Some people believe the Holy Prophet (sallal laahu alaihi wasallam) to
be a human being just like any other human being. The Ahle Sunnah Wal
Jama'at believes that besides being Noor (light), the Holy Prophet
(sallal laahu alaihi wasallam) is a most unique and perfect human being.
The Holy Prophet (sallal laahu alaihi wasallam) is "Rahmatul lil
Alameen". He is the only creation of Allah Ta'ala who has been given
this title and no other creation can be given this title. Allah Ta'ala
says in the Holy Quran: "And I have not sent you but as Mercy unto the
Worlds". (Part 17 Ruku 7) the Holy Prophet Muhammad (sallal laahu
alaihi wasallam) has stated: "Every Nabi only comes towards his people
and I have been sent unto all nations. I have been sent as a Messenger
unto the entire creation." (Mishkaat Shareef; Sahih Muslim Shareef)
In the Holy Quran it has been stated that the women who married the
Holy Prophet (sallal laahu alaihi wasallam) are the most unique women
amongst all the women. If just by marrying the Holy Prophet (sallal
laahu alaihi wasallam) they are considered to be so great, then who can
compare or be more unique than the Holy Prophet (sallal laahu alaihi
wasallam)?
The Holy Prophet (sallal laahu alaihi wasallam) said: "I am not like
any one of you". (Tirmidhi; Sahih Bukhari)
Sayyiduna Ali (radi Allahu anhu) said: "I have not seen anybody similar
to the Prophet (sallal laahu alaihi wasallam) either before of after."
(Tarikhe Kabeer; Tirmidhi Shareef)
The Prophet (sallal laahu alaihi wasallam) stopped his Sahaba from
keeping continuous fasting without partaking in Sehri and Iftaar. When
the Sahaba-e-Ikram insisted that they also fast in the manner as
Rasoolullah (sallal laahu alaihi wasallam) kept his fasts, he told
them: "I am not like (similar to) you. I am given food and water."
(Sahih Bukhari; Sahih Muslim)
None of the Sahaba-e-Ikram (radi Allahu anhum) ever told Rasoolullah
(sallal laahu alaihi wasallam) that he is a human being like them, that
he has two hands and feet like them, that he eats and drinks like them
and that he has wives and children like them.
Concerning the blessed face of the Holy Prophet (sallal laahu alaihi
wasallam), Sayyiduna Aisha Siddiqa (radi Allahu anha) states: "I was
sewing something at the time of Sehri and the needle fell down. I
searched very much for it, but it could not be found. Just then the
Holy Prophet (sallal laahu alaihi wasallam) entered and, through the
brightness of his face, I found the needle." (Khasaais Kubra; Al-Qaulul
Badi'lisaqawi)
The saliva of the Holy Prophet (sallal laahu alaihi wasallam) is not
unclean nor does it cause any illness, but it is the cure for
illnesses. On the day of Khaibar, the Holy Prophet (sallal laahu alaihi
wasallam) put his blessed saliva into Sayyiduna Ali's (radi Allahu
anhu) eyes and he was completely cured. (Mishkaat Shareef; Masnade Imam
Ahmed) The well at Sayyiduna Ali’s house (radi Allahu anhu) was very
bitter. When the Holy Prophet (sallal laahu alaihi wasallam) put his
saliva into the well, the water became so sweet that no water in the
entire of Madinah Munawwarah tasted sweeter than that. (Madarijun
Nubuiwat; Anwaarul Muhammadiyah)
The blessed perspiration of Sayyiduna Muhammad Mustapha (sallal laahu
alaihi wasallam) possessed a sweet smelling fragrance. Sayyiduna Umme
Salim (radi Allahu anha), the mother of Sayyiduna Anas (radi Allahu
anhu), said that the Holy Prophet (sallal laahu alaihi wasallam) used
to go to the house of Sayyiduna Umme Salim (radi Allahu anha) to make
Qailula (rest after lunch). Sayyiduna Umme Salim (radi Allahu anha)
used to lay for him a bedspread made from skin. He used to lie on that
skin and he perspired very much. Sayyiduna Umme Salim (radi Allahu
anha) used to collect the blessed perspiration of the Holy Prophet
(sallal laahu alaihi wasallam) and mix it in perfume. The Prophet
(sallal laahu alaihi wasallam) asked, "O Umme Salim! What is this?" She
said, "Ya Rasoolallah (sallal laahu alaihi wasallam)! It is your
blessed perspiration. I mix it in my perfume because your blessed
perspiration is the best perfume amongst all perfumes." (Mishkaat
Shareef; Bukhari Shareef)
The blessed blood of the Holy Prophet (sallal laahu alaihi wasallam) is
Paak (pure). During the Battle of Uhud, the Holy Prophet (sallal laahu
alaihi wasallam) was wounded. Sayyiduna Malik bin Sunaan (radi Allahu
anhu), the father of Sayyiduna Abu Saeed Khudri (radi Allahu anhu),
began to suck out the blood from the wound of the Holy Prophet (sallal
laahu alaihi wasallam) and it began to look white. The Sahaba asked him
to spit it out. He refused to do so and said, "I swear by Allah that I
will never spit this blood out of my mouth." He then drank the blessed
blood of the Holy Prophet (sallal laahu alaihi wasallam). The Holy
Prophet (sallal laahu alaihi wasallam) said, "Whichever one of you
wishes to see a Jannati man, you should look at him (Hadrat Malik bin
Sunaan)". (Shifa Shareef; Madarijun Nabuiwat)
Sayyiduna Allama Ahmad Qistilaani (alaihir rahmah),
the commentator of Bukhari Shareef, states: "Make yourself aware that
the physical body of the Holy Prophet (sallal laahu alaihi wasallam)
was created in such a way that no one was created similar to him before
and nor will their be any one similar who will be born after him."
(Muwahibul Ladaniyah)
After examining
the authentic narrations from distinguished books, we see that the
Aqeeda of the Sahaba-e-Ikram and of the great Scholars was that the
Holy Prophet (sallal laahu alaihi wasallam) is a unique human being and
there is no one that is like him, equal or similar to him. He is the
most unique amongst the creation of Allah Ta’ala.
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