Abû Hurayra ‘radiy-Allâhu ’anh’ said: “During a holy war, we asked him to pray so that the disbelievers would be annihilated. He said: ‘I was not sent to pronounce maledictions over people so that they should be tormented. I was sent to do favours for everybody so that people should attain peace.” Allâhu ta’âlâ declares in the hundred and seventh âyat of Sûrat-ul-Anbiyâ: “We sent thee as a mercy, as a blessing for beings.” Abû Saîd-i Khudrî ‘radiy-Allâhu ’anh’ said: “Rasûlullah ‘sallAllâhu ’alaihi wa sallam’ was more bashful than Muslim virgin girls.”

Anas bin Mâlik said: “When Rasûlullah ‘sall-Allâhu ’alaihi wa sallam’ shook hands with a person, he would not take his hand away from that person’s hand before that person did so. He would not turn his face away from that person before the latter turned his face. As he sat near a person, he would sit on his two knees; to respect a person, he would not erect his blessed knee.”

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It is written in the book Masâbih that Anas bin Mâlik ‘radiyAllâhu ’anh’ said: “I served Rasûlullah for ten years. He never uttered “Ugh!” towards me. He never asked me why I had done this or why I hadn’t done that.” Again in Masâbih Anas bin Mâlik said: “Rasûlullah was the most beautiful-natured of people. One day, he told me to go to some place. I said, ‘By Allah, I won’t’. But I did. I went out to do his command. Children were playing in the street. As I passed them, I looked round. Rasûlullah was coming behind me. His blessed face was pleasant.

He said, ‘O Anas! Did you go to the place I told had you?’ I said, ‘Yes, O Rasûlallah, I am going there.’ ”

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It is written in the book entitled Kimyâ-yi Sa’âdat: “Hadrat Abû Sa’id-i Khudrî ‘radiy-Allâhu ta’âlâ ’anh’ said: Rasûlullah would give grass to an animal. He would fasten a camel. He would sweep inside his house. He would milk the sheep. He would patch his shoes. He would patch his underwears. He would eat with his servant. When his servant got tired of grinding with small millstones, he would help him. He would go shopping and bring what he had bought in a sack to his home. When he met somebody, he would be the first to greet, whether the other was poor or rich, young or old. He, first, would hold out his blessed hand when he wanted to shake hands. He held the servant, the master, the black and the white as equal. He would go wherever he was invited, no matter who invited him.

He would not despise what was put before him to eat, even if it were only a little. He would not reserve meals from evening to morning or from morning to evening. He was good-natured. He liked to do favours. He established friendly relations with everybody. He was affable and he spoke pleasantly. He wouldn’t grin as he spoke. He would look sorry, but he would not frown. He was modest, but he was not low-natured. He was – 248 –majestic; that is, he would inspire respect and awe. But he was not unkind. He was polite. He was generous, but he would not waste, nor would he give anything in vain. He used to pity everybody. He always bent his blessed head forward. He would not expect anything from anybody. He who wants happiness and peace should be like him.”

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Allâhu ta’âlâ, while pleasing the blessed heart of His beloved Prophet by stating a series of the virtues and blessings which He has given to him, also states the beautiful habits which He has bestowed upon him in an âyat-i-kerîma which purports: “Thou art created with a beautiful character.” Akrama says that he has heard from ’Abdullah Ibni ’Abbâs that his Khuluq-i ’azîm, that is, beautiful habits, are the beautiful moral qualities declared in the Qur’ân al-kerîm. 

It is written in the book entitled Hadâiq-ulHaqâiq: “It was declared in the ayât: ‘You are (qifted) with khuluq-i-’azîm.’ ‘Khuluq-i ’azîm’ means ‘to have secrets with Allâhu ta’âlâ and to be kindhearted to people.’ The beautiful nature of Hadrat Muhammad was the reason for the conversion of many people to Islam.” One thousand mu’jizas of Hadrat Muhammad were seen; everybody talked about them, friend and foe alike. Of his many mu’jizas, the most valuable ones were his lofty manners and beautiful habits.

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He is the Prophet of all people and genies. It is wâjib for every nation living in every century to follow him. Every Muslim should help his religion, adapt himself to his habits, mention his blessed name very often, say salât and salâm for him respectfully and with love whenever he mentions or hears his blessed name. A Muslim should want with love to see his blessed beauty, and love and respect the Qur’ân and Islam, which he brought. 

The book Mir’âti Kâinât says: “Ignorant and lazy people write initials [such as (SAW)] instead of ‘sall-Allâhu ’alaihi wa sallam.’ This is not advisable. We should carefully avoid this.” It is stated in the chapter about namâz in Ibni ’Âbidîn: “It is farz to say the (certain prayer) Salawât (pronounced as a benediction over our Prophet’s soul) once in one’s lifetime. It is wâjib to say it each time one says, hears, reads or writes (his blessed name) for the first time, and it is mustahab to pronounce this blessed benediction whenever the blessed name (of the Prophet) is repeated.”

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Fakhr-i ’âlam’s ‘sall-Allâhu ’alaihi wa sallam’ names and characteristics were written in the Tawrât and in the Injîl. Jews and Christians had been awaiting his honouring the world with his presence. However, because he came not from their own race, but from the Arabs, they became jealous and denied him. However, quite a number of the learned and wise ones were reasonable enough to believe, and believe they did. Denial of his prophethood or failure to realize his greatness and superiority will not detract frm his value and honour.

Allâhu ta’âlâ says in Sûrat al-Inshirâh: “I have enhanced the dhikr of you,” so that your name will be will be uttered alongside Mine everywhere. Each longitudinal degree of westward movement adds four minutes to the beginning of a prayer time. So, Muslims all over the world call the Azân every minute of the day, and his blessed name is mentioned with esteem and love everywhere, all the time. Unless a person follows Rasûlullah ‘sall-Allâhu ’alaihi wa sallam’ in everything he does, he will not be a Muslim. Unless he loves him more than his own life, his îmân will not be perfect.

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Rasûlullah was ummî, that is, he hadn’t read books; he was not schooled in writing, nor had he received lessons from anyone. Born and raised in Mecca, brought up among certain people, and despite having never travelled, he conveyed information about facts and events in the Tawrât (Hadrat Mûsâ’s heavenly book), in the Injîl, and in the books written during the Grecian and Roman centuries. In order to teach Islam, he sent letters to Muslims. In the sixth year of the Hegira, he sent letters to Byzantine, Iranian, and Abyssinian rulers and to other Arabic emperors.

The Iranian ruler (shâh) Husraw Pervîz tore his letter to pieces, and martyred the Sahâbî who had delivered him the letter. Shortly after that, he was slain by his son named Shîrûya. More than sixty foreign ambassadors came to his service. It is wâjib for everybody who has heard of Rasûlullah’s ‘sall-Allâhu ’alaihi wa sallam’ prophethood to believe him, the Qur’ân, which he brought, and Islam. He who, after having heard, dies without having îmân will go into Hell and will be eternally tormented there.

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Sarwar-i âlam ‘sall-Allâhu ’alaihi wa sallam’ is now alive in a life we can not understand. His blessed body never rots. An angel stays in his tomb and informs him of the blessings which his Ummat (Muslims) invoke upon him. Between his pulpit and his blessed tomb is a place called Rawda-i-mutahhara. This place is one of the gardens of Paradise. It is one of the greatest and most valuable acts of worship to visit his blessed shrine. He said: “My shafâ’at is certain for him who visits my shrine.”

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Sarwar-î ’âlam’s (Muhammad) blessed eyes would sleep, but his blessed heart would not. He would go to bed hungry, but he would feel satiated when he woke up. He never yawned. His blessed body was luminous, and he never cast a shadow on the ground. Flies would not alight on his clothes, nor would mosquitos or other insects suck his blessed blood. 

When he was made Rasûlullah (Allah’s Messenger) by Allâhu ta’âlâ, satans could no longer ascend to heaven or steal news, nor could soothsayers any longer make predictions. If a person dreams of Rahmatan-lil-’âlamîn ‘sall-Allâhu ’alaihi – 238 –wa sallam’, this person certainly has seen him, for the devil cannot assume the Prophet’s guise.

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He made war twenty-seven times, in nine times of which he attacked as a soldier, and in the other occasions he occupied the rank of commander-in-chief. He used two types of flags in his holy wars. His Râya was black. His Liwâ, which was smaller, was white. We have already explained in the twenty-ninth chapter of the current fascicle that the banner of the Ottoman State was designed by Timurtash Pâsha. 

He passed away in the blessed city of Medîna before noon on Monday, Rabî’ul-awwal 12th, 11 [632 A.D.], when he was 62 or 61, depending on the calculations done by using the lunar calendar or the solar calendar, respectively. Without taking his holy shirt off, he was washed three times, was wrapped with a new white shroud folded three times, and was buried where his blessed soul was taken.

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