Noble Prophetic Character & Habits | Hafiz Sami Rehman
Channel: Muslim Community Center - MCC East Bay
Date: 10/09/2021

Hafiz Sami Rehman gives a Khutbah giving spiritual insight about some traits of the Prophet (peace be upon him): he was smiling and easy-going, he gave without fear of poverty (courageous giving), had a nice speech, he did not look at the faults in people and things, he had no constriction or 'Why Me' to inconveniences, he was not argumentative: he was sparse in his speech, he did not pry or be nosy, and he did not criticize people.

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In sharing the noble character and high moral habits Of Sayyidina Rasoolullah (peace be upon him), Hafiz Sami refers to Hadith 351 in the Shamail of Imam al-Tirmidhi:

Sufyan Ibn Wakf narrated to us; Jum ay' Ibn ‘Umayr Ibn 'Abdu’l-Rahman al-'Ijll narrated to us: I was informed by a man from the Banu Tamlm, one of the children of Abu Halah, the husband Khadijah, called Abu 'Abdullah; from Abu Halah that al-Hasan Ibn ‘All (radiyAllahu 'anhuma) said:

‘Al-Husayn said: ‘I asked my father about the conduct of the Messenger of Allah (PBUH) amongst those who would sit with him.’ So he said: ‘The Messenger of Allah (PBUH) was always cheerful (daim al-bishr), easy-going (sahl al-khuluq) and mild mannered (lajyin al-janib). He was neither harsh (jayf), nor hard-hearted (ghahf), nor boisterous (sakbab), nor obscene (fahhash), nor fault-finding ('ayah), nor avaricious (mushah). He would take no interest in what he did not desire, he would not leave anyone who pleaded with him hopeless and disappointed. There were three things he avoided: hypocrisy (mini), excess (ikthar) and leaving what did not concern him. Similarly, he would not rebuke anyone, nor criticize him, nor pry into his personal affairs. He would only say that in which he hoped for reward.

When he spoke, those sitting with him would lower their heads in such a manner, as if there were birds sitting on their heads, and only when he fell silent they would speak. They would not argue with each other in his presence, they would remain silent for him [to speak] until he finished
[speaking]. The first of them would be the first to speak before him. He would laugh at whatever made them laugh, and express surprise at whatever surprised them.

He used to exercise patience with a stranger’s rough manner of speaking or questioning, so much that his Companions would bring them. He used to say: “If you see someone in need, then assist him.” He would only accept praise in moderation, and he would not interrupt someone who was speaking unless he overstepped a limit, in which case he would interrupt him with a prohibition
or by standing up [and leaving] .”

Source: Page 276: https://darpdfs.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/The-Sublime-Beauty-of-the-Prophet-Imam-Al-Tirmidhi-compressed.pdf

This sermon was delivered at the Muslim Community Center - East Bay (MCC East Bay) in Pleasanton, California on September 10, 2021.

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