Who is Mohammad? (1)

"Say: I am (Mohammad) only a mortal like you. My Lord inspireth in me that your Allah is only One Allah. And whoever hopeth for the meeting with his Lord, let him do righteous work, and make none sharer of the worship due unto his Lord" Quraan 18:110

قُلْ إِنَّمَا أَنَا بَشَرٌ مِّثْلُكُمْ يُوحَى إِلَيَّ أَنَّمَا إِلَهُكُمْ إِلَهٌ وَاحِدٌ فَمَن كَانَ يَرْجُو لِقَاء رَبِّهِ فَلْيَعْمَلْ عَمَلا صَالِحًا وَلا يُشْرِكْ بِعِبَادَةِ رَبِّهِ أَحَدًا

الكهف - الآية ١١٠

So Mohammad is basically a human being just like anyone of us, he was selected by the creator of the universe because of his qualities to deliver a message to mankind. He was the one who fully understood the message and the first one to perfectly implement it.

"Say: Lo! As for me, my Lord hath guided me unto a straight path, a right religion, the community of Abraham, the upright, who was no idolater,

Say: Lo! my worship and my sacrifice and my living and my dying are for Allah, Lord of the Worlds,

He hath no partner. This am I commanded, and I am first of those who surrender (unto Him)." Quraan 6:161-163

قُلْ إِنَّنِي هَدَانِي رَبِّي إِلَى صِرَاطٍ مُّسْتَقِيمٍ دِينًا قِيَمًا مِّلَّةَ إِبْرَاهِيمَ حَنِيفًا وَمَا كَانَ مِنَ الْمُشْرِكِينَ،

قُلْ إِنَّ صَلاتِي وَنُسُكِي وَمَحْيَايَ وَمَمَاتِي لِلَّهِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ،

لاَ شَرِيكَ لَهُ وَبِذَلِكَ أُمِرْتُ وَأَنَاْ أَوَّلُ الْمُسْلِمِينَ

الأنعام - الآيات ١٦١-١٦٣

"Verily in the messenger of Allah ye have a good example for him who looketh unto Allah and the Last Day, and remembereth Allah much" Quraan 33:21

لَقَدْ كَانَ لَكُمْ فِي رَسُولِ اللَّهِ أُسْوَةٌ حَسَنَةٌ لِّمَن كَانَ يَرْجُو اللَّهَ وَالْيَوْمَ الآخِرَ وَذَكَرَ اللَّهَ كَثِيرًا

الأحزاب - الآية ٢١

Because he was a human being just like us, a person who suffers from unpleasant things and enjoys the pleasant things, Allah is asking us to follow his deeds not only fulfilling the mandatory instructions and avoiding the forbidden ones but in all aspects that's related to implementing (not delivering) the message. In other words, if the Prophet could do it then we should be able to do it as well.