O'' My Idol Muhammad S.A.W

Days and nights all these Ummat perform prostration and bow down, trillions of faces bowed down towards His Presence until the end of time, they purify His Name the Great One, these people will always be covered by His Blessings. As stated by Prophet s.a.w: “I made Shalat my great pleasure”. Shalat (prayer) is the religious duty / worship most loved by him s.a.w, and “Shalat is Light”. Prophet s.a.w also introduced the Beauty of prayer, a religious duty started with Takbiratul Ihram which opens the gate towards Rabbul alamin, followed by recitation verses from Alfatihah in which if reciting in full deliberation each of its verses will be responded by the King of The Earth. Hence this recitation of kalimatullah (words from Allah) will shine upon his whole heart, wipe out his sins, then he bows, praises to God, recites takbir to glorify God, recites tahmid, then bows down to take shelter under the His Gentleness and His Love. How magnificent this kind of worship is, a worship that intertwines from almost all kinds of Worships, Wudhu (Ritual Washing), Niat (Noble Intention), Prayer, Alqur’an, Takbir, Tasbih, Tahmid, Tahlil, Istighfar, Ruku (bow), Sujud (bow down), khusyu (pious), Tuma’ninah.., that’s Shalat .., The most perfect Worship.

Thus these ummat performs it days and nights for the sake of their pledges to Allah The Creator of The Whole World. But even in this Multi-Perfect Worship… never miss… never miss… never miss… nobody performs shalat unless it is obliged by Allah to salute towards Muhammad s.a.w.
it is obliged by Allah to salute towards Muhammad s.a.w.
it is obliged by Allah to salute towards Muhammad s.a.w.
it is obliged by Allah to salute towards Muhammad s.a.w.
and it is obliged by Allah to perform shalawat for Muhammad s.a.w? “Salute and Prosperity be with you O’ Prophet and Allah’s Blessings and His Grace?”, these words are obliged by Allah to be recited in this Most Noble Worship. Are we still questioning the nobility of The Prophet s.a.w?

The history has it that Abu Sa’id bin Ma’la r.a was praying when he heard The Prophet s.a.w called him, but Abu Sa’id continued his prayer and then approached the Prophet s.a.w and said : I was praying just now, O’ Rasulullah.., hence Rasul s.a.w declared : “What obstructed you from answering my call?” hasn’t Allah commanded “O’ FAITHFUL PEOPLE, ANSWER THE CALLS FROM ALLAH AND HIS PROPHET WHEN THEY CALL UPON YOU”.(Al Anfal 24). (Shahih Bukhari hadits no.4204, 4370, 4426, 4720). And that answered the Prophet s.a.w’s call and came towards him when praying would not revoke prayer, and answering His call must be preceded than continuing prayer, because his call is the Call from Allah s.w.t, command from Prohet s.a.w are commands from Allah s.w.t, and words from Him s.a.w are divine revelations from Allah s.w.t...

Will we still deny the nobility of The Prophet s.a.w? The history also has it that after the Hunain war was over, Prophet s.a.w gave to Sofwan a 100 camels, then another 100 camels, and another 100 camels, said Sofwan: “ Really He (Prophet s.a.w) is the person I hated most, but he never stopped giving me until he became the person I love most” (Shahih Muslim hadits no.2313). How benevolent our Prophet s.a.w is, Sofwan’s love for him wasn’t because of the material goods he received, but his hatred was wiped away when knowing the noble man who kept on giving things to him and while he wasn’t thankful of it, he even received more…and more?, never would we find a generous human being on this Earth whom after giving something and the person receiving it wasn’t thankful, he gives even more and more. And it wasn’t even a cheap object, because the price of one Camel equals almost 40 sheep, and he gave him 100 camels, (if a sheep costs Rp 500.000 then 100 camels equal to 500.000 X 40 X 100 = 200 million rupiah), and when Sofwan was ungrateful and still hated him, he gave him 100 camels more, and added another 100 camels, Sofwan weakened…he was melted with Prophet’s kindness…nothing in this world would he love more than Muhammad s.a.w….

Hence Prophet s.a.w became the idol amongst his comrades, and in another story, Salim bin Abdullah r.a performed sunnah prayer on one side of a street, and when asked, he replied “my father prayed sunnah in this place, and my father said that Rasulullah s.a.w also performed prayer in this place, and it has been said that Ibn Umar r.a also did it”. (Shahih Bukhari hadits no.469). Thus what the comrades of Rasul s.a.w did, for them the places having been touched by their Prophet s.a.w would always be noble and sacred although having been stepped on by thousands feet. They were looking for blessings by praying on such places, thus their adoration towards the Prophet s.a.w. In other story had been said to Abu Muslim r.a, “O’ Abu Muslim, I saw you always forced yourself to pray in that place” then Abu Muslim r.a answered: “I saw Prophet s.a.w perform prayer in this place” (Shahih Bukhari hadits no.480). How great the admiration of these comrades was, towards the places had been touched by Rasulullah s.a.w, even the Mount Uhud loved Prophet s.a.w and being loved by Prophet s.a.w as stated by him s.a.w: “This Mount Uhud loves us and we love it” (Shahih Bukhari hadits no.3854).

How Beautiful this World is, everybody idolizes Muhammad s.a.w, loves Muhammad s.a.w, glorifies Muhammad s.a.w, because Allah has declared it, as stated by Rasul s.a.w: “When Allah loves a person, Allah said to Jibril a.s : O’ JIBRIL, I LOVE THIS PERSON THEN LOVE HIM TOO”, hence Jibril a.s commanded the Whole World : “O’ the Citizen of the Sky, Really Allah has loved this Person, then love him, hence will be poured onto him the Love of the World, hence he will be loved by the Earth” (Shahih Bukhari hadits no.3037, 5693, 7047). And we understand that this Announcement kept on echoing to announce the people being loved by Allah, and unquestionably this announcement echoed even more louder and greater when announcing the Name Muhammad s.aw.”.!, Thus Prophet s.a.w is loved by the Mountain, loved by the branches of date fruits, loved by animals, human beings, genies, angels, and faithful people.. Be fortunate and blessed the Souls of people who love Muhammad s.a.w.

"REALLY ALLAH AND ALL THE ANGELS POUR THEIR SHALAWAT TOWARDS PROPHET S.A.W, O' FAITHFUL PEOPLE, RECITE YOUR SHALAWAT TOWARDS HIM S.A.W AND RECITE THE BEST AND MOST NOBLE GREETINGS" (QS Al Ahzab-56)

(To be continued)
Last Updated ( Sunday, 14 December 2008 )

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