A Muslim Convert Once Before

بِسۡمِ ٱللهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ Imam Shihab ad-Din Abu al-‘Abbas Ahmad ibn Muhammad al-Qasthalani ( r.a. ) wrote, in Mawahib al-Ladunniyyah , “How would anyone of the ummah of the Prophet ( s.a.w. ) fare, who is a Muslim and is steadfast in his belief in the unity of Allah ( s.w.t. ), and rejoices at his blessings and who spends whatever he can afford for the love of him?  I swear, by my life, that Allah ( s.w.t. ), out of His Grace, will not Reward such a person but by Entering him into the Gardens of Bliss.”

بِسۡمِ ٱللهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ Imam Shihab ad-Din Abu al-‘Abbas Ahmad ibn Muhammad al-Qasthalani ( r.a. ) mentioned the following, from one of the greatest tabi’in , Imam Muhammad ibn Muslim ibn Shihab az-Zuhri ( r.a. ), who said that Shaykh al-Qasim ibn Muhammad ibn Abu Bakr asw-Swiddiq ( r.a. ) said, “Of the proven blessing of the likeness of the Prophet’s ( s.a.w. ) sandal is that whoever has it in his possession for tabarruk , it will safeguard him from the sedition of rebels and the mastery of enemies, and will be a barrier against every recreant devil and the evil eye of the envious.  If the pregnant woman holds it in her right hand at the time of labour, her delivery will be easier by Allah’s Will and His Power.”

بِسۡمِ ٱللهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ Imam Shihab ad-Din Abu al-‘Abbas Ahmad ibn Muhammad al-Qasthalani ( q.s. ) wrote, in al-Mawahib al-Ladunniyyah , regarding the sandals of the Prophet ( s.a.w. ), “I concentrated on the waves of light that emanated from the blessed sandals and as long as we bow down to them, we will be honoured.  Hence, keep it above the head as it is, in reality, a crown and, apparently, a sandal.”

بِسۡمِ ٱللهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ Imam Shihab ad-Din Abu al-‘Abbas Ahmad ibn Muhammad al-Qasthalani ( r.a. ) said that Imam Abu al-Yaman ibn ‘Asakir ( r.a. ) wrote a volume on the image of the Prophet’s ( s.a.w. ) sandal, and so did Imam Muhammad ibn Muhammad ibn al-Haj al-‘Abdari ( r.a. ).   He related the account of a pious shaykh , Shaykh Abu Ja’far Ahmad ibn `Abd al-Majid ( q.s. ): “I cut the pattern of this sandal for one of my students.   He came to me one day and said: ‘I saw a wonder yesterday from the blessing of this sandal.   My wife was suffering from a pain which almost took her life.   I placed the sandal on the spot of her pain and said, ‘O Allah, Show me the Blessing of the owner of this sandal.   Allah Cured her on the spot.’”

بِسۡمِ ٱللهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ Imam Shihab ad-Din Abu al-‘Abbas Ahmad ibn Muhammad al-Qasthalani ( r.a. ) said, in his commentary on Swahih al-Bukhari , “In his book on Jana’iz , Imam al-Bukhari named an entire chapter ‘Dying on Monday.’”  In it, there is the h adits of Sayyidatina ‘Aishah bint Abu Bakr ( r.a. ) relating her father, Sayyidina Abu Bakr ‘Abdullah ibn ‘Utsman asw-Swiddiq’s ( r.a. ), question, “On which day did the Prophet die?”   She replied, “Monday.”   He asked, “What day are we today?”   She said, “O my father, this is Monday.”   Then he raised his hands and said, “I beg you, O Allah, to Let me die on Monday in order to coincide with the Prophet’s day of passing.”  Sayyidina Abu Bakr ( r.a .) asked for his death to be on Monday so that his death would coincide with the day of the Prophet’s ( s.a.w. ) passing, in order to receive the barakah of that day.

بِسۡمِ ٱللهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ Imam Shihab ad-Din Abu al-‘Abbas Ahmad ibn Muhammad al-Qasthalani ( r.a. ) wrote, in al al-Muwahib al-Ladunniyya bi al-Minah al-Muhammadiyyah , on the superiority of the Night of Mawlid , to the Night of Decree, Laylat al-Qadr .  He said, “The Night of Prophet’s ( s.a.w. ) birth is superior due to three reasons.  He arrived on the Night of Mawlid whereas the Night of Decree was Granted to him.  Therefore, the arrival of the Prophet ( s.a.w. ) is greater than what has been Granted to him, hence the Night of Mawlid is higher in virtue.   If the Night of Decree is a virtuous because the angels descend, then Night of Mawlid has the virtue of the Prophet ( s.a.w. ) being Sent to world.  The Prophet ( s.a.w. ) is superior to angels, therefore night of Mawlid becomes superior.  Due to the Night of Decree, the ummah of Muhammad ( s.a.w. ) was Given eminence, whereas due to the Night of Mawlid , all Creation was exalted, ...

بِسۡمِ ٱللهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ Imam Yusuf ibn Isma’il an-Nabhani, ( r.a. ) recited, about the Prophet’s ( s.a.w. ) sandals:   “A sandal to whose majestic nobility we submit, For by submitting to its majesty do we rise: Therefore, place it in the highest spot for it is, In reality, a crown, though its image is a sandal.”   Imam Shihab ad-Din Abu al-‘Abbas Ahmad ibn Muhammad al-Qasthalani ( r.a. ) mentioned the following from one of the greatest tabi’in , Imam Abu Ishaq az-Zuhri ( r.a. ), who said that Shaykh al-Qasim ibn Muhammad ibn Abu Bakr asw-Swiddiq ( r.a. ) said, “Of the proven blessing of the likeness of the Prophet’s ( s.a.w. ) sandal is that whoever has it in his possession for tabarruk , it will safeguard him from the sedition of rebels and the mastery of enemies, and will be a barrier against every recreant devil and the evil eye of the envious.   If the pregnant woman holds it in her right hand at the time of labour, her delivery will be easi...