A Muslim Convert Once Before

بِسۡمِ ٱللهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ Shaykh Farid ad-Din ‘Aththar Abu Hamid ibn Abu Bakr Ibrahim ( q.s. ) wrote, about the Prophet ( s.a.w. ):   “It is with a stricken heart and anguished soul That, in longing for You, I rain tears like a cloud.”

بِسۡمِ ٱللهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ Shaykh ‘Utsman Nuri Tufbas wrote, in “The Prophet Muhammad Muswthafa the Elect ( s.a.w. )”, besides the five prophetic attributes mentioned, namely swidq , amanah , fathanah , tabligh , ‘iswmah , there are an additional three, solely exclusive to the Prophet ( s.a.w. ).   The Chosen Prophet ( s.a.w. ) is the Beloved of Allah ( s.w.t. ), the greatest of all prophets, the noblest of humankind.   As Rasul ath-Thaqalayn , the Prophet ( s.a.w. ) has been Sent to all man and jinn .   The religion he brought is valid until the end of time.   Other prophets, on the other hand, were Sent for a temporary period of time, with some sent for a certain group of people in particular.   In this respect, while the miracles of other prophets have remained exclusive to their times, the miracles of the Prophet ( s.a.w. ) extend to all times.   The Qur’an, especially, as the greatest miracle Given to him, is set to survive unsullied unt...

بِسۡمِ ٱللهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ Shaykh ‘Utsman Nuri Tufbas wrote, in “Islam, Spirit & Form”,   said that there are three additional qualities of Prophet Muhammad ( s.a.w. ), unique to him.   Prophet Muhammad ( s.a.w. ) is the Beloved of Allah ( s.w.t. ).   He is superior to all others.   He is the most honoured of humanity.   Shaykh Ahmad Najib Fadil Kisakurek ( r.a. ), the Turkish poet, described the Prophet ( s.a.w. ) with these words: “Your aroma was filtered in time immemorial; you are honey, existence is the honeycomb ...”   Prophet Muhammad ( s.a.w. ) has been Sent to all humanity and jinn .   Namely, he is the prophet of the two dominions.   And the religion he brought is permanent until the end of the world.   Other prophets were Sent to a certain people for a certain period.   Therefore, while the miracles of all other prophets were valid for their own periods, the miracles of Prophet Muhammad ( s.a.w. ) have no ...

بِسۡمِ ٱللهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ Shaykh Abu al-Huda Muhammad ibn Ibrahim al-Ya’qubi said, “If we asked what the most circulated book any human being ever wrote on the face of the Earth is, what is the best seller in the Islamic world - a hundred years ago the answer would not be Swahih al-Bukhari , because Swahih al-Bukhari is for the ‘ulama .  The answer would be Dala’il al-Khayrat .”

بِسۡمِ ٱللهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ Sayyidina ‘Ali ibn Abu Thalib ( k.w. ) said, “Let it be it known to you that nobody has given mankind such detailed information about Allah ( s.w.t. ) as our Prophet ( s.a.w. ).”

بِسۡمِ ٱللهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ Imam Shihab ad-Din Abu al-Fadhl Ahmad ibn ‘Ali ibn Hajr al-‘Asqalani ( r.a. ) wrote:   “By the gate of your generosity stands a sinner, who is mad with love, O Best of Mankind in radiance of face and countenance! Through you, he seeks a means, Hoping for Allah’s Forgiveness of slips; From fear of Him, his eyelid is wet with pouring tears. Although his genealogy attributes him to a stone, How often tears have flowed, sweet, pure and fresh! Praise of you does not do you justice, but perhaps, In eternity, its verses will be transformed into mansions. My praise of you shall continue for as long as I live, For I see nothing that could ever deflect me from your praise.”   In this poem, the line, “Although his genealogy attributes him to a stone,” is a double entendre since “stone”, in Arabic, is “ hajr ”.

‎ بِسۡمِ ٱللهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيم Imam Abu ‘Abd ar-Rahman ‘Abdullah ibn al-Mubarak ( r.a. ) said, “Imam Abu Hanifah visited Madinah on the 12 th Rabi’ al-Awwal, and I saw him distributing drinks to the children of Madinah and telling them to rejoice as it is the day of Rasulullah ( s.a.w. ) was Sent to us.”

‎ بِسۡمِ ٱللهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ Sayyidina Hasan ibn Tsabit ( r.a. ) said, on the Mawlid , “And then, when you were born, a light rose over the Earth until it illuminated the horizon with its radiance.  We are in that illumination and that original light, and those paths of guidance, and thanks to them we walk through.”

بِسۡمِ ٱللهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ Prophet Muhammad ( s.a.w. ) said, “My life is a great good for you; you will relate about me and it will be related to you.  And my death is a great good for you; your actions will be presented to me and if I see goodness, I will praise Allah ( s.w.t. ), and if see other than that, I will ask Forgiveness of Him.”   This hadits is cited, by Qadhi Abu al-Fadhl ‘Iyadh ibn ‘Amr al-Yahsubi ( r.a. ), in his ash-Shifa’ .  Imam Abu al-Fadhl ‘Abd ar-Rahman ibn Abu Bakr ibn Muhammad Jalal ad-Din as-Suyuthi ( q.s. ) wrote it in his Manahil asw-Swafa fi Takhrij Ahadits ash-Shifa’ , “ibn Abu ‘Usamah cited it, in his Musnad , from the hadits of Bakr ibn ‘Abdullah al-Mazni, and al-Bazzar from the hadits of ibn Mas’ud with a swahih chain.”

‎ ‎ بِسۡمِ ٱللهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ Sayyidina Hasan ibn Tsabit ( r.a. ), recited this, as part of the funeral eulogy for the Prophet ( s.a.w. ):   “I say, and none can find fault with me, But one lost to all sense: I shall never cease to praise him. It may be for so doing I shall be forever in Paradise, With the Chosen One for whose support in that I hope. And to attain to that day I devote all my efforts.”

‎ بِسۡمِ ٱللهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ Shaykh Abu al-Huda Muhammad ibn Ibrahim al-Ya’qubi said, “Just before fajr , before dawn, he was born.  And did you know that this is the time our du’a is Answered?  Why?  Our du’a is Answered at this hour because Rasulullah ( s.a.w. ) was born at this hour.”

بِسۡمِ ٱللهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيم Imam Shams ad-Din Muhammad ibn Abu Thalib al-Answari ad-Dimashqi ( q.s. ) wrote, in Mawrid as-Sa’di fi Mawlid , “It is proven that Abu Lahab’s punishment in the Fire is Reduced every Monday because he rejoiced at the birth of the Prophet ( s.a.w. ), and freed the slave-woman, Tsuwaybah ( r.a. ).   When Abu Lahab, whose lasting abode is hell fire, and regarding whom, the entire Surah of Tabad Yada was Revealed, gets Relief in his torment every Monday, then imagine the situation of one who has spent his life in rejoicing over the birth of the Prophet ( s.a.w. ) and died as such.”   Surah of Tabad Yada is also known as Surah Lahab.

‎ بِسۡمِ ٱللهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ Imam Shibab ad-Din Abu al-‘Abbas Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Hajr al-Haytsami ( r.a. ) wrote, in Fatawa al-Haditsiyyah , “The gatherings of mawlid and adzkar , which take place during our time, are mostly confined to good deeds.  For example, in them swadaqah are given, adzkar is done, swalawat and salaam is sent upon the Prophet ( s.a.w. ) and he is praised.”

بِسۡمِ ٱللهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ The following thread was posted on The Sharing Group, by Sister Behireta-Becky Corbadzic, on the 02 nd May 2015: “I know many here dislike Mufti Menk, but I have so much respect for him just the way he talks, how to be nice to wives.   Sometimes I just wish to meet a brother like him, who knows how to treat his wife well.   I guess Wahhabis can be nice too.”   Brother Ali Camarata : Many who make such general or blanket criticisms do not see differences in culture versus religion of some of those they disagree with.   May Allah ( s.w.t. ) Guide us and Unite the hearts of the Muslims, amin .   He is a popular speaker with hundreds of videos and there were some who tried to smear him previously on very flimsy grounds, but never was a statement of him being a genocidal maniac one of them.   The above comment was not sourced in anything the Mufti said, but as we mentioned previously, those who have blanket negative opi...