Noble Traits: Forty Hadiths on the Noble Character of the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ
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Asked what the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was like, ʿĀʾishah, Mother of the Faithful, answered that his character was the Qur'an.
The forty Hadiths in this volume show what that answer looked like across an ordinary day. He dipped his hand into every vessel the servants of Madinah carried to him after the dawn prayer. He asked after any man he had not seen for three days, and prayed for him if he was absent. He held a man's hand in parting and let the other withdraw first. He turned his face and his speech towards the least regarded person in a gathering in order to win him over. He hemmed his own garment, mended his own sandals, milked the sheep, sat on the ground to eat, and accepted a slave's invitation to barley bread. He corrected a fault without naming the one who had committed it. He was optimistic, loved good names, visited the sick, and patted the heads of the children of the Anṣār.
Every narration is referenced, the Arabic vocalised, and the English rendered in clear and readable prose.
Descriptions of his character were transmitted so that they might be imitated.
About the Author
Imam Yūsuf al-Nabahānī (1849-1932) was a Palestinian scholar. After his initial studies in his locality, he studied in al-Azhar, Egypt, between 1866 and 1872, where he studied the Islamic disciplines with numerous prominent scholars. He also spent a few years researching and publishing in Istanbul. He served as a chief judge in Jerusalem and then Beirut.
After living in Medina for some time, he returned to Beirut and later passed away there in the beginning of the month of Ramadan. He has left a vast collection of works, on a variety of subjects, but many are focused on the character and being of the Prophet ﷺ.
- Author: Imam Yūsuf al-Nabahānī
- Translator: Moustafa Elqabbany
- Language: English, Arabic
- Publisher: Imam Ghazali Publishing
- Binding: Paperback
- Pages: 61