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So much of the Quran, when speaking about character,
emphasizes body language.
In fact, when Allah Subh'anaHu Wa Ta-A'la talks about
Ibadur Rahman, when he talks about the servants of
the most merciful, what's the very
first description al lazina yam shuna allal-ardhi hawna
They tread the earth lightly.
when Luqman al-Hakeem Alayhi Salaam is giving his son
advice and he talks to them about the way that he
raises his voice or the way that he walks.
When Allah Subh'anaHu Wa Ta-A'la
talks about the way we respond to our parents,
not to say uff not to grunt at them or turn away from them.
And you find this in the Hadith of the prophet
SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallamas well.
The prophets SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam, saying that a
person should not be treacherous with their eyes, winking
and looking and making facial expressions behind a person's
back in a way that betrays them.
And so when you look at the
Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam's demeanor
everything about the prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam's
body language is prophetic.
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First and foremost, you're probably not used to the idea
of someone who is so beautiful being so shy.
but the prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam said
that the khuluq of Islam,
the characteristic of Islam
the key quality of Islam is hayaa' is modesty.
And when you look at the prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam
he was the shyest person.
He was the most bashful of people,
even though he had the supreme traits,
SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam
So what were his traits like?
What was his demeanor like?
Alayhi Salatu Wasallam
So we already said his smile was constant
and he's described as bassamin dah'haaqin
he was always smiling and causing others to smile.
And he was always laughing and causing others to laugh.
But his laughter Alayhi Salatu Wasallam
was also dignified and shy when he would laugh.
SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam
All that really was, was an extremely wide smile.
And he would laugh in a way that his smile would open
up to where you could see the back of his teeth.
SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam
And even when he chose to laugh
Alayhi Salatu Wasallam says something about him.
So he would laugh when others would laugh.
but he also would laugh.
who was SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam widening his smile.
When Allah Subh'anaHu Wa Ta-A'la
gave him good news.
Ali ibn Abi Talib radiAllahu ta'ala Anhu
mentions the prophets SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam.
having that wide smile that laughter
after his ibadah, after his worship
he would laugh when he shared narrations
about Allah's mercy, the famous narration
about the man who would enter paradise last.
And he would think Allah
Subh'anaHu Wa Ta-A'la is mocking him
because he cannot comprehend the generosity and
the mercy of Allah Subh'anaHu Wa Ta-A'la and the
prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam some laughs
and says Allah laughed at that man,
when the man said Ya Allah,
are you making fun of me?
And you are the Lord of the worlds.
So his laugh was not audible
but it was clearly distinct from his usual smiles.
SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam
and it would show his back teeth.
The prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam also was noted
for these long periods of silence.
You know, sometimes a person is eloquent
powerful, beautiful, whatever it may be.
They tend to dominate every single gathering.
They tend to dominate every single conversation.
This is the messenger
of Allah, SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam
And he's noted for his silence.
He was always in this place of reflection.
And you could tell when you were looking at him
SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam
that he was deeply perceptive.
And when he sat around people
he would only speaks SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam
in a way that was proportionate to the gathering itself.
He's also described as having hulwah mantiq
beautiful logic and coherence.
He spoke and he spoke to the point, as we said
his articulation was crisp and he would speak slowly
and he would repeat himself SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam
So everything he said, you would immediately understand it.
And you would remember it from him SallAllahu Alaihi
Wasallam despite his beauty, he generally looked
down Alayhi Salatu Wasallam
And when he looked at people
he wouldn't stare would just glance at you.
And then he would look back down.
SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam and that's from his humility.
However, if you were enjoying his eye contact
then he maintained it.
If you were intimidated by him looking at you
then he looked away as well.
SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam
and that's how striking his beauty was.
Amr ibn al-As radiAllahu ta'ala anhu
he says that
if you asked me to describe the prophet
SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam
I would not be able to describe him
because even though I would be right in front of him
I couldn't look at him.
ijlaa lan wa ta'dhiman
because of how all inspiring his presence was.
because of how beautiful he was.
SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam
and because of the admiration that I had for him.
I just couldn't look up at him,
SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam
Now when the prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam would
turn to you when you would speak the prophet
SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam
was amazing at giving people attention.
And so either idhal tafata, when he turned
SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam
he wouldn't just turn his head towards you.
He would turn his entire body to you.
When you would speak to him
SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam to let you know
that you're the only person he's listening to at the moment.
And if you asked for his ear
the prophet's SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam would give you
his ear and he would not remove his ear
until you were done with everything that you had to say.
And if you shook his hand
SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam
the prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam
would not remove his hands until you removed yours
letting you know that he was all yours.
When you were speaking to him.
SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam.
one of my favorite narrations about the prophet
SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam of them in this regard.
And one that has serious consequences for us
in regards to our cell phones is
that the prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam
had this ring that he liked.And the ring of the prophet
SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam was a silver ring.
It had a Ruby stone from Abyssinia.
And one time the prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam was
wearing this ring, and he looked at it a few times
in the middle of a conversation.
And then he was disappointed
with himself SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam
being distracted by his ring
from his companions as they were speaking.
So he actually took off his ring
SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam
and he cast it aside.
And he said that I was looking at this ring a few times
but I wanted to get it out of the way
because it was distracting me from you.
SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam
When he would point towards you Alayhi Salatu Wasallam
He would not use a finger
because if he pointed with his finger towards you
then you might feel like he's casting blame towards you.
So the prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam on them would
only point with his entire hand so that you didn't feel
like you were being blamed by his fingers.
SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam
Idha ta'ajama. when the prophet
SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam was amazed by something.
Or when he was in the midst
of something and something amusing was said
the prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam them would tap his
thigh, and he would say, subhanAllah. subhanAllah.
When the prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam, would walk
he was a man that would walk with a sense of purpose.
Ali radiAllahu ta'ala Anhu said
that the prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam's walking was
like a man walking downhill.
Abu Hurairah radiAllahu ta'ala Anhu
said, you couldn't even keep pace with him.
And that's because the prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam
had the walk of someone who had something important to do.
He didn't walk arrogantly.
SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam
nor did he walk with laziness, but he walked fast.
And that was a sign that he was always motivated.
And he was always productive SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam.
And even in his manner of sitting there was humility
and there was an intentional humility to it.
Allah sent an angel to the prophet
SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam to ask him
if he wanted to live his life as Nabi an-Malika
or Nabi an Abda. As a prophet that lives like a King,
or a prophet that lives like a humble slave.
And the prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam chose
Nabi an-Abda to live like a humble slave.
And he said, "that's why he would always sit up
SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam and eat his food
in a certain way and not recline
like an arrogant man or like a wealthy man, or like a King.
So everything the prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam did
with his demeanor lent itself
to his supreme humility, to his modesty, to his bashfulness
to a shyness and to a sincerity
to Allah and to the people SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam
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