The Prophets Of Allah

Prophet Mohammed Pbuh (His Specialities) - 2

The fact is there are 50 special qualities the prophet PBUH had but no one else did. We will begin by talking about his physical appearance and realise it is the sunnah of Allah that Allah sends prophets with the most perfect characteristics, inner and outer - so mankind has NO reason to reject the message and the person. Indeed every prophet was sent with the most beautiful characteristics and mannerisms. As we know, prophet Yusuf/ Jacob was given half of all beauty. Some scholars say all of mankind's beauty (majority opinion) - but some said when the prophet PBUH said this he meant half of his OWN beauty - as he is the most handsome and beautiful of all.

We have many narrations that describe the physical characterstics. When a son asked an old lady after the prophet passed away "what was the prophet like". She said "oh my dear son, if you were to have seen him, you would have through the sun would have risen up". And it is amazing she described him as a sun, and another the moon "his face would light up as did the full moon". One is saying he is like the sun,and another the full moon. This shows how the sahaba could NOT describe him.

There is a tradition that almost makes you want to cry - the tradition of Amr ibn al-As. He used to be the leader of quraysh (like Abu Suffyan) this category of people were noble enemies - they opposed Islam but not stooped to dirty tactics. And Allah reverted all of these people. And this shows because they had a good heart (khalid ibn waleed, Abu Suffyan, Ikrimah the son of Abu Jahal etc) - Allah guided all of them to Islam. So Amr ibn al-As only had an opportunity to be a sahabi/companion of prophet pbuh for a few years and later on in his life he would say "there was nothing that was more sweeter or beloved to me than to stare at the face of the prophet pbuh". The beauty and noor of the prophet was so great that he is saying "there is nothing sweeter than to simply look at the face" and YET "i could never get enough of looking at him". And YET "were you to ask me how he looked, I couldnt describe him BECAUSE along with this desire to stare at him, there was also this awe i had that couldnt allow him to stare at him pbuh and i had to straight away look down". So there was is both beauty and awe overpowering people around him. You have to show the upmost dignity. "Even though I loved to stare I couldnt stare". And he is a noble man of the quraysh and this is how humbled he was just by the prophets face SAW.

Most of the description of the prophet come from the youngest sahaba. Indeed they don't have the same type of emotions as the older sahaba. Anas ibn Malik was introduced to the prophet SAW at 7 years old - and he would serve him all day. And he said "the prophet SAW was neither very tall such that he stood above the crowd, nor short such that he would be ignored. And he was neither extremely white or ruddy brown". Generally speaking white = lightish brown in arabic. So the prophet was a lightish skin colour of brown. The prophets hair "was not in curls nor was it straight".. and "i never felt any velvet or silk softer than the hand of the prophet nor did i smell any fragrance any sweeter than the smell of the prophets sweat". Indeed one sahabi used to collect his sweat in a jar to use it as medicine and perfume.

"The prophet was of medium stature and he had broad shoulders. His hair was thick - his beard was very bushy" and the prophet would grow it when it went down to his ear lobes.

His cousin Ali ibn Abi Talib said "the prophet did not have a very fleshy face nor was his face round, it was slightly ovalish. He had a (light brown) skin. His eyes were large with jet black pupils. And his lashes were long. His joints were long as was his upper back - so broad shoulders." And he did not hair all over his body but he did have a fine line of hair extending from the chest to the naval. "When he walked he would walk fast - as if he is walking down a slope. Some scholars say its as if the earth was humbled when he walked. When he turned he would turn to face with his whole body, between his two shoulders was the seal of the prophethood, and he was the seal of the prophets." The prophet had a physical seal on his body that Allah gave him. And this was to be a sign by which he would be recognized. It was a small growth of hair inbetween his shoulders (more later). Most famously, salman al farisi accepted islam because of this seal because of this test of the seal. First day he checked the prophet and he had the sign. Second day - check. On the third day Salman looked for the seal. He walked behind the prophet and the prophet lowered his top as he knew what he wanted to see. And there and then salman accepted Islam. "Whoever unexpectadly saw him, would stand in awe of him" so much eminating from his body. "And whoever got to know him would love him. And those who described him will always say I have never seen anyone before him or after him that was like him".