A famous quote. A true-fact famous quote.
You see, saying that you are a muslim, implies that you are not just saying the syahadah with your tongue but actually admit it and believe it with your heart and soul that,
'Allah is the ONLY GOD, no one deserves and has the right to be worshiped except Allah, and Muhammad (Peace be upon him) is His true messenger.'
True, alhamdulillah! May you and I always be in the right path, Siratal Mustaqeem.
But.. but.. do you know Allah by heart? Do you know who Rasulullah SAW is? Ask yourself this,
Do I really know my Creator and His habeeb?
If you do, my brothers and sisters, you won't choose any other human beings to be your role model in this life. Not celebrities, not designers, not any athletes who are able to break the world's records set by the human themselves. I mean, the celebrities become famous because of their fans, designers become well-known because people buy their products. What if, (and this does happen in real world), what if the famous singers lose their fans, or customers just stop buying the goods designed by these so-called famous people? That is it. Gone.
Rasulullah SAW is the most famous person in the world! Always has and forever will be!
One example: His name is mentioned in every solat yes? In every solat, in every du'a because a person's du'a will be hanging in between the sky and the earth if it is not ended with selawat to Rasulullah SAW. And so, every moment all the muslim from different parts of the world pray constantly to Allah, constantly due to the different timezones, hence different waqt (time) of the daily solat. Every single moment, the name of Muhammad is mentioned! I mean, name any celebrities whose name is mentioned every second? None.
He is the one who deserves to be our role model, the one we look up to, he, Muhammad SAW. He loves us so dearly, he has not met us but he loves us so dearly.
Rasulullah SAW said: 'I am terribly longing for the day where I will finally meet my Ikhwan (brothers)'.
Sahabah said: 'Ya Rasulullah, aren't we your brothers?'
Rasulullah SAW shook his head while smiling and replied: 'No, you are my companions but not my brothers. My brothers are the ones who has not yet seen me, but loves me more than his children and parents.'
Then a tear rolled down his cheek and he said: 'I really miss them.'
(HR Muslim)
Subhanallah.... The love Rasulullah has for us. Are we one of the lucky ones? Are we one of the Ikhwan that Rasulullah meant? Don't you want to be that person? Somehow, it is a big deal when your name is mentioned in the radio. Like, you have answered a quiz and you won, or you requested for a song, or even made a brief greetings for someone and so the DJ mentioned your name, and when he did, it would surely make your day to an extent that even the salt tastes like sugar.
But this, the most noble person that ever lived in this world, mentioned your name, no effect at all, not to your heart, not to your soul. Is this normal? It can't be, it shouldn't be.
So, what are the ways to deepen and strengthen our love for Rasulullah SAW? Look back into the history of Islam. The things that Rasulullah SAW has done for this Ummah, the heroes of Islam. Who is Saidina Abu Bakar As-Siddiq? Saidina 'Umar, 'Uthman wa 'Ali? Who is 'Abdurrahman bin 'Auf? Why does Allah refer Khaleed bin Al-Waleed as Saifullah (the sword of Allah)? What were the achievements made by Sa'ad bin Abi-Waqqas due to his unbeatable ability in archery?
Look at the men of Islam nowadays, the youngsters are too attached to technologies, games, women. Why am I focusing on men? Because,
[4:34] ((الرِّجَالُ قَوَّامُونَ عَلَى النِّسَاءِ))
Do you know what kind of man Abu Bakar is? The best companion of Rasulullah? He was the only sahabah mentioned in Al-Quran by Allah Ta'ala, in surah Al-Lail, Allah referred to him as Atqa. He was known as Al-'Atiq because of his handsome look and his generosity. He was thin that, 'Aisyah the mother of believers narrates, he was so thin that the trouser would not remain around his waist. He was so thin that his eyes were sunk in. They say that Abu Bakar was the weakest in body, BUT when it comes to the commands of Allah, HE WAS THE STRONGEST! subhanallah... subhanallah... subhanallah...
This kind of man that deserves to be elevated as our role model. The heroes in Islam. But nowadays, people are made as role models just because they have good looks. Seriously? Like, seriously? If that is the case, then compare them with Muhammad!
Do you know how handsome Rasulullah is?
Jabir RA said that,
'I saw the Prophet SAW on the night of the full moon.
And I looked at the face of the Prophet SAW and I looked at the full moon.
And I looked at the face of the Prophet SAW and I looked at the full moon.
And I looked at the face of the Prophet SAW and I looked at the full moon.
And I swear by Allah that the face of Rasulullah SAW is more radiant and more beautiful than the full moon."
Tell this story to the children every night and every day, not put them in front of the television and let them watch the Disney Cinderella, Little Mermaids channel giving them false hopes and fantasies that are not true, with the talking animals and overrated princes.
Tell them the true love story of Zulaikha and Yusuf AS. By Allah, Yusuf AS is a very handsome man. Zulaikha was the wife of Al-Aziz, she was an honourable woman and she fell in love with Yusuf who was a slave. The news spread around that she was infatuated with this slave and so other honourable women started saying, 'How can she fall in love with him?'
So she gathered all these women, invited them to her house, gave them an apple and asked them to cut it. While they were cutting the apple, she asked Yusuf AS to walk past.
Rasulullah SAW said, ''Yusuf AS was given HALF of the BEAUTY OF HUMANITY.''
And when Yusuf AS walked past, they were amazed by his beauty, they were so immersed in his beauty that they cut through their fingers and they did not feel the pain.
'Aisyah RA mentions:
''If the women of Zulaikha had seen my Muhammad, they WOULD HAVE CUT THROUGH THEIR HEARTS and felt NO pain.'' La haula wala quwwata illa billah
Oh Allah, please let us meet Rasulullah SAW in our dreams at nights, for we really miss him Ya Allah.... We miss him so much.... so much....
Allahumma Salli 'Ala Saidina Muhammad wa 'Ala Aali Muhammad
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