The Messenger of Allah ﷺ has told us: “None of you truly believes until I am more beloved to him than his father, his children and all mankind.” (Bukhari). So the more we love him ﷺ, the more Imān we will have.
Read this to your children, or have them read it to you. Plant the seeds of love for the Beloved ﷺ today, and watch their Imān grow.
Did you know the Prophet ﷺ is alive in his grave?
In fact, all Prophets are. The Prophet Muhammad ﷺ told us:
“The prophets are alive in their graves praying.” (Abu Ya’la, Bayhaqi, and others)
Did you know the Prophet ﷺ receives your salām* and responds to you?
*(Whenever we say asalamu alayka ayuhanabiyu’ or ‘salallahu alayhi wa salam’ or ‘Allahumma salli ala Muhammad’, etc.)
The Prophet ﷺ said:
“Nobody greets me except that Allah returns my soul to me, so that I may return his greeting.” (Abu Dawud)
He ﷺ also said:
“Whoever sends blessing upon me at my grave, I will hear it, and whoever sends blessings upon me away from it, it will be conveyed to me.” (Bayhaqi)
He ﷺ also said:
“The best of your days is the day of Friday. On this day Adam was created and on this day he died…so send salutations upon me as much as possible on this day. For indeed your Salām is presented to me! The Companions asked: And how will our salutations be presented to you when you pass away?’ The Prophet ﷺ said: ‘Indeed Allah has forbidden the earth to consume the bodies of the Prophets.’” (al-Nasā’i)
Did you know that the Prophet ﷺ knows your name?
The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said:
“Indeed, Allah has entrusted an Angel at my grave to whom Allah has given the names of creation. No one sends prayers upon me until the Day of Resurrection except that he (the Angel) conveys to me his name and the name of his father (saying): ‘So-and-so, the son of so-and-so, has sent prayers upon you.’” (al-Bazzar)
Did you know that Allah Most High shows the Prophet ﷺ our deeds and that he ﷺ prays for us?
The Prophet ﷺ informed us:
“My life is a great good for you, you will relate about me and it will be related to you, and my passing away is a great good for you, your actions will be presented to me, and if I see goodness I will praise Allah, and if I see evil I will ask forgiveness of Him for you.” (al-Bazzār)
Did you know that we can see the Prophet ﷺ in a dream?
The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said:
“Whoever sees me in a dream has truly seen me because shaytān cannot impersonate me.” (Bukhari and others)
Every night, there are lucky Muslims who see the Prophet ﷺ in their dreams. Would you like to see him?
The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said:
“Amongst those who love me the most from my Ummah will be a people who come after me. Each of them will be ready to part from his family and wealth just to see me.” (Muslim)
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