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In Islam [[Muhammad]] is known as '''[[Uswa Hasana|uswa hasana]], al-Insān al-Kāmil''', meaning in Arabic that he is the ''' 'perfect human' ''' who is ''' 'worthy of imitation' '''. As such, all of his deeds, actions, thoughts, and practices are the perfect examplars for all humans in every time in every age. For this reason, his [[Sunnah]] or traditions is one of the basic building blocks of [[Islamic Law]] (the other being the [[Qur'an]]). This tradition is preserved mostly in the [[Hadith]] collections of Muhaddiths such as [[Sahih Bukhari|Bukhari]], who wrote his books in the middle of the 9th century, and the collectors of the [[Sira]] histories of the prophet's military campaigns such as [[Sirat_Rasul_Allah|Ibn Ishaq]]. These sources impart to their readers many ideas, attributes, and habits of the prophet, all of which are held up by the ulemaa' as model behavior for all of mankind.

{{Main|Convenient Revelations}}

{{Quote|{{Quran|33|50}}|"O Prophet (Muhammad)! Verily, We have made lawful to you your wives, to whom you have paid their Mahr (bridal money given by the husband to his wife at the time of marriage), and those (captives or slaves) whom your right hand possesses -- whom God has given to you, and the daughters of your 'Amm (paternal uncles) and the daughters of your 'Ammah (paternal aunts) and the daughters of your Khâl (maternal uncles) and the daughters of your Khâlah (maternal aunts) who migrated (from Makkah) with you, and a believing woman if she offers herself to the Prophet, and the Prophet wishes to marry her; '''a privilege for you only, not for the (rest of) the believers'''."}}

==Good Character and Piety==

===Mercy and Good Manners===

{{Quote|{{Al Tirmidhi||4|25|2016}}|Abu Abdullah Al-Jadali narrated:

===Calmness, Pleasantness, Welcoming his Daughter===

I never saw anyone more like the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) in respect of gravity, calm deportment, pleasant disposition - according to al-Hasan's version: in respect of talk and speech. Al-Hasan did not mention gravity, calm deportment, pleasant disposition - than Fatimah, may Allah honour her face. When she came to visit him (the Prophet) he got up to (welcome) her, took her by the hand, kissed her and made her sit where he was sitting; and when he went to visit her, she got up to (welcome) him, took him by the hand, kissed him, and made him sit where she was sitting.}}

==Political Skill==

===Forming Alliances===

===Peace Making===

{{Quote|{{Bukhari|3|49|858}}| Narrated Sahl bin Sa`d:

{{Quote|{{Bukhari|3|49|862}}| Narrated Al-Bara bin `Azib:

===Prophecising about Fighting Jews===

Technically, Arabs, Ethiopians, and Assyrians can be described as Semitic people, however in the context of "Anti-Semitism" it is commonly understood to refer to people who identify as Jewish.<ref>"''Noun • (n) anti-Semitism, antisemitism (the intense dislike for and prejudice against Jewish people)''" - [http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=antisemitism Definition - Antisemitism], Princeton University's WordNet</ref><ref>"''Function: noun hostility toward or discrimination against Jews as a religious, ethnic, or racial group''" - [http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/anti-Semitism Definition - Anti-Semitism], Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary</ref>

{{quote|{{Bukhari|7|62|157}}| Narrated Al-Miswar bin Makhrama:<BR>

"The Messenger of Allah forbade facing the Qiblah when urinating. But I saw him, one year before he died, facing the Qiblah (while urinating)."}}

===Iconoclasm===

{{Quote|{{Bukhari|3|43|658}}|Narrated 'Abdullah bin Masud: The Prophet entered Mecca and (at that time) there were three hundred-and-sixty idols around the Ka'ba. He started stabbing the idols with a stick he had in his hand and reciting: "Truth (Islam) has come and Falsehood (disbelief) has vanished." }}

The following hadith is used to support the ruling that heads of statues must be destroyed even if they are not idols:

===Equal Retaliation for Murder only of Believers===

{{Quote|{{Bukhari|1|5|268|}}|Narrated Qatada: Anas bin Malik said, "The Prophet used to visit all his wives in a round, during the day and night '''and they were eleven in number.'''" I asked Anas, "Had the Prophet the strength for it?" Anas replied, "We used to say that the Prophet was given the strength of thirty (men)." And Sa'id said on the authority of Qatada that Anas had told him about nine wives only (not eleven).}}

===The Prophet's Revelations and His Own Benefit===

Muhammad [through convenient “revelations” from Allah] gave himself rights and immunities that no other Muslim ever received.