Prophetic Characteristics (Shama'il)

Shama'il Muhammadiyah

Description Of The Saying Of Rasoolullah On Poetry

“As the Prophet said (Allah bless him and give him peace):‘The most poetic saying spoken by the Arabs is the saying of Labid: “Everything but Allah is surely futile!'”

Shama'il Muhammadiyah

Description Of The Saying Of Rasoolullah On Poetry

"As I rode behind the Prophet (Allah bless him and give him peace), I recited to him a hundred poetic verses, composed by Umayya ibn Abi’s-Salt. Whenever I recited a verse to him, the Prophet (Allah bless him and give...

Shama'il Muhammadiyah

Description Of The Saying Of Rasoolullah On Poetry

"Allah’s Messenger (Allah bless him and give him peace) used to set up a pulpit in the mosque for Hassan ibn Thabit. He would stand upright upon it, paying tribute to Allah’s Messenger (Allah bless him and give him peace)’...

Shama'il Muhammadiyah

Story Telling Of Rasoolullah At Night

"Allah’s Messenger (Allah bless him and give him peace) told his wives a story one night, and one of them said: “It sounds like a fable of Khurafa!” He said: “Do you know what that means? Khurafa was a man...

Shama'il Muhammadiyah

Hadith of Umm Zar`

"Eleven women sat together and agreed that they would not conceal anything pertaining to their husbands. .” ‘The second said: “I do not broadcast my husbands story ” ‘The third said: “My husband is extremely tall and ill- natured ”...

Shama'il Muhammadiyah

The Sleeping Of Rasoolullah

“When the Prophet (Allah bless him and give him peace) lay down to sleep, he placed the palm of his right hand under his right cheek and said: ‘O my Lord, preserve me from Your torment on the day when...

Shama'il Muhammadiyah

The Sleeping Of Rasoolullah

“When the Prophet (Allah bless him and give him peace) went to his mattress, he would say: ‘O Allah, in Your Name I shall die and live,’ and when he woke up, he would say: ‘Praise be to Allah, who...

Shama'il Muhammadiyah

The Sleeping Of Rasoolullah

"When Allah’s Messenger (Allah bless him and give him peace) went to his mattress each night, he joined the palms of his hands, then breathed into them and recited into them: “Say: ‘He is Allah, One !' (Al-Qur'an;114:1), Then he...

Shama'il Muhammadiyah

The Sleeping Of Rasoolullah

“Allah’s Messenger (Allah bless him and give him peace) slept until he gasped for breath, and he had gasped for breath while he was sleeping, so Bilal came to him and called him to the ritual prayer, whereupon he got...

Shama'il Muhammadiyah

The Sleeping Of Rasoolullah

“When Allah’s Messenger (Allah bless him and give him peace) went to his mattress, he would say: ‘Praise be to Allah, who has fed us and quenched our thirst, and has sufficed us and sheltered us, for how many there...

Shama'il Muhammadiyah

The Sleeping Of Rasoolullah

“When the Prophet (Allah bless him and give him peace) alighted for rest at night, he would recline on his right side, and when he alighted for rest shortly before the morning, he would raise his forearm and place his...

Shama'il Muhammadiyah

Worship And Devotion Of Rasoolullah

"Allah’s Messenger (Allah bless him and give him peace) performed the ritual prayer until his feet became swollen, so he was asked: 'Must you burden yourself with this, when Allah has already forgiven you your former and your latter sins?'...

Shama'il Muhammadiyah

Worship And Devotion Of Rasoolullah

"Allah’s Messenger (Allah bless him and give him peace) used to perform the ritual prayer until his feet had begun to swell, so he was asked: 'Must you do this, when it has come to you that Allah has already...

Shama'il Muhammadiyah

Worship And Devotion Of Rasoolullah

Allah’s Messenger (Allah bless him and give him peace) used to stand performing the ritual prayer until his feet had begun to swell, so he would be asked: “O Messenger of Allah, must you do this, when Allah has already...

Shama'il Muhammadiyah

Worship And Devotion Of Rasoolullah

“I asked 'A'sha (may Allah be well pleased with her) about the nighttime ritual prayer of Allah’s Messenger (Allah bless him and give him peace), so she said: ‘He used to sleep at the beginning of the night. Then he...

Shama'il Muhammadiyah

Worship And Devotion Of Rasoolullah

"I reclined across the cushion and Allah’s Messenger (Allah bless him and give him peace) reclined lengthwise, whereupon Allah’s Messenger (Allah bless him and give him peace) slept until the middle of the night, or a little while before or...

Shama'il Muhammadiyah

Worship And Devotion Of Rasoolullah

"The Prophet (Allah bless him and give him peace) used to perform thirteen cycles of ritual prayer during the night.”

Shama'il Muhammadiyah

Worship And Devotion Of Rasoolullah

"If the Prophet (Allah bless him and give him peace) did not perform the ritual prayer during the night, because sleep had prevented him, or his eyes had been too weary, during the daytime, he would perform twelve cycles of...

Shama'il Muhammadiyah

Worship And Devotion Of Rasoolullah

"The Prophet said (Allah bless him and give him peace): 'If one of you gets up during the night, let him begin his ritual prayer with two abbreviated cycles.'”

Shama'il Muhammadiyah

Worship And Devotion Of Rasoolullah

“Determined to contemplate the ritual prayer of the Prophet (Allah bless him and give him peace) intently, for I laid my head on his doorstep or his hair tent. Allah’s Messenger (Allah bless him and give him peace) then performed...