Prophetic Characteristics (Shama'il)

Shama'il Muhammadiyah

Noble Character And Habits Of Sayyidina Rasoolullah

‘Allah’s Messenger (Allah bless him and give him peace) was the most generous of humankind in charity, and he was at his most charitable in the month of Ramadan, until it was concluded. Gabriel would then come to him and...

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Noble Character And Habits Of Sayyidina Rasoolullah

"The Prophet (Allah bless him and give him peace) never stored anything up for the morrow.”

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Noble Character And Habits Of Sayyidina Rasoolullah

"A man came to the Prophet (Allah bless him and give him peace) and asked him to give him a gift, so the Prophet said (Allah bless him and give him peace): 'I have nothing at my disposal, but purchase...

Shama'il Muhammadiyah

Noble Character And Habits Of Sayyidina Rasoolullah

"I brought the Prophet (Allah bless him and give him peace) a tray of ripe dates and fluffy cucumbers, so he gave me a handful of trinkets and gold!”

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Noble Character And Habits Of Sayyidina Rasoolullah

"The Prophet (Allah bless him and give him peace) used to accept gifts and provide recompense of greater value.”

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Modesty Of Sayyidina Rasoolullah

"He (Allah bless him and give him peace) was more bashful than the virgin in her boudoir, and when he disapproved of something, we knew it from the expression on his face.”

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Modesty Of Sayyidina Rasoolullah

“I never looked at the private parts of Allah’s Messenger (Allah bless him and give him peace).” (Or she said: “I never saw the private parts of Allah’s Messenger (Allah bless him and give him peace).”

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Hajaamah (Cupping-Cautering) Of Sayyidina Rasoolullah

"Allah’s Messenger (Allah bless him and give him peace) sought to have blood drawn from him by the operation of cupping. Abu Taiba cupped him, so he ordered two measures of food for him, and he spoke to his people,...

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Hajaamah (Cupping-Cautering) Of Sayyidina Rasoolullah

“The Prophet (Allah bless him and give him peace) had the operation of cupping performed upon him, and on his instructions I gave the cupper his fee.”

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Hajaamah (Cupping-Cautering) Of Sayyidina Rasoolullah

"The Prophet (Allah bless him and give him peace) had cupping performed between the two veins in the neck and between the shoulders. He also gave the cupper his fee, which he would not have done if cupping had been...

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Hajaamah (Cupping-Cautering) Of Sayyidina Rasoolullah

"The Prophet (Allah bless him and give him peace) summoned a cupper, so he cupped him. Then he asked him: “How much is your tax?” He said: “Three measures of grain,” so he reduced his tax by one measure and...

Shama'il Muhammadiyah

Hajaamah (Cupping-Cautering) Of Sayyidina Rasoolullah

"Allah’s Messenger (Allah bless him and give him peace) used to have cupping performed between the two veins of the neck and in the upper back, and he used to undergo cupping on the seventeenth, nineteenth and twenty-first days of...

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Hajaamah (Cupping-Cautering) Of Sayyidina Rasoolullah

"Allah’s Messenger (Allah bless him and give him peace) underwent cupping on the top of the foot, while he was in the state of Pilgrim consecration in Malal .”

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The Names Of Sayyidina Rasoolullah

"Allah’s Messenger said (Allah bless him and give him peace): “Verily I have several names: I am Muhammad; I am Ahmad; I am al-Mahi means the one after whom there is no Prophet.)

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The Names Of Sayyidina Rasoolullah

"I encountered the Prophet (Allah bless him and give him peace) in one of the streets of Medina, and he said: “I am Muhammad; I am Ahmad; I am the Prophet of Mercy and the Prophet of Repentance; I am...

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The Living Of Sayyidina Rasoolullah

“Do you not have what you want in the way of food and drink? I have seen your Prophet (Allah bless him and give him peace), and the poor-quality dates that he finds are what fills his stomach.”

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The Living Of Sayyidina Rasoolullah

‘We, Muhammad’s wives, would go an entire month without cooking anything over a fire, and with nothing to eat and drink but dates and water.”

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The Living Of Sayyidina Rasoolullah

“We complained to Allah’s Messenger (Allah bless him and give him peace) of hunger, and we exposed our stomachs, each revealing a rock, so Allah’s Messenger (Allah bless him and give him peace) exposed his stomach, revealing two rocks.”

Shama'il Muhammadiyah

The Living Of Sayyidina Rasoolullah

"Allah’s Messenger (Allah bless him and give him peace) went out during an hour in which he did not usually go out, and in which no one used to meet him, but Abu Bakr came to him, so he said:...

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The Living Of Sayyidina Rasoolullah

“I am the first man who shed blood in the cause of Allah (Almighty and Glorious is He), and I am the first man who shot an arrow in Allah’s cause. I had seen myself going forth to war in...