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Sahih al-Bukhari 3547 (Book 61, Hadith 56) #3388
Physical Description of Prophet Muhammad (ﷺ)

SUMMARY: The hadith is about the physical description of Prophet Muhammad (ﷺ) and how he received divine inspiration at the age of 40.

Narrated Rabi'a bin Abi 'Abdur-Rahman: I heard Anas bin Malik describing the Prophet 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".
حَدَّثَنِي ابْنُ بُكَيْرٍ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي اللَّيْثُ، عَنْ خَالِدٍ، عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ أَبِي هِلاَلٍ، عَنْ رَبِيعَةَ بْنِ أَبِي عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ، قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَنَسَ بْنَ مَالِكٍ، يَصِفُ النَّبِيَّ قَالَ كَانَ رَبْعَةً مِنَ الْقَوْمِ، لَيْسَ بِالطَّوِيلِ وَلاَ بِالْقَصِيرِ، أَزْهَرَ اللَّوْنِ لَيْسَ بِأَبْيَضَ أَمْهَقَ وَلاَ آدَمَ، لَيْسَ بِجَعْدٍ قَطَطٍ وَلاَ سَبْطٍ رَجِلٍ، أُنْزِلَ عَلَيْهِ وَهْوَ ابْنُ أَرْبَعِينَ، فَلَبِثَ بِمَكَّةَ عَشْرَ سِنِينَ يُنْزَلُ عَلَيْهِ وَبِالْمَدِينَةِ عَشْرَ سِنِينَ، وَلَيْسَ فِي رَأْسِهِ وَلِحْيَتِهِ عِشْرُونَ شَعَرَةً بَيْضَاءَ‏.‏ قَالَ رَبِيعَةُ فَرَأَيْتُ شَعَرًا مِنْ شَعَرِهِ، فَإِذَا هُوَ أَحْمَرُ فَسَأَلْتُ فَقِيلَ احْمَرَّ مِنَ الطِّيبِ‏.‏

TOPICS
prophet  *  height  *  hair  *  inspiration  *  old  *  mecca  *  nabi  *  wasatiyyah  *  surriyyah  *  lainah  *  ilahi  *  sanawiyyah  *  sufrah  *  ahmaru  *  color  *  medina

QUICK LESSONS:
Follow Allah's guidance humbly without any pride or arrogance .

EXPLANATIONS:
This hadith narrates the physical description of Prophet Muhammad ﷺ. He was neither tall nor short and had a rosy color complexion. His hair was neither completely curly nor quite lank. At the age of forty years old he received divine inspiration in Mecca for ten years and then moved to Medina for another ten years before his death at which point he only had twenty white hairs in his head and beard. It is said that some of his hairs were red due to scent. This hadith highlights the importance of following Allah's guidance as well as being humble despite one's achievements or status in life. It also serves as an example for us to follow in terms of our physical appearance; we should strive to maintain a balance between extremes such as being too tall or too short or having overly curly hair or overly straight hair etc., so that we can be pleasing both physically and spiritually to Allah SWT .

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