Mufti Menk – Some Facts About Our Beloved One

The prophet Muhammad peace be upon him,

when we say

that he was created free from any defect,

A poet puts it very well

by saying,

You have been created

free from every defect. When you looked at

him he was so pleasant.

They describe his face for you and I

and say,

His face was as though it was a

piece of the moon. Moonlight. Moonlight.

Lit. Well you look at him. So pleasant.

Masha'Allah.

Because Allah created him that way. Perfect.

No bad qualities from the beginning.

No habits

that ever needed any rectification or correction.

They knew Him as the most truthful, the

most trustworthy. In Arabic how do you say

that?

As sadiq al Amin.

Most truthful. Most trustworthy.

Because he was about to come with a

message.

If he was not truthful and not trustworthy

there would have been no point in sending

the message through a man like that.

So when you look at it,

in that society already the preparation was happening.

They knew him. Honest, trustworthy. Honest, trustworthy.

The companion said, if this man did not

lie to us about worldly matters he would

never lie to us about heavenly matters

because he was always honest and trustworthy.

There we go. But the day he came

with that message, guess what happened? They immediately

said,

some of them who did not know him

well. Some of the leaders and the cronies.

They said, he's a liar.

And if you go back,

the only people who said he was a

liar were those who did not know him.

Anyone who knew him,

close range, believed immediately.

SubhanAllah.

What does it go to show? It goes

to show to this day. If you recognize

Nabi Muhammad salallahu alayhi wasalam,

you will immediately know he's truthful.

But if you do not recognize him, you

begin to dillydally.

That's it. Give him a chance. People say,

I want to learn about Islam. Give me

the Quran. Good enough. Masha Allah. We can

give you. But as a point of entry,

rather read the seerah of the Prophet first,

sallallahu alaihi wa sallam.

Do you understand what I'm saying?

As a point of entry, maybe you need

to get acquainted with the man who brought

the message, whom Allah chose

to be our leader. Read about him. Then

when you start with the Quran it will

put some context into it.

But it's not wrong to go straight into

the Quran. I have so many people say,

I'm interested to know about Islam. Can you

give me a copy of the Quran?

Right? I would give you but I will

tell you, give you another book. This is

a beautiful book on the seerah. Can you

take this and just read this first and

then you go into the Quran.