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Qatadah Rahimahullah says
ma ba' thallahu nabiyyan illa hassan-al waj hassan-al saud
that Allah has never sent a prophet except that
that prophet had a beautiful face and a beautiful voice.
In the case of the Prophet Sallallahu Alayhi Wa Sallam,
they had never seen anything or anyone as beautiful as him,
before or after Islam.
And with some people that beautiful external appearance
is directly tied to ugly character.
In the case of the Prophet Sallallahu Alayhi Wa Sallam,
as stunning and as beautiful as his appearance was,
his character for which Allah praised him,
was even more beautiful.
(nostalgic music)
Abdullah ibn Rawaha RadiAllahu ta'ala anhu
Describes the presence
of the Prophet Sallallahu Alayhi Wa Sallam.
He says, laulam taqun fihi ayatun mubayinnah
qaanat badah hatuhu tum bi ka bilkhabri
that if the Prophet Sallallahu Alayhi Wa Sallam
had nothing but his presence, if he didn't recite anything,
if he didn't say anything, you would look at him
and you would already know that there was something
divinely beautiful about him.
And that's why you find all of these stories of people
that embraced Islam, just by looking
at the Prophet Sallalaahu 'Alayhi Wasallam.
Abdullah ibn Salam RadiAllahu ta'ala anhu,
who was the Chief Rabbi of Medina,
before the Prophet Sallalaahu 'Alayhi Wasallam arrived,
when he went out to see
the Prophet Sallalaahu 'Alayhi Wasallam,
before he said a single word,
he said, "I looked at his face
and I knew that this face laysa bi waj hi khadhdhab .
This is not the face of a liar."
The Prophet Sallalaahu 'Alayhi Wasallam is described
in the Shama'il, in the books of description from
head to toe Alayhi salatu wa Salam.
And one of the ways that he's frequently described,
is as being more beautiful than the moon.
Kaana Rasullulahi Sallalaahu 'Alayhi Wasallam a fakh man
mu fakhamah
ya ta la' la wajhu hu tala lu' wal kamri laylat al-badr
The Prophet Sallalaahu 'Alayhi Wasallam
had an awe inspiring appearance.
His face was more radiant, more beautiful than the full moon
on the darkest night.
And when you think of the desert and how amazing
and awesome and awe inspiring the full moon looks
in the desert, and you think about this narration of
Anas ibn Malik RadiAllahu anhu
Where he says that, "There was one night
that I actually wanted to compare.
I looked at the full moon and then, I looked at the face
of the Prophet Sallalaahu 'Alayhi Wasallam,
and I asked myself which one is more radiant?
And I came to the realization that
Prophet Sallalaahu 'Alayhi Wasallam's face was more radiant,
was more beautiful than the full moon in the desert."
And the full moon is not just beautiful,
it's so captivating.
You can't look at anything else.
As for everything else about him,
Sallalaahu 'Alayhi Wasallam, it was perfectly balanced.
Remember Allah Azawajal describes Jibreel Alayhi Salaam as
coming to Maryam Alayhi Salaam in the form
of a perfectly symmetrical man.
basharan sawiyyaa
With the Prophet Sallalaahu 'Alayhi Wasallam,
everything was perfectly set.
He wasn't too tall, nor was he too short.
His skin was not too light, nor was it too dark.
He was azhar al-lawn, he had a bright skin color,
but at the same time the Prophet Sallalaahu 'Alayhi Wasallam
was not pasty white.
His face was not too round, nor was it too narrow,
but it was closer to being round
Sallalaahu 'Alayhi Wasallam.
Now, if you're looking at
the Prophet Sallalaahu 'Alayhi Wasallam
and I want you to imagine standing in front of him
alayhi salatu wa Salam.
The first thing you're going to do is,
you're going to connect with his eyes,
Sallalaahu 'Alayhi Wasallam.
And Um Ma'bad Radiallahu anha
Says that, "The Prophet Sallalaahu 'Alayhi Wasallam's eyes
had a perfect contrast.
The black was exceedingly black his eyes
and the white was exceedingly white.
His eyelashes alayhi salatu wa Salam,
were so long that it looked like they naturally had kuhl,
they naturally had an eyeliner on them.
And they were always moist from his tears
Sallalaahu 'Alayhi Wasallam.
He had these large curved eyebrows and they were full
and they almost connected, but there was a beautiful space
right between them where the light would shine.
Adhim al-haama
The Prophet Sallalaahu 'Alayhi Wasallam is described
as having a prominent forehead and in his forehead
there was a vein that would only show when he became upset,
Sallalaahu 'Alayhi Wasallam.
As for his nose, his nose alayhi salatu wa Salam
was not flat nor was it too pointy,
but the Prophet Sallalaahu 'Alayhi Wasallam
had a finely sloped nose and they described it as having
a unique glimmer to it.
So, it shines in a way that when you were away from him,
Sallalaahu 'Alayhi Wasallam, you might have assumed
that it was larger than it actually was.
But when you came close to him,
you realize that it was just the shine of his nose
that made it so prominent.
When he opened his mouth Sallalaahu 'Alayhi Wasallam,
you would notice his teeth
and they were perfectly set.
Remember he used to use the siwaak
at least five times a day.
So, his teeth, alayhi salatu wa Salam,
were described as white as hailstones
and they weren't clustered together.
They were set in a way that there was a fine line
between each of those teeth
and his mouth Alayhi salatu wa Salam was wide.
And he's described as having a perfect articulation.
His words were crisp.
You could hear everything said Sallalaahu 'Alayhi Wasallam.
And his voice was melodious and it had a natural echo to it,
Sallalaahu 'Alayhi Wasallam.
And his hair just like everything else,
was perfectly in the middle.
It wasn't too straight nor was it too curly.
But instead it was wavy hair.
And the Prophet Sallalaahu 'Alayhi Wasallam would keep it
sometimes to his ear lobes.
Sometimes he would let it go all the way
to his shoulders Sallalaahu 'Alayhi Wasallam.
And of course, in times of Hajj and Umrah,
he would shave his head, Sallalaahu 'Alayhi Wasallam.
He also had a dense, full beard alayhi salatu wa Salam.
And the Prophet Sallalaahu 'Alayhi Wasallam
used to comb his hair and he used to comb his beard
and they were fully black.
Sahaba counted just between 14 and 20 gray hairs
in his hair and his beard Sallalaahu 'Alayhi Wasallam,
at the time of his death.
So, he's 63 and he only had a gray hairs
Sallalaahu 'Alayhi Wasallam, in his hair and his beard.
And they said, when he would use oils
Sallalaahu 'Alayhi Wasallam, you couldn't even see them.
And when you could see them, they were concentrated
right under his lips Sallalaahu 'Alayhi Wasallam
and on his sideburns alayhi salatu wa Salam.
Then you come down to his neck
and the Prophet Sallalaahu 'Alayhi Wasallam
had an elegant long neck.
They said it was like the neck of a gazelle
Sallalaahu 'Alayhi Wasallam.
And then, you looked at his shoulders.
He had broad shoulders Sallalaahu 'Alayhi Wasallam.
He was strong.
Strong arms alayhi salatu wa Salam.
He had a strong chest and even until the date of his death,
his stomach never extended beyond his chest
Sallalaahu 'Alayhi Wasallam.
So he maintained his weight, alayhi salatu wa Salam
and he maintained his fitness.
The Prophet Sallalaahu 'Alayhi Wasallam was not a hairy man.
So other than his hair on his head and his beard,
the Prophet Sallalaahu 'Alayhi Wasallam did not have
much hair on the rest of his body.
And he had a little bit of hair on his chest
and a line that naturally ran down all the way to his navel
Sallalaahu 'Alayhi Wasallam.
Then you come to his limbs
and the Prophet Sallalaahu 'Alayhi Wasallam is described
as having well-defined big limbs.
So he had big bones, big hands, big feet.
He had large calves Sallalaahu 'Alayhi Wasallam
and they said that his cows were perfectly round.
And then he had absolutely no weight on his heels
alayhi salatu wa Salam.
And his lower body was so strong Sallalaahu 'Alayhi Wasallam
that he used to be able to jump on a horse and a camel
and mount it with absolutely no saddle,
because of the strength of his lower body.
And that's why you'll find
Subhan Allah that al Hassan radiAllahu ta'ala anhu
who is described as resembling
the Prophet Sallalaahu 'Alayhi Wasallam in his upper body,
meaning his beauty.
Al Husain radiAllahu ta'ala anhu
Who is described as resembling
the Prophet Sallalaahu 'Alayhi Wasallam in his lower body,
because of his strength.
He was a warrior radiAllahu ta'ala Anhu,
like his grandfather Sallalaahu 'Alayhi Wasallam.
Despite that Anas ibn Malik radiAllahu ta'ala Anhu says that
his hands and his feet were smoother than silk
and water would slither right off of the hands
and the feet of the Prophet Sallalaahu 'Alayhi Wasallam.
And he had a beautiful scent alayhi salatu wa Salam.
He would sweat perfume Sallalaahu 'Alayhi Wasallam.
When you smelled his sweat, it smelled good.
And if you shook the hand
of the Prophet Sallalaahu 'Alayhi Wasallam,
you would maintain the scent of his hand on your hand,
for days after meeting him Sallalaahu 'Alayhi Wasallam.
He had the best of breath Sallalaahu 'Alayhi Wasallam.
And when you saw him from afar his appearance
would strike you and then when he came close to you,
his beauty would overwhelm you in a way
that you couldn't stare at him Sallalaahu 'Alayhi Wasallam.
Al Bara' RadiAllahu ta'ala Anhu
Said, "Wallahi, I went out one night
and I saw the Prophet Sallalaahu 'Alayhi Wasallam
in this red garment."
And it was a red hulla from Yemen,
his favorite garment to wear on occasions.
And he said, "I have never seen a sight more beautiful
than the Prophet Sallalaahu 'Alayhi Wasallam,
on that night."
Abu Hurairah radiAllahu ta'ala Anhu
Said, "When I saw the Prophet Sallalaahu 'Alayhi Wasallam,
he was so perfectly set.
It was as if he was molded in silver."
Sallalaahu 'Alayhi Wasallam
And the most famous thing about
the Prophet Sallalaahu 'Alayhi Wasallam, was his smile.
He always was smiling Sallalaahu 'Alayhi Wasallam.
Subhan Allah, in sadness in happiness,
he always had a smile on his face
Sallalaahu 'Alayhi Wasallam.
Ka'an ibn Malik radiAllahu ta'ala Anhu
Said that idha surrah,
"When he was happy, then his face would become
even more radiant, Sallalaahu 'Alayhi Wasallam."
And I want you to just capture this for a moment,
how is it that the Prophet Sallalaahu 'Alayhi Wasallam
smiled so much, yet he's also described mutawassilal ahzan
as always being in a state of grief azdha imal fiqra,
as always being in a place of deep thought?
laisa lahu raha
He never had a break
Sallalaahu 'Alayhi Wasallam.
He always was carrying so much.
And this goes to the khuluq,
the character that Allah about in the Quran,
that some people, you would think that they are...
aghniyaa.
You would think that they have absolutely nothing going on,
because of the way that they carry themselves,
but smiling is a sadaqah, it's a charity.
And with the Prophet Sallalaahu 'Alayhi Wasallam,
there was no man that smiled at his ummah,
more than the Prophet Sallalaahu 'Alayhi Wasallam,
but at the same time, there was no man that wept
for his ummah,
than the Prophet Sallalaahu 'Alayhi Wasallam.
So during the day, in order to bring joy to the people,
he smiled Sallalaahu 'Alayhi Wasallam, at them
and that was from his generosity.
And during the night, there was no man that would cry
more than him Sallalaahu 'Alayhi Wasallam,
in front of his Lord, also to bring joy and happiness
and relief to his blessed ummah.
(nostalgic music)