الشمائل المحمدية للإمام الترمذي

Sufyan ibn Wakee' narrated: Jumai' ibn Umar ibn Abd al-Rahman al-'Ijli narrated to us, dictating it to us from his book.

He said: A man from Banu Tamim, from the descendants of Abu Hala, the husband of Khadija, whose nickname is Abu Abdullah, informed me,

On the authority of a son of Abu Hala, Al-Hasan ibn 'Ali (may Allah be well pleased with him and his father) said "My maternal aunt Hind asked the son of Abu Hala,

who was a describer of the finery of Allah's Messenger (Allah bless him and give him peace), to describe something of it that would be of interest to me,

So he said: Allah's Messenger (Allah bless him and give him peace) was an honored dignitary, whose face shone with the radiance of the moon on the night of the full moon.

He was taller than medium-sized, and shorter than the slender giant. His head was grand and impressive, with loosely curled hair. If his forelock became divided, he would part it.

Otherwise his hair would not cross over his earlobes, and he would let it grow plentiful and long. He was bright of color, broad of forehead, endowed with arched eyebrows, perfect without being conjoined,

He had a vein there which throbbed when he was angry. He had a long nose [aquiline] with a line of light over it which someone might unthinkingly take to be his nose.

His beard was thick and full. He had black eyes, firm and high cheeks, a wide mouth and white teeth with slight gaps [between his front teeth]. The hair of his chest formed a fine line.

It was as if his neck were the neck of a statue shaped in pure silver. His physique was finely balanced [in perfect harmony and proportion]. His body was firm and full. His belly and chest were equal in size