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The Prophet Muhammad (saas)

Abu Nadrah (ra) says:

"I asked Abu Sa'eed Khudari (ra) about the Seal of Prophethood
of Rasulullah (saas) He said: 'It was a piece of raised flesh that
was on Rasulullah (saas)'s back'." 81

"The place between his shoulders were wide and therein there
was impression or seal of Prophethood inclined a little towards

the right shoulder." 82

Another report comes from Assib bin Yazid (ra):

"I saw the seal in between his shoulders." 83

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There are different descriptions of the length of the Prophet (saas)'s
hair. It is natural that there should be discrepancies between them, as the
people these accounts have come down from saw him at different times,
when his hair may have been of different lengths. Yet, what can be rec-
ognized from these descriptions was that the Prophet (saas)'s hair was at
ear-level at its shortest and at shoulder-length at its longest.
Anas bin Malik (ra) recalls :
"The hair of Rasulullah (saas) reached till half of his ears." 84
Aisha (ra) reports:
"The blessed hair of Rasulullah (saas) was longer than those
that reached the ear lobes, and shorter than those that reached
the shoulders." 85
Baraa bin Aazib (ra) says:
"Rasulullah (saas) was of average height, and the portion be-
tween the two shoulders was wide. His hair reached his ear
lobes." 86

Umm Haani, the daughter of Abu Taalib (ra) offers the following
description:

"Rasulullah (saas) came to Mecca once after the hijrah (migra-
tion). His blessed hair had four plaits." 87

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