Prophet Muhammad (May Peace be Upon Him) was the last of the 124,000 prophets sent by Allah to steer the life of the sinners to the righteous path. Allah at numerous places in the Muslims' holy book "Quran" addressed Prophet Muhammad (May Peace be Upon Him) either directly or indirectly, using some of the 99 qualities attributed to the prophet. The name Muhammad four times in the Quran, in the following verses: 3:144, 33:40, 47:2 and 48:29. The name Muhammad is the transliteration of a Arabic name that comes from the Arabic passive participle from the Triconsonantal root of H-M-D ("praise"), meaning "the praised one". And no doubt, the Prophet Muhammad (May Peace be Upon Him) is the most revered and praised prophet of all. In Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings of God be upon him), Allah had an uswatun hasana (”the most beautiful pattern of conduct”, Surah Al Ahzab, 33:21). There are numerous Quranic verses exhorting Muslims to emulate this exemplar of a human being. Exhortations from the Holy Book aside, a man whose teachings are being followed by one in five people on this planet deserves attention.
Prophet (peace be upon him) said: “I have five names: I am Muhammad, I am Ahmad, I am al-Mâhî for Allah eliminates disbelief by me, I am al-Hâshir since all people gather under me at the day of Judgment, and I am al-`Âqib”. [Sahîh al-Bukhârî (3532), Sahîh Muslim (2354), Sunan al-Tirmidhî (2842) and Musnad Ahmad (80/81/84)]. Besides, other authentic names of the Prophet (peace be upon him) which are mentioned in the Qur’an are: al-Shâhid, al-Mubashshir, al-Nadhîr, al-Mubayyin, al-Dâ`î ilâ Allah, al-Sirâj al-Munîr, al-Dhikr, al-Rahmah, al-Ni`mah, al-Hâdî, al-Shahîd, al-Amîn, al-Muzammil, and al-Mudaththir. More names came in the hadîth related by `Abd Allah b. `Amr b. al-`Âs which is al-Mutawakkil. Other famous names are: al-Mukhtâr, al-Mustafâ, al-Shâfi`, al-Mushaffa`, al-Sâdiq, al-Musaddiq. Ibn al-Qayyim mentioned other names in his book Zad al-Ma`âd such as al-Qâsim, al-Dahûk, al-Qattâl, `Abd Allah, Sayyid Walad Âdam, Sâhib Liwâ’ al-Hamd, Sâhib al-Maqâm al-Mahmûd. However, these are all descriptions and not really names.
Ibn Dahiyyah writes in his book devoted to the prophetic names: “Some people said that the Prophet’s (peace be upon him) names are equivalent to Allah’s names (i.e., 99 names)... "If someone were to search for them, he would find them to be more like three hundred names.”
As per an estimate "Muhammad" is the most popularly used name in the world. t is estimated that more than 15 million people in the world bear the name Muhammad.
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