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The Prophet Muhammad (saas)

like them. Yet, since the great majority of these people are not on the right
road themselves, they lack proper morality and attitudes. It is therefore a

serious responsibility to lead people to the truth and the best morality
and behavior. A Muslim needs to try to emulate the behavior and the
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The aim in writing this book is to introduce various characteristics
of the Prophet Muhammad (saas), by showing the superior features and
qualities a society may enjoy when it adopts such a morality, thus en-
couraging others to adopt that same morality. As the Prophet (saas) has
revealed in the hadith, "Verily, I have left amongst you the Book of Allah and
the Sunnah of His Apostle which if you hold fast, you shall never go astray," a
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Muslim's two truest guides are the Qur'an and Sunnah (the practice of
the Prophet Muhammad (saas)). The Prophet Muhammad (saas) was an
example to all humanity with his morality, to which he called on
mankind to live by. It was the Prophet (saas) who said "I was sent to perfect
good character" and "By One in whose hand there is my life: None shall enter
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Paradise except one who has got good conduct." 3
Those Muslims who follow the way of the Prophet (saas) need to be
foremost in their morality and behavior, and to invite others to adopt
that same morality.
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