The Seal of Prophethood

1)… As-Sa'ib bin Yazid narrated: My aunt took me to the Messenger of Allah (may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) and said: O Allah! The Apostle, my nephew is ill. The Prophet (may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) wiped his head and invoked Allah's blessings for me. Then he performed ablution and I drank from the remaining water. I stood behind his back and saw the seal of prophethood between his shoulders, and it was like the (zir-al-tijlah) [1]

- It was narrated by Al Bukhari in the book of ablution [1/190], in the book of merits [6/3541], in the book of illness [10/5670] and in the book of the invocations. [116352]. It was also narrated by At-Tirmidhi in the book of virtues [5/3643], and Muslim in the book of the excellent qualities of the Prophet (may the peace and blessings of Allah be upon him), [4/1 1 1/1823]

2)... Jabir bin Samura reported: I saw the seal between the two shoulders of the Messenger of Allah (may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) which was like a red tumour (protruding flesh) as if it were a pigeon's egg.

- It was narrated by Muslim in the book of excellent virtues and merits of the holy prophet [4/99/1820]. At-Tirmidhi in the book of merits [5/3644] and virtues and Imam Ahmad [5/90/95/98/104/107]

3)... Rumay'thah (may Allah be pleased with her) said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) talking about Sa’d bin Mu'ath on the day of his death: the throne of the most Gracious shook because of his death. At that time, I was so near him that if I wanted to, I could have kissed the seal of prophethood.

- It was narrated by Al-Bukhari in the book of virtues of the Ansar. Muslim in the book of virtues of the companions. At Tirmidhi in the book of merits and virtues. Ibn Majah in the introduction and Imam Ahmad in Al-Musnad.

4)... Ibrahim bin Mohammed (may Allah be pleased with him) who is the grandson of Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) said: when Ali used to describe the noble attributes of the Messenger of Allah (may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him), he used to mention the complete hadith. He also used to say that the seal of prophethood was between his two shoulders and that the Messenger of Allah was the seal of the prophets.

- It was narrated by At Tirmidhi and Ad Darami in the introduction. Its isnad is da‘if [weak].

5)... Ilabaa bin Ahmr Al -Yashkori says that Abu Zayid, Amr bin Akhtab Al Ansaari (may Allah be pleased with him) said to me: The Messenger of Allah (may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) once asked me to massage his back, I began massaging his back and accidently my fingers touched the seal of prophethood.

Ilabaa says: I asked Amr (may Allah be pleased with him) what was the seal of prophethood? He replied: It was a collection of a few hairs.

- It was narrated by Imam Ahmad in his Musnad [5/341] and AI-Hakim in Al-mustadrak [2/606] ibn Hiban in his sahih [8/72], its isnad is sahih with the condition stipulated by Muslim.

6)… Buraydah bin Haseeb (may Allah be pleased with him) reports: When the Messenger of Allah (may peace and blessings of Allah he upon him) came to Madinah, Salman Farsi (may Allah be pleased with him) brought a tray which had fresh dates on it, and presented it to the Messenger of Allah (may the peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) who asked; O Salman, “what dates are these?” He replied: This is sadaqah, something given in charity, for you and your companions. The Messenger of Allah (may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) replied: “We don't eat sadaqah. Remove it from me.” On the next day, this happened again. Salman brought a tray of fresh dates and in answering of the question of the Messenger of Allah, he replied: O "Messenger of Allah, it is a present for you. The Messenger of Allah (may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said to his companions (may Allah be pleased with them): “Help yourselves.” He then saw the seal of prophethood on the back of the Messenger of Allah and thereafter embraced Islam. At that time, Salman was the slave of a Jew. The Messenger of Allah (may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) purchased him and paid many Dirhams for him and agreed that he (Salman) should plant some date palms for the Jew. The Messenger of Allah (may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) planted the palm trees with his hands, except one. All the palm trees bore fruit in the same year, but the one palm tree that he didn't plant, didn't bear fruit. Upon investigating, it was found that Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) had planted this tree. The Messenger of Allah (may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) re-planted it. It bore fruit the same year.

- It was narrated by Imam Ahmad in AI Musnad [5/354] and its isnad is hasan.

7)... Abi Nadrah Al Awfee (may Allah be pleased with him) reported: I asked Abu Sa'eed AI-Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) about the seal of prophethood of the Messenger of Allah (may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him). He said: It was a piece of flesh that was on his back.

- The compiler is the only one who mentioned it. Its isnad is good It was good. It was narrated also by Imam Ahmad in his Musnad [3/69].

8)... From Abdullah bin Sarjis who reported: I came to the Messenger of Allah (may the peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) while there were people sittings in his company. I then went after him and the Messenger of Allah understood what I was trying to do. He removed the sheet (body wrap) from his back and I saw the place of the seal of prophethood between his two shoulders. It was like a cluster surrounded by moles. I came before the Messenger of Allah and said to him: may Allah forgive you. He replied: “May Allah forgive you too.” The people said to me: Did Allah’s Apostle (may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) seek forgiveness for you? He said: Yes, and for you, and he then recited this verse: 'ask forgiveness for you, and believing women.’

- It was narrated by Muslim in the book of virtues [4/112/1823/1824] and Imam Ahmad in Al-Musnad [5/82/83]. Ibn Sa'd in At-Tahaqaat [1426] and An-Nisa' [295/421/422].