He is an excellent pattern

The beleiver who fears Allah, hopes for his reward and wished to be admitted in the Paradise takes the Messenger of Allah as a role model to be followed.

Allah said ( interpretation of the meaning ) :

{ There has certainly been for you in the Messenger of Allah an excellent pattern1 for anyone whose hope is in Allah and the Last Day and [who] remembers Allah often. }

AL‑AḤZĀB (21)

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