Day: December 30, 2023

74. A small amount of barley which he gave to a man continued to feed the man and his family until it was weighed.

· Sayyidina Jabir reported that a person came to Allah’s Messenger ﷺ and asked for food. So he gave him half a wasq of barley, and the person and his wife and their guests kept on making use of it, until he weighed it (in order to find out the actual quantity) and it was no more). He went to Allah’s Messenger ﷺ (and informed him about it). He said, “Had you not weighed it, you would be eating out of it and it would have remained intact for you.” [Muslim]

75. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ owns the Hawdh al-Kawthar, which is a pool in the Hereafter of the purest, most delightful drink.

Sayyidina Sahl b. Saa’d reported that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, “I shall go to the Pool (of al-Kawthar) before you, and he who comes would drink, and he who drinks would never feel thirsty, and there would come to me people whom I would know and who would know me.” [Muslim]

76. The Hawdh al-Kawthar is a pool of incredible beauty and goodness which will completely quench all thirst.

• Sayyidina Abdullah b. Amr al-‘As reported that Allah’s Messenger ﷺ said, “My Pool (is as wide and broad that it requires) a month’s journey (to go round it) all, and its sides are equal, and its water is whiter than silver, and its odour is more fragrant than the most fragrant of musk, and its jugs (placed round it) are like stars in the sky; and he who would drink from it would never feel thirsty after that.” [Muslim]

77. His patience and kind character was proven in the fact that in ten years, he had never
said a single word of harshness towards his servant, Sayyidina Anas b. Malik. Sayyidina Anas b. Malik said, “I served the Messenger of Allah ﷺ for ten years, and by Allah, he never said to me any harsh word, and he never said to me about a thing as to why I had done that and as to why I had not done that.” [Muslim]

78. His blessings were sought by everyone; the servants of Madinah would go to him after the Fajr prayer to obtain his blessings over their water vessels.

Sayyidina Anas b. Malik reported that when Allah’s Messenger ﷺ had completed his dawn prayer, the servants of Madinah came to him with utensils containing water, and no utensil was brought in which he did not dip his hand; and sometime they came in the cold
dawn (and he did not feel reluctant in granting to their request, even in the cold weather) and dipped his hand in them. [Muslim]

79. He was loved so greatly by his Companions that they would not even let one of his blessed hairs touch the ground.

● Sayyidina Anas b. Malik reported, “I saw when the Messenger of Allah ﷺ have his hair cut by the barber. His Companions surrounded him and they eagerly wished that no hair should fall but in the hand of a person.” [Muslim]

80. His blessed natural fragrance and beautiful skin were manifestations of the complete perfection of his being. Sallallahu alayhi wa sallam!

● Sayyidina Anas b. Malik reported, “I never smelt ambergris or musk as fragrant as the fragrance of the body of Allah’s Messenger ﷺ, and I never touched brocade or silk and found it as soft as the body of Allah’s Messenger.” [Muslim]

81. Reciting durood upon the Beloved Prophet ﷺ brings Allah’s peace and blessings upon the recitor.

• Sayyidina Abd al Rahman ibn Awf narrates that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “I met Jibra’il who said, “I give you good news that Allah has said: Whosoever asks for peace for you (O Prophet), I ask for peace for him; whosoever blesses you, I bless him.” [Imam al-Hakim’s al-Mustadrak; Imam Bayhaqi, Sunan al-Kubra; Qadi Iyaad’s al-Shifa]

82. His kindness and compassion over the believers is confirmed by Allah’s Words. • Allah Most High addresses the people saying: “Now has come to you a Messenger from among yourselves; it grieves him that you should perish; he is ardently anxious over you: to the believers, is he most kind and merciful.” [Qur’an 9:128]

83. Our deeds are presented to him, and he shows gratitude to Allah or asks for our forgiveness according to the nature of them. Sallallahu alayhi wa sallam.

Sayyidina Abdullah bin Masud narrates that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, “My life is blissful for you because you hear traditions from people and relate them to others, and my death is also blissful for you because your deeds will be presented to me. If I see the virtues prevail, I will be grateful to Allah, and if I see the vices prevail, I will pray for your forgiveness from Allah.” [Imam Haythami, Majma uz-Zawaid; Musnad Imam Bazzar; Imam ibn Saa’d’s al-Tabaqat al Kubra; Qadi Iyaad’s al-Shifa] ●

84. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ will intercede on the Day of Judgement for one who visits his blessed grave.

• Sayyidina Abdullah ibn Umar narrates that the Messenger of Allah said, “Whosoever visits my grave, my intercession becomes wajib (obligatory) for him.” [Imam alDaraqutni’s Sunan; Imam al-Bayhaqi in Shu’ab al-Iman]

85. The remembrance of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ continues to thrive, and will do so eternally through the Grace of Allah. Extracted from Tafsir ibn Kathir on Surah al-Kawthar: “When the sons of a man died, the people used to say, “He has been cut off.” So, when the sons of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ died, they said, “Muhammad has been cut off.” Thus, Allah revealed: “For he who hates he will be you, cut off.” [Qur’an 108:3] So they thought in their ignorance that if his sons died, his remembrance would be cut off. Allah forbid! To the contrary, Allah preserved his remembrance for all the world to see, and He obligated all the servants to follow his Law. This will continue for all of time until the Day of Gathering and the coming of the Hereafter. May the blessings of Allah and His peace be upon him forever until the Day of Assembling.” Allahumma salli ala Sayyidina Muhammadin abadan abada! (O Allah, send Your blessings upon our Master Muhammad forever and ever.)