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Holy Prophet Is A Unique Human Being
THE HOLY PROPHET IS A UNIQUE HUMAN BEING
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)
Hazrat 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),
Hazrat 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 Hazrat Ali's (radi Allahu anhu) eyes and he was completely
cured. (Mishkaat Shareef; Masnade Imam Ahmed) The well at Hazrat 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 Hazrat Muhammad Mustapha (sallal laahu alaihi
wasallam) possessed a sweet smelling fragrance. Hazrat Umme Salim (radi
Allahu anha), the mother of Hazrat Anas (radi Allahu anhu), said that
the Holy Prophet (sallal laahu alaihi wasallam) used to go to the house
of Hazrat Umme Salim (radi Allahu anha) to make Qailula (rest after lunch).
Hazrat 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. Hazrat
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. Hazrat Malik bin Sunaan (radi Allahu anhu),
the father of Hazrat 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)
Hazrat Allama Ahmad Qistilaani (radi Allahu anhu), 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.
