Follow the Prophet Muhammad
نحمدہ ونصلی علٰی رسولہ الکریم، امّابعد!
قُلْ اِنْ کُنْتُمْ تُحِبُّوْنَ اللّٰہَ فَاتَّبِعُوْنِیْ یُحْبِبْکُمُ اللّٰہُ وَیَغْفِرْلَکُمْ ذُنُوْبَکُمْ ط وَاللّٰہُ غَفُوْرٌ رَّحِیْمٌ O قُلْ اَطِیْعُوا اللّٰہَ وَالرَّسُوْلَ ج فَاِنْ تَوَلَّوْا فَاِنَّ اللّٰہَ لَا یُحِبُّ الْکٰفِرِیْنَO
(سورۃ اٰل عمران، پارہ: ۳، آیت: ۳۱-۳۲)
قُلْ اِنْ کُنْتُمْ تُحِبُّوْنَ اللّٰہَ فَاتَّبِعُوْنِیْ یُحْبِبْکُمُ اللّٰہُ وَیَغْفِرْلَکُمْ ذُنُوْبَکُمْ ط وَاللّٰہُ غَفُوْرٌ رَّحِیْمٌ O قُلْ اَطِیْعُوا اللّٰہَ وَالرَّسُوْلَ ج فَاِنْ تَوَلَّوْا فَاِنَّ اللّٰہَ لَا یُحِبُّ الْکٰفِرِیْنَO
(سورۃ اٰل عمران، پارہ: ۳، آیت: ۳۱-۳۲)
Love is a veiled thing:
The
meaning of these verses is if you love Allah, you should obey and follow me.
Allah will also bless you with His Love. In other words He will grant you the
reward of this obedience and will forgive your sins. Allah is forgiving and
merciful. It means following Prophet (S.A.W) of Allah is the evidence of Love
to Allah.
Love
is a veiled thing. It is related to heart and therefore its standard and its
sign was told that as much someone adopts the ways of the Prophet (S.A.W) of
Allah, as much he will be true in his claim of loving Allah. No obedience means
no love. When man proclaims this love through his action, Allah fixes His
Greatness in man’s heart and grant him reward on this. It is compulsory that
Allah will love such a person as is neat and clean from the sins and Allah will
purify him from his sins. If you are not forgiven, the fault lies in your
following, in your action, the mistake is yours. Allah is forgiving and
merciful and one who turns away from the obedience of Prophet (S.A.W), it
implies, cannot be a Muslim, he can only be an infidel as Muslim cannot turn
away from the obedience. Therefore it was said: Whoever turns from, Allah does
not love infidels.
No one has more magnificent than
him (S.A.W):
My
honourable friends! During Rabi ul Awwal, much love is shown to the Prophet
(S.A.W) of Allah. There are processions, meetings, concerts of Naats, lights
and flags but often we are blank in the sign which has been told of Allah’s
love. One which is following Prophet (S.A.W) and acting upon his ways. The
orator will deliver sermon for two hours but are blank if seen in view of
action. Similarly poets and Naat reader will present the gift of Naat to the
Prophet (S.A.W) of Allah but if you see his practical condition, you will find
his face not showing Sunnat of Prophet (S.A.W). I saw Naat reader reading naat at
the Prophet’s Garden (Roza e Rasool) in ecstasy but he is blank of face like
Holy Prophet (S.A.W).
My
friends! Therefore always remember one thing is the form of Prophet and another
is the method of prophet. Stating form, mentioning form is also very
commendable and reward giving. But if seen with the point of view of action,
the form and face of Prophet (S.A.W) is something that a man has no capability
to make his form and face like that beauty of form and face of Holy Prophet
(S.A.W). As Hazrat Hassan bin Sabit (R.A) stated:
My
eye never saw more beautiful than you (what eye could see), in fact no mother
gave birth to any beautiful like you. You (S.A.W) have been born free from
every defect as if Allah created you as per your own will.
The real purpose of His (S.A.W)
Arrival:
My
friends! That is why it is impossible if somebody wants that his eye or ear
should become like Prophet’s (S.A.W) as it is beyond one’s option. Therefore
Allah restricted in Holy Quran saying “Do not wish for something that we have
bestowed to someone on someone.” In this way, it is surely a thing of reward to
state the face and form of Holy Prophet (S.A.W) and causes peace to a believer.
But whenever there is mentioning of form, a believer must have an intention
that “O Allah! You Prophet (S.A.W) was so beautiful that no one can be more
beautiful than him (S.A.W). Therefore the actions coming out of his personality
must also be very beautiful and very precious. Grant me strength to follow
those actions. In this case the mentioning of face will also persuade on action
as the real purpose of Holy Prophet’s (S.A.W) arrival is that the Muslim Nation
(Ummat) should follow those ways and bring those actions in their life as we
cannot copy his face and form. Rather it is a wish that will restrict man from
the action as action is a optional thing and things are not optional.
Holy Companions (R.A) stated His
(S.A.W) practical life:
That
is why you will find very less mentioning of Holy Prophet’s (S.A.W) face and
form by holy companions (Sahaba) (R.A) in the books of Hadith. But the books of
Hadiths are teeming with the things related to the ways and actions of Holy
Prophet (S.A.W). That’s why there will be contradiction as to the date of birth
of Holy Prophet (S.A.W) but with point of view of action, the holy companions
(R.A) assessed each and every dimension of Prophet’s (S.A.W) life and stated
it. How did he (S.A.W) sit when taking food, which hand he used, how did he put
hand in plate, how many times did he breath while taking water, What prayer he
read in the beginning, what prayer he read in the end, what prayer he read
before sleeping, which side he used on bed, what was his way on getting up, the
holy companions (R.A) have conveyed each and every method and saved it. These
are the same methods of Prophet (S.A.W) which we are supposed to do, which we
are ordered to follow and which we will be asked on the Day of Judgement.
All
the methods of expressing happiness should bring well being for you but we should
not ignore ways and methods given by the Prophet (S.A.W) lest Allah’s Prophet
(S.A.W), though merciful and beneficent he is, should file prosecution against
us and then we will not be able to answer. Therefore instead of celebrating the
happiness of Prophet (S.A.W) through artificial ways, it is essential that we
bring each and every action of Allah’s Prophet (S.A.W) in our life and
enlighten ourselves. And also we should bring the Sunnat of Allah’s Prophet on
our face that is keeping beard, which is an optional thing to do and make our face,
form and ways like those of Prophet (S.A.W) so that Allah’s Prophet (S.A.W) may
recognize us and render intercession and recommendation for us.
Allah
Jalla Shanuhu give us strength to adopt the Prophet’s (S.A.W) ways and bless us
with the real affection of His Prophet (S.A.W) and save us from mere display.
Amen
