This hadith is considered to be one of the best and most complete physical descriptions of Prophet Muhammad PBUH. I learned that it’s almost impossible to translate the beautiful words into english and here, I’ve tried to collect a few english versions.
When the Prophet Muhammad (sallallahu alaihi wasallam) emigrated from Makkah to Madînah, he passed by the tent of Umm Ma`bad. She witnessed some of his miracles, then swore fealty to him in Islam before he departed. When her husband came back, he was surprised to find with her a quantity of milk. He asked her: “Where you have got this from, O Umm Ma`bad, while our sheep is alone and untouched and we have no milk cow in our home?” She said: “Nay, but by Allah, a blessed man passed by our way and did so and so.” He said: “Describe him to me, O Umm Ma`bad.”
VERSION ONE:
She said:
“I saw a man who is handsome, of glowing countenance, and of good proportions, with neither a large stomach nor a small head. He is smart of appearance, with balanced features, deep black eyes, and long eyelashes. His voice is not coarse. He has a long neck, a full rounded beard, and thick eyebrows that meet each other. When he is silent, he is stately and composed, and when he speaks, his appearance is impressive.
“He is the most beautiful and striking man from a distance and the best and most beautiful from close up. He is well spoken, clear in what he says, saying neither too much nor too little, his words flowing forth like a perfect string of pearls.
“He is neither too tall nor overly short, a stately man in the company of two other stately men (one of them was Abu Bakr RA), and he is the most prominent among them and the most well-respected.
“He has companions who surround him. If he speaks, they listen to him, and if he commands, they hasten to fulfill his command. He is well served and attended, though he is neither stern nor argumentative.”
VERSION TWO:
VERSION THREE:
“I saw a man, pure and clean, with a handsome face and a fine figure. He was not marred by a skinny body, nor was he overly small in the head and neck. He was graceful and elegant, with intensely black eyes and thick eyelashes. There was a huskiness in his voice, and his neck was long. His beard was thick, and his eyebrows were finely arched and joined together. When silent, he was grave and dignified, and when he spoke, glory rose up and overcame him. He was from afar the most beautiful of men and the most glorious, and close up he was the sweetest and the loveliest. He was sweet of speech and articulate, but not petty or trifling. His speech was a string of cascading pearls, measured so that none despaired of its length.”
This hadîth is related by al-Hâkim in al-Mustadrak (3/9-10), al-Tabarânî in al-Mu`jam al-Kabîr (3605), Abû Nu`aym in Dalâ’il al-Nubuwwah (282-278), and al-Lâlikâ’î in I`tiqâd Ahl al-Sunnah (1434-1437).
sereen
Jan 06, 2010 @ 23:22:16
i want to know his hair color please because i saw him in my dream.
thank you
Ashraf
Oct 20, 2010 @ 20:11:50
The color of hair the prophet PBUH is dark black. There was so many hadith and description and the most amazing and accurate is the by Hend iben Abi Hala, his wife’ khadika’ son from her previous marriage. His Grand son ALhasan son of Ali asked Hend to describe the prophet PBUH to him, how he looks like? how he speak, how he react with the people and his normal daily life. It is one of the best ever description of the beloved Mohammed.
mystrugglewithin
Feb 16, 2011 @ 14:53:42
Interesting, I need to read more, jak!
mystrugglewithin
Jan 09, 2010 @ 22:13:34
Sereen,
Jazakallah khair for sharing your amazing experience. Regarding the hair color, I don’t think that we know much about it. Some translations of Umm Maa’baad’s stance mention “glossy and black” hair, but wallahu a’lam.
Please refer to the following for more:
http://islamqa.com/en/ref/14052
http://qa.sunnipath.com/issue_view.asp?HD=7&ID=1745&CATE=108
I hope it helps, asalamalaikum.
omar ibn el khattab
Dec 19, 2012 @ 22:31:40
salaam! I just want to say that prophet Muhammad’s eye brows did not meet each other.. they were finely apart as he was not a hairy man. He only had a thin hair line from his chest to naval.
Shahid
Mar 12, 2010 @ 19:11:09
Thanx a lot to share this with us.I knew nothing abt this.Subhanallah,Jazak Allah.I don’t have words to thank u.May Allah bless u.Wassallam.
mystrugglewithin
Mar 12, 2010 @ 19:33:28
Wallahi, I am grateful for the appreciation, May Allah swt bless you and everyone around you with the best of this world and akhirah :>
leena
May 21, 2011 @ 14:06:38
masha allah its so wonderfull, my allah reward you for all kheir you do.jazakumullah kheir al jazaa.
ramsha
Mar 14, 2010 @ 11:38:32
subhan allah….its so pleasing to know all this about our beloved muhammad (s.a.w)!!
thanks for telling all this….may allah bless you!!
mystrugglewithin
Mar 14, 2010 @ 18:17:05
jazakallah khayrun ramsha :>
flafoun
Jun 02, 2010 @ 20:29:05
i think he has black hair
hadi
Nov 16, 2010 @ 19:25:57
i love hazarat muhammad saw
Gulam Mohd Qadri
Jan 20, 2011 @ 05:02:32
The most beautiful describtion of our Prophet was by Umm Mabad in total and complete . This describtion was at the time Prophet left mecca to Yatrib the beginning of Hijri
mystrugglewithin
Feb 16, 2011 @ 14:53:04
Exactly 🙂
Nali
Feb 16, 2011 @ 14:01:24
thank you my brother for your very useful post, when i read the descriptions my eyes filled with tears and i thought about the time if God willed when we see our prophet (peace and blessing be upon him) in the Judgment Day.
mystrugglewithin
Feb 16, 2011 @ 14:52:45
Thank you, Insha’Allah we’ll all live by his (pbuh) side in Al-Firdous Al-Ala 🙂
Muhammad Rizwan
Sep 06, 2012 @ 12:40:21
Inshallah… And……
I dunno how to describe my feelings on Hazrat Muhammad (S.A.W) description. I LOVE Muhammad (PBUH)…and I thank Allah to have given me the life as Muhammad (S.A.W) Ummati.. Thanks a billion Ya Allah…
SAAD
Mar 06, 2011 @ 17:56:43
WHO IS PROPHET MOHAMMAD
saad
Mar 15, 2011 @ 19:35:45
Salam,
If you are a Mslim, you would be knowing him but if you dont know, he is our beloved Prophet(PBUH) in Islam and we believe in all prophets like prophet Moses, prophet jesus and many others as Allah(The only God) commanded to do so.
Hassan
Jan 18, 2014 @ 04:03:44
The messenger of Allah the greatest man to ever have walked the earth
ufaq
Mar 26, 2011 @ 00:52:39
I saw the Holy Prophet in my dream … and all i remember are his blessed eyes and yes they were indeed large, intensely black and so beautiful with long eyelashes. And he had perfect wide shoulders and long hair. I saw him smiling. I saw him sitting and I saw him for a short moment of time. SubhanALLAH he was so beautiful and i can never fully describe or forget those large beautiful eyes.
umar
Mar 26, 2011 @ 14:20:24
to add on this, he was brave of character and furious in battlefield. very calm and compassionatate with children.
Muhammad Waqar-ul-islam
Apr 12, 2011 @ 17:48:27
It is really a touching, moving, emotional event. I am in search of the original arabic script but still unable to find. If some one keeps it please send me the reference and image of the Hadith or this sacred event. Allah may bless you with all His Mighty Blessings Amin
Thanx
said
Apr 15, 2011 @ 19:17:00
am very much happy….thank u brothers and sisters for your concern.
Sohail
May 19, 2011 @ 22:59:29
Mashallah , what a lovely description of the most greateast person to ever set foot on the earth in both spiritually and physically Mohammed PBUH. I love Mohammed pbuh so much , that when reading this description it made me realise how much of our time do we really spend in the love of Allah and his messenger?, when Allah has done so much for us , and yet we are arrogant.
amina
Jun 11, 2011 @ 10:47:32
mashaallah…its good to see people discussing on the different aspects of religion…truly i am proud to be a muslim
amina
Jun 11, 2011 @ 10:55:58
dear brothers and sisters ,we should always try and form these groups wherein we can discuss about islam,its fundamentals and intricacies aswell.the youth is going hayware and as muslims its our duty to follow the religion of islam as is shown by our BELOVED PROPHET MOHAMMAD S.A.W. in letter and spirit and urge all muslims to be proud of their deen .in todays world its not easy to be a muslim,the ban on purdah in france being an example of that.nevertheless their is no need to be afraid as Allah is always with us and we must try to spread islam as much as we can.INSHA ALLAH S.W.T AND JAZAK ALLAH KHAIR.
Ken Lyneham
Jul 08, 2011 @ 10:13:22
His description is in the Hadith and he is discribed as having large beautiful eyes with long eyelashes, bushy eyebrows, a full rounded beard, white skin with a ruddy complexion. This probably means he had red hair but that is not certain as it also says that he died his hair red.
jemal
Jul 13, 2011 @ 13:30:12
subhan allah the best creater…who saids in quraan {wa inaka la ala kholo khin atheem}for our beloved muhammad sala alaho alyhi wasalom.. i realy love him more than my mother , my father & evryone. i love to see him in dream in this donya & to meet him to get his shafaa in hereafter..barak allhu feekum..jamal
Muhammad sohail ahmed
Jul 15, 2011 @ 15:09:00
I saw muhammad (pbuh) in my dream subhanallah i cant forget. Mashallah may allahs peace and blessings be upon you.
Hud
Jan 06, 2012 @ 20:22:03
The truth is with Allah about our beloved Prophet, Mohammed,(pbuh) physical description When we talk about the Arabs at that time particularly the Qurash< history notes that the Qurash were very proud of there skin complextion and it was said to be dark brown near to black. Allah knows best his description and it doesnt matter. I love Muhammad(PBUH).
Ahmad
Jan 25, 2012 @ 21:12:27
I dreamt of d Holy Prophet,(S.W.A)he’z Quiet Handsome!!
maria
Apr 24, 2012 @ 03:05:01
Thank you so much for the description today my husband americain converted hamdolilah it s been 6 years was asking me about the prophet Pbuh how he looks like. Cause I m muslim. Morrocan I was telling him just a little description and I was shame because I need to know more about my religion to transmet to him. And I went to this link that I found very inyeresting
maria
Apr 24, 2012 @ 03:11:08
Jazakom allah. Khaira I love allah swt and my prophet muhammad pbuh and I m proud very proud of my religion the Islam
YONIS
May 07, 2012 @ 18:01:39
I NEVER NEW THIS THANK YOU FOR THE ADVICE MAY ALLAH BLESS YOU WITH JANNAH FARDOUSA
rumana
May 19, 2012 @ 13:47:52
islam is such a beautiful religion and so is our beloved prophet (saw). it brings tears to your eyes when you hear about it. thank you for sharing this. may allah (swt) bless you all.
Sasha
May 27, 2012 @ 05:00:30
Jazakallahu Kheiran for this beautiful description of our Beloved Prophed (PBUH). I would love to know more about his appearance. I wish I could see him in my dreams too. Allahu Yaa Alaamu. May Allah Bless all the Jamiatul Ummatul Mohammed (SAW) Ameen.
sara dowlatkhahi
Jun 19, 2012 @ 07:45:53
I saw prophet Mohammad(swt) in my dream. I was on the day on judgement,, thirsty and tired.. i was searching for hope and prophet Mohammad(swt) was in front of me.. about two meter far from me.. he had both his hand on this stomach and looking at me.. he had a smile on his face.. i dont know what this means.. please share comments
Muhammad
Jul 12, 2012 @ 06:41:08
Jazakallahu kheyran,thanked to shear with us this and hop it helpz alot pleace i urge my fellows to search on m0r of this and m0r of his history as an educational purpose,thank u all
snowber
Jul 16, 2012 @ 10:59:22
MASHA ALLAH , i love PROPHET MOHAMMAD {PBUH}
smaila
Aug 13, 2012 @ 23:23:53
Prophet Muhammed (S A W) is the only man in this world who if he walk on the sand u will not see his foot mark but if he step on stone,metal or everything hard you will see the mark of the leg.
How do you picture the prophets in your head
Aug 19, 2012 @ 11:44:01
Mariam
Oct 30, 2012 @ 20:26:27
So happy. I love Prophet Muhammed.
Zubaida Hassan
Nov 27, 2012 @ 21:35:03
I love to be receiving articles about the holy prophet pbuh, his family members and sahabas.
Zubaida Hassan
Nov 27, 2012 @ 21:38:25
I will like to know about a mark on his shoulder.
Rizwan
Feb 01, 2013 @ 16:45:56
mashallah! ty for all this information
i wish i could also see our beloved prophet (p.b.u.h) inshallah!
may allah bless u all
jazakallah
allahhafiz
Kassim
Apr 14, 2013 @ 14:04:58
Assalamu alaikkum my brothers and sisters….. Always i cry when i read about Sallallahu alaa muhammad sallallaahu alaihiwasallam….. now after i read this i am very very happy and feel that i am not alone
Farheen Sayyed Sadique
Apr 18, 2013 @ 10:03:59
Mashaallah this is the most touchy and beautiful way of describing our prophet
Taha(p.b.u.h).I have never heard so good description of him in english
Najma
Oct 04, 2013 @ 19:44:49
MashaAllah……reading all this about the prophet is amaizing…..i love the prophet (saw) with all my heart and soul…..i wish and pray sincerely to see him in my dream….and congratulations to all of you…..great work MashaAllah
Abdirisak Omar
Jan 28, 2014 @ 16:53:15
Allahu Akbar manshallah brother manshallah