{"id":2489,"date":"2019-11-08T11:11:18","date_gmt":"2019-11-08T11:11:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.salahadeenmosque.org.uk\/?p=2489"},"modified":"2019-11-08T11:11:18","modified_gmt":"2019-11-08T11:11:18","slug":"understanding-the-prophet-peace-be-upon-him","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/salahadeenmosque.org.uk\/index.php\/2019\/11\/08\/understanding-the-prophet-peace-be-upon-him\/","title":{"rendered":"Understanding the Prophet (Peace be upon him)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The imam began the reminder this week with the 164<sup>th<\/sup>\nayat of Sura Al-Imran which is translated to say:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Certainly did Allah confer\nfavor upon the believers when He sent among them a Messenger from themselves, reciting to them His verses and purifying them and teaching them the Book and wisdom, although they had been before in manifest error. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dear brothers and sisters, Muslims and non-Muslims alike\nhave remarked on our teacher and the best of creation. Despite the negative\nportrayal in the media, those who have studied our beloved Prophet SAWS have commented\non how much of a positive impact he had on humanity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In fact, the famous book and Time Magazine article by\nProfessor Michael Hart has him as the most influential human being that ever\nlived, such is the reverence given by the non-muslims on our beloved Prophet SAWS.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Our beloved Prophet SAWS is the is the biggest favour that Allah SWT has given us. The favour\nof what we have been taught by our prophet, how we have been guided and from\nignorance to knowledge and wisdom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He is the practical\nexample of mercy as his life and his prayers were for his people. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Allah SWT\nspeaks of this in the 128<sup>th<\/sup> ayat of Sura Tauba in which it says:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There has certainly come to you a\nMessenger from among yourselves. Grievous to him is what you suffer; [he is]\nconcerned over you and to the believers is kind and merciful.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As well as\nSura Al-Anbiya, ayat 107 which says:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And We have not sent you, [O\nMuhammad], except as a mercy to the worlds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It was narrated from Abu Hurairah that the Messenger of\nAllah (\ufdfa) went out to the graveyard and said: \u201cPeace be upon you, abode of\nbelieving people. If Allah wills, we shall join you soon. Would that I had seen\nour brothers.\u201d They said: \u201cO Messenger of Allah, are we not your\nbrothers?\u201d&nbsp; He said: \u201cRather, you are my Companions. My brothers are those\nwho have not come yet. And I will reach the Hawd (the \u201cdrinking lake\u201d) before\nthem.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dear brothers and sisters, let this be a reminder of the\nlove our Prophet SAWS had for us. We were not merely his Ummah just, but we\nwere referred in such a loving way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Remember this, our Prophet SAWS prayed for us without ever\nhaving met us. He prayed for us more than we pray for ourselves. This is the\namount of love the Prophet SAWS had for each and every one of us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And so, we ought to reciprocate that love back in honouring\nthe rights of our beloved teacher and the best of all creation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The reminder concludes with practical steps in which we can\ndo this:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>To love him, glorify him, respect him and\nsupport him. We must realize that our love for the Prophet SAWS comes only\nsecond to our love for Allah SWT. It must overtake the love we have for\nanything or anyone in this life of ours. This is the role of his Ummah and a\nresponsibility on each and every one of us.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>To follow his lead in words and action. We must\nremember that the Quran is the word of Allah SWT but the practical application\nof the Quran is through the life of the Prophet SAWS. And so it becomes a\nnecessity to study his life, his mannerisms and his actions so that we can\nfollow in his footsteps. Only by doing this will we truly do justice to the\nlove that he had for each of us.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>To remember him. We must be mindful at all times\nas to the true intention of our short life before death. It is to worship Allah\nSWT, to remember Allah SWT and to follow in the footsteps of the Prophet SAWS.\nWe can only do this last part if the Prophet SAWS is kept in our thoughts. We\ncan practically do this through reminders of the life of our beloved Prophet or\nthrough consistent sending of Salaam upon him. Place a daily alarm if you need\nto get the habit formed, do what it takes to bring yourself closer to the\nremembrance of him.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Dear brothers and sisters, it is a condition for our actions\nand good deeds to count that we have love for the Prophet SAWS. However, we\nshouldn\u2019t think of the reward as a reason for remembering him. By simply\nstudying his life, his mission and recognizing the immense love and mercy he\nhad for us all will automatically make you want to return that love in the way\ndescribed in today\u2019s reminder.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The imam began the reminder this week with the 164th ayat of Sura Al-Imran which is translated to say: Certainly did Allah confer favor upon the believers when He sent among them a Messenger from themselves, reciting to them His verses and purifying them and teaching them the Book and wisdom, although they had been [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_regular_price":[],"currency_symbol":[],"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[43,85,355],"class_list":["post-2489","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sermon","tag-prophet","tag-prophet-muhammed","tag-seerah"],"blocksy_meta":[],"post_slider_layout_featured_media_urls":{"thumbnail":"","post_slider_layout_landscape_large":"","post_slider_layout_portrait_large":"","post_slider_layout_square_large":"","post_slider_layout_landscape":"","post_slider_layout_portrait":"","post_slider_layout_square":"","full":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/salahadeenmosque.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2489","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/salahadeenmosque.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/salahadeenmosque.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/salahadeenmosque.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/salahadeenmosque.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2489"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/salahadeenmosque.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2489\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/salahadeenmosque.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2489"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/salahadeenmosque.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2489"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/salahadeenmosque.org.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2489"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}