The mercy to the humanity
In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful
We are in the month of Rabi-ul-Awal according to the Islamic Hijri calender. This is the blessed month when the best of all the creation and the best of all the slaves of Allah (swt) - Muhammad, sallalahu wa alihi wa sahbihi wa salaam, was born. So, the person who Allah Subhanahu wa ta'ala sent to this earth as a mercy, the person who brought guidance for all of humantity and who was the chosen one to receive the last revelation from Allah (swt) - such a person's birthday should be celebrated grandly! In fact, not just the 12th of Rabiul Awal but it should be celebrated each month, each day and every single moment in our life. Why? Becasue it was due to God's ultimate rahma that He(swt) sent the prophet (saw) to perfect human character and it was becasue of the prophet (saw), that we have an example to follow that can help us attain a better place in this life and the next.
Allah (swt) didn't have to send guidance to us. Did He? He wasn't obliged to. In fact He is never obliged to do anything. So, why is it that He kept sending prophets after prophets to each nation? And then, how come He not only sent the last prophet (saw) to all of humanity but He also made sure that He gives something that the whole humanity can hold on to and refer to as guidance. So, it was absolutely (no question about that) Allah (swt)'s immense mercy that He sent us prophet Muhammad (saw). And He sent the Quran as a guidance. Its the words of Allah (swt) Himself that was revealed to the prophet (saw) through angel Gibreel (AS). Therefore, if we just for moments think about it, we see that not only is He the most merciful and the most compassionate, but the best planner and the all knowing! Rasulallah (saw) was sent to guide humanity and to live a life so that people may learn. Not only he (saw) was teaching the people about quran but he (saw) also lived a life of the Quran so people may observe and learn and know that its doable. He was a walking quran on earth! Every single goodness that we are familiar with - each and every single atom of our good deeds was taught to us by rasulallah (saw). He (saw) not only taught us to live a righteous life but he (saw) made sure the important components of life such as love, compassion, mercy, modesty, honesty and all such good characters are included in his teaching - so that the whole of humanity may benefit. Who knew that the whole course of human history would take a different course as a result of the Arabian prophet who was sent to the people in a time of ignorance? Subhanallah! Just look at the love Allah (swt) has for us - that he sent us the best muallim so we may perfect our deen.
The teaching of Islam came at a time of ignorance when people were never in peace - fighting among each other; moreover, at that time female infacticide was a common practice as giving birth to baby girls were considered a shame to the family! The teaching of Islam taught the ignorant society - what they knew not! The teaching of this deen stopped the killing of female infants. It was more than 1400 years ago that Islam came and established the rights of women in the society - the rights of inheritence, the rights to seek knowledge, the rights to be loved and respected as a mother, daughter, wife; the rights of equality and such for which the women of this century are having to fight so hard for. Moreover, the high status of women was set clear and affirmed 1400 years ago by Islam. How can we be not grateful for all that when they have been given to us by Allah (swt) in this deen? what could be a more rewarding than being a muslim in this life? Subhanallah!
According to this deen, anyone worthy of our love and respect after Allah (swt) and the prophet (saw) is your mother. I love this hadith so much! Here it goes: A man once asked the prophet (saw), who should i love most after Allah (swt) and you Rasulallah? Rasulallah replied, 'your mother.' The man then asked, 'who next?' Rasulallah replied , 'your mother'. When asked for the third time he (saw) replied, 'and then your father.' Subhanallah! Can you imagine the status of mothers given by Islam? The mercy of this deen comes from another saying of the prophet (saw), where he (saw) says, "Girls are models of affection and sympathy and a blessing to the family. If a person has one daughter, God will screen him from the fire of hell owing to his daughter; if he has two daughters, God will admit him to paradise; if he has three, God will exempt him from the obligation of charity and Jihad." These are just some of the innumerous gifts of this deen and from the teaching of prophet (saw).
So, how can we ever being in our own humble incapable position atleast show gratitude and love for all that he (saw) have done for us? The least we can do is atleast acknowledge that and try to implement in our lives the teachings of the quran and the sunnah. How can we do that? By simply following his footstep. Yes! There are way too many temptations out there and way too many things to sacrifice. The truth? It all boils down to the realization of the fact that we are not permanent residents of this earth. Our feet is way too firmly grounded to even consider revising our life. What is more important to us? The 60/70/80/90/ or at max 100 years of life on this earth or the eternal life in the hereafter? If we divide the number (even if its 100) of years of our life on this earth by the number of years in the hereafter, what do we get? 100/infinity = 0!
So, compared to the next life, the value of this life to a believer should be 0! Subhanallah! Look at where we are! We live as if we are never going to die. I say all these becasue i myself suffer from these diseases. I'm myself struggling - to increase my love for the best teacher, our prophet (saw), to seek nearness to Allah (swt), to be showered with just a drop of his immense mercy, to be accepted by Him (azza wa jaal) - to become a better muslim. When i write - i write based on my deficiencies and my own shortcomings. My aim is to remind myself first and then inshaAllah if others benefit then All Praise is to He, Who owns all thats in the heaven and the earth.
So, back to where I was. Following the footstep of prophet (saw). Allah (swt) commands us to walk in the path of the prophet (saw). Its a part of our faith to love the messanger of Allah (swt). When someone possesses mahabba (love) for someone, he/she often mentions his name and try to follow that person in all aspect of life - both inward and outward. If we love somebody we want to imitate him in every single aspect of our life and would want to do things that would please him. Where are we in our love for the prophet (saw)? Today, we are so far from sunnah - we even have a hard time to send proper blessings to him, his family and his companions - after his name is mentioned. Allah (swt) in his glorious book says, Allah and His angels send blessings to the prophet; O you who believe, send your blessings on him and salute him with the words of salutation. Subhanallah! The prophet Muhammad (saw) have been praised by the creator of the Universe and receives blessings from the Creator and the angels! We feel so good about ourself when we hear someone mention something positive about us. But look at this! Prophet (saw) was not only prasied by his enemies or some random traveller but its Allah (swt) who have praised him and Who sends His blessings. How can we ever praise someone the proper way who Allah (swt) have praised? How can we ever repay what he (saw) have given us? It hurts so much to think of all the sacrifice that he (saw) went through. Why? So that the concept of one God may be established in the heart of all people right? If someone does good to us - its a natural tendency to fall in love with that person. But how much do we think of this? Is it becasue we do not know anything of the teachings or is it becasue we are too arrogant to implement those teachings into our lives? Whats the least we can do to show our gratitude being his ummah (nation)? Well, how about sending proper blessings to him (saw). May be we could start there. The sahabas, the tabe-ein, the tabe-tabe-ein and the people after them - they used to love the prophet (saw) so much that they would even refuse to eat grapes or eat something new. Why? Becasue they didn't know how the prophet (saw) used to eat grapes or that for that matter! Subhanallah! Where are we in our love for the Rasul (saw)? Are we even praying our sunnahs properly (lets not talk about performing tahajjud, as we have so much going on!). Its never to late ... for verily Allah (swt) is the most Forgiving and the most Compassionate! So, a hadith to highlight this point: The prophet (saw) said, "All my followers will enter Paradise except those who refuse." When asked, "O Allah's Apostle! Who will refuse?" He said, "Whoever obeys me will enter Paradise, and whoever disobeys me is the one who refuses (to enter it)." - Bukhari. Subhanallah! Just this hadith should be enough to bring us to our realization.
Not only the best of creation had taught us all we needed to know but even on the Day of Gathering, he (saw) would still worry about his ummah. There's a hadith on this which highlights this beautifully...
Said Ibn Abbas, 'The Emissary of God (may God bless him and grant him peace) once said, "Pulpits of gold shall be erected for the Prophets, who shall sit upon them. But my pulpit shall remain empty, for I shall be standing before my Lord, fearful that He might send me to Heaven while my nation remains behind. I shall say, 'O my Lord! My nation! My nation!' and God (Great and Glorious is He!) shall say, 'O Muhammad! What would you have me do with your nation?' 'O my Lord!' I reply, 'Make brief their reckoning!' And thus shall I continue to intercede until I am given to release men who have already been sent to Hell, so that Malik, the guardian of Hell, shall say, 'O Muhammad! I have not left any remnant of your nation to the wrath of your Lord!' (Tabarani, al-Mujam al-Kabir)
In a world where we are living with constant bombardment from the media and our surroundings to transform ourself into materialistic beings and to look only after our own back - we need to go back to the teachings of the prophet (saw) & we need to go back to seerah and learn about compassion, love, mercy - we need to lead a life with all the necessary components to live. We need to learn how we can love others and have a compassionate and merciful heart towards others - which makes this life even more beautiful and worth living for. After all, in the end we all return to our Lord with nothing but just a peice of cloth and the good deeds we have earned in our account.
Truly, praise is for Allah, for not only has He made us followers on one of His Prophets, He made us followers of the greatest of His Prophets, the mercy to all of creation, peace and blessings be upon him, his family and his companions.
We are in the month of Rabi-ul-Awal according to the Islamic Hijri calender. This is the blessed month when the best of all the creation and the best of all the slaves of Allah (swt) - Muhammad, sallalahu wa alihi wa sahbihi wa salaam, was born. So, the person who Allah Subhanahu wa ta'ala sent to this earth as a mercy, the person who brought guidance for all of humantity and who was the chosen one to receive the last revelation from Allah (swt) - such a person's birthday should be celebrated grandly! In fact, not just the 12th of Rabiul Awal but it should be celebrated each month, each day and every single moment in our life. Why? Becasue it was due to God's ultimate rahma that He(swt) sent the prophet (saw) to perfect human character and it was becasue of the prophet (saw), that we have an example to follow that can help us attain a better place in this life and the next.
Allah (swt) didn't have to send guidance to us. Did He? He wasn't obliged to. In fact He is never obliged to do anything. So, why is it that He kept sending prophets after prophets to each nation? And then, how come He not only sent the last prophet (saw) to all of humanity but He also made sure that He gives something that the whole humanity can hold on to and refer to as guidance. So, it was absolutely (no question about that) Allah (swt)'s immense mercy that He sent us prophet Muhammad (saw). And He sent the Quran as a guidance. Its the words of Allah (swt) Himself that was revealed to the prophet (saw) through angel Gibreel (AS). Therefore, if we just for moments think about it, we see that not only is He the most merciful and the most compassionate, but the best planner and the all knowing! Rasulallah (saw) was sent to guide humanity and to live a life so that people may learn. Not only he (saw) was teaching the people about quran but he (saw) also lived a life of the Quran so people may observe and learn and know that its doable. He was a walking quran on earth! Every single goodness that we are familiar with - each and every single atom of our good deeds was taught to us by rasulallah (saw). He (saw) not only taught us to live a righteous life but he (saw) made sure the important components of life such as love, compassion, mercy, modesty, honesty and all such good characters are included in his teaching - so that the whole of humanity may benefit. Who knew that the whole course of human history would take a different course as a result of the Arabian prophet who was sent to the people in a time of ignorance? Subhanallah! Just look at the love Allah (swt) has for us - that he sent us the best muallim so we may perfect our deen.
The teaching of Islam came at a time of ignorance when people were never in peace - fighting among each other; moreover, at that time female infacticide was a common practice as giving birth to baby girls were considered a shame to the family! The teaching of Islam taught the ignorant society - what they knew not! The teaching of this deen stopped the killing of female infants. It was more than 1400 years ago that Islam came and established the rights of women in the society - the rights of inheritence, the rights to seek knowledge, the rights to be loved and respected as a mother, daughter, wife; the rights of equality and such for which the women of this century are having to fight so hard for. Moreover, the high status of women was set clear and affirmed 1400 years ago by Islam. How can we be not grateful for all that when they have been given to us by Allah (swt) in this deen? what could be a more rewarding than being a muslim in this life? Subhanallah!
According to this deen, anyone worthy of our love and respect after Allah (swt) and the prophet (saw) is your mother. I love this hadith so much! Here it goes: A man once asked the prophet (saw), who should i love most after Allah (swt) and you Rasulallah? Rasulallah replied, 'your mother.' The man then asked, 'who next?' Rasulallah replied , 'your mother'. When asked for the third time he (saw) replied, 'and then your father.' Subhanallah! Can you imagine the status of mothers given by Islam? The mercy of this deen comes from another saying of the prophet (saw), where he (saw) says, "Girls are models of affection and sympathy and a blessing to the family. If a person has one daughter, God will screen him from the fire of hell owing to his daughter; if he has two daughters, God will admit him to paradise; if he has three, God will exempt him from the obligation of charity and Jihad." These are just some of the innumerous gifts of this deen and from the teaching of prophet (saw).
So, how can we ever being in our own humble incapable position atleast show gratitude and love for all that he (saw) have done for us? The least we can do is atleast acknowledge that and try to implement in our lives the teachings of the quran and the sunnah. How can we do that? By simply following his footstep. Yes! There are way too many temptations out there and way too many things to sacrifice. The truth? It all boils down to the realization of the fact that we are not permanent residents of this earth. Our feet is way too firmly grounded to even consider revising our life. What is more important to us? The 60/70/80/90/ or at max 100 years of life on this earth or the eternal life in the hereafter? If we divide the number (even if its 100) of years of our life on this earth by the number of years in the hereafter, what do we get? 100/infinity = 0!
So, compared to the next life, the value of this life to a believer should be 0! Subhanallah! Look at where we are! We live as if we are never going to die. I say all these becasue i myself suffer from these diseases. I'm myself struggling - to increase my love for the best teacher, our prophet (saw), to seek nearness to Allah (swt), to be showered with just a drop of his immense mercy, to be accepted by Him (azza wa jaal) - to become a better muslim. When i write - i write based on my deficiencies and my own shortcomings. My aim is to remind myself first and then inshaAllah if others benefit then All Praise is to He, Who owns all thats in the heaven and the earth.
So, back to where I was. Following the footstep of prophet (saw). Allah (swt) commands us to walk in the path of the prophet (saw). Its a part of our faith to love the messanger of Allah (swt). When someone possesses mahabba (love) for someone, he/she often mentions his name and try to follow that person in all aspect of life - both inward and outward. If we love somebody we want to imitate him in every single aspect of our life and would want to do things that would please him. Where are we in our love for the prophet (saw)? Today, we are so far from sunnah - we even have a hard time to send proper blessings to him, his family and his companions - after his name is mentioned. Allah (swt) in his glorious book says, Allah and His angels send blessings to the prophet; O you who believe, send your blessings on him and salute him with the words of salutation. Subhanallah! The prophet Muhammad (saw) have been praised by the creator of the Universe and receives blessings from the Creator and the angels! We feel so good about ourself when we hear someone mention something positive about us. But look at this! Prophet (saw) was not only prasied by his enemies or some random traveller but its Allah (swt) who have praised him and Who sends His blessings. How can we ever praise someone the proper way who Allah (swt) have praised? How can we ever repay what he (saw) have given us? It hurts so much to think of all the sacrifice that he (saw) went through. Why? So that the concept of one God may be established in the heart of all people right? If someone does good to us - its a natural tendency to fall in love with that person. But how much do we think of this? Is it becasue we do not know anything of the teachings or is it becasue we are too arrogant to implement those teachings into our lives? Whats the least we can do to show our gratitude being his ummah (nation)? Well, how about sending proper blessings to him (saw). May be we could start there. The sahabas, the tabe-ein, the tabe-tabe-ein and the people after them - they used to love the prophet (saw) so much that they would even refuse to eat grapes or eat something new. Why? Becasue they didn't know how the prophet (saw) used to eat grapes or that for that matter! Subhanallah! Where are we in our love for the Rasul (saw)? Are we even praying our sunnahs properly (lets not talk about performing tahajjud, as we have so much going on!). Its never to late ... for verily Allah (swt) is the most Forgiving and the most Compassionate! So, a hadith to highlight this point: The prophet (saw) said, "All my followers will enter Paradise except those who refuse." When asked, "O Allah's Apostle! Who will refuse?" He said, "Whoever obeys me will enter Paradise, and whoever disobeys me is the one who refuses (to enter it)." - Bukhari. Subhanallah! Just this hadith should be enough to bring us to our realization.
Not only the best of creation had taught us all we needed to know but even on the Day of Gathering, he (saw) would still worry about his ummah. There's a hadith on this which highlights this beautifully...
Said Ibn Abbas, 'The Emissary of God (may God bless him and grant him peace) once said, "Pulpits of gold shall be erected for the Prophets, who shall sit upon them. But my pulpit shall remain empty, for I shall be standing before my Lord, fearful that He might send me to Heaven while my nation remains behind. I shall say, 'O my Lord! My nation! My nation!' and God (Great and Glorious is He!) shall say, 'O Muhammad! What would you have me do with your nation?' 'O my Lord!' I reply, 'Make brief their reckoning!' And thus shall I continue to intercede until I am given to release men who have already been sent to Hell, so that Malik, the guardian of Hell, shall say, 'O Muhammad! I have not left any remnant of your nation to the wrath of your Lord!' (Tabarani, al-Mujam al-Kabir)
In a world where we are living with constant bombardment from the media and our surroundings to transform ourself into materialistic beings and to look only after our own back - we need to go back to the teachings of the prophet (saw) & we need to go back to seerah and learn about compassion, love, mercy - we need to lead a life with all the necessary components to live. We need to learn how we can love others and have a compassionate and merciful heart towards others - which makes this life even more beautiful and worth living for. After all, in the end we all return to our Lord with nothing but just a peice of cloth and the good deeds we have earned in our account.
Truly, praise is for Allah, for not only has He made us followers on one of His Prophets, He made us followers of the greatest of His Prophets, the mercy to all of creation, peace and blessings be upon him, his family and his companions.
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