In the name of Allah, the Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful.
Treasures of the Prophetic biography.
His modesty, peace be upon him.
On the authority of Abu Sa'id al-Khudri, may Allah be pleased with him, who said:
The Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him,
was more modest than a virgin in her private quarters.
Whenever he disliked something, we would recognize it on his face.
On the authority of 'A'ishah, may Allah be pleased with her, who said:
The Prophet, peace be upon him,
whenever he heard something about a man,
would not say, "What is the matter with so-and-so that he says such things?"
Rather, he would say,
"What is the matter with some people who say such and such?"
He would forbid the act without naming the person.
'A'ishah also said:
The Prophet, peace be upon him,
was neither indecent nor prone to indecency,
nor was he loud in the marketplaces,
nor did he repay evil with evil.
Instead, he would pardon and overlook.
On the authority of Ibn 'Abbas, may Allah be pleased with them both:
'Umar, may Allah be pleased with him, said:
I entered upon the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him,
and found him lying on a reed mat.
He pulled his lower garment up and sat down,
and the marks of the mat were visible on his side.
I cast my eyes around the storage area of the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him,
and found nothing of worldly value in it
except for two handfuls of barley,
and a handful of acacia leaves,
totaling about two sa' measures.
My eyes welled up with tears.
The Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, asked,
"What makes you weep, O Ibn al-Khattab?"
I replied, "O Messenger of Allah,
how could I not weep,
when you are the chosen one of Allah, His Messenger, and His select creation,
yet this is your storehouse,
while Chosroes and Caesar live amidst fruits and rivers?
And you are in this state?"
He said, "O Ibn al-Khattab,
are you not pleased that the Hereafter is for us,
and the worldly life is for them?"
I said, "Yes, O Messenger of Allah."
He said, "Then praise be to Allah."
On the authority of Anas, may Allah be pleased with him, who said:
I entered upon the Prophet, peace be upon him,
while he was on a bed woven with strips of palm fiber,
and under his head was a pillow stuffed with palm fiber.
Some of his Companions entered upon him,
among them 'Umar.
The Prophet, peace be upon him, shifted
his position,
and 'Umar saw the marks of the strips
on the Prophet, peace be upon him,
and he wept.
The Prophet, peace be upon him, asked,
"What makes you weep?"
He replied,
"Chosroes and Caesar
are indulging in what they indulge in,
while you are on this bed."
He said,
"Are you not pleased that the worldly life is for them,
and the Hereafter is for us?"
He said, "Yes."
He said,
"It is indeed so."
On the authority of 'Abdullah Ibn Mas'ud, may Allah be pleased with him, who said:
The Prophet, peace be upon him, lay down
on a reed mat,
and it left marks on his skin.
I began to wipe them away, saying,
"May my father and mother be sacrificed for you,
why did you not inform us so we could spread something for you?"
He said,
"What have I to do with the world?
My state in this world is only that of a traveler
who seeks shade under a tree,
then moves on and leaves it."
On the authority of Abu Hurayrah, may Allah be pleased with him:
The Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, said:
"If I had gold equal to Mount Uhud,
it would not please me that three nights should pass
while I still had any of it,
except for what I set aside for a debt."
On the authority of Abu Hurayrah, may Allah be pleased with him, who said:
The Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, said:
"O Allah, make the provision of the family of Muhammad only enough to sustain them."
On the authority of 'A'ishah, may Allah be pleased with her, who said:
The Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, never ate his fill
of wheat bread for three consecutive days
until he passed away.
On the authority of 'Urwah Ibn al-Zubayr,
from 'A'ishah, may Allah be pleased with her, who said:
We would look at the new moon,
then the next,
then the next,
three new moons in two months,
and no fire was lit in the houses of the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him.
'Urwah asked,
"Then what was your food?"
She replied,
"The two black things:
dates and water.
Except that the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, had
neighbors from the Ansar,
who had milch camels,
and they would send to the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him,
some of their milk,
and we would drink it."
She also said,
"The Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, never ate his fill
of barley bread for two consecutive days
until he was taken by Allah."
And she said,
"The mattress of the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him,
was made of leather stuffed with palm fiber."
This was the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, in his asceticism.
And what can we say about our own lives?
What we eat,
what we drink,
what we wear,
and what we sleep upon.
We can only say:
Allah is the One whose help is sought.
Treasures of the Seerah.
His humor, peace be upon him.
On the authority of Abu Hurayrah, may Allah be pleased with him,
that it was said, "O Messenger of Allah,
you joke with us."
He said,
"I say nothing but the truth."
On the authority of Anas, may Allah be pleased with him, who said:
A Bedouin asked the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, for a mount.
The Prophet, peace be upon him, said,
"I will give you the offspring of a she-camel to ride."
The Bedouin said,
"What would I do with the offspring of a she-camel, O Messenger of Allah?"
He replied,
"Do camels give birth to anything other than she-camels?"
The Bedouin had thought he would give him a young camel,
a small calf.
On the authority of 'A'ishah, may Allah be pleased with her, who said:
The Prophet, peace be upon him, raced with me,
and I beat him, by the will of Allah.
But later, when I had gained weight,
he raced me and beat me.
He then said,
"This is for that."
On the authority of Abu Hurayrah, may Allah be pleased with him, who said:
The Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him,
would stick out his tongue for al-Husayn,
and when the child saw the redness of his tongue, he would become delighted.
'Uyaynah Ibn Badr said to him,
"I see you doing this!
By Allah, I have children,
and they have reached adulthood,
yet I have never kissed one of them."
The Prophet, peace be upon him, said,
"He who does not show mercy will not be shown mercy."
On the authority of Umm Salamah, may Allah be pleased with her,
that Abu Bakr, may Allah be pleased with him,
went out as a merchant to Busra
a year or two
before the death of the Prophet, peace be upon him.
With him were Nu'ayman
and Suwaybit ibn Harmalah,
both of whom were veterans of Badr.
Suwaybit was in charge of their provisions.
Nu'ayman came and said,
"Feed me."
He replied, "No,
not until Abu Bakr returns."
Nu'ayman, who was a joker, said,
"I will play a trick on you."
He went to some people and said to them,
"Will you buy a slave from me?
He is a man with a sharp tongue,
and he might say,
'I am free.'
If you are going to let him go when he says that,
then leave me alone and do not spoil my slave for me."
They said, "No,
we will buy him."
So he sold him for ten young she-camels.
Then he went to them and said,
"There he is."
Suwaybit said,
"He is lying.
I am a free man."
They said,
"We have already been told about you."
They threw a rope around him, tied him up, and took him away.
Abu Bakr came, and they informed him.
He went with some of his companions,
returned the she-camels, and took Suwaybit back.
The Prophet, peace be upon him, laughed at this.
Narrated Anas, may Allah be pleased with him, who said:
A man from the desert,
whose name was Zahir,
used to bring the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him,
gifts from the desert.
The Prophet, peace be upon him, would provide him with supplies in return,
and he would say:
"Zahir is our desert dweller,
and we are his city dwellers."
This man was not physically handsome.
One day, the Prophet, peace be upon him, came upon him
while he was selling his goods,
and he embraced him from behind
while he could not see him.
He said:
"Let me go!
Who is this?"
He turned around and recognized the Prophet, peace be upon him.
The Prophet, peace be upon him, began to say:
"Who will buy this slave?"
He replied, "O Messenger of Allah,
by Allah, you will find me unsellable [of little value]."
He said:
"But in the sight of Allah, you are not unsellable."
Or he said:
"Rather, in the sight of Allah, you are precious."
Narrated Jarir, may Allah be pleased with him, who said:
"The Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, never denied me entry
since I embraced Islam,
and he never saw me without smiling."
This was the humor of the Prophet, peace be upon him,
and it does not contradict the prophethood and the majesty
that he, peace be upon him, possessed.
Treasures of the Prophetic biography (Seerah).
The speech of the Prophet, peace be upon him:
He was the most eloquent of all Allah’s creation,
the most pleasant in speech,
the quickest in delivery,
and the sweetest in expression.
Indeed, his words would capture the hearts completely
and captivate the souls.
‘A’ishah, may Allah be pleased with her, said:
"The Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him,
did not speak rapidly as you do.
Rather, he spoke with clear, distinct words,
which anyone sitting with him could memorize."
He would often repeat his words three times
so that they would be understood from him.
When he greeted, he would greet three times.
He was long in his silence;
he would not speak unless there was a need.
He spoke with concise, comprehensive speech.
He would not speak about what did not concern him,
and he would not speak except when he hoped for its reward.
If he disliked something, it would be known on his face.
He was neither foul-mouthed nor prone to obscenity,
nor was he loud in the marketplaces.
Most of his laughter was smiling,
or rather, it was all smiling.
The extent of his laughter was that his molars would appear.
His weeping was of the same nature as his laughter;
it was not with sobbing or raising his voice.
Rather, his eyes would shed tears until they flowed,
and a sound like a boiling pot would be heard from his chest.
His weeping was sometimes out of mercy for the deceased,
sometimes out of fear for his Ummah and compassion for them,
sometimes out of the fear of Allah,
and sometimes upon hearing the Qur’an.
When his son Ibrahim died,
his eyes shed tears and he wept, peace be upon him.
He wept when he saw one of his daughters as her soul was departing.
He wept when ‘Abdullah Ibn Mas‘ud recited to him
Surah al-Nisa’.
He performed the prayer of fear and wept.
Treasures of the Prophetic biography (Seerah).
His description, peace be upon him,
in the Torah and the Gospel.
Allah, Blessed and Exalted be He, said:
﴾And when ‘Isa Ibn Maryam said,
"O Children of Israel,
“And when Jesus son of Mary said: O Children of Israel! Lo! I am the messenger of Allah unto you, confirming that which was (revealed) before me in the Torah, and bringing good tidings of a messenger who cometh after me, whose name is the Praised One. Yet when he hath come unto them with clear proofs, they say: This is mere magic.” (61:6)
confirming what came before me of the Torah
and bringing good tidings of a messenger
who will come after me, whose name is Ahmad."﴿
But when he came to them with clear proofs,
they said, "This is obvious magic."
And He, the Exalted in His mention, said:
“Those who follow the messenger, the Prophet who can neither read nor write, whom they will find described in the Torah and the Gospel (which are) with them. He will enjoin on them that which is right and forbid them that which is wrong. He will make lawful for them all good things and prohibit for them only the foul; and he will relieve them of their burden and the fetters that they used to wear. Then those who believe in him, and honour him, and help him, and follow the light which is sent down with him: they are the successful.” (7:157)
“Those who follow the messenger, the Prophet who can neither read nor write, whom they will find described in the Torah and the Gospel (which are) with them. He will enjoin on them that which is right and forbid them that which is wrong. He will make lawful for them all good things and prohibit for them only the foul; and he will relieve them of their burden and the fetters that they used to wear. Then those who believe in him, and honour him, and help him, and follow the light which is sent down with him: they are the successful.” (7:157)
in the Torah and the Gospel,
he enjoins upon them what is right
and forbids them what is wrong.
Despite the distortion, alteration, and change,
we still find the description and name of our Messenger Muhammad, peace be upon him,
in the Torah and the Gospel.
His descriptions in the Gospel:
The Gospel of Matthew.
In the Gospel of Matthew,
in the fifteenth chapter,
there is evidence that ‘Isa
was sent specifically to the Children of Israel.
He said, "I was not sent except to the lost sheep of the house of Israel."
And in the eleventh chapter,
‘Isa, peace be upon him, said:
"For all the prophets and the law
prophesied until John.
And if you are willing to accept it,
this is Elijah who is to come.
He who has ears to hear, let him hear."
And Elijah is Ahmad, peace be upon him.
We knew this through the letters of
Abjad Hawwaz.
Because Abjad Hawwaz
are letters that indicate numbers.
Abjad Hawwaz,
Hutti Kalim,
Sa‘fas Qurasht,
Thakhudh Badhi.
The Alif is one,
the Ba’ is two,
the Jim is three,
the Dal is four,
the Ha’ is five,
the Waw is six,
the Zay is seven,
the Ha’ is eight,
the Ta’ is nine,
the Ya’ is ten,
the Kaf is twenty,
the Lam is thirty,
the Mim is forty,
the Nun is fifty,
the Sin is sixty,
the ‘Ayn is seventy,
the Fa’ is eighty,
the Dad is 90,
the Qaf is 100,
the Ra’ is 200,
the Shin is 300,
the Ta’ is 400,
the Tha’ is 500,
the Kha’ is 600,
the Dhal is 700,
the Dad is 800,
the Dha’ is 900,
the Ghayn is 1000.
So Elijah, according to the calculation of Abjad Hawwaz:
Alif is 1,
Ya’ is 10,
Lam is 30,
Ya’ is 10,
Alif is 1,
equals 53.
And Ahmad:
Alif is 1,
Ha’ is 8,
Mim is 40,
Dal is 4,
equals 53.
The Gospel of John,
in the fourteenth chapter,
‘Isa said:
"If you love me,
keep my commandments.
And I will ask the Father,
and He will give you
another Comforter,
to remain with you forever."
He is the Spirit of Truth.
The word "Comforter" is a definition,
and if you wish, you may say
it is a distortion of the word
"Paracletos,"
which is a Greek word
meaning "the much-praised,"
that is, Muhammad.
We had mentioned this
previously
in the story of
‘Abdullah the Majorcan,
in the story of the delegation of Najran,
in the Year of Delegations,
the ninth year of the Hijrah.
His descriptions
in the Torah:
It came in the Torah,
in the Book of Isaiah,
the forty-second chapter:
"Behold, My servant
whom I uphold,
in whom My soul delights.
I have put My spirit upon him;
he will bring forth justice to the nations.
He will not cry out, nor raise [his voice],
nor will he be heard in the street,
his voice.
He will not fail nor be discouraged
until he establishes justice in the earth,
and the islands shall wait for
his law."
Naturally, this is not ‘Isa,
For he did not have
a distinct law,
but rather he was a completer
of the mission of Musa, peace be upon him.
As for the statement,
"He does not shout, nor does he make himself heard in the street,"
regarding his voice,
this confirms the statement of 'A'ishah,
may Allah be pleased with her,
"The Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, was not indecent,
nor did he act indecently,
nor was he a loud shouter in the marketplaces,
nor did he repay evil with evil."
The Book of Deuteronomy,
in chapter
thirty-three,
says of Musa:
"The Lord came from Sinai,"
the land of Musa,
"and dawned from Seir,"
the homeland of 'Isa,
"and shone forth from Mount Paran,"
which is Makkah.
This is similar to the statement of Allah the Exalted:
﴾By the fig and the olive,
and Mount Sinai,
and this secure city [Makkah]﴿.
The fig and the olive
are the land of 'Isa,
Palestine;
and Mount Sinai
is the land of Musa, Egypt;
and the secure city
is the city of Muhammad, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him,
Makkah.
Indeed, Paran
is the place where Isma'il dwelt,
peace be upon him.
This is in chapter twenty-one,
and Isma'il
indeed dwelt in Makkah.
It says,
"Let the wilderness and its cities lift up
their voice,"
"like Kedar,"
who is the son of Isma'il, peace be upon him.
This is in chapter
twenty-five.
It says,
"Let the inhabitants of Sela' sing,"
which is a mountain in Madinah,
the mountains of Sal'.
From the mountain peaks.
In the story of the conversion of
Salman al-Farisi,
he said of himself
that he had traveled in search of the truth
to Syria, then to Mosul,
then to Nasibin,
then to 'Ammuriyah.
When the bishop there
was dying,
Salman asked him,
"To where?"
Meaning, "To whom should I go?"
He said, "O my son,
by Allah, I do not know of anyone left
who is upon what we were
upon, whom I could command you to go to.
However, the time has drawn near
for a Prophet to be sent in the Sacred Land,
who will migrate between
two lava fields to a land
of salt flats and palm trees.
He has signs
that are not hidden: between
his shoulders is the seal of prophethood.
He eats of the gift, but
he does not eat of the charity.
So if you are able to reach
that land, then do so."
Indeed, the time for him
has drawn near. And that was
the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him.
This
is the master of humanity,
peace and blessings of Allah be upon him,
and the intimate friend of the Most Merciful,
the Glorious and Exalted.
We ask Allah, the Blessed and Exalted,
to gather us under his banner
and in the presence of the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him.
Amin.
Amin.
Amin.
And Allah is Most High and All-Knowing.
May the peace and blessings of Allah
be upon our Prophet
Muhammad.
Treasures of the Prophetic biography.