Hadiths About The Prophet (saw) As A Human Being

Hadiths about The Prophet (saw) as a human being.

According to Anas b. Malik (ra), one day a man (came to the Messenger of Allah and) addressed him saying, “O Muhammad! O our Master! O the son of our Master! O the best of us! O the son of the best of us!” Thereupon, Allah’s Messenger (saw) said, “O people! You should fear Allah and do not allow Satan to get you carried away. I am Muhammad b. ʿAbd Allah, the servant of Allah and His Messenger. By Allah, I do not like for you to raise me above my station to which Allah appointed me.” (Ibn Hanbal, III, 154)

According to Ibn ʿAbbas, one day ʿUmar (ra) said on the pulpit, “I heard the Prophet (saw) say, ‘Do not exaggerate in praising me as the Christians praised the son of Maryam, for I am only a servant. So, call me the servant of Allah and His Messenger.’” (al-Bukhari, al-Anbiyaʾ, 48)

ʿAʾisha (ra) reported, “I was asked about what the Prophet (saw) would do when he was at home.” She replied to this question by saying, “He was a person like everybody else. He would clean his clothes, milk his sheep, and do his own daily work himself.” (Ibn Hanbal, VI, 256)

ʿAbd Allah (b. Masʿud) (ra) reported, “The Messenger of Allah led us in five rak’as of prayer. We said, ‘O Messenger of Allah, has the prayer been extended?’ He said, ‘What is the matter?’ We said, ‘You have led us in five rak’as (rakʿa) of prayer.’ He said, ‘Verily I am a human being like you. I remember as you remember and I forget just as you forget.’ He then performed two prostrations as (compensation of) forgetfulness.” (Muslim, al-Masajid, 93)

According to al-Aghar al-Muzani (ra), who was one among the Companions of the Prophet, Allah’s Messenger (saw) said, “There is (at times) some sort of shade upon my heart, and because of that I seek forgiveness from Allah a hundred times a day.” (Muslim, al-Dhikr, 41)

Source: Presidency Of Religious Affairs The Turkey, Islam Through Hadiths