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Ash-Shama'il 13

‘I heard Abu Tufail say: ‘I saw the Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam), and there is no one left on the face of the earth who has seen him, apart from me.’ I said: ‘Describe him for me!’ He said:…

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حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ بْنُ وَكِيعٍ، وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ، الْمَعْنَى وَاحِدٌ، قَالا: أَخْبَرَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ هَارُونَ، عَنْ سَعِيدٍ الْجُرَيْرِيِّ، قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ أَبَا الطُّفَيْلِ

يَقُولُ: «رَأَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَمَا بَقِيَ عَلَى وَجْهِ الأَرْضِ أَحَدٌ رَآهُ غَيْرِي، قُلْتُ: صِفْهُ لِي، قَالَ: كَانَ أَبْيَضَ، مَلِيحًا، مُقَصَّدًا»

‘I heard Abu Tufail say: ‘I saw the Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam), and there is no one left on the face of the earth who has seen him, apart from me.’ I said: ‘Describe him for me!’ He said: ‘He was white, handsome, of medium size.’’

Ash-Shama'il 13, Book 1, The Noble Features Of Rasoolullah, Hadith 13. 1 min read

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Who passed it on, from Imam at-Tirmidhi back to the one who was there.

  1. 1Imam at-TirmidhiCompiler, died 279 AH
  2. 2Sufyan ibn WakiTold us, Fourth generation, died 247 AH
  3. 3Muhammad ibn Bashshar, BundarWith, Fourth generation, died 252 AH
  4. 4Yazid ibn HarunInformed us, Third generation, died 206 AH
  5. 5Said ibn IyasFrom, Successor, died 144 AH
  6. 6Amir ibn WathilahHeard, Companion, died 100 AH

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