by Sajeda Badat

Created on: April 09, 2009

Allah (god) says in the Koran:

"Indeed in the messenger of Allah you have for you an excellent example"

In the above verse, Allah tells us that he has sent Mohammad (peace be upon him) as an excellent example for us. We should try to follow our prophet's example in every aspect of our life.

Allah has sent down Mohammad (peace be upon him) as guidance and as a role model for the entire world. Allah has groomed and moulded the prophet (peace be upon him)'s life to perfection. There is no room for improvement in Mohammad (peace be upon him).

Our prophet possessed qualities of excellence, beauty, kindness, generosity and many other good qualities. If we relate to his life, we will find that our prophet was uniquely fashioned by Allah and n other man possessed such qualities.

Allah did send many prophets and groomed them to perfection but Allah only sent them to one nation so that they could relate to his life like the prophet Moses was sent to the Israelites so that they could relate to his life. The prophet Jesus was sent to the Christians so that they could relate to his life but the prophet Mohammad was sent as guidance for the whole of humanity, for the people who were in his time and for the people who came after him.

Mohammad (peace be upon him) is a perfect role model for the youth, for the old, for the sisters, for the poor, for the rich, for Muslims and Non-Muslims.

Our prophet (peace be upon him) was a very patient man. He suffered the loss of his mother at the age of 6, his wife Khadijah, many of his daughters and all his sons, but he still kept faith in god an moved on in life.

Mohammad (peace be upon him) was very forgiving. When Hind chewed the liver of his uncle Hazrat Hamzah he forgave her.

Any human can relate to and acknowledge the beautiful character of Mohammad (peace be upon him). The Non-Muslims used to say:

"As much as we hate him there is not a more honest man than Mohammad (peace be upon him).

The beauty an excellence of a man is what his foes can acknowledge and not his friends. Abu Sufyan once went on a business trip to Syria
and met the king Hercules. Hercules asked him a few questions regarding the prophet (peace be upon him). Even though Abu Sufyan was an arch enemy of Islam he praised Muhammad (peace be upon him) so much that at the end of the conversation Hercules said if I could reach him I would immediately go to reach him, an if I were with him I would certainly wash his feet.

This is the attitude Mohamed (peace be upon him) presented towards

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