How Can We Increase The Love Of The
Prophet (Peace And Blessings Of Allaah Be Upon Him) In
Our Hearts?
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How can one develop in their heart love of
Prophet Muhammad more than anything else in the
world?.
Praise be to Allaah.
The strength of love for the Messenger (peace and
blessings of Allaah be upon him) is connected to the
Muslim's faith. When his faith increases, his love for
the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon
him) increases. Loving the Prophet (peace and
blessings of Allaah be upon him) is an act of
obedience to Allaah and a means of drawing closer to
Him. Loving the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah
be upon him) is one of the obligatory duties in Islam.
It was narrated that Anas said: The Prophet (peace and
blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: "None of you
truly believes until I am more beloved to him that his
father, his child and all the people." (Narrated by
al-Bukhaari, 15; Muslim, 44)
You can increase your love of the Messenger (peace and
blessings of Allaah be upon him) by realizing the
following:
Firstly: he was sent by his Lord who chose him above
all of creation to convey the religion of Allaah to
mankind. Allaah chose him because He loved him and was
pleased with him. If Allaah were not pleased with him,
He would not have chosen him. So we must love the one
whom Allaah loves and be pleased with the one with
whom Allaah is pleased. We must realize that he is the
close friend (khaleel) of Allaah and that close
friendship is a higher status and it is the highest
degree of love.
It was narrated that Jundub said: I heard the Prophet
(peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) say: "I
declare before Allaah that I have no close friend (khaleel)
from among you. Allaah has taken me as a close friend
as he took Ibraaheem as a close friend. If I were to
have taken a close friend from among my ummah, I would
have taken Abu Bakr as a close friend."
(Narrated by Muslim, 532).
Secondly:
We should realize the high status to which Allaah has
raised him, for he (peace and blessings of Allaah be
upon him) is the best of mankind.
It was narrated that Abu Hurayrah said: The Messenger
of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him)
said: "I will be the leader of mankind of the Day of
Resurrection, the first whose grave will be opened,
the first to intercede and the first to be asked to
intercede."
(Narrated by Muslim, 2278)
Thirdly:
We should realize that he suffered trials and
difficulties in order to bring Islam to us. We should
remember that the Messenger (peace and blessings of
Allaah be upon him) was persecuted, hit, slandered and
insulted; the closest people to him disowned him and
accused him of being a madman, a liar and a sorcerer.
He fought the people in order to protect the religion
so that it could reach us; they fought him, expelled
him from his people and homeland, and gathered armies
against him.
Fourthly:
We should follow the example of his companions who
loved him deeply. They loved him more than wealth and
sons, and more than their own selves. There follow
some examples of that:
It was narrated that Anas said: I saw the Messenger of
Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him)
when the barber was cutting his hair and his
companions were going around him wanting to ensure
that his hair would fall only into someone's hand.
Narrated by Muslim, 2325
It was narrated that Anas (may Allaah be pleased with
him) said: "On the Day of Uhud some of the people fled
and left the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be
upon him), but Abu Talhah stood before him covering
him with a shield. Abu Talhah was a powerful archer
who broke two or three bows that day. When a man
passed by carrying a quiver containing arrows, he
would say: Give them to Abu Talhah. Whenever the
Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him)
raised his head to look at the people, Abu Talhah
would say: O Prophet of Allaah, may my father and my
mother be sacrificed for you, do not raise your head
lest you be struck by an arrow shot by the enemy. My
neck is before your neck."
(Narrated by al-Bukhaari, 3600; Muslim, 1811)
Fifthly:
You should follow his Sunnah in word and deed, so that
his Sunnah is the path you follow in your whole life,
and you put his words before any other words and put
his command before everything else; and you should
follow the aqeedah (belief) of his noble Companions,
and the aqeedah of the Taabi'een who followed them,
and the aqeedah of those who followed their path
until the present day, namely Ahl al-Sunnah
wa'l-Jamaa'ah, and avoid bid'ah (innovation),
especially the Raafidis (Shi'ah), for their hearts are
hardened against the Messenger of Allaah (peace and
blessings of Allaah be upon him) and they give their
imams precedence over him and love them more than they
love him.
We ask Allaah to help us to love His Messenger (peace
and blessings of Allaah be upon him) and to make him
dearer to us than our children, parents, families and
our own selves.
And Allaah knows best.
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