Friday 27 September 2013

Win the hearts.


How do you win the hearts of people? You don't do it by being rude and you don't do it by being harsh but you do it by being kind and merciful to people. In this post I will explain a quick overview of good character by describing the physical apperance of Prophet Muhammad (Peace be upon him). There is nobody better that I can think of nor speak of as it is said in the Qur'an that he is ontop of good chracter. Not having good character but ontop of it and the Arabic which is used means to basically place something on. So to place a cup on a table or to place a book on a desk so to use it to visualize this then the desk would be good character and the Prophet(Peace be upon him) would be ontop of it. The english translations of the Qur'an are only 50% or less to the actual meaning of the Qur'an. Someone can not truly grasp it nor understand it unless they know Arabic and even then the Arabs must learn Arabic as the Arabic alone is extremely profound.

Brief description and it's ties with good character: The Prophet(Peace be upon him) was very awe inspiring when a person saw him. He was taller than a moderate build but not exceedingly tall; he was of middle height that inclined towards height. He was not dark brown or black nor was he pasty white. He was light skinned with a reddish hint or a brownish hint to him, his eye lashes were long and beautiful where one would think he had put kohl on his eyes but he didn't. His hair was not straight nor was his hair curly but it was wavy. He didn't speak slow or fast and his words weren't short nor were they long but he spoke just the right amount for people to want more and be content. Everything about him was middle and not to one extreme. From this one can understand that they should be middle in character. One should be mild and not extreme, never extremely angry nor extremely sad nor extremely happy. If a person is very happy then they are let down they will feel more sadness and hurt, if a person is extreme in sadness then they will go into depression, and if a person is extreme in anger then they will say or do that which they will regret. His skin colour was moderate and from this one can take that racism is evil as people with lighter skin might feel they are better or people with darker skin may feel they are better and this still happens in our time. He was of middle colour and so all types of people wouldn't feel pride about being a certain way. He was awe inspiring, clean, and handsome. His wife A'isha(RA) had stated if these women saw him then they would cut their hearts. This shows a big part of good character is keeping oneself clean and maintaing apperance but not for people. I will elaborate much more on good character in future posts! Have a great day!

9 comments:

  1. When you refer to The Prophet, you says "Peace be upon him", what is the meaning behind that? Is it a respect thing? With your description of The Prophet, I have to ask, does the Qur'an provide an explanation like you gave? Or is this a personal discovery through possibly reading the Qur'an?

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    1. Hey! :) It's respect but we are also commanded to ask Allah to send peace and blessings upon him(peace be upon him) so whenever we say his name we say it and it is asking Allah to Send peace and blessings upon him. And not the Qur'an because the Qur'an is a warning so there isn't any description of the Prophet(peace be upon him) in the Qur'an but there are hadiths. Hadiths are saying of the Prophet(peace be upon him) and what he taught the companions that were around him so they would share it with their students and so on. The hadiths are graded dur to their chain or narration and so if something in one of them is weak or unauthentic or a lie then we don't take it but if the chain of narration is good and authentic then we take it and act on it. It's a whole science of it's own and many go to university to study hadiths. Some people spread false ones or unauthentic ones but there are some books that have only authentic hadiths. One is called Bukhari. Hadiths are not like the Qur'an nor are they like volumes of the Qur'an because there's only one Qur'an. Hadiths are the teachings and saying of the Prophet(peace be upon him) and specific books are filled with authentic teachings and sayings that he said and taught to the people around him. I'll show you the difference :) http://www.youtube.com/?gl=CA that's the Qur'an and this is a hadith http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQUqVHjsyM8

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    2. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C1aDN_9yZ1U that would be Qur'an, sorry I gave the wrong URL!

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    3. The description comes from those who saw him and they would pay such close attention to him or try to spend all day with him and then they would describe him and so the hadiths have been passed down. I hope I was able to answer the question :D

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    4. The description comes from those who saw him and they would pay such close attention to him or try to spend all day with him and then they would describe him and so the hadiths have been passed down. I hope I was able to answer the question :D

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  2. Could you explain some things in more detail? As someone who knows nothing about the Arabic culture, a few things aren't very clear! For example, what does the (RA) beside A'isha's name mean?

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    1. I was planning onto in future posts :) A lot of things in Arab culture actually goes against Islam...or they did before Islam came to the people that is. As in the Arabs used to bury their daughters alive, beat their women, they would deal in interest, prostitution was rampant, and they would treat orphans badly, and they were racist. When the Prophet(peace be upon him) taught the people about Islam he destroyed all of these things. Instead of women being beaten and daughters being buried women were given honour and respect and they were treated with love. The orphan was treated with care and the rest I will explain later :) So the second part is Islam while the first part was culture. (RA) means RadiAllahu 'Anha which translates to May Allah be Pleased with her :)

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  3. i lovedddd the intro! great way to start the blog post! and the picture with the quote really makes you think and do some self-reflecting

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  4. Such an interesting and uplifting topic to write a blog about! I cannot wait for more posts and to learn more about good character and the Prophet Muhammad

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