Chapter 20: The Kunya of the Prophet (saws) - كتاب المناقب
Narrated Jabir:
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ كَثِيرٍ، أَخْبَرَنَا شُعْبَةُ، عَنْ مَنْصُورٍ، عَنْ سَالِمٍ، عَنْ جَابِرٍ ـ رضى الله عنه ـ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ
" تَسَمَّوْا بِاسْمِي، وَلاَ تَكْتَنُوا بِكُنْيَتِي "
The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Name yourselves after me, but do not call yourselves by my Kuniya."
I saw As-Sa'ib bin Yazid when he was ninety-four years old, quite strong and of straight figure. He
said, "I know that I enjoyed my hearing and seeing powers only because of the invocation of Allah's
Apostle . My aunt took me to him and said, 'O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! My nephew is sick; will you invoke
Allah for him?' So he invoked (Allah) for me."
My aunt took me to Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) and said, "O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! My nephew is sick"' The Prophet (ﷺ)
passed his hands over my head and blessed me. Then he performed ablution and I drank the remaining
water, and standing behind him. A saw the seal in between his shoulders."
(Once) Abu Bakr offered the `Asr prayer and then went out walking and saw Al-Hasan playing with
the boys. He lifted him on to his shoulders and said, " Let my parents be sacrificed for your sake!
(You) resemble the Prophet (ﷺ) and not `Ali," while `Ali was smiling.
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Vol. 4, Book 56, Hadith 742
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Narrated Abu Juhaifa:
حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ يُونُسَ، حَدَّثَنَا زُهَيْرٌ، حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ، عَنْ أَبِي جُحَيْفَةَ ـ رضى الله عنه ـ قَالَ رَأَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم وَكَانَ الْحَسَنُ يُشْبِهُهُ.
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Vol. 4, Book 56, Hadith 743
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Narrated Isma`il bin Abi Khalid:
حَدَّثَنِي عَمْرُو بْنُ عَلِيٍّ، حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ فُضَيْلٍ، حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ أَبِي خَالِدٍ، قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا جُحَيْفَةَ ـ رضى الله عنه ـ قَالَ رَأَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم وَكَانَ الْحَسَنُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ ـ عَلَيْهِمَا السَّلاَمُ ـ يُشْبِهُهُ قُلْتُ لأَبِي جُحَيْفَةَ صِفْهُ لِي. قَالَ كَانَ أَبْيَضَ قَدْ شَمِطَ. وَأَمَرَ لَنَا النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم بِثَلاَثَ عَشْرَةَ قَلُوصًا قَالَ فَقُبِضَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَبْلَ أَنْ نَقْبِضَهَا.
I heard Abii Juhaifa saying, "I saw the Prophet, and Al-Hasan bin `Ali resembled him." I said to Abu-
Juhaifa, "Describe him for me." He said, "He was white and his beard was black with some white hair.
He promised to give us 13 young she-camels, but he expired before we could get them."
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Vol. 4, Book 56, Hadith 745
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Narrated Hariz bin `Uthman:
حَدَّثَنَا عِصَامُ بْنُ خَالِدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا حَرِيزُ بْنُ عُثْمَانَ، أَنَّهُ سَأَلَ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ بُسْرٍ صَاحِبَ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ أَرَأَيْتَ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم كَانَ شَيْخًا قَالَ كَانَ فِي عَنْفَقَتِهِ شَعَرَاتٌ بِيضٌ.
That he asked `Abdullah bin Busr (i.e. the companion of the Prophet), "Did you see the Prophet (ﷺ) when
he was old?" He said, "He had a few white hairs between the lower lip and the chin."
I heard Anas bin Malik describing the Prophet (ﷺ) saying, "He was of medium height amongst the people,
neither tall nor short; he had a rosy color, neither absolutely white nor deep brown; his hair was
neither completely curly nor quite lank. Divine Inspiration was revealed to him when he was forty
years old. He stayed ten years in Mecca receiving the Divine Inspiration, and stayed in Medina for ten
more years. When he expired, he had scarcely twenty white hairs in his head and beard." Rabi`a said,
"I saw some of his hairs and it was red. When I asked about that, I was told that it turned red because
of scent. "
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Vol. 4, Book 56, Hadith 747
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Narrated Anas:
حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ يُوسُفَ، أَخْبَرَنَا مَالِكُ بْنُ أَنَسٍ، عَنْ رَبِيعَةَ بْنِ أَبِي عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ، عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ ـ رضى الله عنه ـ أَنَّهُ سَمِعَهُ يَقُولُ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم لَيْسَ بِالطَّوِيلِ الْبَائِنِ وَلاَ بِالْقَصِيرِ، وَلاَ بِالأَبْيَضِ الأَمْهَقِ، وَلَيْسَ بِالآدَمِ وَلَيْسَ بِالْجَعْدِ الْقَطَطِ وَلاَ بِالسَّبْطِ، بَعَثَهُ اللَّهُ عَلَى رَأْسِ أَرْبَعِينَ سَنَةً، فَأَقَامَ بِمَكَّةَ عَشْرَ سِنِينَ، وَبِالْمَدِينَةِ عَشْرَ سِنِينَ، فَتَوَفَّاهُ اللَّهُ، وَلَيْسَ فِي رَأْسِهِ وَلِحْيَتِهِ عِشْرُونَ شَعْرَةً بَيْضَاءَ.
Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) was neither very tall nor short, neither absolutely white nor deep brown. His hair was
neither curly nor lank. Allah sent him (as an Apostle) when he was forty years old. Afterwards he
resided in Mecca for ten years and in Medina for ten more years. When Allah took him unto Him,
there was scarcely twenty white hairs in his head and beard.
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Vol. 4, Book 56, Hadith 750
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Narrated Al-Bara:
حَدَّثَنَا حَفْصُ بْنُ عُمَرَ، حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ، عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ، عَنِ الْبَرَاءِ بْنِ عَازِبٍ ـ رضى الله عنهما ـ قَالَ كَانَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم مَرْبُوعًا، بَعِيدَ مَا بَيْنَ الْمَنْكِبَيْنِ، لَهُ شَعَرٌ يَبْلُغُ شَحْمَةَ أُذُنِهِ، رَأَيْتُهُ فِي حُلَّةٍ حَمْرَاءَ، لَمْ أَرَ شَيْئًا قَطُّ أَحْسَنَ مِنْهُ. قَالَ يُوسُفُ بْنُ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ إِلَى مَنْكِبَيْهِ.
The Prophet (ﷺ) was of moderate height having broad shoulders (long) hair reaching his ear-lobes. Once I
saw him in a red cloak and I had never seen a more handsome than him."
Once Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) went to Al-Batha' at noon, performed the ablution and offered' a two rak`at Zuhr
prayer and a two-rak`at `Asr prayer while a spearheaded stick was planted before him and the
passersby were passing in front of it. (After the prayer), the people got up and held the hands of the
Prophet and passed them on their faces. I also took his hand and kept it on my face and noticed that it
was colder than ice, and its smell was nicer than musk.
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Vol. 4, Book 56, Hadith 753
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Narrated Ibn `Abbas:
حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدَانُ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ، أَخْبَرَنَا يُونُسُ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ ـ رضى الله عنهما ـ قَالَ كَانَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم أَجْوَدَ النَّاسِ، وَأَجْوَدُ مَا يَكُونُ فِي رَمَضَانَ، حِينَ يَلْقَاهُ جِبْرِيلُ، وَكَانَ جِبْرِيلُ ـ عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ ـ يَلْقَاهُ فِي كُلِّ لَيْلَةٍ مِنْ رَمَضَانَ، فَيُدَارِسُهُ الْقُرْآنَ فَلَرَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم أَجْوَدُ بِالْخَيْرِ مِنَ الرِّيحِ الْمُرْسَلَةِ.
The Prophet (ﷺ) was the most generous of all the people, and he used to become more generous in
Ramadan when Gabriel met him. Gabriel used to meet him every night during Ramadan to revise the
Qur'an with him. Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) then used to be more generous than the fast wind.
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Vol. 4, Book 56, Hadith 754
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Narrated `Aisha:
حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ، حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ جُرَيْجٍ، قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي ابْنُ شِهَابٍ، عَنْ عُرْوَةَ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ ـ رضى الله عنها ـ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم دَخَلَ عَلَيْهَا مَسْرُورًا تَبْرُقُ أَسَارِيرُ وَجْهِهِ، فَقَالَ
" أَلَمْ تَسْمَعِي مَا قَالَ الْمُدْلِجِيُّ لِزَيْدٍ وَأُسَامَةَ ـ وَرَأَى أَقْدَامَهُمَا ـ إِنَّ بَعْضَ هَذِهِ الأَقْدَامِ مِنْ بَعْضٍ ".
That Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) came to her in a happy mood with his features glittering with joy, and said,
"Have you not heard what the Qaif has said about Zaid and Us-ama? He saw their feet and remarked.
These belong to each other." (i.e. They are father and son.)
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Vol. 4, Book 56, Hadith 755
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Narrated `Abdullah bin Ka`b:
حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ بُكَيْرٍ، حَدَّثَنَا اللَّيْثُ، عَنْ عُقَيْلٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ كَعْبٍ، أَنَّ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ كَعْبٍ، قَالَ سَمِعْتُ كَعْبَ بْنَ مَالِكٍ، يُحَدِّثُ حِينَ تَخَلَّفَ عَنْ تَبُوكَ، قَالَ فَلَمَّا سَلَّمْتُ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم وَهْوَ يَبْرُقُ وَجْهُهُ مِنَ السُّرُورِ، وَكَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم إِذَا سُرَّ اسْتَنَارَ وَجْهُهُ، حَتَّى كَأَنَّهُ قِطْعَةُ قَمَرٍ، وَكُنَّا نَعْرِفُ ذَلِكَ مِنْهُ.
I heard Ka`b bin Malik talking after his failure to join (the Ghazwa of) Tabuk. He said, "When I
greeted Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) whose face was glittering with happiness, for whenever Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) was
happy, his face used to glitter, as if it was a piece of the moon, and we used to recognize it (i.e. his
happiness) from his face."
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Vol. 4, Book 56, Hadith 757
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Narrated Ibn `Abbas:
حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ بُكَيْرٍ، حَدَّثَنَا اللَّيْثُ، عَنْ يُونُسَ، عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ، قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ ـ رضى الله عنهما أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم كَانَ يَسْدِلُ شَعَرَهُ، وَكَانَ الْمُشْرِكُونَ يَفْرُقُونَ رُءُوسَهُمْ فَكَانَ أَهْلُ الْكِتَابِ يَسْدِلُونَ رُءُوسَهُمْ، وَكَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم يُحِبُّ مُوَافَقَةَ أَهْلِ الْكِتَابِ فِيمَا لَمْ يُؤْمَرْ فِيهِ بِشَىْءٍ، ثُمَّ فَرَقَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم رَأْسَهُ.
Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) used to let his hair hang down while the infidels used to part their hair. The people of
the Scriptures were used to letting their hair hang down and Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) liked to follow the people
of the Scriptures in the matters about which he was not instructed otherwise. Then Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)
parted his hair.
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Vol. 4, Book 56, Hadith 758
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Narrated `Abdullah bin `Amr:
حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدَانُ، عَنْ أَبِي حَمْزَةَ، عَنِ الأَعْمَشِ، عَنْ أَبِي وَائِلٍ، عَنْ مَسْرُوقٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو ـ رضى الله عنهما ـ قَالَ لَمْ يَكُنِ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَاحِشًا وَلاَ مُتَفَحِّشًا وَكَانَ يَقُولُ
" إِنَّ مِنْ خِيَارِكُمْ أَحْسَنَكُمْ أَخْلاَقًا ".
The Prophet (ﷺ) never used bad language neither a "Fahish nor a Mutafahish. He used to say "The best
amongst you are those who have the best manners and character." (See Hadith No. 56 (B) Vol. 8)
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Vol. 4, Book 56, Hadith 759
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Narrated `Aisha:
حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ يُوسُفَ، أَخْبَرَنَا مَالِكٌ، عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ، عَنْ عُرْوَةَ بْنِ الزُّبَيْرِ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ ـ رضى الله عنها ـ أَنَّهَا قَالَتْ مَا خُيِّرَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم بَيْنَ أَمْرَيْنِ إِلاَّ أَخَذَ أَيْسَرَهُمَا، مَا لَمْ يَكُنْ إِثْمًا، فَإِنْ كَانَ إِثْمًا كَانَ أَبْعَدَ النَّاسِ مِنْهُ، وَمَا انْتَقَمَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم لِنَفْسِهِ، إِلاَّ أَنْ تُنْتَهَكَ حُرْمَةُ اللَّهِ فَيَنْتَقِمَ لِلَّهِ بِهَا.
Whenever Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) was given the choice of one of two matters, he would choose the easier of
the two, as long as it was not sinful to do so, but if it was sinful to do so, he would not approach it.
Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) never took revenge (over anybody) for his own sake but (he did) only when Allah's
Legal Bindings were outraged in which case he would take revenge for Allah's Sake.
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Vol. 4, Book 56, Hadith 760
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Narrated Anas:
حَدَّثَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ، حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ، عَنْ ثَابِتٍ، عَنْ أَنَسٍ ـ رضى الله عنه ـ قَالَ مَا مَسِسْتُ حَرِيرًا وَلاَ دِيبَاجًا أَلْيَنَ مِنْ كَفِّ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم، وَلاَ شَمِمْتُ رِيحًا قَطُّ أَوْ عَرْفًا قَطُّ أَطْيَبَ مِنْ رِيحِ أَوْ عَرْفِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم.
I have never touched silk or Dibaj (i.e. thick silk) softer than the palm of the Prophet (ﷺ) nor have I smelt
a perfume nicer than the sweat of the Prophet.
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Vol. 4, Book 56, Hadith 761
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Narrated Abu Sa`id Al-Khudri:
حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ، حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى، عَنْ شُعْبَةَ، عَنْ قَتَادَةَ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أَبِي عُتْبَةَ، عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ ـ رضى الله عنه ـ قَالَ كَانَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم أَشَدَّ حَيَاءً مِنَ الْعَذْرَاءِ فِي خِدْرِهَا.
The Prophet (ﷺ) was shier than a veiled virgin girl.