OUR BELOVED PROPHET MUHAMMAD (SAW)

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OUR BELOVED PROPHET MUHAMMAD (SAW)

• Some attributes of his beautiful Akhlaq.

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INTRODUCTION

• What is Aklaq?
• The word akhlaq is the plural for the word khulq
  which means disposition.
• "Disposition" is that faculty of the soul which
  is the source of all those activities that man
  performs spontaneously without thinking about them

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Introduction

• One of the names of the prophet Muhammad (pbuh),
  was Mustafa, that means "the chosen".
• So Muhammad(pbuh) was chosen by Allah for a
  great message to all humanity, and Allah didn't
  choose his last Messenger randomly, he choosed
  him for his beautiful qualities.

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Dua of the Nabi (pbuh)

• The Holy Prophet (Sallallaho alaihe wasallam)
  used to invoke and pray to the Almighty Allah to
  grant him good manners and good treatment with
  the people and to adorn him with good character
  and conduct.
• He use to say in his invocation "O Allah, make
  my constitution and conduct good. He used to
  pray O Allah, save me from bad character and
  conduct.

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Mark of a Genuine Person

• The Prophet (saas) taught thousands of people
  during his life, and was a means by which those
  who knew nothing of religion and morality came to
  be morally superior, well-behaved, thoughtful and
  self-sacrificing.
• Even after his death, the Prophet (saas) is
  still teaching by means of his words, attitudes
  and behavior, and is a most noble guide and
  teacher.
• This is the mark and influence of a true and
  genuine person

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Think about it.

• He appeared in the heart of a desert which was
  almost the most uncivilized part of the then
  inhabited world and where people were immersed in
  the worst kinds of immorality.
• Then, who do you think brought him up as the most
  virtuous one with the highest morality and best
  conduct?

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Who taught Prophet Muhammad (pbuh)

• He had lost his father while he was yet in the
  womb of his mother. When his mother died, he was
  only six years old. It was impossible for his
  grandfather and uncle to bring him up as the most
  virtuous of all times, as they themselves did not
  have all of the good moral qualities .
• Muhammad (pbuh) had and in the same degree as he
  had. His teacher was God, as he himself said My
  Lord educated me and taught me good manners, and
  how well he educated me and how beautifully He
  taught me good manners

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Amazing -is it not?

• Whatever he did and whatever he said did not
  concern only his own time but he addressed all
  times and places and all peoples and levels
  throughout the world to come until the Last Day.
• As none of his sayings have not been
  contradicted so far, no one has ever been able to
  criticize him for any of his actions, sayings and
  decisions.
• Is it possible for one who is not a Prophet
  taught by God, the All-Knowing, to have such
  intelligence, foresight, sagacity, insight, sound
  reasoning and prudence?

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What did Allah swt say about khuluq of Prophet
Muhammad (SAW)

• wa innaka la 'alaa khuluqin adheem
• Surah Qalam Ayah 4
• 'Ala - On top of something isti'la Upon
• Khuluqun AdhEEm - CONTINUOUSLY Great and
• On top of Akhlaq you are in complete control
  of your Akhlaq

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What others have to say about Prophet (SAW)

• His wife Kaana khuluquhu al Qur'an
• his manners/character/mode of behaviour was
  (consistent with) the Qur'an.
• According to Aisha (ra), "I have never seen a man
  who was more compassionate to his family members
  than Muhammad (saas)."Sahih Muslim, Kitab
  al-Fada'il,63
• Who knows a person better than his spouse

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About Himself he used to say

• "Allah has sent me as an apostle so that I may
  demonstrate perfection of character, refinement
  of manners and loftiness of deportment.
• I am a Prophet of Allah but I do not know what
  will be my end." (Bukhari, Sahih Bukhari

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What did his Enemies say about him

• Even his enemies acknowledged his Noble
  qualities.
• . Abu Jahl, who was one of the harshest enemies
  of Islam, said O Muhammad! I do not say that
  you are a liar! I only deny what you brought and
  what you call people to

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• Even before prophethood he was nick named Al
  Amin. As Sadiq.
• Even in Al Jahilliyah they used to turn to him
  for Judgement and consultation
• Verse 633
• We know indeed that what they say certainly
  grieves you, but surely they do not call you a
  liar but the unjust deny the verses of God."

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• Subhan'Allah... beautiful... the best
  character... Sallallahu aleihi wasallam...? so
  much to learn and practise.
• Lets learn from his characteristics ,My brothers
  sisters lets become an Ummah again by
  following his character teachings

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The Prophet (saas) practiced only that which was
revealed to him

• One of the most important characteristics,
  frequently mentioned with regards to the Prophet
  (saas) in the Qur'an, is that he only practiced
  what Allah revealed and asked of him, with no
  concern about what others might think
• Those are Allah's Signs which We recite to you
  with truth. You are indeed one of the
  Messengers.(Surat al-Baqara252)

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His manners and disposition

• By the grace of Allah, you are gentle towards the
  people if you had been stern and ill-tempered,
  they would have dispersed from round about you"
  (translation of Qur'an, Chapter 3 Verse 159)
• By nature he was gentle and kind hearted, always
  inclined to be gracious and to overlook the
  faults of others.
• Politeness and courtesy, compassion and
  tenderness, simplicity and humility, sympathy and
  sincerity were some of the keynotes of his
  character

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• He was always the first to greet another and
  would not withdraw his hand from a handshake till
  the other man withdrew his.
• He avoided sitting at a prominent place in a
  gathering, so much so that people coming in had
  difficulty in spotting him and had to ask which
  was the Prophet (pbuh)
• There was no type of household work too low or
  too undignified for him. Aiysha (ra) has stated,
• "He always joined in household work and would at
  times mend his clothes, repair his shoes and
  sweep the floor. He would milk, tether, and feed
  his animals and do the household shopping." (Qazi
  Iyaz Shifa Bukhari, Sahih Bukhari, Chapter
  Kitabul Adab

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• He was always jovial. His wife Aisha (RA) used to
  say he was always joking with us .
• He used to say I joke but do not lie.
• The companion? (ra) wanted a camel. The Prophet
  (peace be upon him) said 'I will give you a baby
  of a she-camel' . The companion asked what use
  the baby of a she-camel would be? (He assumed the
  prophet (peace be upon him) meant an actual baby
  camel). The joke is every camel is a baby of a
  she-camel no matter its age.

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His advice on Joking

• "I will joke, but I only speak the truth."
• "It is not lawful for a Muslim to frighten his
  brother."
• "Do not dispute with your brother, not joke with
  him in mocking terms."
• "Shame on him who speaks lies in order to
  entertain others."
• "One cannot be a good believer until he ceases to
  tell lies, even in jest, and to dispute, even if
  he is in the right."
• "Do not speak lies, even in jest."

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• To illustrate the importance of being truthful
  and not lying ,
• the Prophet ( PBUH ) said ( For truthfulness
  guides to righteousness , and righteousness
  guides to paradise . A person keeps on saying the
  truth till he is written with Allah a truthful
  person and lying guides to wickedness , and
  wickedness guides to Hell . A person keeps on
  lying till he is written with Allah as a liar )

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His speech

• Never spoke unnecessary. He had long pauses of
  silence.
• They said 'The Messenger of Allah used to talk
  little and every thing was expressed in this
  brief talk.
• In his speech, there was no defect of excess or
  brevity. The words came one after another like
  pearls.
• Whoever heard them remembered them. He was the
  sweetest in talk among his companions. He used to
  keep silent for long and not talk without
  necessity. He used not to talk evil words and
  what he talked was just."

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Hadith

• If we have nothing good to say , we should keep
  quiet and control our tongue .
• Words can cause a great deal of harm .
• The Prophet ( PBUH ) said ( Whoever believes
  in Allah and the Last Day , let him say something
  that is good or he should keep quiet ) .
• He also said The Muslim is he who other
  Muslims feel no harm from his tongue or hand

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Team workModesty

• The Prophet (saas) would consult with the
  faithful
• Consulting with others is an approach that can
  bring about the most auspicious results for
  Muslims.
• In the first place, anyone who consults others
  demonstrates better morality by acting modestly.
  For instance, the Prophet (saas) was the wisest
  of the community of the faithful, and had the
  greatest foresight and understanding. Despite
  that, however, his consulting those around him
  and asking their opinion, enquiring how they
  would resolve a particular matter, shows what a
  modest person he truly was

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He always elevated the blessing

• No matter how small the blessing was.
• Never found any fault in any type of food given
  to him.

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He fought only for Allah swt

• Mother of faithful believers, Hadrat Aisha (may
  Allah be pleased with her) said that the Holy
  Prophet (may Allah's blessings and peace be upon
  him) never struck anybody with his hand, neither
  a servant nor a women, but he did fight (jihad)
  in the cause of Allah.
• He never avenged any wrong done to him
  personally, but he did avenge a wrong violating
  divine commandments. (Muslim)

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His forgiveness

• The most known situation as a proof of Muhammad's
  pbuh, forgiveness is the day when he came back to
  Mecca with the muslims army of 10,000.
• Muslims this day return to Mecca victorious
• , and our Nabi pbuh didn't take any revenge on
  anyone from those who rebuked and beat him and
  killed many muslims and fought so many battles
  against muslims like his deadliest enemy Abu
  Sufyan.

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• Another situation, when Prophet Muhammad go to
  city of Taif to invite them to Islam, they beat
  him and throw some stone towards him, Allah then
  sent the angel of mountains, seeking the
  permission of the Prophet to join together the
  two hills and crush the city of Taif, between
  which it was located. Out of his great tolerance,
  mercy and forgiveness, the Messenger of God
  replied,No! For, I hope that God will bring
  forth from their loins people who will worship
  God alone, associating nothing with Him. (Saheeh
  Muslim)

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ABDULLAH BIN UBAIY

• Abdullah bin Ubayy worked all his life against
  Muhammad and Islam and left no stone unturned so
  as to bring him into disrepute and try to defeat
  his mission.
• He withdrew his three hundered supporters in the
  battle of Uhud and thus almost broke the backbone
  of the Muslims at one stroke.
• He engaged in intrigues and acts of hostility
  against the Prophet of Islam and the Muslims. It
  was he who tried to bring shame to the Prophet by
  inciting his allies to falsely accuse the
  Prophets wife, Aisha, of adultery in order to
  discredit him and his message.

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• Knowing his state of affairs, the Prophet
  Muhammad pbuh , still offered the funeral prayer
  for him and prayed to God for his forgiveness.
• The Quran mentions this incident in these words
• And never (O Muhammad) pray for one of them who
  dies, nor stand by his grave. Lo! They disbelieve
  in God and His Messenger, and they died while
  they were evil doers. (Quran 984)

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Habir Ibn Al Aswad

• Habir ibn al-Aswad was another vicious enemy of
  Muhammad and Islam.
• He inflicted a serious injury to Zainab,
  daughter of the Noble Prophet when she decided to
  migrate to Medina. She was pregnant when she
  started her migration, and the polytheists of
  Mecca tried to stop her from leaving. This
  particular man, Habbar bin al-Aswad, physically
  assaulted her and intentionally caused her to
  fall down from her camel. Her fall had caused her
  to miscarry her baby, and she herself, was badly
  hurt.
• He had committed many other crimes against
  Muslims as well. He wanted flee to Persia but,
  when he decided to come to prophet Muhammad pbuh
  instead, the Prophet magnanimously forgave him.

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PROPHET AND HIS FAMILY

• Prophet Muhammad, may God send His praises upon
  him, was an extraordinary husband, a perfect
  father, and a unique grandfather.
• He was unique in every way. He treated his
  children and grandchildren with great compassion
  and never neglected to direct them to the
  straight path and to good deeds.
• He loved them and treated them tenderly, but did
  not allow them to neglect matters related to the
  afterlife.

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• His ultimate goal was to prepare them for the
  Hereafter. His perfect balance in such matters is
  another dimension of his divinely-inspired
  intellect. Anas Ibn Malik, the Messengers helper
  for 10 years, says
• I have never seen a man who was more
  compassionate to his family members than
  Muhammad.

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Treating daughters with respect.

• He loved his granddaughter Umamah. He often went
  out with her on his shoulders, and even placed
  her on his shoulders while praying. When he
  prostrated, he put her down when he had finished
  praying, he placed her on his back again.
• The Prophet showed this degree of love to Umamah
  to teach his male followers how to treat girls.
  This was a vital necessity only a decade
  earlier, it had been the social norm to bury
  infant or young girls alive.
• Such public paternal affection for a
  granddaughter had never been seen before in
  Arabia.

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KINDNESS TO ANIMALS.

• The traditions of Prophet Muhammad remind us that
  humankind was put on this earth to be the
  custodian of Gods creation.
• Treating animals with kindness and mercy is just
  one of the responsibilities embedded in that
  custodianship
• . Prophet Muhammads words and behaviour make it
  clear that causing defenceless creatures pain and
  suffering is not only completely unacceptable,
  but we will also be answerable to God for such
  actions.

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Kindness to Animals

• The Prophet, may God praise him, said, Whoever
  kills a sparrow or anything bigger than that
  without a just cause, God will hold him
  accountable on the Day of Judgment. The
  listeners asked, O Messenger of God, what is a
  just cause? He replied, That he will kill it to
  eat, not simply to chop off its head and then
  throw it away

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Kindness to Animals.

• However, refraining from physical cruelty is not
  enough abstaining from mental cruelty is equally
  as important. Even a birds emotional distress
  should be treated seriously. One of Prophet
  Muhammads companions narrates, We were on a
  journey and during the Prophets absence, we saw
  a bird with its two chicks we took them. The
  mother bird was circling above us in the air,
  beating its wings in grief. When Prophet Muhammad
  returned he said, Who has hurt the feelings of
  this bird by taking its chicks? Return them to
  her.sahih muslim

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Kindness to Animals

• In Islam, the rules pertaining to slaughtering
  animals are very strict and fixed. Protecting
  animals from pain and undue suffering is
  paramount.
• God has ordained kindness (and excellence) in
  everything. If the killing (of animals) is to be
  done, do it in the best manner, and when you
  slaughter, do it in the best manner by first
  sharpening the knife, and putting the animal at
  ease

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Justice

• Let not the hatred of a people swerve you away
  from justice. Be just, for this is closest to
  righteousness (Quran 58)
• Textual analysis of prophets speeches also
  revealed he did not even discriminate between a
  near relative and a stranger in these matters if
  the stranger was in the right, he decreed against
  his relative and in favor of the stranger.

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• With regards to relations with non-Muslims, the
  Quran further states
• God does not forbid you from doing good and
  being just to those who have neither fought you
  over your faith nor evicted you from your
  homes... (Quran 608)

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Hadith

• Once a noble woman of the Quraish committed
  theft. Her relatives tried to intercede on her
  behalf. The Prophet called the people and
  addressed them in these words What destroyed
  your predecessors was just that when a person of
  rank among them committed a theft (or any crime),
  they left him alone, but when a weak one of their
  number committed a theft (or any crime), they
  inflicted the prescribed punishment on him. I
  swear by Allah that if Fatimah, daughter of
  Muhammad, should steal. I would have her hand cut
  off. (Bukhari, 6787)

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Even on his death bed.

• The Prophet firmly established the rule of
  justice among his people by his own example and
  practice. When he was on his deathbed, just a few
  moments before he breathed his last breath, he
  had it publicly announced Is there anyone among
  you whom I have stricken? Here is my back, let
  him strike me in return. Is there anyone whose
  character I have defamed or insulted? Let him now
  cast reproach upon me. Is there anyone from whom
  I have taken anything unjustly? Let him now come
  forward and be indemnified. (Rahaman,
  Encyclopaedia of Seerah, Vol.III, London, 1994,
  P.164)

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• Such was his consciousness and understanding of
  the rights of other people, and of the need to
  dispense them with absolute fairness and justice
  that he did not forget it even at the time of his
  last breath. This is an ever-living reminder to
  the Muslims of the great importance of fairness
  and justice

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Honesty, trustworthiness and Reliability

• The Prophet (pbuh) was wellknown for his honesty.
  The pagans of Makkah -who were openly hostile
  towards him- would leave their valuables with
  him.
• His honesty and reliability was tested when the
  pagans of Makkah abused him and tortured his
  companions and drove them out of their homes.
• He ordered his cousin, Ali b. Abi Talib to
  postpone his migration for three days to return
  to people their valuables

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• Many of us have been stricken with grief and
  depression in our day to day lives.
• A loved one passes away. A financial downturn.
  Etc
• Some people face our worldly troubles by crying
  their tears out. Others are always expressing
  objection and un-acceptance of their destiny. A
  third party would simply frown in the face of the
  world and neglect its feeling. But Prophet
  Muhammad never did.

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• His children's deaths have always caused my heart
  to ache.
• We might theorize a lot or preach a lot about the
  patience of prophets, but do we really feel it?
• I keep on wondering how this lovely tender man
  tolerated the death of all his children, all
  except one, in his lifetime.
• How would any father feel, when he reaches his
  sixties and finds himself burying a child after
  the other?

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Patience

• His patience was severely tested when he lost
  his loved ones.
• His wife, Khadeejah, died during his lifetime,
  as did all his children, save his daughter,
  Fatimah.
• His uncle Hamzah and Abu Talib passed away as
  well.
• The Prophet (pbuh) was patient and sought the
  reward of God

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• Prophet Muhammad's patience never contradicted
  his sadness and grief. He grieved and experienced
  deep sadness
• His words reflected that, when he uttered his
  famous words "The heart grieves, the eye tears,
  and for your departure, Ibrahim, we are sad. But
  the tongue never utters an objection that
  wouldn't please God." Subhan Allah. Salatu wa
  Salam Ala Rasoolullah.

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Hadith

• Abu Hurayra reported that the Messenger of Allah
  may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said,
  When Allah desires good for someone, He afflicts
  him. Al-Bukhari

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• He was the most agonized person. He was an
  orphan. He was poor. He lost his beloved wife
  Khadijah. He was loaded with the responsibility
  of the divine message and with the responsibility
  of running a newly established state. Let alone
  his personal human sufferings.
• Yet, he never frowned in the face of the world.
  He never objected to what God destined for him.
  He simply kept his smile and tender care for
  others

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His Sincere Appreciation of the Feelings of
Others

• The way he honestly shared feelings with others
  has always stopped me. In particular, the way he
  dealt with the feeling of a child. That child
  used to have a pet bird. Whenever Prophet
  Muhammad passed by the child, he would ask him
  about his pet bird.
• One day, the Prophet passed by the child and
  found him crying because of the death of his pet.
  Prophet Muhammad simply interrupted his journey
  to whatever errand he was going to, and sat with
  the child to offer his condolences. It was
  reported that he stayed with him for a long time
  to soothe him.

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Richness and contentment of heart

• I entered the Messengers house and I found him
  sitting on a mat. He had a leather pillow stuffed
  with fibers. He had a pot of water by his feet,
  and there was some clothes hung on the wall. His
  side had marks due to the mat that he lay on.
  Umar wept when he saw this, and the Messenger
  (pbuh) asked him Why do you weep? Umar said
  O Prophet of God! Khosrau and Caesar enjoy the
  best of this world, and you are suffering in
  poverty?! He said Arent you pleased that they
  enjoy this world, and we will enjoy the
  Hereafter? (Bukhari 4629)

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Simplification and Ease

• The Prophet (pbuh) always sought to make things
  easy for people.
• The Messenger of God (pbuh) said"I start the
  prayer with the intention of lengthening it, but
  when I hear a child crying, I shorten the prayer,
  as I know its mother would suffer from his
  screams!" (Bukhari 677)

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• He was a man who fasted most of his days, prayed
  most of his nights and spent all what he had for
  the sake of his beloved Creator.
• Yet, when some of his Companions wanted to fast
  all days and never eat during daylight, pray all
  nights and never sleep at night, or abstain from
  marriage and lawful relations with women, he
  objected to that.
• He explained to his Companions that he fasted
  some days and broke his fast on other days, he
  prayed much of his night time and yet he slept at
  night, and that he simply like any other man
  married and enjoyed marital life.

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• The examples of complete self-denail and
  inhumanly extreme attitudes by some complete
  self-denial and saints and good ones isn't really
  practical for all mankind.
• man or woman can follow the steps of Prophet
  Muhammad be a spiritual worshipper and a good
  human simultaneously

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Strong faith and dependence on Allah swt

• Muhammad (pbuh) preached to the people to trust
  in Allah (swt).
• His whole life was a sublime example of the
  precept. In the loneliness of Makkah, in the
  midst of persecution and danger, in adversity and
  tribulations, and in the thick of enemies in the
  battles of Uhud and Hunain, complete faith and
  trust in Allah (swt) appears as the dominant
  feature in his life

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Strong faith and dependence on Allah swt

• When Abu Bakr and the Prophet hid in a cave after
  they had left their homes in order to migrate to
  Madeenah, the disbelievers of Makkah had sent
  scouts in search of them. They came so close to
  the cave that Abu Bakr could see their feet. Abu
  Bakr said"I looked at the feet of the pagans
  while we were in the cave of Thawr. I said, O
  Prophet of God! If anyone of them looks down at
  his feet he would see us! The Messenger of God
  (pbuh) said O Abu Bakr! What do you think of
  two with whom God, the Exalted, is their Third?"
  (Muslim 1854)

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• One day Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him)
  noticed a Bedouin leaving his camel without tying
  it and he asked the Bedouin, Why dont you tie
  down your camel? The Bedouin answered, I put my
  trust in Allah. The Prophet then said, Tie your
  camel first, then put your trust in Allah
  (At-Tirmidhi).

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• This Hadith does not indicate any pre-requisite
  for trusting Allah (SWT).
• It does not, therefore suggest that somehow there
  is a link between tying the camel (an action )
  and putting one's trust in Allah (SWT).
• However the Hadith conveys an important lesson to
  all of us that while trust in Allah (SWT) is
  absolute being independent of what we do, it is
  our responsibility to act on what we intend to
  accomplish.

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• In this case tying the camel was a right thing to
  do, if the person feared that the camel would run
  away. Therefore he should have taken the
  precaution regardless of his trust in Allah
  (SWT).
• Tying the camel does not take away from his trust
  in Allah (SWT), nor does it become a requirement
  for trusting Allah (SWT).
• Regardless of how he had acted the outcome would
  remain in accordance with the will of Allah
  (SWT).

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Excelling in acts of worship

• Aishah said that the Prophet of God (pbuh) used
  to pray during the night until his feet would
  swell. She said, Why do you do this, O Messenger
  of God, while God has forgiven your past and
  future sins? The Prophet (pbuh) replied"Shall
  I not be a grateful slave (of God)?" (Bukhari
  4557)

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Seeking forgiveness

• He said in an authentic Hadith reported by
  al-Bukhari
• O people repent to your Lord, for verily I seek
  forgiveness from Allah and repent to him more
  than seventy times in a day. (Bukhari)
• It is reported in Saheeh Muslim that he said I
  seek forgiveness one hundred times in a day.
  (Muslim)

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• Allah the Exalted said
• Those who seek forgiveness before dawn (at late
  night). (Quran, 317)
• Some of them said "Give life to your nights by
  performing Prayer, and when the time of late
  night comes, concern yourself with seeking
  forgiveness."
• It is related in the Saheeh that the Prophet
  Muhammad (sallallahu alaihi wa sallam), when he
  finished his Prayer, he would seek forgiveness
  three times and say
• O' my 'ilãh You are 'As-Salãm One free from
  flaws, and from You comes Salãm peace, or
  safety, blessed are Thee O' haver of glory and
  kindness. (Muslim)

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• The Messenger of Allah, sallallahu alaihi wa
  sallam, said
• The master of invocations for forgiveness is
  that the servant says
• O' my 'ilâh You are my Lord, there is no 'ilâh
  but You. You created me, and I am your
  bondservant, and I will stick to my covenant and
  promise of faith and sincere obedience to You,
  as to my ability. I seek refuge in You from the
  evil of what I have done, I acknowledge, to You,
  your bounties upon me, and I acknowledge, to You,
  my sin. Thus forgive me, for none forgives sins
  except You.
• Whoever says this as he enters upon evening,
  then, dies that night, he would enter Paradise
  and if one says this as he enters upon morning,
  then, dies that day, he would enter Paradise.
  (Al-Bukhari)

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Man and not divine

• Allah says (what means) "Say (O Muhammad SAAW)
  I am only a man like you it is revealed to me
  that your God is One God So, let him who hopes
  for the meeting with his Lord, do righteousness,
  and not associate anything in the worship of hsi
  Lord." Al-Kahf 111.

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• The Prophet (SAAW) said (what means) "Do not
  overpraise me as the Christians overpraised the
  son of Mary (i.e. 'Isa AS). I am His slave, so
  say Allah's slave and Messenger." Al-Bukhari
  and Muslim

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• And Allah said
• "Say (O Muhammad to mankind) If you (really)
  love Allah, then follow me." (v. 331)
• Love for the Prophet means to acknowledge,
  cherish and glorify all the potential of goodness
  and greatness that God has created within Man

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Love for Prophet

• This is an action which the believer are
  commanded to do as Allah says in the Qur'an (what
  means)
• "Indeed, Allah and His angels send Salaat (i.e.
  Allah mentions the Prophet's SAAW name in the
  presence of the angels) upon the Prophet (SAAW).
  O you who believe! Send your Salaat and your
  Salaam upon him (ie. by saying Salla Allahu
  'alaihi wa sallam, etc.)." Al-Ahzab 56.

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Hadith

• Abu Huraira ra transmits that the Messenger of
  Allah pbuh stated "All of my followers will
  enter Paradise except those who have denied." He
  was asked "Who has denied?" He stated "Whoever
  has obeyed me will enter Paradise. Whoever has
  disobeyed has denied and will not enter
  Paradise." Bukhari

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• The best of the ways to love him is to
  wholeheartedly accept him as our leader, teacher
  and guide and to obey him in the spirit.
• True love, in the Prophet's pbuh eyes was
  therefore obedience to his Sunnah and following
  his path.
• Where is this obedience in our lives today in
  our lifestyles, our homes, our weddings, our
  festivals or deaths?

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• Can we really think that the love Prophet pbuh
  wanted from us was to decorate mosques and
  buildings in Rabi-ul-Awwal, to hold gatherings of
  poetry in his honour once a year on his birthday
  and that's all? The Prophet pbuh had himself
  warned against such innovations,

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The Companions Who Knew How To Love

• In his saw lifetime, they expressed their love
  for the Prophet pbuh in the form of respectful
  adoration, unquestioning obedience and mirroring
  his actions. Whenever the need arose, they
  competed with each other to sacrifice whatever
  they could for Allah and His Prophet pbuh.
• Their love for the Prophet pbuh meant that
  even after he died, they sought guidance in his
  saws Sunnah. Most did not remain in Madina but
  spread out to the far corners of the earth to
  spread the message of the Prophet pbuh.

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• Till their departure from this world, they served
  the cause of Islam in whatever capacity they
  could, as generals or ordinary soldiers, as
  caliphs or advisors, as scribes preserving and
  compiling the Quran and hadith, as students and
  teachers of knowledge, as victors and martyrs

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• They could not tolerate even the slightest
  deviation or opposition to the Sunnah of the
  Messenger pbuh.
• Urwa bin Zubair ra transmits that Abu Bakr ra
  stated,"I cannot leave a thing which was acted
  upon by the Messenger of Allah because I fear
  that if I leave anything from the deeds and the
  sayings of the Messenger of Allah, I will go
  astray." Bukhari and Muslim

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Some quotes from prophet.

• Do you know what is better than charity and
  fasting and prayer? It is keeping peace and good
  relations between people, as quarrels and bad
  feelings destroy mankind
• What is Faith? When your good deed pleases you
  and your evil deed grieves you, you are a
  believer. What is Sin? When a thing disturbs (the
  peace of) your heart, give it up

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Some Questions

• Now let us compare our love to that of the
  Sahaba.
• Do we hold the Prophet pbuh so dear that we
  can sacrifice our beloved most things for him?
• Can we lay our comfort, honour, life and wealth
  on the line in order to safeguard his Sunnah?
• When his Sunnah is ridiculed or denied, how
  upset do we feel?
• Are we as worried for the cause of Islam as we
  are for our children?

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• Can we give up our desires in order to obey the
  Prophet pbuh?
• Do we refrain from doing something because the
  Prophet pbuh had forbidden it?
• Do we love him more than our forefathers and
  give his Sunnah preference over their customs and
  traditions?
• Do we desire the Prophetpbuhs company in
  Paradise and what are we doing to attain it?

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• O Allah, make us of those who learn, understand
  and apply the true meanings of the shahadah,
  ameen.
• Forgive us were we fall short or make mistakes,
  ameen.
• Bring us closer to You by Your Mercy and enter us
  into Your Jennah, ameen.
• Al Hamdulilah Rabbil Alameen was salat was salam
  ala Rasool al kareem.