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ah

Epi
sode2

Thef actistherear e50speci

al quali
tiesthepr ophetPBUHhadbutnooneel sedid.Wewill
beginbyt alkingabouthisphysicalappear anceandr eali
seitisthesunnahofAll
aht hatAl
l
ah
sendspr ophet swiththemostper f
ectchar act
erist
ics,
innerandout er-somankindhasNO
reasont orejectthemessageandt heper son.Indeedev er
ypr ophetwassentwiththemost
beautifulcharacteri
sti
csandmanner i
sms.Asweknow, prophetyusufwasgivenhalfofal
l
beauty.Someschol arssayal
l ofmanki nd'sbeaut y(majori
tyopini
on)-butsomesai dwhenthe
prophetPBUHsai dthi
shemeanthal fofhi sOWNbeaut y-ashei sthemosthandsomeand
beautifulofall.

Wehav emanynarrati
onsthatdescr
ibethephysi
calchar
actersti
cs.Whenasonaskedanol d
l
adyaftert
heprophetpassedaway" whatwastheprophetl
ike".Shesaid"
ohmydearson, i
fy ou
weretohaveseenhim, y
ouwoul dhavethr
oughthesunwoul dhav eri
senup".Andi
tisamazing
shedescri
bedhim asason,andanotherthemoon" hi
sfacewoul dli
ghtupasdidtheful
lmoon".
Oneissayi
ngheisl i
kethesun,
andanothertheful
lmoon.Thisshowshowt hesahabacoul
d
NOTdescribehi
m.

Thereisat raditi
ont hatalmostmakesy ouwantt ocr y-thet raditi
onofAmri bnal-As.Heused
tobet heleaderofqur aysh(likeAbuSuf fyan)t hiscategoryofpeopl ewer enobleenemi es-t he
opposedI slam butnotst upi
ngt odi
rtytact i
cs.AndAl lahrever tedall ofthesepeopl e.Andt his
showsbecauset heyhadagoodhear t(khal idibnwal eed,AbuSuf f
yan, I
krimaht hesonofAbu
Jahaletc)-Allahgui dedal loft hem t
oI slam.SoAmri bnal-Asonl yhadanoppor t
unitytobea
sahabi f
oraf ewy ears.Andl ateroninhi sl i
fehewoul dsay" ther ewasnot hingthatwasmor e
sweeterorbel ovedt omet hant ost
areatt hef aceoft heprophet "
.Thebeaut yandnooroft he
prophetwassogr eatthathei ssayi
ng" ther eisnot hi
ngsweet erthant osimpl yl
ookatt hef ace"
andYET" icouldnev ergotenoughofl ookingathi m".AndYET" werey outoaskmehowhe
l
ooked, Icouldntdescr ibehim.BECAUSEal ongwi t
ht hisdesiret ost artathim, t
herewasal so
thi
sawei hadt hatcoul dntallowhi mt ost areathi m andi hadt ost r
aightawayl ookdown" .So
therewasi sbot hbeaut yandaweov erpower ingpeopl earoundhi m.Youhav etoshowt he
upmostdi gnity."
Ev ent houghIl ovedtost ar eIcoul dntstare".Andhei sanobl emanoft he
qurayshandt hisi showhumbl edhewasj ustbyt hepr ophetsf aceSAW.
Mostoft hedescr i
pti
onoft heprophetcomef rom they oungestsahaba.I ndeedt heydon' thave
thesamet y peofemot i
onsast heol dersahaba.Anasi bnMal ikwasi ntroducedt othepr ophet
SAW at7y earsold-andhewoul dservehim al l
day .Andhesai d"thepr ophetSAW wasnei t
her
verytallsucht hathestoodabov et hecrowd, norshor tsucht hathewoul dbei gnored.Andhe
wasnei therext r
emelywhi t
eorr uddybr own".Gener all
yspeaki ngwhi te=l i
ghtishbrowni nar abi
c.
Sot hepr ophetwasal ighti
shskincol ourofbr own.Thepr ophetshai r"wasnoti ncurlsnorwas
i
tstraight"..and"ineverfel
tanyv elvetorsil
ksof terthant hehandoft hepr ophetnordi di smell
anyf r
ager enceanysweet erthant hesmel lofthepr ophet ssweat".Indeedonesahabi usedt o
coll
ecthi ssweati najartousei tasmedi cineandper fume.

"
Theprophetwasofmedi
um stat
ureandhehadbroadshoul
ders.Hishairwasthick-hi
sbear
d
wasver
ybushy"andt
heprophetwoul
dgrowitwhenitwentdownt ohisearlobes.

HiscousinAl ii
bnAbi Talibsai d" theprophetdi dnothav eav eryf l
eshyfacenorwashi sface
round,itwassl ightl
yov erli
sh.Hehada( li
ghtbrown)ski n.Hisey eswer elar gewi thj etblack
pupil
s.Andhi slasheswasl ong.Hi sjointswasl ongaswashi supperback-sobr oad
shoulders."Andhedi dnothai ralloverhisbodybuthedi dhav eaf i
nel i
neofhai rext endi ngf r
om
thechestt ot henav al."Whenhewal kedhewoul dwal kedfast-asi fhei swal ki
ngdownasl ope.
Someschol arssayi tsasi ftheear t
hwashumbl edwhenhewal ed.Whenhet urnedhewoul d
turntofacewi thhiswhol ebody .betweenhi stwoshoul derswast heseal oft hepr ophet hood,
andhewast heseal ofthepr ophet s.
"Thepr ophethadaphy si
cal sealonhi sbodyt hatAl lah
gavehim.Andt hi
swast obeasi gnbywhi chhewoul dber ecognized.Itwasasmal lgrowt hof
hairi
nbet weenhi sshoul ders( mor elater).Mostf amousl y,
salmanal f
arisi accept edi slam
becauseoft hisseal becauseoft histestoft heseal.Firstdayhecheckedt hepr ophetandhe
hadthesi gn.Secondday-check.Ont het hi
rddaySal manl ookedf ortheseal .Hewal kedbehi nd
theprophetandt hepr ophetl ower edhi stopasheknewwhathewant edt osee.Andt hereand
thensalmanaccept edI slam." Whoev erunexpect adlysawhi m, wouldstandi naweofhi m"so
muchemi nat i
ngf r
om hi sbody ."Andwhoev ergott oknowhi m woul dlovehi m.Andt hosewho
descri
bedhi m wi ll
al way ssayIhav enev erseenany onebeforehim oraf terhi mt hatwasl ike
him".

Jaabiri
bnsamura:hewasgoi
nghomeonedayonaf ul
lmoon,andjusthappenstopassbythe
prophetpbuhandhewasweari
ngar edcov
eri
ngandhesaid"Il
ookedatt hefaceoft
heprophet
andthefullmoon-andt
heprophetwasmorebeaut
if
ulinmyey est
hant heful
lmoon".
Manypeopl eacceptedIsl
am j
ustbyseei
nghisface.Thechei
frabbiofthejewsofmadi na:
Abdullahibnsal
am.Andhehear dthi
smanclaimingtobeapr ohpet-fi
rstdaytheprohpetcame
tomadni a.Hewantstogoandseet hemessage."Assoonasi sawhim, Iknewthatthi
sface
thathehascannotbet hefaceofali
ar"
.Andoneconv er
sati
onheaccept sisl
am thenandther
e.
Andt hiswasthebiggestj
ewrabbii
nmadina.

Andhehadsomanyi nt er
nalqualiti
es.Oft hesewer epatience,mercy,
understading,loveand
care.Butalsohumi l
it
y,modest y,simpl eli
festyl
eetc.Omarent ereduponhim whent heprophet
wasl yi
nginhi ssmal lcompar t
menti nhi smasj i
d.Andi twasnot hi
ngbutajugofwat eranda
smallbedmadeoutoft hebranchesofadat epalmt r
ee.Whenomarcomesi nhesi tsupt o
greethim.Andbecauseoft hedat apal m branchestherewasar edmarkdent edintot hebackof
theprophey .Andt hat
swhenomarst artscryi
ng( i
twas7t h,8thyearofthehij
ra-whent he
prohpetisthel eaderofAr abi
a!)
." Ohhowcanweal l
owy out ol
iveli
kethisl
ookatt hepeopl e,
thekingshowt heyliv
e-sur el
yy oudeser v
ebet ter
?"Omarasked.Thent heprophetgoti rr
atat
ed
andsaid" Omarar enty ouhappyt hatt heyhav etheworldandwehav etheakhi r
a?"

AishaRAsay s"t
hebedthepr ophetusedtosleeponwasal eat
herski
nthatwewoul dst
uffwit
h
l
eav estomakeitali
tt
lebitsofter
".Oncei
tisnarrat
edoneofhiswifesf
oldeditupherownhalf
tomakei tmorecomfort
abl ef
ortheprophetandbecauseofthi
stheprophetsleptf
orl
onger.
Whenhewokeupandr ealisedwhathappenedhesai dchangei
tbackashedidntwantthis
comf or
tasitpr
event
edhimf r
om prayi
ngtahajud.

Andsomet imesthepr ophetwoul dnoteatmeatf or6weeks!AndUr uwa40y earsdownt hel

ine
askedAi shaRA" ohmymot herhowdi dyoul i
ve?"Shesai d"wel ivedbyeat ingt hetwobl ack
thi
ngs-dat esanddi rt
ywat er".Andsubhan' Al
lahinhiswhol elif
et herewasnotonedaywher e
theprophetat ebread,andnotev enwheatbr eadorhar dbread,t ohisfull
est .Notev enoneday .
Andhesai d"IworryAllahhasal l
owedust oremainf orsuchal ongt i
met hatwe' reseeingall
theseblessingscomeandt heprophetPBUHi sgetti
ngsomet hingbet t
er".Thati s,heiswor r
ied
heisgett i
ngrewar dnowbutwant si tintheher eaft
er.Andinmanynar rati
onsAi shaRAal so
begantocr ywhengoodf oodwasgi ventoher-i ndeedshel ived40y earsaf terthedeathoft he
prophetPBUH, whent hemoneyst artedflowingmA.Andev enthoughshewasgener ouspeople
wouldstillgif
theritemsandgoodf ood.Andshewoul dsayt hesamet hingt hatt heprophet
PBUHnev eraterustyorev enhardbr eadtohi sful
l.

Not
ethatt
hesahabal
iv
edtoughti
mesinMadinah.Bef
oret
hemoneycameinandIsl
am came
t
opower,f
ormonthst
heyl
i
v edver
ydi
ff
icul
tli
ves.Andsoweknowthest
orywher
einoneti
me
UmarRAwaswalki
ngonthest
reet
sandseesthepr
ophetPBUHsi
tt
ing.Andt
hisi
satnoon-a
ti
mewhennobodywal
ksonthestr
eetasi
tst
oohot.

Andsohesay st othepr ophetPBUH" whatar ey oudoi ng?".Andthepr ophetPBUHknowsUmar

RAi sout sidef oroner eason-andt hatishedosen' thavef oodathomesohesay s"
thesame
reasony ouar eout si
de".Thathedosen' thavef oodathome.Andashesi t
sAbuBukrRAi salso
walkingont hest reetsforthesamer eason.Nowt het hr
eeoft hem aresitti
ngdownal l hungr
y
andt alki
ng.Onesahabaseest hem andaskst hem whatt heyaredoingt here.AndUmarRA
explainst heyar esitt
ingout si
deoutofhunger .Sot hissahabat el
lsthem comest omyhouse
andIwi l
lgiv eyouf ood.Hehasonegoatandt el l
shi swife,"ByAll
ahweneedt osacri
ficethis
goat,andpr epar emeetandbr ead"
.Sot hethreeoft hem atemeatandbr eadbutoncet heyhad
fi
nished, her emi ndedAbuBukrandUmarRA, t hattheyf el
ttherehouseshungr yandAl l
ahgav e
them thismeal -"somal atusalonay omaizinani nnaeem"-y ouwi l
lbeaskedaboutt his
blessingAl lahisgi vi
ngy ou.Subhan'All
ah.Takeal essonf rom thi
s.

Andasf orhishumi l
it
y ,
thepr ophetPBUHf requent
lyrodedonkey s,eventhoughhehadacamel
butthepr ophethadnopr oblem ridingadonkey .Anddur ingthebat tl
eofbadr ,thepr ophethad
todistr
ibutethecamel samongstt hepeople.Therewer e~315peopl eand~75camel s.So
roughly3/ 4percamel .Andsot hepr ophetsharedwitht woot herpeople,AliandAbul ababa.Of
courseputy ourselfintheirshoes.Youwoul dsaytot hepr ophetPBUHt akeit!Andt heysaidto
him" wear eyoungmeni nour30s, wecanwal kandy out akethecamel ".Thepr ophetcoul d
haveandshoul dhav esaidokf ine.Andi ndeedtheleaderandcommanderDESERVESt hecamel
-hedeser vestheext raprotecti
on, forgetI
slam.Thecommanderi ssomeonewhoi sn'ttr
eated
asasoi lderorthepr i
vate.Buthedi dntwantthem tof eelli
kehewasdoi ngthem af avourby
taki
ngi t
.Sot heprophetsmi l
edandsai d"neit
herarethet woofy ouanyst r
ongert hanme, and
noram Iam i nanyl esserneedofaj arandAl l
ah'sr
ewar dt hanyou, sowear egoi ngtoshar e".
SubhanAl l
ah.Ev enthoughi twasn' tnecessaryatall
.

Anasi bnMali
kwhol i
vedupt o110+att hetimewhenav eragedeathr at
eis30or28.Andof
coursethi
swasoft heduat heprophetmade.I ndeedanas'smot hergaveanast otheprophetin
servi
tudealli
nthehopet heprophetwouldmakeduaf orherson.Andhedi d,sayi
ngmayAl lah
makehi sli
feful
lofbarakah,andhisproginylonget c.I
twassai danashadsomuchweal th,and
thatwhateverbusi
nesshedi dwasv eryfr
utif
ul .Hehasgr eatgr
eatgr andchi
ldrenthatwereso
muchhecoul dntcountthem -allbecauseoft heprophetsdua.
Andindeed"i
n10y earsIwasaser vantt
othepr
ophet,notoncedi
d|Ihearan"
oof"
"andoofi
s
thel
owestform ofanger.And"notoncedidt
heprophetsawwhydid/di
dntyoudothi
s?"
.Thi
sis
theperf
ect
ionofthemanner softheprophet
.

Andhi sbravery:Al
iibnAbiTali
bsai d"whent hefighti
ngwoul dbecomesevere,wewouldseek
refugearoundt heprophet"
.AndAnasi bnMal i
ksaid" oncei nMadinahint
hepeopleofthenight
theyheardal oudcommot i
onsot heycameoutv eryscar edwal ki
ngslowl
y.andtheyf
oundt he
prophethadal r
eadygotouti nthedirecti
onandhef oundt hehouseofabutal
haandher odet he
horsebackwi thoutasaddle"thisshowsmanl i
ness" andhei sgal
lopi
ngcomingbacksaying
"youhavenot hingtofearIhavecheckedi tout""
.Hewast heFIRSTpersontorunoutt
oahor se
withoutasaddl e.

Generosit
y:hewouldNEVERr efuseanyaskingofhim.Ev er.Thisiswhy"i
twaspossi bl
ef orany
l
itt
legir
ltogothehandoft hepr ophetforhelp"
.Anditsnar r
atedtheprophetwaswear i
nga
garmentthathadholesinitandoneoft hesahabagav ehim av er
ybeauti
fulgarment.Andhe
worethisgarment.Andthenanot hersahabaaskedhi m" cany ougivemethisasagift?"and
i
mmedi atelyt
heprophetsaidy es.Thisi
st heverygarmenthej ustgotasagift
!Hewentback
homeandcamebackwear ingthet at
teredgarment.Allofthesahabajumpedont hisother
sahaba..
."youknewthathewoul dneversayno".Andhesai d" Iam doi
ngthi
sformykuf f
in"
.

Andt hepr ophetwasbl essedwi thagr eatsenseofhumour-andt hisshowsy ourhumani ty.And

therearesomanyi nstancesoft hejokes.Allofthejokesarepurecleanandt r
uthful.Evenhis
j
okes.Onewasanol dladycamet otheprophett"ohmessengermakeduaAl l
ahmakesmet o
got ojannah".Andt hepr ophetlookedatherandsai d"ohmyaunthav entyoubeeni nfor
med
thatoldl adi
escannotent erj
annah"andshebegant owailandcry.Andhesai d"dontcr y,
old
l
adiescantent er,butAllahwi l
lfirstmakey ouintoay oung,f
airmaidenandt heny ouwi l
lenter
Jannah" .Thatis,
you'regoi ngtobey oungandbeaut if
ulwheny ouenterjannah-itwasaj oke.
Quransay s"webringthem f ort
hwi t
hanewbegi nni
ng".

Andt hestoryofAishawhentheprophetwasonhi sdeathbed: anditsohappenedAishafelta

l
ittl
esickandshehadasev er
eheadacheandshewascr y i
ng"ohmyheadohmyhead"andt he
prophetsaid"rat
herohmyhead"andt ocalm herdown( andheknewhei sabouttodie)soto
cracksomej okes:"andwhatwouldyoul osei
fy oudiedrightnow;theonet odoguslandpray
yourjanazahwoul dbeme".Andsoai shasays" Iam sur
ey ouwouldl i
kethattohappenbecause
theny ouwouldbef reet
ogotoy ourotherwives".SubhanAllahheisjoki
ngonhisdeathbed.
Andf rom t
hisjokeschol
arsderv
iedfiqh.
And:therewasay oungmanbyt henameofzahi rwhom thepr ophetusedt olov ealot.Andwe
dontknowhar dlyanythingabouthim buther ewassomet hi
ngabouthi mt hattheprophetl oved
him.hewasasi ncerebeli
ever.oncethepr ophetsawhimi nthemar ketsel l
ingsomet hings
"whoisgoingt obuyt hisf
rom meet c"andsot heprophetcamef rom behi ndquei t
lyandhe
grabbedhimf rom behindandgav ehim abearl ockandwhenzahi rsawi twast hepr ophethe
l
eantbackt r
yingtogetbar awah.andt henasaj oketheprophetshout edout" whoi sgoi ngto
buythisabdfrom me? "wher
eabd=sl aveofAl l
ah.agai
nhei sntlyingint hisjoke.sozahi rsai
d
"i
nthatcasey ouwi l
lbegetav er
ybadbar agin"
..andtheprophetsai d" y
ouar everyexpensi v
ein
theeyesofAllah".

Andaswiththeloveofhi
summah: t
heprophethadani
mmenseamountofl oveforhi
sown
ummah.AndAl l
ahsays"therehascometoy ouamessengerf
rom amongy
ou, hefi
ndsit
di
ffi
cul
ttobearyourhar
dships,hei
severeagerfory
ou,t
othebeli
ever
sheisfull
ofcompassi
on
andmercy.
"

Nuhaf termaki ngdawahf or950y earshesai d" ohAl l

ahi dontwanty outol eaveonehouseon
kaffiront hishouse"andonl ynuhandt histhreedaught er
ssur v
ived.AndI brahim madet hedua
"ohAl lahsendf r
om amongstmear asul"andthi siswhyt hepr ophetsaid" Iam theduaofmy
fatheri br
ahim" .Andmusamadeduaagai nstferone.Becausef eronewasamassmur derer
,
claimedt obeGodet c.Andindeedt hi
siswhathappened.Sol omanmadet hedua" givemea
domi nion( control
)thatyouhav egiventonoot herhumanbef ore"soAllahgav ehim powersNO
ONEhad.I ndeed" wemadeofhi mt hewi ndetc. "Solomanwoul dsi tonacar petacrossthe
wor ldandbr i
nghim backinoneni ght.Andhehadcont r
ol overtheshaitanandj i
nn.Theywer e
buildinganddi v i
ngandbr i
ngingtreasures-allcont rolofthejinnst osoloman.Andhecoul d
speakt oanimal sandev enants!Soalltheanimal sbecamehi sserv ant
s.Thi sistheduaof
Soloman.

Andourpr ophethadthebiggestandgr eatestdua.Theonedua.Andheusedi tfor:"

everysingl
e
rasulandnabi All
ahhasgivenoneduaandev eryonehasuseditupi nt
hisworld,exceptforme.
Ihavesav editformyummahandwi l
lusei tonthem ontheDOJ."ohAl l
ahforgivemyummah!
AndAl l
ahwi l
lexceptthi
sduai nthateverysinglemusli
m whobelievesandactsuponev ena
l
itt
lebitofhisteachi
ngsEVENTUALLYwi l
lbef orgi
venandenterJannah.All
becauset he
prohpetsavedt heoneduaf orus.Andtherecanbenogr eat
ersacrafi
cethanthis.

Anasi
bnMal i
knarrat
es:amancamet otheprohetandsai
d"whenistheDOJ?"
.Andthe
pr
ophetofcoursedosen'
tknowbutasked"whathaveyouprepar
edfori
twhenitcomes?
"and
so,themanwassi lentf
orawhile.Andhesaid"Ireall
ydonthavethatmuchsal ah,f
asti
ngor
sadaqahbutIhaveagenui nel
ovef orAll
ahandhismessenger".AndtheprohpetPBUHt hen
said"t
hemanwi llbewithhewhohel ov
es".AndAnassai dwewer eneverhappyonaday
exceptfort
hisdaywhenwehear dyoucanbewi thwhoy oulov
ebecausewel ovetheprophet
PBUHandwantt obewi t
hhim,butwet houghtourlevel
swouldbesodifferent-butthi
shadith
madeussohappy .

Andsol
etushav
eagenui
nel
ovef
orhi
minshaAl
l
ah.Andl
etusst
udyhi
sli
fesowecanf
oll
ow
hi
m.

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transcr
ibedbySaf
wan&Fai
zan)