Excellent Qualities and Description of the Prophet

Excellent Qualities and Description of the Prophet · Chapter 2b

باب أسماء النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم وصفاته - الفصل الثاني

The Prophet's Names and Characteristics - Section 2

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Excellent Qualities and Description of the Prophet · Chapter 2c

باب أسماء النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم وصفاته - الفصل الثالث

The Prophet's Names and Characteristics - Section 3

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Excellent Qualities and Description of the Prophet · Chapter 3a

باب في أخلاقه وشمائله صلى الله عليه وسلم - الفصل الأول

His Character and Natural Disposition - Section 1

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Excellent Qualities and Description of the Prophet · Chapter 3b

باب في أخلاقه وشمائله صلى الله عليه وسلم - الفصل الثاني

His Character and Natural Disposition - Section 2

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Excellent Qualities and Description of the Prophet · Chapter 3c

باب في أخلاقه وشمائله صلى الله عليه وسلم - الفصل الثالث

His Character and Natural Disposition - Section 3

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Excellent Qualities and Description of the Prophet · Chapter 4a

باب المبعث وبدء الوحي - الفصل الأول

The Commission and the Beginning of the Revelation - Section 1

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Excellent Qualities and Description of the Prophet · Chapter 4c

باب المبعث وبدء الوحي - الفصل الثالث

The Commission and the Beginning of the Revelation - Section 3

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Excellent Qualities and Description of the Prophet · Chapter 5a

باب علامات النبوة - الفصل الأول

The Signs of Prophecy - Section 1

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Excellent Qualities and Description of the Prophet · Chapter 5c

باب علامات النبوة - الفصل الثالث

The Signs of Prophecy - Section 3

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Excellent Qualities and Description of the Prophet · Chapter 6a

باب في المعراج - الفصل الأول

The Mi`raj - Section 1

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Excellent Qualities and Description of the Prophet · Chapter 6c

باب في المعراج - الفصل الثالث

The Mi`raj - Section 3

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Excellent Qualities and Description of the Prophet · Chapter 7a

باب في ا لمعجزات - الفصل الأول

Miracles - Section 1

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Excellent Qualities and Description of the Prophet · Chapter 7b

باب في ا لمعجزات - الفصل الثاني

Miracles - Section 2

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Excellent Qualities and Description of the Prophet · Chapter 7c

باب في ا لمعجزات - الفصل الثالث

Miracles - Section 3

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Excellent Qualities and Description of the Prophet · Chapter 8a

باب الكرامات - الفصل الأول

Charismata - Section 1

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Excellent Qualities and Description of the Prophet · Chapter 8b

باب الكرامات - الفصل الثاني

Charismata - Section 2

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Excellent Qualities and Description of the Prophet · Chapter 8c

باب الكرامات - الفصل الثالث

Charismata - Section 3

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Excellent Qualities and Description of the Prophet · Chapter 9a

باب هجرة أصحابه صلى الله عليه وسلم من مكة ووفاته - الفصل الأول

The Migration of his Companions from Makka and his Passing - Section 1

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Excellent Qualities and Description of the Prophet · Chapter 9b

باب هجرة أصحابه صلى الله عليه وسلم من مكة ووفاته - الفصل الثاني

The Migration of his Companions from Makka and his Passing - Section 2

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Excellent Qualities and Description of the Prophet · Chapter 9c

باب هجرة أصحابه صلى الله عليه وسلم من مكة ووفاته - الفصل الثالث

The Migration of his Companions from Makka and his Passing - Section 3

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Excellent Qualities and Description of the Prophet · Chapter 10a

باب

Chapter - Section 1

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Mishkat al-Masabih · Book 29 · Hadith 5823

وَعَنْ خَارِجَةَ بْنِ زَيْدِ بْنِ ثَابِتٍ قَالَ: دَخَلَ نَفَرٌ عَلَى زَيْدِ بْنِ ثَابِتٍ فَقَالُوا لَهُ: حَدِّثْنَا أَحَادِيثَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ: كُنْتُ جَارَهُ فَكَانَ إِذَا نزل الْوَحْيُ بَعَثَ إِلَيَّ فَكَتَبْتُهُ لَهُ فَكَانَ إِذَا ذَكَرْنَا الدُّنْيَا ذَكَرَهَا مَعَنَا وَإِذَا ذَكَرْنَا الْآخِرَةَ ذَكَرَهَا مَعَنَا …

Kharija b. Zaid b. Thabit told that some people visited Zaid b. Thabit and asked him to tell them some stories about God's messenger. He replied: I was his neighbour, and when the inspiration descended on him, he sent fo…

Mishkat al-Masabih · Book 29 · Hadith 5824

وَعَنْ أَنَسٍ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ كَانَ إِذَا صَافَحَ الرَّجُلَ لَمْ يَنْزِعْ يَدَهُ مِنْ يَدِهِ حَتَّى يَكُونَ هُوَ الَّذِي يَنْزِعُ يَدَهُ وَلَا يَصْرِفُ وَجْهَهُ عَنْ وَجْهِهِ حَتَّى يَكُونَ هُوَ الَّذِي يَصْرِفُ وَجْهَهُ عَن وَجهه وَلم يُرَ مقدِّماً رُكْبَتَيْهِ بَين يَدي جليس لَهُ. رَوَاهُ التِّرْمِذِيّ

Anas told that when God's messenger shook hands with a man, he did not withdraw his hand till the other did so, he did not turn his face away till the other did so, and he was not seen to put forward his knees in front o…

Mishkat al-Masabih · Book 29 · Hadith 5825

وَعَنْهُ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ كَانَ لَا يَدَّخِرُ شَيْئًا لِغَدٍ. رَوَاهُ التِّرْمِذِيّ

He said that God's messenger did not store up anything for the next day. Tirmidhi transmitted it.

Mishkat al-Masabih · Book 29 · Hadith 5826

وَعَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ سَمُرَةَ قَالَ: كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ طَوِيلَ الصَّمْتِ. رَوَاهُ فِي «شرح السّنة»

Jabir b. Samura said God's messenger was far from talkative[*]. *This is free translation expressing the meaning of the Arabic which is literally `long of silence'. The idea that he spoke only when he had good reason for…

Mishkat al-Masabih · Book 29 · Hadith 5827

وَعَنْ جَابِرٍ قَالَ: كَانَ فِي كَلَامَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ تَرْتِيلٌ وَتَرْسِيلٌ. رَوَاهُ أَبُو دَاوُد

Jabir[*] said God's messenger spoke in a distinct and leisurely manner. *Jabir b. Abdallah. Abu Dawud transmitted it.

Mishkat al-Masabih · Book 29 · Hadith 5828

وَعَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ: مَا كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَسْرُدُ سَرْدَكُمْ هَذَا وَلَكِنَّهُ كَانَ يَتَكَلَّمُ بِكَلَامٍ بَيْنَهُ فَصْلٌ يَحْفَظُهُ من جَلَسَ إِلَيْهِ. رَوَاهُ التِّرْمِذِيّ

`A'isha said: God's messenger did not go on talking rapidly as you do, but spaced out his words so that those who sat with him could remember them. Tirmidhi transmitted it.

Mishkat al-Masabih · Book 29 · Hadith 5829

وَعَنْ عَبْدِاللَّهِ بْنِ الْحَارِثِ بْنِ جَزْءٍ قَالَ: مَا رَأَيْتُ أَحَدًا أَكْثَرَ تَبَسُّمًا مِنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ رَوَاهُ التِّرْمِذِيّ

`Abdallah b. al-Harith b. Jaz' said he had seen no one more given to smiling than God's messenger. Tirmidhi transmitted it.

Mishkat al-Masabih · Book 29 · Hadith 5830

وَعَنْ عَبْدِاللَّهِ بْنِ سَلَامٍ قَالَ: كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ إِذَا جَلَسَ يَتَحَدَّثُ يُكْثِرُ أَنْ يَرْفَعَ طَرْفَهُ إِلَى السَّمَاء. رَوَاهُ أَبُو دَاوُد

`Abdallah b. Salam said that when God's messenger sat talking he would often raise his eyes to the sky. Abu Dawud transmitted it.

Mishkat al-Masabih · Book 29 · Hadith 5831

عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ أَنَسٍ قَالَ: مَا رَأَيْتُ أَحَدًا كَانَ أَرْحَمَ بِالْعِيَالِ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ كَانَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ ابْنُهُ مُسْتَرْضَعًا فِي عَوَالِي الْمَدِينَةِ فَكَانَ يَنْطَلِقُ وَنَحْنُ مَعَهُ فَيَدْخُلُ الْبَيْتَ وَإِنَّهُ لَيُدَّخَنُ وَكَانَ ظِئْرُهُ قَيْنًا فَيَأْخُذُهُ فَيُقَبِّلُهُ ثُمَّ يَرْجِعُ…

`Amr b. Sa`id quoted Anas as saying: I never saw anyone more kindly towards children than God's messenger. His son Ibrahim was being suckled in the `Awali of Medina[1], and he would go accompanied by us and enter the hou…

Mishkat al-Masabih · Book 29 · Hadith 5832

وَعَن عَليّ أَنَّ يهوديّاً يُقَالُ لَهُ: فُلَانٌ حَبْرٌ كَانَ لَهُ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فِي دَنَانِيرُ فَتَقَاضَى النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَقَالَ لَهُ: «يَا يَهُودِيُّ مَا عِنْدِي مَا أُعْطِيكَ» . قَالَ: فَإِنِّي لَا أُفَارِقُكَ يَا مُحَمَّدُ حَتَّى تُعْطِيَنِي. فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَ…

`Ali told that God's messenger owed some dinars to so and so, a Jewish doctor, who demanded payment from the Prophet. When he said to him, "I have nothing to give you, Jew," he replied, "I will not leave you, Muhammad, t…

Mishkat al-Masabih · Book 29 · Hadith 5833

وَعَنْ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنِ أَبِي أَوْفَى قَالَ: كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يُكْثِرُ الذِّكْرَ وَيُقِلُّ اللَّغْوَ وَيُطِيلُ الصَّلَاةَ وَيُقْصِرُ الْخُطْبَةَ وَلَا يَأْنَفُ أَنْ يَمْشِيَ مَعَ الْأَرْمَلَةِ والمسكين فَيَقْضِي الْحَاجة. رَوَاهُ النَّسَائِيّ والدارمي

`Abdallah b. Abu Aufa said: God's messenger was often given to making mention of God, seldom given to idle talk, he would pray at length, deliver short sermons, not disdain to walk with a widow or a humble person, and he…

Mishkat al-Masabih · Book 29 · Hadith 5834

وَعَنْ عَلِيٍّ أَنَّ أَبَا جَهْلٍ قَالَ لِلنَّبِيِّ صلى الله عَلَيْهِ وَسلم: إنَّا لَا نُكذِّبكَ ولكنْ نكذِّبُ بِمَا جئتَ بِهِ فَأَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى فِيهِمْ: [فَإِنَّهُمْ لَا يُكَذِّبُونَكَ ولكنَّ الظالمينَ بآياتِ اللَّهِ يَجْحَدونَ] رَوَاهُ التِّرْمِذِيّ

`Ali told that Abu Jahl said to the Prophet, "We do not call you a liar, but we say that what you have brought is false." God most high then sent down concerning them, "They do not call you a liar, but the evildoers deny…

Mishkat al-Masabih · Book 29 · Hadith 5835, 5836

وَعَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: " يَا عَائِشَةُ لَوْ شِئْتُ لَسَارَتْ مَعِي جِبَالُ الذَّهَبِ جَاءَنِي مَلَكٌ وَإِنَّ حُجْزَتَهُ لَتُسَاوِي الْكَعْبَةَ فَقَالَ: إِنَّ رَبَّكَ يَقْرَأُ عَلَيْكَ السَّلَامَ وَيَقُولُ: إِنْ شِئْتَ نَبِيًّا عَبْدًا وَإِنْ شِئْتَ نَبِيًّا مَلِكًا فَنَظَرْتُ إِلَى جِبْرِيلَ عَلَيْه…

`A'isha reported God's messenger as saying, "If I wished, `A'isha, mountains of gold would go with me. An angel whose waist was as high as the Ka'ba came to me and told me that my Lord sent me a greeting and said that if…

Mishkat al-Masabih · Book 29 · Hadith 5837

عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ: بَعَثَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ لِأَرْبَعِينَ سَنَةً فَمَكَثَ بِمَكَّةَ ثلاثَ عَشْرَةَ سَنَةً يُوحَى إِلَيْهِ ثُمَّ أُمِرَ بِالْهِجْرَةِ فهاجرَ عشر سِنِينَ وَمَاتَ وَهُوَ ابْنُ ثَلَاثٍ وَسِتِّينَ سَنَةً. مُتَّفق عَلَيْهِ

Ibn `Abbas said God's messenger was commissioned at the age of forty, he remained in Mecca thirteen years receiving revelations, after which he was ordered to emigrate, he was an emigrant for ten years and died at the ag…

Mishkat al-Masabih · Book 29 · Hadith 5838

وَعَنْهُ قَالَ: أَقَامَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ بِمَكَّةَ خَمْسَ عَشْرَةَ سَنَةً يَسْمَعُ الصَّوْتَ وَيَرَى الضَّوْءَ سَبْعَ سِنِينَ وَلَا يَرَى شَيْئًا وَثَمَانِ سِنِينَ يُوحَى إِلَيْهِ وَأَقَامَ بِالْمَدِينَةِ عَشْرًا وَتُوُفِّيَ وَهُوَ ابْنُ خَمْسٍ وَسِتِّينَ. مُتَّفق عَلَيْهِ

He said God's messenger stayed in Mecca fifteen years hearing the voice and seeing the light for seven years, but seeing nothing along with it, and eight years during which revelations were given to him. He stayed in Med…

Mishkat al-Masabih · Book 29 · Hadith 5839

وَعَنْ أَنَسٍ قَالَ: تَوَفَّاهُ اللَّهُ على رَأس سِتِّينَ سنة. مُتَّفق عَلَيْهِ

Anas said God took him when he was just sixty years old. (Bukhari and Muslim.)

Mishkat al-Masabih · Book 29 · Hadith 5840

وَعَنْهُ قَالَ: قُبِضَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَهُوَ ابْنُ ثَلَاثٍ وَسِتِّينَ وَأَبُو بَكْرٍ وَهُوَ ابْنُ ثَلَاثٍ وَسِتِّينَ وَعُمَرُ وَهُوَ ابْنُ ثَلَاثٍ وَسِتِّينَ. رَوَاهُ مُسْلِمٌ قَالَ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيل البُخَارِيّ: ثَلَاث وَسِتِّينَ أَكثر

He said the Prophet (ﷺ) was taken at the age of sixty-three, Abu Bakr at the age of sixty-three, and `Umar at the age of sixty-three. Muslim transmitted it.

Mishkat al-Masabih · Book 29 · Hadith 5841, 5842

وَعَنْ عَائِشَةَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهَا قَالَتْ: أَوَّلُ مَا بُدِئَ بِهِ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ مِنَ الْوَحْيِ الرُّؤْيَا الصَّادِقَةُ فِي النَّوْمِ فَكَانَ لَا يَرَى رُؤْيَا إِلَّا جَاءَتْ مِثْلَ فَلَقِ الصُّبْحِ ثُمَّ حُبِّبَ إليهِ الخَلاءُ وكانَ يَخْلُو بغارِ حِراءٍ فيتحنَّثُ فِيهِ - وَهُوَ التَّعَبُّدُ اللَّيَالِيَ ذَوَاتِ الْع…

Muhammad b. Isma'il al-Bukhari said sixty-three is the commonest statement. `A'isha said: The first revelation God's messenger received was the true vision in sleep, and every vision he saw came like the bright gleam of…