The 'Ulama are Unanimous on the Obligation to Magnify the Prophet (s.a.w.)
بِسۡمِ ٱللهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ Imam Lisan ad-Din Abu al-‘Abbas Muhammad ibn ‘Abdullah ibn al-Khathib (r.a. ), in his Wasilat al-Islam bi an-Nabi ‘Alayhi asw-Swalat wa as-Salam , “The Means to Islam through the Prophet ( s.a.w. )”, wrote that the community of Muslim scholars is unanimous concerning the obligation to magnify and exalt the Prophet ( s.a.w. ), his family, and his companions. It was the practice of the pious predecessors and the a’immah of the past that whenever the Prophet ( s.a.w. ) was mentioned in their presence they were seized by reverence, humility, stillness, and dignity. Imam Ja’far asw-Swadiq ( q.s. ) would turn pale whenever he heard the Prophet ( s.a.w. ) mentioned. Imam Malik ( r.a. ) would not mention a hadits except in a state of ritual purity. Imam ‘Abd ar-Rahman ibn al-Qasim ( r.a. ) would turn red and stammer whenever he heard the Prophet ( s.a.w. ) mentioned. As for Shaykh al-Asadi ( q.s. ), one of the early Sufis...