It is with the will of God that this biography was preserved in minute detail. When you read such books on the Prophet\u2019s special features as Al-Shamayl Al-Muhammadiya, by At-Tirmidhi, or its simplified version Al-Mokhtassar, by Al-Albani, as well as other similar works, you see a very detailed portrayal of the Prophet. For example, they would talk about the white hairs in his hair and beard.<\/p>\n

Anas reported that \u201cI did not count in the Prophet\u2019s hair and beard more than fourteen white hairs.\u201d (Ahmad and Ibn Hibban) Or, in another report, \u201c\u2026and there were less than twenty white hairs in his hair and beard\u201d. (Ahmad, Al-Bukhari, Muslim, At-Tirmidhi, and Ibn Hibban)<\/p>\n

In another report, a Companion states that \u201cAllah had the soul of His Apostle without betraying his age with white hair: there were hardly thirty white hairs in his hair and beard\u201d. (Ahmad) Even the number of white hairs in the hair and beard of the Prophet was documented.<\/p>\n

Not only that, the very location of those hairs was specified.<\/p>\n

One of the most attractive features of this biography is that by preserving it and making it a model for mankind, God left no excuse to humans. This biography has been carefully preserved by scholars and historians like no other biography has been. And none of the other prophets\u2019 lives has been documented the way this prophet\u2019s life has.<\/p>\n

For example, if asked about the life of Moses, the Jews will give scattered accounts from parts of his life, with little historical evidence based on scientific facts. The Muslims, however, have paid attention to the smallest details about him, with utmost rigidity as to the credibility of the reporters of the accounts as well as their names.<\/p>\n

The discipline of \u2018Al Jarh wa al-Ta\u2019deel\u2019 (Criticism and Commendation (of reporters)) enumerated about five hundred thousand names at the time, although people had no printers, computers, or other assisting machines. However, they reached exceptional levels of memorization and accurate distinctions of names and people which surpassed many of the machines which technology has produced today. All this was done for one purpose\u2013 the conservation of the Prophet\u2019s biography, tradition, and guidance.<\/p>\n