ‘And one of them [the angels] who
should say: Lo! I am a God beside Him, that one We should repay with Hell.’
[Qur’an 21:29] - but He said: ‘Lo! We have given you (O Muhammad) a signal
victory, that Allah may forgive you of what preceded of your fault and that
which is to come, and may perfect His favor unto you, and may guide you on a
Straight Path.’ [Qur’an 48:1-2]”
They said: “And how did He prefer him over the Prophets?”
He replied: “Allah Most High says: ‘And We never sent a Messenger save
with the language of his folk.’ [Qur’an 14:4] but He said: ‘And We have not
sent you (O Muhammad) save unto all mankind.’ [Qur’an 34:28] [Qadi Iyaad’s
al-Shifa]
295. “And verily, you (O Muhammad) are on an
exalted standard of character.” [Qur’an 68:4]
• About this verse, it was said: The reality of this compliment (khuluqin
‘azim, or exalted standard of character and morals) can be fathomed only by
the Speaker Himself and whomever He wills.
296. The Messenger of Allah is the Praised, the
Gatherer, the Concluder.
• The Messenger of Allah said: “I have (many) names. I am The Praised
One (Muhammad). And I am the Most Deserving of Praise (Ahmad). And I am the
Eraser (al-Mahi) by whom disbelief is erased. And I am the Gatherer (al-Hashir)
at whose feet the people shall be gathered. And I am the Concluder (al-‘Aqib)
after whom there is no Prophet.” [Bukhari; Imam Malik’s Muwatta; Imam Bayhaqi’s
Dala'il al-Nubuwwa]
297. The Messenger of Allah could see behind him as
clearly as he could see ahead.
• The Messenger of Allah told his Companions, “I see the one behind my
neck just as I see the one before me.” [Bukhari; Muslim; Imam Bayhaqi’s Dala'il
al-Nubuwwa]
Mujahid explained when the Messenger of Allah arose from prayer he could
see everyone behind him, just as if they were in front of him.
298. The Messenger of Allah could see in the dark
as clearly as he could see in the light.
• “The Messenger of Allah could see just as well in the dark as he could
see in the light.” [Imam Bayhaqi’s Dala'il al-Nubuwwa]
299. The sun once halted for the Messenger of Allah
and did not set until he was victorious in his expedition.
• From a report related by Sayyidina Abu Hurayrah: “…So, the Prophet
carried out the expedition and when he reached that town at the time or nearly
at the time of the ‘Asr prayer, he said to the sun: ‘O sun! You are under
Allah’s Order and I am under Allah’s Order. O Allah! Stop it (i.e. the sun)
from setting.’ It was stopped till Allah made him victorious.” [Bukhari]
300. For centuries, the greatest poets have
dedicated masterpieces to his honour, and nevertheless have reached the
conclusion that his praise cannot be fully expressed.
“O man of beauty, O Master of men,
The brightness of your face has illuminated the
moon!
It is impossible to praise him (the Messenger of
Allah) as he deserves;
After God, you are the Most Exalted - the story
ends there!”
O Allah, send Your blessings upon our Master
Muhammad in such a measure that earns Your pleasure, and send Your blessings
upon our Master Muhammad exceeding that measure which has earned Your pleasure,
and send Your blessings upon on our Master Muhammad forever and ever.
وَرَفَعْنَا لَكَ ذِكْرَكَ
And Indeed I
(ALLAH) exalted your Fame [94:4]
The Nobel Prophet Muhammad (صلى الله عليه وسلم) whose fame Allah (سبحانہ و تعا لی) exalts then who can reduce it?
