His hands were like the hands of a perfume seller – always scented with perfume.

His hands were like the hands of a perfume seller – always scented with perfume. He had wide palms. The bones of his arms and legs were proportionately long. When he was happy and joyful his face was like a shiny mirror. He walked inclining forward[^1], with a humble gait. He would rush ahead of the people to perform good deeds. When he walked, he would raise his feet as if he was descending a declivity. When he smiled, his teeth would shine when exposed briefly, before being covered by the lips.

He was handsome, well-mannered, decorous and friendly. When he turned to face the people, they felt that his face was like a bright lantern, and the (drops of) sweat on his face were like pearls, and the scent of his perspiration was better than the most excellent musk.

He had the seal of prophethood between his shoulders.[^2] Abu Hurayrah: When he (S) would turn to see the front or back, he would turn his whole body (not just his head).[^3] Jabir ibn Samarah: He was slender in the shanks.[^4] Abu Juhayfah: White hair covered the sides of his beard and the hair between his chin and the edge of his lower lip.[^5] Umm Hani: I saw the Holy Prophet (S) having four locks of hair.

Ibn Shahr Ashub says: In actuality he had two locks of hair and the one who started this (tradition of keeping the hair in this way) was Hashim (the Noble Prophet’s great-grandfather). ^6 Anas: I did not count more than fourteen white hairs on the Holy Prophet’s (S) head and beard.

^7 It has been said: He had seventeen (white hairs).[^8] Ibn ‘Umar: The sign of old age in him was (the presence of) about twenty white hairs.[^9] al-Bara’ ibn ‘Azib: His hair reached up to his shoulders.[^10] Anas: He had hair descending behind his ears up to the earlobes.

^11 ‘Aaisha: His hair extended beyond the earlobes but not up to the shoulders.[^12] In Qisas al-Anbiya’: There would be no place from which the Noble Prophet (S) passed but that all who would pass from there would know that he had been there from the scent of his fragrant sweat.