Qualities

Some Outstanding Qualities of the Holy
Prophet (PBUH)
(1) Honesty and Truthfulness.
• All the people in Makkah appreciated and recognized his honesty and truthfulness and
used to call him Al-Sadiq, The Truthful and Al-Amin – The trustworthy.
• Hazrat Khadija married him because of his qualities of honesty and trustworthiness.
• Even the bitterest enemies of Islam, Abu Jahl and Abu Sufyan, admitted that Muhammad
(PBUH) was not a liar; they just thought that what he said, they did not deem to be right
and so they opposed him.
• When he started preaching Islam publicly for the first time and asked. “O Quraish! If I
say that an army is advancing on you from behind the mountain, would you believe me?”
They all unanimously said: “Yes, because we have never heard you tell a lie.”
• He practiced these qualities all through his life, no matter what the circumstances were
and this was acknowledged by all, even those who were hell-bent to eliminate him one-way or the other.
• The Holy Prophet (PBUH) said: “Truth leads to piety and piety leads to Jannat. A man
persists in speaking the truth till he is enrolled with Allah as a truthful. Falsehood leads to
vice and vice leads to the Fire (Hell), and a person persists on telling lies until he is
enrolled as a liar.” (Al-Bukhari & Muslim)
(2) Humility and Modesty
• The Holy Prophet (PBUH) said: “Allah has revealed to me that you should humble
yourself to one another. One should neither hold himself above nor transgress against
another.” He practiced it to an extent that he disliked if anyone stood up when he entered
a room, for he never wished to be treated as a ruler.
• When Hazrat Ayesha was asked what did Allah’s Messenger (PBUH) used to do inside
his house, she said: “He used to keep himself busy helping members of his family and
when it was time for salat, he would get up for prayer.” (Al-Bukhari)
It shows how humble and modest the Holy Prophet (PBUH) was because he never
deemed it as an insult and indignity when he extended his cooperation to women in
household affairs.
• When he entered Makkah as a conqueror, he exhibited humility, gentleness and modesty
and not pride, arrogance or self-conceit, in line with what has been commanded in the
Holy Quran:
• “And walk not on earth with conceit and arrogance.” (17:37)
• “And turn not your face away from men with pride, nor walk in insolence
through the earth. Verily, Allah likes not any arrogant boaster.” (31:18)
• The Holy Prophet (PBUH) said:
“Every religion has a distinctive quality and the distinctive quality of Islam is modesty.
(Ibn Majah)…. Modesty is part of faith, and faith is in Paradise and indecency is from
evil and evil is in Hell.”(Ahmad and Tirmizi)
• All the Messengers of Allah practiced and preached humility. The Holy Quran says:
• “Before thee we sent (messengers) to many nations, and we afflicted the nations
with suffering and adversity, that they might learn humility.”(6:42)
• “And be kind and humble to the believers who follow you.” (26:215)
• The Holy Prophet (PBUH) not only himself lived a simple, modest life but taught his
followers to be humble, kind and courteous to all.
(3) Fulfillment of Promises and Honoring the Covenants
• The Holy Prophet (PBUH) always fulfilled his promises, so much so that people used to
keep their valuables with him for safe keeping. He was so meticulous in it that when he
secretly migrated to Medina to avert the murder plan of the Quraish, he left Hazrat Ali
behind so that he could return the trusts that people had left with him.
• When the Holy Prophet (PBUH) wrote a letter to Heracleus, the Caesar of the Byzantine
Empire, inviting him to embrace Islam, the Roman Emperor checked up the credentials
of the Holy Prophet (PBUH) from Abu Sufyan who, like him, happened to be in Palestine
at the given point of time. What a tribute it is to the Holy Prophet (PBUH) that even his
worst enemy confirmed to Heraclius that the Holy Prophet (PBUH) had never broken his
promise and that allover he was reputed to be a trustworthy and truthful person.
• It certainly speaks of the perfection of character when we visualize the Holy Prophet
(PBUH) returning Abu Jandal, a Muslim from Makkah, who escaped prison and managed
to reach the place where the Treaty of Hudaibiya was being written, to the enemies
saying:
“O Abu Jandal ! Be patient, we can not break the treaty. Allah will soon find a way for
you.”
The same he did when he disallowed two of his Companions to participate in the Battle
of Badr because they had pledged to the Makkahns that they would not fight on the side
of the Muslims while seeking release from them.
• The Holy Prophet (PBUH) said:
• “For everyone who breaks his covenant, there will be a flag on the Day of
Judgment, and it will be said: `This is (proof of) betrayal by so and so.” (Muslim).
• “Allah Almighty said: “I will contend against three (types of) people on the Day
of judgment: A person who has made a covenant in My Name and then has broken
it……..” (Al-Bukarhi)
• “Whoever possesses these four characteristics is a hypocrite; and anyone who
possesses one of them in fact possesses a trait of hypocrisy until he gives it up: When
he is entrusted (with something), he proves dishonest…. When he makes a covenant,
he breaks it….”. (Al-Bukhari and Muslim)
• By his personal example, the Holy Prophet (PBUH) set an example for all mankind. The
Holy Quran says: “O you who believe! Fulfill (all) obligations.” (5:1)…. “And fulfill the
covenant, for the covenant shall be questioned about.” (17:34)
(4) Forgiving others’ Offences:
• Allah, the Exalted, says:
• “Let them forgive and Passover (the offence). Do you not desire that Allah
should forgive you?” (24:22)
• “Repel evil with that which is best.”(23:96)
• A great quality of the Holy Prophet (PBUH) was that he never took revenge from anyone,
so much so that he forgave even his bitterest enemies. When he conquered Makkah, the
city where he and his followers were subjected to ruthless torture, humiliation, insults,
boycott and persecution for thirteen long years, he pardoned everyone by granting
general amnesty to all, something which hardly has any parallel in world history.
• When the Holy Prophet (PBUH) was maltreated at Taif, the angel of mountains greeted
him and said:
• “O Muhammad, Allah listened to what your people had said to you so that you may give
me your orders. If you wish I will bring together the two mountains that stand opposite to
each other at the extremities of Makkah to crush them in between.” But Allah’s
Messenger said: “I rather hope that Allah will raise from among their descendents people
as will worship Allah the One, and will not ascribe partners to Him (in worship).” (Al-Bukhari and Muslim).
In the Battle of Uhd, when the face and head of the Holy Prophet (PBUH) were bleeding,
his Companions asked him to curse the enemies, but he said that he was not sent to curse
but to invite people to the path of Allah.
• Only a man of his sterling personality could have forgiven Wehshi, who killed Hazrat
Hamza in the Battle of Uhd or Hind, the wife of Abu Sufyan, who had torn out and
chewed Hazrat Hamza’s liver.
• Whenever he dealt with any situation, he always kept in view the commands of Allah
who says:
• “Show forgiveness, enjoin what is good, and turn away from the foolish.” (7:199)
• “So overlook (O Muhammad) their faults with gracious forgiveness.” (15:85)
• “And Verily, whosoever shows patience and forgives, that would truly be from
the things recommended by Allah.” (42:43)
(5) Sincerity and Dedication:
• The Holy Prophet (PBUH) was always sincere in his mission. He never doubted it nor did
he ever falter in carrying it out and he never sought any reward or favor for it. The
Leaders of Quraish gave him temptations of wealth, kingship, marriage with the most
beautiful lady of Makkah but he refused them all telling that he had a Divine Mission to
accomplish. The very fact that he rejected all the offers of riches, honor and kingship
made by the tribal chiefs and chose instead to bear their persecution, insults and ridicule
at Makkah, and wars and killings at Madina, is sufficient to demonstrate to any genuine
observer his extreme sincerity and earnestness in his Mission.
• Allah, the Exalted, says:
“And no reward do you ask of them for this: it is no less than a Message for all
creatures.” (12:104)….. Say, O Muhammad: No reward do I ask of you for it. I only ask
of him who will, to adopt the Way of his Lord.” (25:57)
(6) Love, Kindness and Compassion to all people
• The Holy Quran mentions his kind and gentle behavior in these words: “O Messenger of
Allah! It is a great Mercy of Allah that you are gentle and kind towards them, for had you
been harsh and hard-hearted, they would all have broken away from you.” (3:159)
• Once the Holy Prophet (PBUH) said to Hazrat Ayesha: “Never turn away any needy man
from your door empty-handed….. Love the poor, bring them near to you and Allah will
bring you near to Him on the Day of Resurrection.”
He never used harsh words towards anyone. The worst expression he ever used in his
conversation was: “What has come over him? May his forehead become darkened with
mud.”
• The Holy Prophet (PBUH) was extremely kind, tender-hearted and affectionate. He took
great interest in the welfare of all people and had great compassion for the ones in
trouble. His love and kindness was not confined to Muslims alone, but was shown to all,
including animals, birds and insects.

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