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Beautiful Qualities of
Prophet Muhammad
(may Allah's blessings and peace be upon him)
Hadrat Abu Huraira (may Allah be pleased with him)
said: the Prophet (may Allah's blessings and peace be upon
him) was asked to curse the infidels. He said, "I
have not been sent to curse people but as a mercy to all
mankind." (Muslim)
Mother of faithful believers Hadrat
Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) said that she once
asked the Holy Prophet (may Allah's blessings and peace be
upon him): 'Did you face a day severer than the day of the
battle of Uhud? 'He answered: 'Yes I have experienced such
things at the hands of your people and such a day was the
day of Aqabah. On this day I presented myself to Abdi lail
bin Abd Kulal and offered him Islam, but he failed to make
any responce to what I had offered to him. I therefore,
left with a heavy heart and depressed. I felt some relieft
only when I reached Qarn Sa'alib. Here I looked up and saw
a cloud covering me. In this cloud I saw Angel Jibril
(peace be upon him) who called me and said: Allah, the
Most High, has heard what your people have said to you and
the response to your offer. Allah has now sent the Angel
of the Mountains to you to carry out your orders to do
what you might like to be done to them. Then the Angel of
the Mountains addressed me greeting with Salam and then
said: 'Muhammad! Allah (The Glorified and the Exalted) has
heard what your people have said to you. I am the Angel of
the Mountains and my Lord has sent me to you to carry out
your orders. What do you want now to be done? If you like
I may crush them between the two mountains encircling the
city of Makka. The Holy Prophet (may Allah's blessings and
peace be upon him) replied: (I do not want their
destruction) I am still hopeful that Allah will make some
of their children (good Muslims) who would worship Allah,
the One, without associating anybody with Him. (Bukhari
and Muslim).
Hadrat Anas (may Allah be pleased with him)
reported that a Jewess came to Allah's Messenger (may
Allah's blessings and peace be upon him) with poisoned
mutton and he took of what had been brought to him. (When
the effect of his poison were felt by him) he called for
her and asked her about that, whereupon she said: I had
determined to kill you. Thereupon he said: Allah will
never give you the power to do it. He (the narrator) said
that they (the Companions of the Holy Prophet) said:
Should we not kill her? Thereupon he said: No. He (Anas)
said: I felt (the effects of this poison) on the uvula of
Allah's Messenger. (Muslim)
It has been narrated on the authority of
Hadrat Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) that
eighty persons from the inhabitants of Makka swooped down
upon Allah's Messenger (may Allah's blessings and peace be
upon him) from the mountain of Tan'im. They were armed and
wanted to attack the Holy Prophet (may Allah's blessings
and peace be upon him) and his Companions unawares. He
(the Holy Prophet) captured them but spared their lives.
So, Allah (The Glorified and the Exalted) revealed the
verse: "And It is He Who
restrained your hands from them and their hands from you
in the valley of Makkah after He had given you a victory
over them." (48:24) (Muslim)
It has been narrated on the authority of Hadrat
Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) that, on the Day of
Hunain, Umm Sulaim took out a dagger she had in her
possession. Hadrat Abu Talha (may Allah be pleased with
him) saw her and said: Messenger of Allah, this is Umm
Sulaim. She is holding a dagger. Allah's Messenger (may
Allah's blessings and peace be upon him) asked (her): What
for are you holding that dagger? She said: I took it up so
that I may tear open the belly of a polytheist who comes
near me. Allah's Messenger (may Allah's blessings and
peace be upon him) began to smile (at those words). She
said: Messenger of Allah, kill all those people-other than
us- whom thou hast declared to be free (on the day of the
Conquest of Makka). (They embraced Islam because) they
were defeated at your hands (and as such their Islam is
not dependable). Allah's Messenger (may Allah's blessings
and peace be upon him) said: Umm Sulaim, Allah is
sufficient (against the mischief of the polytheists) and
He will be kind to us (so you need not carry this dagger).
(Muslim)
Mother of faithful believers, Hadrat Aisha (may
Allah be pleased with her) said that the Holy Prophet (may
Allah's blessings and peace be upon him) never struck
anybody with his hand, neither a servant nor a women, but
he did fight (jihad) in the cause of Allah. He never
avenged any wrong done to him personally, but he did
avenge a wrong violating divine commandments. (Muslim)
Hadrat Abu Huraira (may Allah be pleased with him)
said that a man who had died in debt would be brought to
Allah's Messenger (may Allah's blessings and peace be upon
him) and he would ask whether he had left anything to
discharge his debt. If he was told that he had left enough
he would pray, otherwise he would tell the Muslims to pray
over their friend. But when Allah (The Glorified and the
Exalted) wrought the conquests at his hands he stood up
and said, "I am closer to the believers than their
own selves,* so if any of the believers dies leaving a
debt I shall be responsible for paying it, and if anyone
leaves property it goes to his heirs." (Bukhari and
Muslim)
*(Qur'an, 33:6)
Narrated Hadrat Ibn 'Abbas (may Allah be pleased
with him): When 'Abdullah bin 'Ubai died, his son
'Abdullah came to Allah's Messenger (may Allah's blessings
and peace be upon him) and asked him to give him his shirt
in order to shroud his father in it. He gave it to him and
then 'Abdullah asked the Prophet (may Allah's blessings
and peace be upon him) to offer the funeral prayer for him
(his father). Allah's Messenger (may Allah's blessings and
peace be upon him) got up to offer the funeral prayer for
him, Sayyidina 'Umar got up too and got hold of the
garment of Allah's Messenger (may Allah's blessings and
peace be upon him) and said, "O Allah's Messenger!
Will you offer the funeral prayer for him though your Lord
has forbidden you to offer the prayer for him?"
Allah's Messenger (may Allah's blessings and peace be upon
him) said, "But Allah has given me the choice by
saying:-
'Whether you ask
forgiveness for them, or do not ask forgiveness for them;
even if you ask forgiveness for them seventy times....'
(9:80)
So I will ask more than seventy
times." Sayyidina 'Umar (may Allah be pleased with
him) said, "But he (Abdullah bin 'Ubai) is a
hypocrite!" However, Allah's Messenger (may Allah's
blessings and peace be upon him) did offer the funeral
prayer for him whereupon Allah revealed:-
'And never (O
Muhammad) pray for anyone of them that dies, nor stand at
his grave.' (9:84) * (Bukhari)
*The complete verse is: "And
never (O Muhammad) pray for anyone of them that dies nor
stand at his grave. Lo! they disbelieved in Allah and His
Messenger and they died while they were evil-doers." (9:84)
Hadrat Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) said:
While we were in the mosque with Allah's Messenger (may
Allah's blessings and peace be upon him) a desert Arab
came and began to pass water in the mosque. The companions
of Allah's Messenger said, "Stop! Stop!" but
Allah's Messenger (may Allah's blessings and peace be upon
him) said, "Don't interrupt him; leave him
alone." They left him alone, and when he had
finished, Allah's Messenger (may Allah's blessings and
peace be upon him) called him and said to him, "These
mosques are not suitable places for urine and filth, but
are only for remembrance of Allah, prayer and recitation
of the Qur'an," or however Allah's Messenger
expressed it.* Hadrat Anas (may Allah be pleased with him)
said that he then gave orders to one of the people who
brought a bucket and poured water over it. (Bukhari and
Muslim)
*Indicating that the transmitter is not
sure of the exact words.
Hadrat Abu Qatadah Haris Ibn Rib'i (may Allah be
pleased with him) relates that the Holy Prophet (may
Allah's blessings and peace be upon him) said: I stand up
for Prayer [Salat] intending to prolong it. In the
meantime I hear the wailing of a baby and I have to
shorten my prayer, being apprehensive lest my recitation
of a long verse may tell upon the baby's mother. (Bukhari)
Narrated Hadrat Abu Huraira (may Allah be pleased
with him): The Prophet (may Allah's blessings and peace be
upon him) said, "One of the rights is that she camels
should be milked at places of water." (Bukhari)
Nazrat Abdallah ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased
with him) reports as follows:- Once the Holy Prophet (may
Allah's blessings and peace be upon him) asked me to
recite the Qur'an to him. I said: "O Messenger of
Allah! The Holy Qur'an has been revealed to you and you
ask me to recite it to you!" "It is my wish,
" he said, "that I hear it from some other
person". So I began to recite, beginning from the
Sura an-Nisa, and when I reached this verse: "But
how (will it be with them) when, We bring of every people
a witness, and We bring thee (O Muhammad) a witness
against these," (4:41). I chanced to glance at
his auspicious face and saw that tears were rolling down
from his eyes. (Tirmidhi)
Hadrat Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with
him) reported that Allah's Messenger (may Allah's
blessings and peace be upon him) was the sublimest among
people (in character) and the most generous amongst them
and he was the bravest of men. One night people of Madina
felt disturbed and set forth in the direction of a sound
when Allah's Messenger (may Allah's blessings and peace be
upon him) met them on his way back as he had gone towards
that sound ahead of them. He was on the horse of Hadrat
Abu Talha (may Allah be pleased with him) which had no
sadle over it, and a sword was slung round his neck, and
he was saying: There was nothing to be afraid of, and he
also said: We found it (this horse) like a torrent of
water (indicating its swiftfootedness), whereas the horse
had been slow before that time. (Muslim)
Hadrat Ibn 'Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him)
reported that Allah's Messenger (may Allah's blessings and
peace be upon him) was the most generous of people in
charity, but he was generous to the utmost in the month of
Ramadan. Hazat Jibril (peace be upon him) would meet him
every year during the month of Ramadan until it ended, and
Allah's Messenger (may Allah's blessings and peace be upon
him) recited to him the Qur'an; and when Jibril (peace be
upon him) met him, Allah's Messenger (may Allah's
blessings and peace be upon him) was most generous in
giving charity like the blowing wind. (Muslim)
Hadrat Anas bin Malik (may Allah be
pleased with him) reported that a person requested Allah's
Messenger (may Allah's blessings and peace be upon him) to
give him a very large flock (of sheep) and he gave that to
him. He came to his tribe and said: O people, embrace
Islam. By Allah, Muhammad donates so much as if he did not
fear want. Hadrat Anas (may Allah be pleased with him)
said that the person embraced Islam for the sake of the
world but later he became Muslim until Islam became dearer
to him than the world and what it contains. (Muslim)
Hadrat Buraidah (may Allah be pleased with him)
reports that when the Holy Prophet (may Allah's blessings
and peace be upon him) emigrated to Madina, Hadrat Salman
Farsi (may Allah be pleased with him) brought a tray full
of fresh dates and offered it to him. He asked ,
"What is this?" Hadrat Salman (may Allah be
pleased with him) said: "It is a sacrifice (sadaqah)
for you and your Companions." He said: "We do
not eat sadaqah". On the second day too Hadrat Salman
(may Allah be pleased with him) came with a tray of dates
and said: "These dates are a gift." Then the
Holy Prophet (may Allah's blessings and peace be upon him)
and the Companions ate of those dates. Thereafter Hadrat
Salman (may Allah be pleased with him) saw the Seal of
Prophethood (in between his shoulders) and embraced Islam.
(Tirmidhi)
Hadrat Abu Huraira (may Allah be pleased with him)
reported that Allah's Messenger (may Allah's blessings and
peace be upon him) was presented two cups at Bayt
al-Maqdis on the night of the Heavenly Journey, one
containing wine and the other containing milk. He looked
at both of them, and he took the one containing milk,
whereupon Hadrat Jibril (peace be upon him) said: Praise
is due to Allah Who guided you to the true nature; had you
taken the one containing wine, your Umma would have gone
astray. (Muslim)
Hadrat 'Amr ibn al-Aas (may Allah be pleased with
him) reports that the Holy Prophet (may Allah's blessings
and peace be upon him) in his special talk, used to pay
attention even to the worst man in the community with a
view to win his heart. "Towards me also," states
Hadrat 'Amr (may Allah be pleased with him), "he used
to pay much attention, addressing me more than he did
others, wherefore I began to think that I was the best man
in the community. So under this impression, one day I
asked him: "Am I superior or Hadrat Umar?" He
said, 'Umar'. Again I asked him clearly, he told me
correctly, without fear or favour, and later on I thought
I should not have asked him such things." (Tirmidhi)
Hadrat Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with
him) said, "The Holy Prophet (may Allah's blessings
and peace be upon him) had the best manners among all the
human beings" (Bukhari and Muslim)
Hadrat Sahl bin Sa'd Ansari (may Allah be pleased
with him) reported that milk was brought to the Prophet
(may Allah's blessings and peace be upon him). He drank
it. On his right was a boy and on the left elderly
persons. He said to the boy: If you permit, I shall give
first to these (on the left). The boy said: No, by Lord,
Messenger of Allah, I do not want to let anyone have my
share of what is left from your lips. Allah's Messenger
(may Allah's blessings and peace be upon him) then gave it
first to him. (Malik)
Hadrat Abu Omamah (may Allah be pleased with him)
reports that a woman used to rattle on ceaselessly and
unrestrained. She came to the Holy Prophet's (may Allah's
blessings and peace be upon him) presence. He was eating
mutton at that time and so he gave her a piece of it. The
woman asked him to give her that piece which was in his
auspicious mouth. So he took it out and gave it to her.
She ate it up, whereby she became alright, her tongue
became controllable and she ceased to run off at the mouth
and lather. (Tirmidhi)
Narrated Yazid bin Abi 'Ubaid: I saw the trace of
a wound in Hadrat Salama's (may Allah be pleased with him)
leg. I said to him, O Abu Muslim! What is this
wound?" He said, "This was inflicted on me on
the day of Khaibar and the people said, "Salama has
been wounded.' Then I went to the Prophet (may Allah's
blessings and peace be upon him) and he puffed his saliva
in it (i.e. the wound) thrice, and since then I have not
had any pain in it till this hour." (Bukhari)
Hadrat Abdallah ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased
with him) reports the Prophetic statement that,"He
who saw me in dream, he saw me really, for Satan cannot
make his face like mine." (Tirmidhi)
Narrated Hadrat Ibn 'Umar (may Allah be pleased
with him): On the Day of Resurrection the people will fall
on their knees and every nation will follow their prophet
and they will say, "O so-and-so! Intercede (for us
with Allah), "till (the right) intercession is given
to Prophet Muhammad (may Allah's blessings and peace be
upon him) and that will be the day when Allah will raise
him to a station of praise and glory (i.e. Al-Maqam
-al-Mahmud). (Bukhari)
Hadrat Abdullah Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased
with him) relates that Rasulullah (may Allah's blessings
and peace be upon him) said: Whoever visits my grave, my
intercession becomes obligatory for him." (Dar-Qutni)
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