Muhammed, how come nobody knows what he looks like?

Question

How come he is not known by looks but by everything else?

Answer 1

Islam has some strange prohibition against showing the face of Muhammed. I think it has something to do with being reverant, but it confuses me because I was under the impression that Allah alone was to be revered and worshipped, not a mere man.

Answer 2

There are descrptions,but no photos or paintings or image. Modesty and the wisdom that his image could be misconstrued as something more than a Human for the purpose of other Humans making worship to the image.
Like Abraham he was an iconoclast, destroyer of idols.

Answer 3

Besides Roman emperors, who do we recognize from 1300 years ago?

The classical representational art forms of the Greco-Roman era, which were revived in the Renaissance were not practiced at that time.

Answer 4

Jesus Christ is the "I AM" or God Himself in a visible body.

"For in him dwelleth all the fullness of the Godhead bodily."
-- Colossians 2:9

"Have I been so long time with you, and yet hast thou not known me, Philip? he that hath seen me hath seen the Father; and how sayest thou then, Shew us the Father?"
-- John 14:9

"Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you Before Abraham was, I AM."
-- John 8:58

Answer 5

That' the toughest question you ever asked and your answer should be replied only from a devout Muslim readers who believe in his/her faith can answer your question according to the holy book of Islam the Quran

Answer 6

it is considered wrong to draw the picture of living things in Islam, i.e: humans. etc... and that goes for Muhammed (peace be upon him) too

Answer 7

Because Hindus will start worshipping him as God thats why we didn't.
"t doesn't matter what he looked like--he's dead and long gone. He was never able to raise himself from the dead because he is NOT God."

Who said he was God.. He was the messenger of God, to spread the message of God.. Like you call him Jesus, hes Allah to us samething.. But, you call Jesus the son of God and God, which is wrong. Jesus wasn't the son of God according to us.
He was a human who had powers which we believe he could only use them when he was allowed to by God.

Answer 8

Do you think you know how Jesus (PBUH) look like?

The pictures of Jesus (PBUH) are imaginary artistic mental visualization of him.

The reason you don't see the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) picture because he was a intelligent man and did not let the artists draw his pictures because he know that Muslims will start worshiping him like Jesus (PBUH) as God.

Answer 9

There are many hadeeth stating what he looked like. Here are some.

Rabee'ah ibn Abi 'Abd al-Rahmaan said: "I heard Anas ibn Maalik (may Allaah be pleased with him) describing the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him). He said: 'He was of average height, not too tall and not too short, with a pinkish colour, not very white and not dark, and his hair was neither very curly nor very straight. The Revelation came to him when he was forty years old, and he stayed in Makkah for ten years after the Revelation came, then in Madeenah for ten years. When he died, there were no more than twenty white hairs on his head and in his beard." (al-Bukhaari, 3283).

Al-Baraa' ibn 'Aazib said: "The Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) was broad shouldered and had thick hair coming down to his shoulders and earlobes. He was wearing red garments. I have never seen anything more beautiful than him." (Reported by Muslim, Kitaab al-Fadaa'il, Baab Sifat Sha'r al-Nabi (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him), no. 2338).

'Ali said: "He was neither tall nor short, and had large hands and feet. He had a large head and was big-boned, and the thin line of hair (starting from his chest and extending to the navel) was long. When he walked, he would lean forward, as if he was walking downhill. I have never seen anyone like him, before or since." (Reported by al-Tirmidhi, 3570, who said this is a saheeh hasan hadeeth).

Jaabir ibn Samurah said: "The Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) was dalee' al-fam, ashkal al-'ayn and manhoos al-'aqib." Shu'bah said: "I asked Maalik, 'What is dalee' al-fam?' He said: 'Wide-mouthed.' I asked, 'What is ashkal al-'ayn?' He said, 'Big-eyed.' I asked, 'What is manhoos al-'aqib?' He said, 'His heels were not fleshy.'" (Saheeh Muslim, Kitaab al-Fadaa'il, 2339).

Answer 10

it doesnt matter what he looked like....the thing that matters is in front of everybody.. a perfect life...a perfect preacher...a perfect human being...now its ur choice whether to come to the path of light or not. Islam prohibits creating images of human being.