159. The hair touched by the blessed hands of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ often never turned grey.
Once such report is narrated by Sayyidina Muhammad ibn Fudala al-Zafari, who said, “The Messenger of Allah ﷺ arrived when I was two weeks old. I was brought to him, he passed his hand over my head saying, ‘Call him by my name, but do not call him by my kunya.’ I was taken along to perform the Farewell Pilgrimage with him when I was ten years old.” Sayyidina Muhammad ibn Fudala’s life was long, his hair turned white – but not where the hand of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ had touched it.” [Imam Bukhari’s alTarikh al-Kabir; Bayhaqi; Majma al-Zawa’id] ●
160. The face which was touched by the Messenger of Allah ﷺ glistened with radiant light. • Sayyidina Abul ‘Alaa ibn ‘Umayr said, “I was visiting Qatada ibn Milhan when he was ill. A man passed by the far end of the house and I saw him reflected in Qatada’s face [so shiny it was], for the Messenger of Allah, ﷺ may Allah’s blessings and peace be upon him, had passed his hand over his face. Whenever I saw him it was as if he had rubbed his face with oil.” [Ahmad; Bayhaqi]
161. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ passed his hand over a young man’s head, who reached the age of a hundred and still had no grey hair.
• Sayyidina Abu Attiya al-Bakri was taken by his parents to the Messenger of Allah. He was a young man at the time. The Messenger of Allah passed his hand over his head. When he was a hundred years old, his head and beard were still black. [Majma’ al Zawa’id]
162. To obey Allah, one must obey the Messenger of Allah ﷺ
“He who obeys the Messenger, has indeed obeyed Allah…” [Qur’an 4:80]
163. To love Allah AND the Messenger of Allah ﷺ is a precondition for the sweetness of faith.
· Sayyidina Anas b. Malik reports that the Messenger of Allah said, “Whoever possesses the following three qualities will have the sweetness (delight) of faith: 1. The one to whom Allah and His Messenger ﷺ becomes dearer than anything else. 2. Who loves a person and he loves him only for Allah’s sake. 3. Who hates to revert to atheism (disbelief) as he hates to be thrown into the fire.” [Bukhari]
164. Through Messenger of Allah’s prayer, the sun (which had set) reversed in its course, and Sayyidina Ali was able to pray his ‘Asr salah.
Sayyida Asma narrates: Revelation was being sent to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and his head was on the lap of Sayyidina Ali, who had not yet prayed Asr salah. Eventually, the sun set. The Messenger of Allah asked, “O Ali, have you prayed?” He replied, No,” •
Then the Messenger of Allah made a plea to Allah: “O Lord, he (Ali) was busy in the obedience of You and Your Messenger, hence return the sun back for him.” Sayyida Asma said: “I saw the sun set but then I saw it rising back again, and daylight became visible upon the mountains and land. This incident took place near Khaybar.” [Hafiz ibn Kathir’s al Bidayah wan Nihayah; Tafsir Imam Qurtubi]
165. On the day of migration to Madinah, the camel of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was guided by Allah’s Command.
● When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ first entered Madinah, the people and the nobles of the city wanted him to reside with them. He said, “Let it (the she-camel) step forward freely, for it is commanded (by Allah).” [Sirat ibn Hisham]
166. On the night of the Messenger of Allah’s migration to Madinah, he left his house which was surrounded by enemies, and threw dust in their faces; as a result, none of them saw him or Sayyidina Abu Bakr Siddiq.
. [Sirat ibn Hisham]
167. Abu Jahl was overcome with terror when the Messenger of Allah ﷺ approached his door to collect the due of a foreign businessman.
• Abu Jahl brought a camel from a man but withheld his money. So he went to an assembly of the Quraysh, whilst the Messenger of Allah ﷺ sat in one corner of the Masjid al-Haram, and said, “Who amongst you can help me retrieve my due payment from Abul Hakam ibn Hisham (Abu Jahl)? I am a stranger and a wayfarer, and he has taken my right.” They said, “Do you see that man sitting over there?”, and they pointed to the Messenger of Allah, aiming to joke at him, as they knew well the hostility between him and Abu Jahl. They added, “Go to him, and he will help you get your right.” This man went to the Messenger of Allah, and said, “O servant of Allah, Abdul Hakam ibn Hisham (Abu Jahl) has withheld the money he owes me. I am a stranger and a wayfarer. When I asked these men to tell me of someone who would help me to get my right, they advised me to come to you, so go and bring me my money from him, may Allah bless you.” The Messenger of Allah said, “Go to him,” and they went to him together.
When the men of Quraysh saw this, they sent a man to follow them. The Messenger of Allah went and knocked at Abu Jahl’s door, and when he asled who was there, he replied, “Muhammad! Come out to me.” He came out to him pale with terror, and the Messenger of Allah said, “Give this man his due.” Abu Jahl said, “Do not leave until I get him his money,” and went inside and came out with the due payment and gave it to the man. The Messenger of Allah went away saying, “Go to your business.” The man returned to the Quraysh assembly and said, “May Allah reward him, for he has gotten me my right.”
The man who the Quraysh had sent to follow them reported: “It was something unusual. Hardly had he knocked at his door when he came out bloodless with fear.” Just after relating what had happened, Abu Jahl himself appeared and they said, “What has happened to you? We have never seen you doing anything like what you have done.” Abu Jahl replied, “Confound you! By Allah, as soon as he knocked on my door and I
heard his voice, I was terrified. Then I went out to him. A camel stallion was high above his head. I have never seen such a stallion before with such a head, shoulders and canines. By Allah, if I had not paid him, the stallion would have devoured me.” [Sirat ibn Hisham]
Aal-e-Qutub Aal-e-Syed Abdullah Shah Ghazi 