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Prophet Muhammad's Genuine Attributes, Honorable merits, and pure Manners

Bismillah, praise be to Allah the lord of the worlds and we ask Allah to increase the honor of Prophet Muhammad and all the Prophets before him and to keep us steadfast to Islam,

Al-Bukhariyy and Muslim (in their Sahihs) and others narrated from the route of al-Bara Ibn ^Azib that he said, The Messenger of Allah had the most beautiful face and the best manners. He was neither exceedingly tall nor short. Al-Bayhaqiyy (in Ad-Dalail), at-Tabaraniyy (in Al-Mu^jam Al-Kabir and Al-Awsat) narrated from the route of Abu ^Ubaydah Ibn Muhammad Ibn ^Ammar Ibn Yasir that he said, I asked ar-Rubbayyi^ Bint Mu^awwidh to describe the Prophet for me. She said, If you see him you would say the sun is shining.

At-Tirmidhiyy (in his Sunan) and Ahmad (in his Musnad) narrated from the route of Abu Hurayrah that he said, I have not seen anything more beautiful than the Prophet and anyone faster in his walk than the Prophet. It is as if the land folds up for him. We endeavored to walk as swiftly as the Prophet.

Al-Bukhariyy, Muslim, and an-Nasaiyy (in their Sahihs) and others narrated from the route of Anas Ibn Malik that he said, The Prophets hair was shoulder-length. Al-Bukhariyy and Muslim using different terminology said, The Prophets hair reached to the middle of his ears.

Muslim narrated in his Sahih from the route of Anas Ibn Malik that he said, I have not smelled anything --whether musk, amber, or other than that-- better smelling than the Prophet. I have not touched anything-- whether silk, taftan, or other than that-- smoother than the hand of the Prophet.

Al-Bukhariyy and Muslim narrated in their Sahihs from the route of al-Bara Ibn ^Azib that he said, The Prophet was medium in height and he had wide shoulders. He was the greatest of the people. His hair reached his ears. I have never seen anything more beautiful especially when he wore maroon-colored clothing.

Muslim narrated in his Sahih from the route of Anas Ibn Malik that he said, The Prophet was neither exceedingly tall nor short. His complexion was neither whitish pale nor too dark. His hair was neither extremely curly nor straight. Allah revealed him as a prophet when he was forty (40) years old. He lived in Makkah for ten (10) years. When he died in his early sixties, he did not have more than twenty (20) white hairs in his beard and on his head.

Al-Bayhaqiyy (in his Dalail) narrated from the route of Ibn ^Umar that he used to recite in the mosque of the Prophet the piece of poetry that Abu Talib (the Prophets uncle) used to recite in describing the Prophets complexion:

White face, by it
One asks Allah for the rain,
He was the resort and feeder of the orphans
And the protector of widows

Everyone who heard him recite this poetry used to say, This is how the Prophet was.

Al-Bazzar narrated in Kashf Al-Astar from the route of ^Aishah that she said, I said about my father (Abu Bakr), White face, by it one asks Allah for the rain, the supporter of the orphans and protector of widows. My father said, This is the attribute of the Prophet.

Surah al-Qalam, Ayah 4 best elucidates the manners of the Prophet:

{وَإِنَّكَ لَعَلى خُلُقٍ عَظِيمٍ}.
This ayah means: [Indeed you have great manners.]