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Filed under: Ab Is at-Tirmidh,Sunnah al Ghurabaa explanation to this, perhaps it was that none could be perceived to be physically above him just as none was spiritually and morally above him. * He was not extremely white and neither was he very brown Q This description does not contradict the affirmation of his having a brownish complexion mentioned in the next hadth. [Ibn Hajr] al-Asqaln said, from all the various reports on this it becomes clear that the whiteness that has been negated from him (SAW) is that whiteness that has no tinge of red and the brownness [affirmed for him] is redness that is mixed with white.M This is proven by the narration of Anas in ad-Dalil, he was white, a whiteness going towards brown. As for his being described in some narrations to be extremely white, such as in the report of Bazzr from Ab Hurayrah, he was extremely white and the report of atTabarn from Ab at-Tufayl, I have not forgotten the extreme whiteness of his face, these are understood to refer to the luster, sheen and glitter of his skin under the light of the sun as shown by the hadth, it was as if the sun were following its course across, and shining from, his face. * His hair was neither very curly nor completely straight MMeaning that his (SAW) hair was in a state in between being very curly and completely straight and the best of affairs are those that are in between the two extremes. az-Zamakhshar said, the predominate course amongst the Arabs is to have curly hair and among the non-Arabs, straight hair. Allh has blessed His Messenger (SAW) with the best of virtues and qualities and has combined in him all that He has scattered amongst the different races. * Allh commissioned him towards the end (ras) of his fortieth year MAllh commissioned him as a Prophet and Messenger, sent to the entirety of the worlds of Jinn and Man, this by agreement of the Muslim nation and is known in the religion by necessity, whoever rejects this becomes a disbeliever. He was also sent to the Angels in the view of the researching scholars ( muhaqqiqn), however some have objected to this. Q It is said that he was born on Monday, revelation came to him on Monday, he migrated to Madnah on Monday, he arrived at Madnah on Monday and passed away on Monday. The commentators have stated that the meaning of the ras of his fortieth year is its last part [and not the
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