The Command to Honour the Prophet*

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Assalaamu Alaykum Wa Rahmatullahi Wa Barakaatuhu

Assalaatu Wassalaamu Alayka Ya Rasoolallah Sallal Laahu Ta'ala Alayhi Wa Aalihi Wa Sallam


* Sallal Laahu Ta'ala Alayhi Wa Aalihi Wa Sallam

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The Command to Honour the Prophet Sallal Laahu Ta'ala Alayhi Wa Aalihi Wa Sallam


The following is adapted from a swuhbah by Mawlana Shaykh Muhammad Nazim-
Adil al-Haqqani Damat e Barkatum ul Aaliya on the 08th December 2009.

We begin with the recitation of a'udzu bi Allahi min ash-Shaythan ar-rajiim. When a believer recites this, the shayathin accompanying him is pelted with heavenly arrows, and he flees from the believer. When a believer seeks to come closer to Allah Subhaanahu Wa Ta'ala, the door for him to do so, is closed, as long as he is accompanied by Shaythan. So when we recite a'udzu bi Allahi min ash-Shaythan ar-rajiim, Shaythan flees and the Door to Allah Subhaanahu Wa Ta'ala Opens for us.

It is very important for us to beseech Allah Subhaanahu Wa Ta'ala, “Oh My Lord, I am seeking to come closer to You. Help me against my sworn enemy, Shaythan and Open the Way to Safety for me.”

Similarly when the adzan is said, Shaythan flees again, and when it is over, he returns to try to influence the believer to mix evil with his good ‘amal. Hence the recitation of a'udzu bi Allah and adzan strikes fear in Shaythan's evil heart. That is our weapon against him so use it often. That is why we are encouraged to start every activity with a'udzu bi Allah and to recite the adzan loudly before every prayer even if we are praying at home alone.

When the salawat is recited at the end of the adzan, that is even more painful for Shaythan, he melts in agony, like iron in a furnace. This is because Shaythan hates Rasulullah Sallal Laahu Ta'ala Alayhi Wa Aalihi Wa Sallam intensely. Rasulullah Sallal Laahu Ta'ala Alayhi Wa Aalihi Wa Sallam is the most hated creation in the sight of Shaythan.


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Assalaamu Alaykum Wa Rahmatullahi Wa Barakaatuhu

Assalaatu Wassalaamu Alayka Ya Rasoolallah Sallal Laahu Ta'ala Alayhi Wa Aalihi Wa Sallam


* Sallal Laahu Ta'ala Alayhi Wa Aalihi Wa Sallam

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Iblis had yearned to be the most Honoured of Creation, and when Allah Subhaanahu Wa Ta'ala had Given that title to Rasulullah Sallal Laahu Ta'ala Alayhi Wa Aalihi Wa Sallam, it had caused him to rebel against Allah Subhaanahu Wa Ta'ala and defy Him from that moment. So many titles of honour have been heaped upon Rasulullah Sallal Laahu Ta'ala Alayhi Wa Aalihi Wa Sallam and that has only increases Iblis' venomous hatred and envy for Rasulullah Sallal Laahu Ta'ala Alayhi Wa Aalihi Wa Sallam.

Iblis has worked hard to ensure that Muslims leave the act of performing salawat upon Rasulullah Sallal Laahu Ta'ala Alayhi Wa Aalihi Wa Sallam, especially after the adzan, as that is especially hurtful to him. Many Muslims now believe that reciting salawat upon Rasulullah Sallal Laahu Ta'ala Alayhi Wa Aalihi Wa Sallam is an act of shirk. In their ignorance, they forbid others from doing so, whereas Rasulullah Sallal Laahu Ta'ala Alayhi Wa Aalihi Wa Sallam is the Beloved of Allah Subhaanahu Wa Ta'ala, and Allah Subhaanahu Wa Ta'ala Himself Recites Salawat upon Rasulullah Sallal Laahu Ta'ala Alayhi Wa Aalihi Wa Sallam, together with all His angels. Allah Subhaanahu Wa Ta'ala has Commanded in the Qur'an:

Allah and His angels, Send blessings on the Prophet: O ye that believe! Send ye blessings on him and salute him, with all respect. (Surah al-Ahzab:56)

In each moment that Iblis hates Rasulullah Sallal Laahu Ta'ala Alayhi Wa Aalihi Wa Sallam, his face grows uglier and uglier. Similarly, those who forbid others from loving Rasulullah Sallal Laahu Ta'ala Alayhi Wa Aalihi Wa Sallam and reciting salawat upon him, will also show signs of such influences on their faces, they will grow progressively uglier by the day. If we look closely at the faces of those who speak ill of Rasulullah Sallal Laahu Ta'ala Alayhi Wa Aalihi Wa Sallam, even if they are Muslim, we will see they have an evil darkness and ugliness about their faces that cannot be hidden with make-up or medicine.


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Assalaamu Alaykum Wa Rahmatullahi Wa Barakaatuhu

Assalaatu Wassalaamu Alayka Ya Rasoolallah Sallal Laahu Ta'ala Alayhi Wa Aalihi Wa Sallam


* Sallal Laahu Ta'ala Alayhi Wa Aalihi Wa Sallam

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In three passages in the Qur’an, it is Mentioned that the Jews were commanded to respect Sabbath, and to spend that day in worship. But Allah Subhaanahu Wa Ta'ala Tested them. He Sent them multitudes of fish in their lakes, only on Sabbath, and they fell to temptation. They dug pits beside the lake to push the fish into, so that they could then catch these fish the next day. They incurred Allah Subhaanahu Wa Ta'ala's Wrath by defying Him, and He turned them into pigs and apes.

And well ye knew those amongst you who transgressed in the matter of the Sabbath; We Said to them: "Be ye apes despised and rejected." (Surah al-Baqarah:65)



Say: "Shall I point out to you something much worse than this, (as judged) by the treatment it received from Allah? Those who incurred the curse of Allah and His wrath, those of whom some He Transformed into apes and swine, those who worshipped Evil;- these are (many times) worse in rank and far more astray from the even Path! (Surah al-Ma’idah 60)



When in their insolence they transgressed (all) prohibition, We Said to them: "Be ye apes, despised and rejected." (Surah al-A'araf:166)

We have so much fear for a tiny virus such as pig-flu, but we have no fear for Allah Subhaanahu Wa Ta'ala. If we persist in defying Allah Subhaanahu Wa Ta'ala, we may wake up one day, and look into the mirror, and see a pig or an ape instead. Worse still, some people's faces are transformed only upon death, so that those burying you will see the face of a pig or an ape.

In this life, the only act that matters, is to please Allah Subhaanahu Wa Ta'ala. And since Rasulullah Sallal Laahu Ta'ala Alayhi Wa Aalihi Wa Sallam is the Most Loved by Allah Subhaanahu Wa Ta'ala, do not incur Allah Subhaanahu Wa Ta'ala's Wrath by defiling him, or speaking ill of Rasulullah Sallal Laahu Ta'ala Alayhi Wa Aalihi Wa Sallam or forbidding people to recite salawat upon him. For those upon whom Allah Subhaanahu Wa Ta'ala's Wrath Descends, they are utterly destroyed, in this world and in the hereafter.

Give our greatest respect to Rasulullah Sallal Laahu Ta'ala Alayhi Wa Aalihi Wa Sallam. HebSallal Laahu Ta'ala Alayhi Wa Aalihi Wa Sallam is the Most Beloved One in the Divine Presence. We must emulate, and love him too, for the Prophet Sallal Laahu Ta'ala Alayhi Wa Aalihi Wa Sallam, lived only to please Allah Subhaanahu Wa Ta'ala and to love Him, in every moment of his blessed existence.