بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم

الحلية الشريفة

‏ كَانَ عَلِيٌّ إِذَا وَصَفَ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ، قَالَ‏:‏
لَمْ يَكُنْ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ بِالطَّوِيلِ الْمُمَّغِطِ، وَلا بِالْقَصِيرِ الْمُتَرَدِّدِ

Rasulullah ﷺ was neither very tall, nor very short

وَكَانَ رَبْعَةً مِنَ الْقَوْمِ

He was of a medium stature among people

لَمْ يَكُنْ بِالْجَعْدِ الْقَطَطِ، وَلا بِالسَّبْطِ

His hair was neither very curly nor very straight.

كَانَ جَعْدًا رَجِلا

It had a slight wave in it.

وَلَمْ يَكُنْ بِالْمُطَهَّمِ، وَلا بِالْمُكَلْثَمِ

He did not have a large body nor a round face.

وَكَانَ فِي وَجْهِهِ تَدْوِيرٌ

His mubarak face was slightly round.

أَبْيَضُ مُشَرَبٌ، أَدْعَجُ الْعَيْنَيْنِ، أَهْدَبُ الأَشْفَارِ

Of a reddish white complexion, ebony eyes, and long eyelashes.

جَلِيلُ الْمُشَاشِ وَالْكَتَدِ

Magnanimous of joints and of the portion between the shoulder blades.

أَجْرَدُ، ذُو مَسْرُبَةٍ

Having no (excessive) bodily hair, but possessing a line running from the chest to the navel

شَثْنُ الْكَفَّيْنِ وَالْقَدَمَيْنِ

Possessing fully fleshed hands and feet.

إِذَا مَشَى كَأَنَّمَا يَنْحَطُّ فِي صَبَبٍ

When he walked, it were as if he were descending to a lower place.

وَإِذَا الْتَفَتَ الْتَفَتَ مَعًا

When he addressed someone, he turned his whole body towards that person.

بَيْنَ كَتِفَيْهِ خَاتَمُ النُّبُوَّةِ، وَهُوَ خَاتَمُ النَّبِيِّينَ

Between his shoulder blades, was the seal of prophethood; he was the last of all prophets.

أَجْوَدُ النَّاسِ صَدْرًا

The best of men in generosity

أَصْدَقُ النَّاسِ لَهْجَةً

And the most truthful of men

وَأَلْيَنُهُمْ عَرِيكَةً، وَأَكْرَمُهُمْ عِشْرَةً

He was the most kind-hearted and came from a most noble family.

مَنْ رَآهُ بَدِيهَةً هَابَهُ، وَمَنْ خَالَطَهُ مَعْرِفَةً أَحَبَّهُ

Whoever saw him became filled with awe; whoever came in close contact with him and knew him, was smitten with love of him.

يَقُولُ نَاعِتُهُ‏:‏ لَمْ أَرَ قَبْلَهُ، وَلا بَعْدَهُ مِثْلَهُ

Anyone who described his noble features says: "I have not seen anyone like him; neither before nor after him.

اللهم صلى وسلم على نبي الرحمة وشفيع الامة سيدنا محمد واله وصحبه اجمعين
وعلى جميع الانبياء والمرسلين

نحو ← فهرس

فهرس المصطلحات


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احاديث
The Narrations

(In development)

The science of narration, collection and criticism of hadeeth was unknown to the world prior to the era of the Prophet ﷺ. In fact, it was due in part to the absence of such a reliable science that the messages of the former prophets became lost or distorted in the generations that followed them. Therefore, it may be said that it is largely due to the science of hadith that the final message of Islam has been preserved in it is original purity for all times. This is alluded to in the Qur’an:

“Indeed, We have revealed the Reminder, and indeed We are its protectors.” (Qur'an, 15: 9).

الاسناد
The Chains of Transmission

(In development)

“Isnād is part of religion. Were it not for isnād, a person could say whatever he wanted."
- Abd Allah ibn al-Mubārak (d. 181 AH).

The fifth century Andalusian polymath, Ibn Hazm (d. 458 AH), explains what is meant by the exclusivity of isnād among Muslims. From six forms of transmission, he writes, three are exclusive to Muslims. The third form deserves particular attention, “Transmission from the Prophet ﷺ via reliable narrators, each disclosing the name and lineage of the informant, and each of known status, person, time, and place.”

الرجال
The Narrators

(In development)

Stressing the importance of biographical evaluation, Ali ibn al-Madini, an early authority on the subject, said, "Knowing the narrators is half of knowledge."

"The glory of the literature of the Mohammedans is its literary biography. There is no nation, nor has there been any which like them has during twelve centuries recorded the life of every man of letters. If the biographical records of the Musalmans were collected, we should probably have accounts of the lives of half a million of distinguished persons, and it would be found that there is not a decennium of their history, nor a place of importance which has not its representatives."
- Aloys Sprenger (d. 1893 CE)