WHAT HAS BEEN MENTIONED ABOUT HIS ATTRIBUTES (PEACE AND BLESSINGS OF ALLAH BE UPON HIM) IN THE BOOKS NARRATED FROM THE PREVIOUS PROPHETS
We have already mentioned a good summary about this in the Chapter “The glad tidings for his arrival before his birth,” and we shall mention further along those lines.
Narrated by ‘Ata’ bin Yasar, he said, “I met Abdullah bin ‘Amr and said, “Inform me of the description of the Messenger of Allah (Peace and Blessings of Allah be upon him) in the Tawrah.” He said, “Indeed, by Allah he is described in the Tawrah with some of what he is described in the Qur’an: “O Prophet (Muhammad (Peace and Blessings of Allah be upon him) )! Verily, We have sent you as witness, and a bearer of glad tidings, and a warner” [Surah al- Ahzab: 45]
“…and a refuge for the illiterate. You are my slave and Messenger. I named you the Mutawakkil [relies on his Lord] not harsh or severe, nor one who shouts in the markets. And one who doesn’t reward a
wrongdoing with a [another] wrongdoing, however he forgives and pardons. And he [his Lord] will not take him until he straightens with him the crooked path [correct the distorted religion] until they say, “There is no true God that deserves to be worshipped but Allah.” And that he opens blind eyes, deaf ears and sealed hearts.”
‘Ata’ bin Yasar said, “Then I met Ka‘b the [Jewish] scholar, then I asked him and they [the texts] did not differ in a single word except that Ka‘b said, “eyes Umooma and Qulooban Ghuloofa and ears Sumooma [i.e. he used the plural form instead of the singular form of these words].”
Narrated by Muqatil bin Hayyan, he said, “Allah revealed to ‘Eesa bin Maryam,
“Be serious in my affair and don’t joke around. Hear and obey, O son of the chaste celibate virgin. I created you without a male and made you as a sign for the creation so worship Me alone. And have reliance upon me. So make clear to the people of Sooran in Suryaniyyah that I am the Truth the Everlasting that will not disappear. Believe in the illiterate Arab Prophet, the owner of camels and woollen garment, turban and slippers and staff, curly hair, wide forehead, joint eyebrows, wide eyes, aquiline nose, clear cheeks, thick beard, his sweat on his face is like pearls his scent is musk [that] emanates from him, his neck was like an ivory stature with from silver, it is as though gold would flow down his throat, he has hairs from his chest to his navel flowing like a staff, he does not have any hair on his chest or stomach hair other than it, thick palms and feet, when he came with the people he would overwhelm them, when he walks it is like he is avoiding rocks and as though he is descending, and he has few offspring.”
Al-Hafiz al-Baihaqi narrated with his chain from Wahb bin Munabbih al-Yamani, who said, “When Allah spoke in secret with Moosa he said, “O my Lord, I find in the Tawrah a nation which is the best nation brought for the people, they command the good, forbid the evil and they believe in Allah so make them my nation.” He said that is the nation of Ahmad.” He said, “O my Lord I find in the Tawrah a nation which is the best and last of the nations, the first on the Day of Judgment so make them my nation.” He said, “That is the nation of Ahmad.”
He said, “O my Lord I find in the Tawrah a nation whose scriptures are in their hearts they read it and those who came before them would read their books from citing and not memory so make them my nation.” He said, “That is the nation of Ahmad.” He said, “O my Lord, I find in the Tawrah a nation that believes in the first and last book and they fight against the heads of misguidance till they fight against the one eyed liar, so make them my nation.” He said, “That is the nation of Ahmad.”
He said O my Lord, I find in the Tawrah a nation they consume their sacrifice in their stomachs and those who came before them when one of them brought forward his charity Allah sent a fire to consume it and if it wasn’t to be accepted the fire wouldn’t go near it, so make them my nation.” He said, “That is the nation of Ahmad.” He said, “O my Lord, I find in the Tawrah a nation that if one of them was to think about committing a bad deed, it would not be written against him and if he performed it, then it would be written as one bad deed. If one of them was to think about performing a good deed then not do so it would be written as a good deed, yet if he was to perform it then it would be written as 10 good deeds [and it would be] upto 700 [times], so make them my nation.” He said, “That is the nation of Ahmad.”He said O my Lord, I find in the Tawrah a nation who accept the call and their calls are accepted, so make them my nation.” He said, “That is the nation of Ahmad.”
He said, “And Wahb bin Munabbih in the story of Dawood (Peace be upon him) and that which was revealed to him in az- Zaboor, “O Dawood, a Prophet shall come after you called Ahmad and Muhammad, [a] truthful master and I shall never be angry with him nor shall he infuriate Me. And I have forgiven him before he sins that which he has erred in the past and future. His nation is under mercy. I give them from the superogatory actions similar to what I gave the Prophets. I have made obligatory upon them obligations that I made obligatory on the Prophets and Messengers in order that they come to me on the Day of Judgment with their illumination like the illumination of the Prophets. And that is because I have made it incumbent upon them to purify themselves for every prayer just as I made it incumbent upon the Prophets before them. I have commanded them with making Ghusl [bath] from Janabah [major impurities; ejaculation, sexual intercourse and menstruation] just as I ordered the Prophets before them. I commanded them with Hajj as I ordered the Prophets before them and I ordered them with performing Jihad just as I ordered the Messengers before them.
O Dawood, I have favored Muhammad and his nation over all the nations. I gave them six characteristics which I did not give to nations other than them:
I do not hold them to account due to error and forgetfulness and every sin which they commit by mistake
If they were to ask forgiveness from me for it I would forgive them
That which they give from their good I will magnify it for them and they shall have with me many a times more and greater than it [i.e. reward for charity in this life and hereafter]
And I shall give them as a recompense from afflictions in difficulties if they are patient and say, “Verily we belong to Allah and to him we will return” prayers, mercy and guidance to the Gardens of Pleasure.
If they call upon me I shall answer them. They will either see that in this world, or I shall avert from them evil, or I shall save it for them in the Hereafter.
O Dawood, whoever meets me from the nation of Muhammad bearing witness that there is no deity worthy of worship but Allah, alone without a partner believing in it, then he shall be with me in my Paradise and be among the elite. And whoever meets me denying Muhammad or that which he was sent with and made a mockery of my book, I would shower on him punishment in his grave and the angels shall beat his face and his back during his resurrection from his grave. Thereafter I shall admit him into the lowest level of the Hell Fire.”
Narrated by Jubair bin Mut‘im he said, “When Allah sent his Prophet (Peace and Blessings of Allah be upon him) and his affair had become known in Makkah, I went to ash-Sham [Syria]. When I was in Basrah a group from the Christians came to me and said to me, “Are you from the Haram [Makkah]?” I said, “Yes.” They said, “Then you will know this person who has become a Prophet amongst you?” I said, “Yes.” Then they took my hand and entered me into their monastery with statues and pictures in it. Then they said to me, “Take a look to see if you can see the picture of your Prophet that has been sent to you?” So I looked and I couldn’t see his picture. I said, “I can’t see his picture.”
Thereafter they admitted me into a monastery bigger than the previous one and I saw statues and pictures more than what was in the previous one. Then they said to me, “Take a look, do you see his picture?” So I looked and saw the description of the Messenger of Allah (Peace and Blessings of Allah be upon him) and his picture and the description of Abu Bakr and his picture holding the heel of the Messenger of Allah (Peace and Blessings of Allah be upon him). Then they said to me, “Can you see his description?”I said, “Yes.” They said, “Is this him?” whilst pointing to the description of the Messenger of Allah (Peace and Blessings of Allah be upon him). I said, “O Allah, yes I testify that it is him.” They said, “Do you know he who is holding his heel?”I said, “Yes.” They said, “We testify that this is your Companion and this is the Caliph after him.”
By Ibn Katheer
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