Muhammad
By: Muhammad Safwaan & Muhammad Ebrahim
In the Name of Allah, The Beneficent, The Merciful.
All Praises Due to Allah swt, Lord of the Worlds, the
Owner of Kingship, the One who runs the Celestial
Objects, the Summoner of Wind, the One who
causes the dawns to break, the Authority of
Religion, the Lord of the Worlds.
All Praises to Allah from Whom the sky and its
inhabitants shake out of fear of Him, and the Earth
shakes and its buildings, and the sea flows in waves
and who swims in it.
Allah Send Your Blessings on Muhammad and the
Family of Muhammad, the running celestial objects
in depths immersive, whoever rides in it is safe and
whoever leaves it drowns, the one who advances to
them is a renegade and the one who is late to them
is bound to vanish and the one necessary to them
sticks by them catches up/follows.
Assalaamu-Alaykum Wa Rahmat’Allah Wa
Barakatu brothers & sisters, this piece of writing is
dedicated to best of all creation, Prophet
Muhammad (peace be upon him and his purified
offspring).
Verily Allah and His angels send Blessings upon the
Prophet; O you who believe send your peace and
blessings upon him.
This article is dedicated to the Final Prophet of Allah
(pbuhahf) and aims to give some insight into whom
Prophet Muhammad (s.a.w) was and hopes to
educate the reader about certain qualities and
characteristics he (s.a.w) possessed and also some
lessons which we could learn from him (sawas)
God-Willing.
On Monday, the twelfth day of Rabi al-Awwal in the
Year of the Elephant, Aminah gave birth to a son.
Allah swt Sends man many signs, when one of His
chosen Prophets is born and on that twelfth day of
Rabi al-Awwal in the year 570 A.D, many such signs
were seen.
Some were seen by Jewish scholars who had read in
their scriptures of a coming Prophet.
One of these learned men in Yathrib, for instance,
saw a brilliant new star he had never seen before as
he studied the heavens that night. He called the
people around him and, pointing the star out to
them, told them a Prophet must have been born.
That same night another Jew was passing by the
meeting place of the leaders of Quraysh in Mecca.
He asked them if a baby boy had just been born and
told them that if it were true, this would be the
Prophet of the Arab nation.
Aminah sent news of the birth to her father-in-law,
'Abd al-Muttalib, who was sitting near the Ka'bah at
the time. He was very happy and began at once to
think of a name for the boy. An ordinary name
would not do. Six days came and went and still he
had not decided. But on the seventh day, as he lay
asleep near the Ka’bah, 'Abd al-Muttalib dreamt
that he should give the baby the unusual name of
Muhammad, just as Aminah herself had dreamt.
And the child was called Muhammad (s.a.w.),
which means 'the Praised One'.
The Holy Qur’an (21:107)
"And We have not sent you except as a mercy to all
of creation"
He for whom the world had long been waiting came
at last. There was joy everywhere on the Earth and
in the skies. When Prophet Muhammad (s.a.w) was
born, He only had a mother by the name of Amina
(pbuh). She had given the young baby to a wet
nurse called Halima (pbuh).
The moment Halima (s.a.w) took Muhammad
(s.a.w) in her lap, a strange feeling of peace and joy
took hold of her heart. She had four children of her
own, with her husband Harith.
They had become the proud foster parents of the
little boy. They were not rich, but Muhammad
(s.a.w) brought happiness into their lives. The goats
and sheep grew fatter; they now gave much more
milk. The life of the family became richer and fuller.
Muhammad (s.a.w) was no ordinary boy, his fosterbrother could see he (s.a.w) was different, stones
greeted him as he passed by, “Peace be upon you O
Prophet of Allah”, they heard voices say. They also
saw trees and bushes bend low to the foster brother.
He went back to stay with his mother and stayed
with her till the age of six, at this time he had
become an orphan as his mother passed away.
Muhammad (s.a.w) then was taken in and stayed
under the eyes of his Uncle, Abu Talib a.s.
Muhammad (s.a.w) was a fair man with a rosy
tinge, his height was slightly taller than average. He
was described as a handsome person with
prominent forehead, high tipped nose, long
eyelashes, large black eyes with well set teeth and a
pleasant smile. He had slightly curly hair and a
thick beard. Some even indicated that he had a
friendly bright face and looked like a full moon.
His cheerfulness and open personality were felt by
all the people. Muhammad (s.a.w) was always the
first to greet the others and would not withdraw his
hand from a hand shaker until until the other man
would his.
When he looked at others, he looked at them in full
face. If someone called him he did not turn his face
only, but gave attention with his whole body.
When at home, he would divide his time into three
parts, one for God, one for his family and one for
himself.
He always joined in household work and would at
times mend his own clothes, repair his shoes and
sweep the floor. He used to dress well and always
had a nice smell.
After dawn prayers, he would remain sitting in the
mosque reciting the Holy Qur’an and would
worship Allah swt until the sun rose. After
midnight, he (s.a.w) he used to get up for the
tahajjud prayers.
There are so many things which come to mind when
pondering over this great personality. I pray that
with my limitations, I can do justice in describing
who this great personality was.
I wish to perhaps tell you who Muhammad (s.a.w)
is to me, according to that which I have learned
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