Seal of Prophethood was situated between his shoulders. He was the last of all prophets. His mubaarak hair was slightly twisted. If his hair became parted naturally in the middle he left it so, otherwise he did not habitually make an effort to part his hair in the middle.
When his hair was abundant, it use to passover his ear- lobes. Baraa bin ‘Aazib Radiyallahu ‘Anhu reports: “I have never seen someone with long hair and in red clothing more handsome than Rasulullah Sallallahu ‘Alayhi Wasallam. His hair reached his shoulders. He had dense and fine hair on his eye brows. Both eye brows were separate and did not meet each other in the middle.
There was a vein between them which used to expand when he became angry. His nose was prominent and had a nur and lustre on it. When one first looked at him, it seemed as if he had a large nose, but looking at it carefully showed that the lustre and beauty made it look large, otherwise in itself the nose was not large. His mubaarak beard was full and dense and at the time of his death, he had seventeen gray hairs in it.
The pupil of his eye was black. His cheeks were smooth and full of flesh and he had a pleasant smile. The mubaarak mouth of Rasulullah Sallallahu ‘Alayhi Wasallam was moderately wide. (He did not have a small mouth). His mubaarak teeth were thin and bright. The front teeth had a slight space between them.
He was fair of complexion and altogether was so handsome that Abu Bakr composed this couplet on him:
“as there is no darkness in the moonlit night so is Mustafa, the well-wisher, bright.”
When he walked, he lifted his legs with vigour, leaned slightly forward and placed his feet softly on the ground. He walked at a quick pace and took a rather long step. He did not take small steps. His gait was firm and he walked so fast that others found it difficult to keep pace with him. When he walked it seemed as if he was descending from a high place.
When he looked at something, he turned his whole body towards it. He always looked down. His mubaarak slght was focussed more to the ground than towards the sky. (A question may arise here that it is reported in Abu Daawud that ‘Rasulullah Sallallahu ‘Alayhi Wasallam usually looked towards the sky’.
Both are reconciled thus: His mubaarak habit was to look down towards the ground, but he also waited for the wahi (revelation), therefore while waiting he often looked towards the sky. Otherwise he usually looked down on the ground.
His face was genial but at times, when he was deep in thought, there there were long periods of silence, yet he always kept himself busy with something. He did not speak unnecessarily and what he said was always to the point and without any padding. At times he would make his meaning clear by slowly repeating what he had said.
His laugh was mostly a smile. He kept his feelings under firm control - when annoyed, he would turn aside or keep silent, when pleased he would lower his eyes.
His sharif habit was to look at something with a light eye, i.e. he looked at a thing with modesty and bashfulness, hence he did not stare at anything. While walking he asked the Sahaabah (Radiyallahu ‘Anhum) to walk in front, and he himself walked behind. He made salaam (greeted) first to whomsoever he met”.
His dress generally consisted of a shirt, tamad (trousers), a sheet thrown round the sholders and a turban. On rare occasions, he would put on costly robes presented to him by foreign emissaries in the later part of his life (Ahmed, Musnad, Hafiz Bin Qaiyyam).
His blanket had several patches (Tirmizi). He had very few spare clothes, but he kept them spotlessy clean (Bukhari). He wanted others also to put on simple but clean clothes. Once he saw a person putting on dirty clothes and remarked,
“Why can’t this man wash them.” (Abu Dawud, Chapter “Dress”).
On another occasion he enquired of a person in dirty clothes whether he had any income. Upon getting a reply in the affirmative, he observed,
“When Allah has blessed you with His bounty, your appearence should reflect it.” (Abu Dawud)
He used to observe: “Cleanliness is piety”.
His Dress
Abu Hurayrah Radiyallahu ‘Anhu says:
“Rasulullah Sallallahu ‘Alayhi Wasallam was so clean, clear, beautiful and handsome, as though his body was covered and moulded in silver. His mubaarak hair was slightly curled”.
When Rasulullah Sallallahu 'Alayhi Wasallam put on a new garment, he would in happiness mention that garment's name. For example, 'Allah Ta'aala gave me this qamis (gowb, kurtah), 'amaamah (turban) sheet, etc.
Then recited this du'aa:
'Oh Allah, all praise and thanks to You for clothing me with this (garment). I ask You for the good of it and the good of what it was made for, and I ask Your protection from the evil of it and the evil of what it was made for'.
Ibn ‘Abbaas Radiyallahu ‘Anhu says that Rasulullah Sallallahu ‘Alayhi Wasallam used to say:
“Choose white clothing, as it is the best clothing. White clothing should be worn whilst living, and the dead should be buried in white”.
In another haadis he said :
“Wear white clothing because it is more taahir (paak) and clean, and also clothe your dead in it”.
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