Al-Hasan bin Ali (grand son of the Prophet) describing the sitting of the Prophet pbuh: His salon was a place of bashfulness, knowledge, tolerance, honesty and patience in which voices were never raised. Arguments, hypocrisy, praise of himself, were left out of his gatherings and he never interfered with something that is not of his concern.

The Prophet pbuh was continually sad and thoughtful and he never rested. A long silencer and doesn�t talk without a reason. He would always start and end his talk with the mentioning of Allah and he spoke with the gatherings of speech; his words were detailed, without shortening or prolonging. If he signals to something he would sign with his palm and when he wonders about something he would turn it over. When he is angry he would turn his face away and when he is joyful he would lower his eyes and praise Allah.

Vocabulary:
Thoughtful: that he was always thinking about his nation.
Gatherings of speech: simple meanings that lead directly to the point.
Detailed: clear.

Our mother Aicha the Prophet�s wife said:
The Prophet liked to his right hand first when he washes and his right leg when he dismounts and moves.

Anas (a companion) said:
I didn�t count in the Prophet�s hair and beard more than 14 white hair.

Abu Sa�eed Al-Khudri said:
When the Prophet wore new clothes he would say its name (trousers, shirt�etc) and then say:
Oh Allah all praises to you for dressing me this. Oh Allah I ask you the best of it and the best of what it was made for and I seek refuge with you from its evil and the evil it was made for.

Anas said describing the Prophet�s ring:
His ring was made of silver and he didn�t wear it for decoration but for sealing letters. On it was written Muhammad the messenger of Allah; and it was printed on the ring from top to bottom so the name of Allah be on the top then his name as a courtesy with his Lord.

Abu Hurairah said:
I never saw anyone walk faster than the Prophet pbuh and it was as if the earth is folded under his feet and we would try our best to keep up but he wouldn�t be tired of it.

Abu Sa�eed said:
The Prophet when sitting in the Masjid used to sit on the floor bending his knees to his chest holding them with his hands.


Aicha said:
We used to spend a month without starting any fire for cooking and we would live only on Dates and water.

Ibn Abbas (the Prophet�s cousin) said:
The Prophet and his family would sometimes sleep hungry without a supper and their bread was made of barely.

Ibn Mas�oud (a companion) said:
Of the meat the Prophet pbuh used to like the hand of sheep because it cooks faster than the other parts, and he was poisoned when a Jewish woman name Zainab offered him a poisoned cooked hand in the conquest of Khaibar (one of the Jewish towns).

Anas said:
I often saw the Prophet pbuh eat Melons and Dates together.

The Prophet said:
If one of you was given Basil (a kind of plant with nice smell) then accept it because it came out from Jennah (Paradise).

Aicha said:
The Prophet used to pray eleven Rakaas (Prayer) in the night and he would finish with one Rakaa and when he is done he would lie down on his right side.

And she said:
The bed of the Prophet was of leather stuffed with fibers.

Anas said:
A woman came to the Prophet asking for something so he told her:
Oh woman sit in any way of the roads of Madinah you want and I will come to you.

Anas said:
I served the Prophet pbuh for ten years and I never heard him say two not even for once the word ugh! (The slightest form of complaint from something or someone). And he never told me why I did something or left it out and he was of the best manners among people. I never touched a hand more lenient than the hand of the Prophet and I never smelled musk better than the sweat of the Prophet pbuh.

Abu Sa�eed said:
The Prophet pbuh was shyer than a virgin in her room, and when something bothers him you can tell it from his face.

The physical characteristics of the Prophet pbuh:

1. He was medium sized not tall nor short.
2. His hair was black not soft nor curly, it was abundant with waves in it in a way that gives it beauty and he had forelocks.
3. He wasn�t huge or small.
4. His face was round and bright like the full moon and it was rather small. His skin color was inclined to red.
5. His eye pupils were very black and the white of the eyes was very white and his eyes were like they had eyeliner.
6. His eyelashes were long.
7. The heads of his joints were great.
8. His chest was fine with little hair and so is the rest of his body.
9. His hands and feet were big and while he walked he looked as if he is strongly uprooting the earth.
10. He had the mark of Prophet hood (the seal of the Prophet hood) between his shoulders like a mole in the size of a pigeon�s egg inclined to red like carnelian with few red hairs on it.


The Prophet� manners and properties:

He was honest, truthful, tolerant, and humble. Trees, stones and animal used to talk to him.
Allah said:
Whatever good, (O man!) happens to thee, is from Allah; but whatever evil happens to thee, is from thy (own) soul. And We have sent thee as a Messenger to (instruct) mankind. And enough is Allah for a witness. [4:79]

And said:
We have not sent thee but as a universal (Messenger) to men, giving them glad tidings, and warning them (against sin), but most men understand not. [34:28]

It is said that the Prophet pbuh went out to the Mosque one day and found two groups of people one of them was reading the Quran and explained its verses and in the other was some who teach and others who learn so he said:
They are both good those who read the Quran would ask Allah and if He wants he would give them, as for the other group they teach and learn and I was sent as a teacher.

Allah said:
All who obey Allah and the Messenger are in the Company of those on whom is the Grace of Allah, of the Prophets (who teach), the sincere (lovers of Truth), the witnesses (who testify), and the righteous (who do good): ah! what a beautiful Fellowship! [4:69]

This verse came in the occasion when a companion of the Prophet named Thoban came to the Prophet one day and his face was pale. The prophet pbuh asked him if he was sick. He said no but I missed you and I�m afraid not to be able to see you in the hereafter because you are a Prophet and you�ll be gathered with the Prophets and I�m just a slave. The Prophet laughed and Jibreel (Gabriel) came down with this verse afterwards.

The Prophet once saw a she-camel tied by its owner so it complained to the Prophet that it wants to go and breast-feed its child. The Prophet asked the man to untie it but he asked who guarantees to me that it will come back. The prophet told that it promised him to come back tomorrow at a certain time. The man untied it and it went away and came back the next day at the same time. The man accepted Islam after this incident.

Saying �Allahuma Salli Ala Muhammad� (Oh Allah elevate Mohammed�s degree) is of the highest degrees of worship because Allah and his angels do so.

The Prophet pbuh said:
If a group of people sit together and didn�t say �Allahuma Salli Ala Muhammad� they will regret that in the hereafter even if they entered Jennah.
The Prophet pbuh said:
Who forgets to say �Allahuma Salli Ala Muhammad� then he has been wrong in finding the way to Jennah.

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