116. Sayyidina Urwa b. Masud told the unbelievers: “Never have I seen any king respected by his courtiers as much as Muhammad is respected by his Companions.”
While Sayyidina Urwa bin Masud was an unbeliever, the Quraysh sent him as envoy to
the Beloved Messenger. When he returned to his people, he said, “O people! By Allah, I have been to the kings and to Caesar, Chosroes and an-Najashi, yet I have never seen any of them respected by his courtiers as much as Muhammad is respected by his companions. By Allah, if he spat, the saliva would fall in the hand of one of them (i.e. the Prophet’s companions) who would rub it on his face and skin; if he ordered them, they would carry out his order immediately; if he performed ablution, they would compete to take the remaining water; and when he spoke, they would lower their voices and would not look at his face constantly out of respect.” [Bukhari]
117. The Messenger of Allah affirmed that the angel Jibra’il would support his poet and close Companion Sayyidina Hassaan b. Thabit.
● Sayyidina al-Bara narrates: “The Messenger of Allah said to Hassaan, “Lampoon them (the pagans) in verse, and Jibra’il is with you.” [Bukhari]
118. The angel Jibra’il would often send greetings to the wives of the Messenger of Allah.
• Sayyida A’isha narrates that the Messenger of Allah said: “O Aisha! This is Jibra’il sending his greetings to you.” I said, “Peace, and Allah’s Mercy be on him.” Sayyida ‘Aisha added: The Prophet used to see things which we used to not see. [Bukhari]
119. The Messenger of Allah had a sweet and pleasant humour.
The brother of Sayyidina Anas ibn Malik was called Abu ‘Umayr and he had a bird whose name was al-nughayr. The bird died and the child grieved for it, and the Messenger of Allah cheered him up by saying, “O Abu ‘Umayr, what happened to alnughayr?” The nughayr is a small bird like a sparrow, or it was said that it is a nightingale. [Bul uslim]
This incident highlights the soft and delightful humour of the Messenger of Allah.
120. The blessings of the Messenger of Allah allowed Sayyidina Jabir to pay off his deceased father’s huge debt.
• Narrated Sayyidina Jabir: “My father had died in debt. So I came to the Prophet and said, ‘My father (died) leaving unpaid debts, and I have nothing except the yield of his date palms; and their yield for many years will not cover his debts. So please come with me, so that the creditors may not misbehave with me.’ The Prophet went round one of the heaps of dates and invoked (Allah), and then did the same with another heap and sat on it and said, ‘Measure (for them).’ He paid them their rights and what remained was as much as had been paid to them.” [Bukhari]
121. He is the perfect completion and seal of Prophethood.
Sayyidina Abu Hurayra narrates that the Messenger of Allah said:”My similitude in comparison with the other Prophets before me, is that of a man who has built a house nicely and beautifully, except for a place of one brick in a corner. The people go about it and wonder at its beauty, but say: ‘Would that this brick be put in its place!’ So I am that brick, and I am the last of the Prophets.” [Bukhari] ●
122. Due to the prayers of the Messenger of Allah, Sayyidina as-Sa’ib’s hearing and sight was still strong at the age of ninety-four.
● “Sayyidina as-Sa’ib bin Yazid, when he was ninety-four years old, quite strong and of straight figure, said, “I know that I enjoyed my hearing and seeing powers only because of the invocation of Allah’s Messenger. My aunt took me to him and said, ‘O Allah’s Messenger! My nephew is sick; will you invoke Allah for him?’ So he invoked (Allah) for me.” [Bukhari]
123. He could see his Pool, the Hawdh al Kawthar, from the pulpit as he addressed the people after Uhud.
• Sayyidina Uqba bin ‘Amr narrates: The Messenger of Allah once came out and offered the funeral prayer for the martyrs of Uhud, and proceeded to the pulpit and said, “I shall be your predecessor and a witness over you, and I am really looking at my sacred Fount now, and no doubt, I have been given the keys of the treasures of the world..” [Bukhari]
124. His blessings enabled a small amount of food to be distributed in abundance to his entire family.
• Sayyida Fatima al-Zahra had prepared enough food for her family. She then sent Sayyidina Ali to invite the Messenger of Allah to eat with them. Allah’s Messenger went and told them to send a dish of food to each of his wives. Sayyida Fatima said that after a dish of food had been set aside for the Messenger of Allah, Sayyidina Ali, Sayyida Fatima and their children, they lifted up the saucepan and it was full, in fact, overflowing. Through Allah’s Will, they ate of the food for a long time afterwards. [Qadi Iyaad’s alShifa; Imam ibn Hajar’s al-Matalibu’l-Aliya]
125. Due to Allah’s Grace upon his noble character, he had the honour of placing the Hajr ul Aswad in its place.
When the Quraysh were rebuilding the Ka’bah, a war almost emerged regarding the Hajr ul Aswad, or Black Stone. Each tribe of the Quraysh wanted to have the honour of placing it. Eventually one of the leaders of the Quraysh said, “Let us allow the first man who enters the Haram (sanctuary) to judge between your dispute.” The Messenger of Allah was the first man, and when they saw him, they all cried, “It is al-Ameen (the Trustworthy)! We are satisfied, it is Muhammad!” Then he solved their dispute and ended the threat of civil war. He told them to place the Hajr ul Aswad in the centre of a cloth, which all the leaders held the corners of. Then he himself placed the Hajr ul Aswad into its place with his blessed hands. [Imam Ibn Hisham’s Sirat al Nabi]
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Aal-e-Qutub Aal-e-Syed Abdullah Shah Ghazi 