Khatam An-Nubuwwah, The seal of the Prophet

As-Salamualykum warahmatullahi wabarakatuh.

Hmm. Arini~ seperti biasalah kann, kelas yang sepatutnya end at 12.30 which by means I could swiftly back home early turned out that I ended up balek pukul 5.00ptg due to some business to finish.

Alhamdulillah, finished Part 1 of my MUET test which is the speaking.

Was kind of nervous because I don't really experience this kind of test.

Cume dapat briefing sket2 last Saturday.

Turned out okay, I guess.

Well then, back to the story.

Masa balik ni, usually rutin harian kami serumah lah kan is menumbangkan diri atas katil dek keletihan yang melampau. Tapi, as for today I don't feel like it.

Taktau la. Rasa segar bugar je mata ni.

Elok gak kalau hari hari camni.

Bukan elok sgt pon tido petang kan? 16 hari berturut2 gila la jawabnya.

Ya Allah, ta molek dipandang Allah dan Rasul2.

So as I was browsing the facebook, carik2 koek2 news feed, notifications and all walaupun baru 2 jam yang lalu bukak facebook kt campus. haha can't help the temptation.

then dapat MMS from Mama.

this is what I received from her

yes, it's the Khataman Nubuwwah.

which was located at the back of Rasulullah SAW between his shoulders.

so, I tanyalah mama~ how to read it? from left to right ke atau start dr middle ke since it's shaped like a triangle.

then, mama called which I expected a normal voice which turned out to be a tearful voice.

dah start pikir bukan2 >.< ya Allah. berderau jantung. SubhanAllah.

Well, alhamdulillah nothing bad happened.

Mama told me about this Khataman Nubuwwah. ayat ni yang arwah atok dok soh mama hafal masa gi US dulu, buat amalan harian.

Masya-Allah. As what Ustaz Don Daniyal mentioned about this, this is what belongs to Prophet Muhammad PBUH and it acts as a protection.

Antara kebaikannya yang telah I korek-korek kat intenet :

1. Pada waktu Subuh, Allah s.w.t. memeliharanya sehingga waktu Maghrib.
2. Pada waktu Maghrib, Allah s.w.t. memeliharanya sehingga waktu Subuh.
3. Pada awal bulan, Allah s.w.t. memeliharanya sehingga akhir bulan.
4. Pada awal tahun, Allah s.w.t. memeliharanya sehingga akhir tahun.
5. Pada awal perjalanan, Allah s.w.t. memeliharanya sehingga akhir perjalanan.
6. Jika ia meninggal dunia pada tahun itu, ia akan disuratkan - Mati dalam iman,
7. Sesiapa yang melihat kepadanya dengan penuh rasa kasih dan Iman, dalam usianya sekali sahaja, Allah s.w.t. akan memelihara ia dari semua perkara yang ia benci (mungkar) sehingga ia meninggal dunia.

Here are some cerita berkaitan Khataman Nubuwwah ni. Tapi dalam English la. pehe2 la ye.

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Sahih al-Bukhari

Narrated As Saib bin Yazid

My aunt took me to the Prophet and said, "O Allah’s Apostle! This son of my sister has got a disease in his legs." So he passed his hands on my head and prayed for Allah's blessings for me; then he performed ablution and I drank from the remaining water. I stood behind him and saw the seal of Prophethood between his shoulders, and it was like the "Zir-al-Hijla" (means the button of a small tent, but some said 'egg of a partridge.' etc.) (Volume 1, Book 4, Number 189)

Narrated As Saib

My aunt took me to Allah's Apostle and said, "O Allah's Apostle! My nephew is ill." The Prophet touched my head with his hand and invoked Allah to bless me. He then performed ablution and I drank of the remaining water of his ablution and then stood behind his back and saw "Khatam An-Nubuwwa" (The Seal of Prophethood) between his shoulders like a button of a tent. (Volume 7, Book 70,Number 574)

Sahih Muslim

Chapter 28: THE FACT PERTAINING TO THE SEAL OF HIS PROPHETHOOD, ITS CHARACTERISTIC FEATURE AND ITS LOCATION ON HIS BODY

Jabir b. Samura reported: I saw the seal on his back as if it were a pigeon's egg. (Book 030, Number 5790)

Abdullah b. Sarjis reported: I saw Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him) and ate with him bread and meat, or he said Tharid (bread soaked in soup). I said to him: Did Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him) seek forgiveness for you? He said: Yes, and for you, and he then recited this verse: "Ask forgiveness for thy sin and for the believing men and believing women" (xlvii. 19). I then went after him and saw the Seal of Prophethood between his shoulders on the left side of his shoulder having spots on it like moles. (Book 030, Number 5793)

Sunan of Abu Dawud

Narrated Qurrah ibn Iyas al-Muzani:

I came to the Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) with a company of Muzaynah and we swore allegiance to him. The buttons of his shirt were open. I swore allegiance to him and I put my hand inside the collar of his shirt and felt the seal… (Book 32, Number 4071)

Jami (Sunan) of at-Tirmidhi

Narrated Ali ibn AbuTalib

When Ali described the Prophet (peace be upon him) he said: He was neither very tall nor excessively short, but was a man of medium size. He had neither very curly nor flowing hair but a mixture of both. He was not obese, he did not have a very round face, but it was so to some extent. He was reddish-white, he had wide black eyes and long eyelashes. He had protruding joints and shoulder-blades, he was not hairy but had some hair on his chest, and the palms of his hands and his feet were calloused. When he walked he raised his feet as though he were walking on a slope; when he turned round he turned completely. Between his shoulders was the seal of prophecy and he was the seal of the prophets. He had a finer chest than anyone else, was truer in utterance than anyone else, had the gentlest nature and the noblest tribe. Those who saw him suddenly stood in awe of him and those who shared his acquaintanceship loved him. Those who described him said they had never seen anyone like him before or since.

Tirmidhi transmitted it. (Hadith 1524; ALIM CD-Rom Version)

Narrated AbuMusa

AbuTalib went to ash-Sham (Syria) accompanied by the Prophet (may Allah bless him) along with some shaykhs of Quraysh. When they came near where the monk was they alighted and loosened their baggage, and the monk came out to them although when they had passed that way previously he had not done so. While they were loosening their baggage the monk began to go about among them till he came and, taking Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) by the hand, said, "This is the chief of the universe; this is the messenger of the Lord of the universe whom Allah is commissioning as a mercy to the universe."Some shaykhs of Quraysh asked him how he knew, and he replied, "When you came over the hill not a tree or a stone failed to bow in prostration, and they prostrate themselves only before a prophet. I recognize him by the seal of prophecy, like an apple, below the end of his shoulder-blade." He then went and prepared food for them, and when he brought it to them the Prophet (peace be upon him) was looking after the camels, so he told them to send for him. He came with a cloud above him shading him and when he approached the people he found they had gone before him into the shade of a tree. Then when he sat down the shade of the tree inclined over him, and the monk said, "Look how the shade of the tree has inclined over him. I adjure you by Allah to tell me which of you is his guardian." On being told that it was AbuTalib he kept adjuring him to send him back until he did so. AbuBakr sent Bilal along with him and the monk gave him provisions of a bread and olive-oil. (Hadith 1534; ALIM CD-Rom Version)

Tarikh (History of) al-Tabari

… When Bahira saw this, he descended from his cell and sent the caravan a message inviting them all… Finally he looked at Muhammad’s back, and saw the seal of prophethood between his shoulders… He replied, … "I also recognize him by the seal of prophethood which is below the cartilage of his shoulders and which is like an apple." … (The History of al-Tabari: Muhammad at Mecca, translated and annotated by W. Montgomery Watt and M. V. McDonald [State University of New York Press (SUNY), Albany 1988], Volume VI, pp. 45, 46)

Al-Harith – Muhammad b. Sa‘d – Muhammad b. ‘Umar – ‘Ali b. ‘Isa al-Hakami – his father – ‘Amir b. Rabi‘ah: I heard Zayd b. ‘Amr b. Nufayl saying … "He is a man who is neither short nor tall, whose hair is neither abundant nor sparse, whose eyes are always red, and who has the seal of prophethood between his shoulders. His name is Ahmad…" (p. 64)

Ahmad b. Sinan al-Qattan al-Wasiti – Abu Mu‘awiyah – A‘mash – Abu Zibyan – Ibn ‘Abbas: A man of the Banu ‘Amir came to the Prophet and said, "Show me the seal which is between your shoulders, and if you lie under any enchantment I will cure you, for I am the best enchanter of the Arabs." "Do you wish me to show you a sign?" asked the Prophet. "Yes," said the man, "summon that cluster of dates." So the Prophet looked at a cluster of dates hanging from a date palm and summoned it, and began to snap his finger until it stood before him. Then the man said, "Tell it to go back," and it went back. The Amiri said, "O Banu Amir, I have never seen a greater magician than I have seen today." (Pp. 66-67)

"Then one said to the other, ‘Open his breast.’ He opened my heart, and took out from it the pollution of Satan and the clot of blood, and threw them away. Then one said to the other, ‘Wash his breast as you would a receptacle– or, wash his heart as you would a covering.’ Then he summoned the sakinah, which looked like the face of a white cat, and it was placed in my heart. Then one of them said to the other, ‘Sew up his breast.’ So they sewed up my breast and placed the seal between my shoulders…" (p. 75)

It turns out that Muhammad’s seal of prophethood was a physical deformity, a mole with spots, which conflicting reports say was shaped either like an apple, the button of a small tent or like the egg of a partridge! It is simply beyond us how this is supposed to be one of the proofs that convince people of Muhammad’s prophethood!

Adapted from : http://answering-islam.org/Shamoun/seal_of_prophethood.htm

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Also, before that, mama soh carik satu video kt Youtube ni mengenai seorang pelajar UIA yang bermimpi telah berjumpa dengan Rasulullah SAW.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OCwmbMlVykA

silalah, take your time, about 12mins untuk menonton dan menghayati kisah beliau.

honestly speaking, my tears tibe2 berderai jatuh dengan derasnya bile tengok video tu. walaupun hanya lagu dan tulisan, bukan video bergerak, taktau kenapa mengalir deras sangat2.

bile pikir2 balik, terasa betapa rindunya pada Rasulullah SAW.

walaupun tak pernah jumpa, tak pernah bersua muka, tak pernah tau wajah sebenar baginda,

tapi hati ni rasa sayu dan rindu mengenangkan Rasulullah SAW.

then, tringat plak lagu Hijjaz yang bertajuk Rasulullah SAW.

I don't deny yang banyak kali jugak nangis sorang2 sebab dengar lagu tu.

then, after a deep and thoroughly thought,

yes, I miss our dear Prophet Muhammad PBUH.

A figure that was never as perfect, a face that was never as bright,

Belonged to our one and only Prophet Muhammad SAW, the Apostle of Allah.

Lastly,

Selawat dan Salam kepada Nabi Muhammad SAW serta ahli keluarganya dan sahabatnya.