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Full-version-Shefa-bio-of-Prophet, page : 42
Messenger of Allah it was as though the sun was shining upon his face."
Someone asked Jabir, Samura's son, "Was his face like a sword (meaning white and shinning)?" He replied, "No, it was like the sun and the moon."
There are many well known quotations describing the Prophet so we will not take time to list all of them. We have limited ourselves to give only some of the aspects of his description and given enough to suffice our purpose.
Allah willing, you will find that we conclude these sections with a Prophetic Quotation which combines all this.
The Prophet's Cleanliness
The complete cleanliness of the body of Prophet Muhammad his fragrant aroma and perspiration, his freedom from every uncleanliness and bodily defects were a special quality gifted to him by Allah. They were qualities with which no one else has ever been privileged and these were made absolute by the cleanliness given in the Islamic Law and the ten practices of natural upright behavior.
Anas commented, "I have never smelled amber, musk or anything more fragrant than the aroma of the Messenger of Allah "
There was an occasion when the Messenger of Allah touched the cheek of Jabir, Samura's son and Jabir said, "I felt a cool sensation and his hand was fragrant, it was as if he had withdrawn it from a sachet of perfume.
The Prophet visited the house of Anas and took his customary mid-day nap and perspired. When Anas's mother noticed the perspiration she fetched a long necked bottle into which she collected the drops of perspiration. Later, the Messenger of Allah inquired about it, whereupon she replied, "We take your perspiration and use it as perfume and it is the best of perfumes."
When the Prophet passed away, Imam Ali, may Allah be pleased with him, washed his body and said, "I washed the Prophet, and looked for the normal discharge one finds from a deceased person but found nothing, whereupon I said, 'You were pure during your life and pure in death.'"
Someone asked Jabir, Samura's son, "Was his face like a sword (meaning white and shinning)?" He replied, "No, it was like the sun and the moon."
There are many well known quotations describing the Prophet so we will not take time to list all of them. We have limited ourselves to give only some of the aspects of his description and given enough to suffice our purpose.
Allah willing, you will find that we conclude these sections with a Prophetic Quotation which combines all this.
The Prophet's Cleanliness
The complete cleanliness of the body of Prophet Muhammad his fragrant aroma and perspiration, his freedom from every uncleanliness and bodily defects were a special quality gifted to him by Allah. They were qualities with which no one else has ever been privileged and these were made absolute by the cleanliness given in the Islamic Law and the ten practices of natural upright behavior.
Anas commented, "I have never smelled amber, musk or anything more fragrant than the aroma of the Messenger of Allah "
There was an occasion when the Messenger of Allah touched the cheek of Jabir, Samura's son and Jabir said, "I felt a cool sensation and his hand was fragrant, it was as if he had withdrawn it from a sachet of perfume.
The Prophet visited the house of Anas and took his customary mid-day nap and perspired. When Anas's mother noticed the perspiration she fetched a long necked bottle into which she collected the drops of perspiration. Later, the Messenger of Allah inquired about it, whereupon she replied, "We take your perspiration and use it as perfume and it is the best of perfumes."
When the Prophet passed away, Imam Ali, may Allah be pleased with him, washed his body and said, "I washed the Prophet, and looked for the normal discharge one finds from a deceased person but found nothing, whereupon I said, 'You were pure during your life and pure in death.'"