abdallah%sal-sun77.usc.edu@usc.edu (Ahmed Abd-Allah) (10/23/90)
Behnam: Please post this at your convenience. ` Salaam Aleikum. Can anyone comment on the PERSONALITY of Prophet Muhammad? I am not looking for a historical account of his life; rather I want to know how he acted in everyday life, this being very important to try and emulate. I have found very little information in the books I have on him, and some of it is conflicting. To give you an idea of what I am looking for: 1. Did the Prophet engage in "small talk"? 2. Did he laugh or tell jokes? Or was he always serious? 3. How often did he cry, and for what reasons? Was he public with his crying? 4. Did he engage in leisure activities? Or did he confine himself to devotion all the time? 5. Did he speak of others by NAME? In other words, would the Prophet criticize a disbeliever to his or her face - or otherwise? Similarly, would the Prophet tell a believer if he or she was doing something good, or would he generalize (i.e. "the best of you is etc...")? 6. When he spoke of Allah or the Qur'an, what was his tone - happy, somber, awed, calm, or ...? 6. Anything else which is relevant. Please try and post your replies with explanations of WHERE you got your information - this is important in itself to me. And finally, how relevant do most of you think this topic is to understanding how to be a better Muslim? Please post - even a single line will do! -Ahmed