180. The wishes of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ were often fulfilled very quickly. Sayyida A’isha said, “By Allah! I see that Allah fulfils the wishes of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ quickly.” [Muslim] ●
181. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ will intercede for the believers.
The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “Then I will perform intercession and Allah will allocate a limit for me. I will then take them out from the fire and enter them into Jannah.” [Muslim] •
182. No one will be granted access to Jannah before the Messenger of Allah ﷺ.
• The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, “I will come to the gates of Paradise and ask for it to be opened. The gatekeeper will ask, “Who are you?” I will say, “Muhammad ﷺ.” The gatekeeper will say, “I was ordered not to open the gate for anyone else before you.” [Bukhari, Muslim; al-Nasa’i]
184. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ voluntarily chose a life of humility above the life of a king. • Sayyida A’isha, quotes that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to her: “A’isha! Had I wished I would have been given mountains of gold. Once came to me an angel whose waist line is as big as the Ka’bah and said: ‘Your Lord sends you His greetings, and says that you can choose either to be a Prophet and a servant of God, or a Prophet and a king.’ I looked at Jibra’il, who was also present, and he indicated to me that I better maintain my humility. I said: ‘I choose to be a Prophet and a servant of God.”” Ever since that moment, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ never ate his food in a reclining position. He used to say: ‘I eat like a servant and sit like a servant.”” [ibn Hibban, al-Baghawi, ibn Saa’d; Imam al-Haythami]
185. His mercy was so immense that he prayed for the enemy even when they injured him at Uhud.
• When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was severely wounded at Uhud, some Companions asked him to invoke Allah’s curse on the enemy. Instead, he prayed for them, saying: “O Allah, forgive my people, for they do not know.” He made this supplication while his face was bleeding profusely. [Qadi Iyaad’s al-Shifa; Bukhari; Muslim]
186. One of the Jewish scholars of Madinah believed in him at first sight, from the pure radiance of
• Sayyidina Abd Allah ibn Salam, formerly a renowned Jewish scholar of Madinah, believed in him at first sight, saying: “There can be no lie in this face. One with such a face can only be a Messenger of Allah ﷺ.” [Sirat ibn Hisham]
187. Just the sight of him would have convinced any sincere heart of his Prophethood. Sayyidina Abd Allah ibn Rawaha al-Ansari said of the Prophet: “Law lam takun fihi ayatun mubina, lakana manzaruhu yunabbi’uka bi al-khabari. Even if there were not, concerning him, clear and evident signs, yet the sight of him would have told you the news.” [Imam ibn Hajar’s al-Isaba]
188. When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ smiled, his face would beam “as if it were a piece of the moon.”
· Sayyidina Kaab ibn Malik said: “I greeted the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and there was lightning in his face. Whenever the Prophet was happy, his face would be illuminated as if it were a piece of the moon.” [Bukhari; Muslim]
189. On the night of the birth of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, his mother saw a light which showed her the castles of Damascus.
• The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “I am the supplication of my father Ibrahim, and the good tidings of my brother ‘Isa. The night I was delivered my mother saw a light that lit the castles of Damascus so that she could see them.” [Imam al-Hakim’s Mustadrak, Imam Ahmad’s Musnad, Imam Bayhaqi in Dala’il al-Nubuwwa]
190. Even the enemy was fearful and in awe of his word: “They weren’t poetry, nor did they resemble those of a soothsayer.”
• Abu Jahl feared that Utba might have accepted Islam, having waited for him for a long time. Abu Jahl knocked at his door. When opened, he said to Utba: “I heard Muhammad ﷺ treated you very generously and fed you, and in return you believed in him. This is what the people are saying.” Angrily, Utba replied: “You know I don’t need his feeding. I am richer than all of you. But his words shook me. They weren’t poetry, nor did they resemble those of a soothsayer. I don’t know how I should respond. He’s a truthful person. While I was listening to his recitation, I feared that what happened to ‘Ad and Thamud might happen to us.” [Hafiz ibn Kathir; Sirat ibn Hisham]
191. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ is titled by Allah as “a Lamp spreading Light.” [Qur’an 33:46]
Mulla Ali al-Qari comments upon the Prophet’s title “as a Lamp spreading Light” [33:46], saying: “Muhammad ﷺ, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, is a tremendous light and the source of all lights, he is also a book that gathers up and makes clear all the secrets… Sirajan munira means a luminous sun, because of Allah’s saying: “He has placed therein a great lamp and a moon giving light” [25:61]. There is in this verse an indication that the sun is the highest of the material lights and that other lights are outpourings from it: similarly, the Prophet is the highest of the spiritual lights and other lights are derived from him by virtue of his mediating connection and pivotal rank in the overall sphere of creation. This is also inferred from the tradition: “The first thing Allah created is my light.”his blessed face.
Aal-e-Qutub Aal-e-Syed Abdullah Shah Ghazi 