The Blessed Face

of the Prophet r
Ummul Momineen Sayyida Aisha Siddiqa radi Allaahu anha says,
I was sewing something at the time of Sahri and the needle fell down. I searched
for it but it could not be found. Just then the Holy Prophet r entered and throu
gh the brightness of His face I found the needle. [Khasaais-ul-Kubra Pg.156 Vol.1
Hujatullaahi alal Aalameen Pg.688 - Al Qaulul Bad Pg.147]
Mulla Ali Qaari t, a distinguished Hanafi Muhadith explained the belief of Hazra
t Aisha (radi Allaahu anha) in his explanation of Shifa Shareef as follows:
I used to thread the eye of a needle during dark nights through the Brightness of
the face of the Prophet r. [Khasaais-ul-Kubra Pg.156 Vol.1 - Shara Shifa bar Has
hia Naseemur RAyaaz Pg. 328 Vol.1]
Ala Hazrat Azeemul Barkat Imam-e-Ahle Sunnat Mujaddid-e-Deen-o-Millat Maulana Shah
Ahmed Raza Khan Barelvi t says:
Khaana-e-Qudrat Ka Husn Dastkaari Waah Waah
Kya Hee Tasweer Apne Pyaare Ki Sawaari Waah Waah
The First Khalifa of Islam Hazrat Abu Bakr Siddique t states the following conce
rning the blessed face of Huzoor r:
The face of the Holy Prophet r
was bright like the moon.
Once someone mentioned to Hazrat Jabir bin Samura t that the face of the Holy Pr
ophet r was like a sword. Hazrat Jabir t replied,
No! But His face used to be bright and shone like the sun and the moon. [Mishkaat
Shareef Pg.515 - Sahih Muslim Shareef - Mawahibul Laduniyah Pg.250 Vol.1 - Zurqa
ani Shareef - Anwaarul Muhammadiya Pg.124 Dalail-un-Nubuiwat - Baihiqi Pg.151 Vo
l.1 - Shifa Shareef Pg.39 Vol.1 - Khasaais ul Kubra Pg.178 Vol.1 Hujatullaahi ala
l Aalameen Pg.688 - Darmi Shareef Pg.34 Vol.1 - Ash atul Lam aat Pg.482 Vol.4]
The blessed son of Sayyida Fathima Zahra and Hazrat Ali Hazrat Imam Hassan Mujat
aba (radi Allaahu Anhuma) states,
The Holy Prophet r was of the greatest stature. His face was as bright
ghtness of the full moon. [Shamail-e-Tirmizi Pg.2 Khasaais-ul-Kubra
ajmaz Zawahid Li ibn Hajr Makki Pg.279 Vol.8 - Jawahirul Bihar Pg.35 ubuiwat Pg.220 Vol.3]
In the words of Imam Zurqaani t, Hazrat Fakhrudeen Raazi t explains the
face of the Prophet r:

as the bri
Pg.188 Vol.1 M
Dalailun N
blessed

The Prophets face was so bright, that when the Noor from his face would fall upon
the walls they would begin to glitter. [Zurqaani Shareef Pg.210 Vol.6]
The annotator of Bukhari Shareef Imam Ibn Hajar Asqalani, in his distinguished b
ook Fathul Baari narrates that a certain Sahabia of the Holy Prophet r went for
Hajj and had the opportunity of seeing the Holy Prophet (sallal laahu alaihi was
allam. When she returned to her country a person by the name of Abu Ishaaq asked
her to explain the appearance of the Holy Prophet r and she said,

His blessed face was like the full moon and I have never seen anyone so beautiful
and full of splendour either before or after him. [Mawahibul Laduniyah Pg. 250 V
ol.1 - Khasaais-ul-Kubra Pg.179 Vol.1 - Dalailun Nubuiwat li Baihaqi Pg.153 Vol.
1 - Anwaarul Muhammadiya Pg.196 - Madaarijun Nubuiwat Pg.6 Vol.1]