PHYSICAL APPEARANCE OF THE HOLY PROPHET(PBUH)
Nouaman
HIS BEAUTIFUL COUNTENANCE
The holy Prophet's(pbuh) blessed countenance is a mirror of Allah Almighty's
beauty and a reflection of divine light. In beauty and elegance and grace
he is without equal as is described in Bukhari Shareef by Hazrat Baraa ibn
Aazib(r). He said " The Messenger of Allah(pbuh) was more handsome and of
pleasant disposition than all human beings ". Hazrat Abu Hurairah(r)
narrates another Hadith on the same subject.
"I have never seen anything more elegant and graceful than the Messenger
of Allah(pbuh)". (Saheeh Bukhari)
This narration states that Hazrat Abu Hurairah(r) had not seen anything
more beautiful and elegant than the Holy Prophet(pbuh). An important thing
to bear ion mind is that this narration does not say; I did not see anyone
as handsome as the Holy Prophet(pbuh). This because the word 'thing' is
more general than a human being and includes the entire creation of Allah
Almighty. From this it becomes crystal clear that the Holy Prophet(pbuh)
is the most beautiful and most handsome in the entire creation of Allah
Almighty.
A well known Companion of the Holy Prophet(pbuh) Hazrat Hassaan bin Thabit(r)
who has composed many poems in praise of the Holy Prophet describes in one
couplet of his poem which gained him a great deal of fame:
"The eye has not seen anything equal to your beauty. Nor has any mother given
birth to anyone more handsome than you". (Ad daywan-Hassaan bin Thabit)
The narration of the Mother of the Faithful, Hazrat Aisha(ra) will serve as
an excellent description to outline the beauty and elegance of the bright
countenance of the Holy Prophet(pbuh).
Hazrat Aisha Siddiqah(ra) states:
"One night I was busy sewing. Suddenly the needle fell out of my hand.
After a careful search I could not find it. Just then the Holy Prophet(pbuh)
entered the room and his bright face was emanating such a light in the room
which enabled me to find my lost needle".
(Al khasesul Kubra-Suyuti)
Extract from Soutul Islam Publication-Pretoria
Shawki Hamdan
Salaamun Alaykum,
Nouaman wrote:
> The holy Prophet's(pbuh) blessed countenance is a mirror of Allah
> Almighty's beauty and a reflection of divine light.
There you have it; idol worship in plain English. Now the prophet is
compared with Allah, as if someone has seen Allah, or His reflection in
a mirror - Asghfirullah. Do you recall when Moses asked God to reveal
Himself to him? What happened to the mountain to which God's light was
revealed to? Did it not crumble? See Qur'an 7:143 my friend, and stop
this idol worship.
Btw, don't forget about the hadith that forbids the use of mirrors, and
claims that you may either see Satan in that reflection or you may go
insane. Frankly, I think the first possibility is more probable.
> In beauty and elegance and grace he is without equal as is described in
> Bukhari Shareef by Hazrat Baraa ibn Aazib(r). He said " The Messenger
> of Allah(pbuh) was more handsome and of pleasant disposition than all
> human beings ".
I thought Joseph was, possibly, the most hansome human. So handsome to
the point where the women friend's of Pharaoh's wife cut their hands
with the knives they were using when he was brought into the room. See
12:31 my friend, and stop this idol worship.
> "One night I was busy sewing. Suddenly the needle fell out of my hand.
> After a careful search I could not find it. Just then the Holy
> Prophet(pbuh) entered the room and his bright face was emanating such a
> light in the room which enabled me to find my lost needle".
I guess that's why they did not need electricity in Arabia at that time.
All they needed was the prophet to light up the rooms. Do you people not
realize how ridiculous you sound while worshipping one of God's
creations who has been dead for 1400 years?
Tell me, how does that compare with Christians worshipping Jesus? Oh, I
forgot, Muslims do not worship Muhammad; they only compare him with God,
but they do not worship him. They claim that God created the entire
universe for him, but they do not worship him. Well, I've got news for
you: At least the Christians are honest enough to say that they do
worship Jesus, while the hypocrite Muslims are in a constant denial of
doing it with Muhammad.
The ummah is proud of this nonsense, and blatant idol worship, aren't
they? I pray for your guidance, but I cannot pray for your forgiveness.
God has forbidden me from doing so. See 9:113 where even the prophet you
worship was forbidden from praying for your forgiveness.
Shawki
Sufian
Salaamu Alaikum Brother Shawki,
Eventhough the Seal of all prohets(Dr. Rashad Khalifa) had an encounter
with Prophet Abraham and the Seal of all prophets told us that "Abraham
looked like him and his family". True Submitters reject the hadith that
describes Muhammad as the most handsome human being. We will not engage in
blatant idol worshipping. Dr. Rashad Khalifa loved all people. He believed
all people belong to a universal faith(Submission to Allah Alone, i.e.
Islam). Allah sent the Seal of all prophets to all people. Peace be upon
him.
LA ILLAHA ILLA ALLAH WAHDAHU LA SHAREEK LAH.
Sufian
Mo
An African American wrote a book about ten years ago and from his
research of the literature of the period he came to the conclusion
that the Prophet was black. it is not unreasonable as there were a lot
of slaves imported from Africa in that area.
It is curious that neither of the Prophets Jesus , Mohammed , Moses
are ever described by their physical appearance . Some theorists
maintain that they may not have existed although I must say the
evidence for the existence of the last prophet seems strong.
new.*
Salaam Nouaman,
<<<The holy Prophet's(pbuh) blessed countenance is a mirror of
<Allah Almighty's
<beauty and a reflection of divine light. In beauty and elegance
and grace>>
This statement has atleast two flaws. (1) Allah is being equated
to prophet's physical and divine beauty, and (2) what has
prophet's beauty or lack of it, has to do with worshipping God
alone or following of Islam as in Quran?
In other words it is tantamount to idol worship of the prophet.
AbdulraHman Lomax
as-salamu 'alaykum.
Shawki Hamdan <sha...@ix.netcom.com> wrote:
>Nouaman wrote:
>> The holy Prophet's(pbuh) blessed countenance is a mirror of Allah
>> Almighty's beauty and a reflection of divine light.
>There you have it; idol worship in plain English. Now the prophet is
>compared with Allah, as if someone has seen Allah, or His reflection in
>a mirror - Asghfirullah.
The entire creation is a reflection of Allah's perfections. But a
reflection is afffected by the quality of the mirror; the more perfect
the mirror, the greater the reflection of what is reflected in it. But
no reflection is equal to the original, so the statements are not
shirk.
>Do you recall when Moses asked God to reveal
>Himself to him?
Yes, we recall.
>What happened to the mountain to which God's light was
>revealed to? Did it not crumble?
It did, for Allah was revealed directly to it; which is why we need to
use a reflector, which only reflects a narrow bandwidth of that light.
Look into the sun without a shade or other device, and one will find
one's eyes become useless.
Now, if we were to presume that what we see in such a mirror *is*
Allah, rather than merely a reflection, we would indeed be guilty of
some form of shirk. However, what we see does point to a reality, from
which the reflection originated, and we might refer to that reality by
the name of its reflection; this is only a product of the limitations
of mind and language.
If the mirror were to be shattered, would our faith lessen? Or would
it only increase. This is the test which those who would worship Allah
will face, as did Ibrahim, AS, who joined not gods with God.
AbdulraHman Lomax
mar...@ioa.com
P.O. Box 25133
Asheville, NC 28813
GSimp95605
Asalam-alaikum,
I was browsing in an "afrocentric" bookstore the other day and I found a
short book entitled "The Glory of the Black Race" (or something similar).
It was a translation of an older work in Arabic and among other things, it
made the point that Muhammad (pbuh) was black.
Does anybody know anything about this work in particular or could they
shed some light on the claim that it makes?
Peace
Gilberto
Zahid Aziz
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gsimp...@aol.com (GSimp95605)
writes:
In the book 'The Ideal Prophet' by Khwaja Kamal-ud-Din, which deals
with the life and qualities of the Prophet Muhammad, the following
"pen portrait" of the Prophet Muhammad is given.
(This book was first published in 1925 from Woking, England, and is
about to be reprinted by the Ahmadiyya Anjuman Ishaat Islam Lahore
U.S.A. As I was recently involved with its typesetting, I have access
to its text in computer form and have extracted the section below for
information on this point.)
Zahid Aziz.
Lahore Ahmadiyya Web page at:
http://members.aol.com/aaiil/main.htm
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In place of photographic likeness of the Prophet, I give herewith a
pen portrait of the Holy Prophet Muhammad as I find it outlined in
Bukhari (also in Ibn Hanbal's Musnad and Muslim) the
well-authenticated book of the Traditions of the Holy Prophet
Muhammad.
The Prophet's height was neither too tall nor too short. When he
walked by himself, people said he was short-statured; whereas, when he
walked with another, the Prophet seemed the taller of the two. The
Prophet would say that the medium height was the best.
The Prophet's complexion was white, without being wheat-coloured or
too white, the colour that is pure white --- free from every mixture of
yellow, red or any other colour.
Some have described the Prophet's complexion as being ruddy, and, in
order to be consistent, have said that the parts exposed to the air
and sun, such as the face, neck and ears, were reddish, while the
parts covered by his clothes were pure white.
The Prophet's hair was curly and did not hang straight down; yet it
was not too bushy. When the Prophet combed his locks, there was in
them a wavy appearance. They say his hair flowed down to his shoulder.
It is frequently stated to have reached the lobes of his ears. The
Prophet sometimes parted his hair into two locks, one on each side of
the ear. Sometimes he would comb his hair above his ears, so that his
neck could be seen there. In his beard and head there were only
seventeen grey hairs, and never more than that.
His face was more beautiful than that of others; he who described the
Prophet's face always compared it with the full moon. And because his
skin was fair, the Prophet's anger and cheer could be discerned from
his countenance. And the people said of him that he was, even as he is
described by his friend Siddiq-i-Akbar in the couplet below:
As there is no darkness in moonlit night,
So is Mustafa, the well-wisher bright.
The forehead of the Prophet was wide, and the eye brows were thin and
full. Between the eyebrows there was a silvery lustre. The eyes of the
Prophet were large and open, deep and dark with a tint of redness. His
eyelashes were long, and so thick, that they looked as if they were
about to meet. His nose sloped downward in just proportion; his teeth
were a little interspaced, and, when he laughed, their brilliancy
rivalled that of the lightning. His lips were beautiful and
fascinating. His cheeks were not soft, but firm. His face was neither
long, nor circular, but slightly rounded. His beard was thick, and he
would not have it trimmed, but allowed it to grow. His moustache he
wore clipped. The neck of the Prophet was more beautiful than that of
other men; it was neither long nor short. The part of it, which was
exposed to the sun and air looked like an urn of silver chased with
gold. His breast, free from all malice, was broad, and no part of it
seemed more prominent than the rest. Its surface was even and
transparent and smooth. From the thorax to the navel there was a thin
line of hair. There were no hairs besides. Both the shoulders of the
Prophet were broad and thickly overgrown with hair. His shoulders,
ankles and armpits were well-covered with flesh. His back was broad,
and near his right shoulder-blade was a mark like a seal, and in it
there was a black mole, somewhat yellowish, around which there was
some thick hair. Both his hands and arms were fleshy, his wrists long
and his palms broad. His hands and feet were broad and wide set. His
fingers were as if they were phalanges of silver. His palm was soft,
even as velvet, and filled with scent like the palm of a perfumer. His
thighs and calves were fleshy. His body was moderately stout, but in
his old age it remained muscular and sinewy, as if it were re-born.
His gait was firm; his step steadfast. In walking he leaned forward,
and kept his paces close together.
The Prophet would say that he was more like Adam than other men, while
in morals and disposition he resembled his father Abraham.
Zahid Aziz
>I was browsing in an "afrocentric" bookstore the other day and I found a
>short book entitled "The Glory of the Black Race" (or something similar).
>It was a translation of an older work in Arabic and among other things, it
>made the point that Muhammad (pbuh) was black.
>
>Does anybody know anything about this work in particular or could they
>shed some light on the claim that it makes?
>
>Peace
>
>Gilberto
Further to my last response on this subject (where I quoted from the book
'The Ideal Prophet' by Khwaja Kamal-ud-Din), I give below excerpts from
some hadith in Bukhari describing the complexion of the Holy Prophet
Muhammad. These are taken from the translation of Bukhari which is
available on some ftp sites:
Zahid Aziz.
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Narrated Isma'il bin Abi Khalid:
I heard Abii Juhaifa saying, "I saw the Prophet, and Al-Hasan bin 'Ali
resembled him." I said to Abu Juhaifa, "Describe him for me." He
said, "He was white and his beard was black with some white hair. ...
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Narrated 'Abdul 'Aziz:
Anas said, 'When Allah's Apostle invaded Khaibar, we offered the Fajr
prayer there yearly in the morning) when it was still dark. The
Prophet rode and Abu Talha rode too and I was riding behind Abu Talha.
The Prophet passed through the lane of Khaibar quickly and my knee was
touching the thigh of the Prophet . He uncovered his thigh and I saw
the whiteness of the thigh of the Prophet. ...
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Narrated 'Abdullah bin Malik:
Ibn Buhaina, "When the Prophet prayed, he used to separate his arms
from his body so widely that the whiteness of his armpits was
visible."
Hazem Nasereddin
In article <51in7k$3...@shellx.best.com>, GSimp95605 <gsimp...@aol.com> wrote:
>
>I was browsing in an "afrocentric" bookstore the other day and I found a
>short book entitled "The Glory of the Black Race" (or something similar).
>It was a translation of an older work in Arabic and among other things, it
>made the point that Muhammad (pbuh) was black.
>
>Does anybody know anything about this work in particular or could they
>shed some light on the claim that it makes?
This work probably has to do with the group so called "nation of Islam"
(nation of hatred and kufr in reality).
I do not remember the source, but we studied back in school a description
of how the prophet PPOABUH looked like, i remember that it said that he
had kind of whiteish skin color and that he had black hair.
Anyhow, i do not really think how the skin color of the prophet makes any
difference, its totally irrelevant and unimportant.
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Asalam-alaikum,
The book, "The Glory of the Black race" was not from the Nation of Islam,
rather it was a short book a couple of centuries old.
>From what I saw of it, it was not necessarily arguing that Muhammad (pbuh)
was dark-skinned but that he had black people of African descent as blood
relatives. If I remember correctly, it said that the sons of Muttalib
tended to be dark.
Peace
Gilberto