What Kind Of Devotion And What Kind Of Love Is This?

Dear Islamic brothers! Those who love their parents do not cause pain to their hearts. Those who love their children do not let them become unhappy. No one can bear to see his friend sad because of him and nobody causes distress to the ones they love. However unfortunately, the deeds of the majority of Muslims today who claim to love the Blessed Prophet صَلَّی اللہُ تَعَالٰی عَلَیْہِ وَاٰلِہِ وَسَلَّم are not those which are pleasing to the Prophet of Allah صَلَّی اللہُ تَعَالٰی عَلَیْہِ وَاٰلِہِ وَسَلَّم.

Listen carefully! The Prophet of Rahmah, the Intercessor of the Ummat, the Owner of Jannah صَلَّی اللہُ تَعَالٰی عَلَیْہِ وَاٰلِہِ وَسَلَّم has stated, جُعِلَتْ قُرَّۃُعَیْنِیْ فِی الصَّلٰوۃ ‘The coolness of my eyes is in Salah [prayer].’

(Mu’jam Kabir, Vol. 20, p. 420, Hadis 1012)

What kind of devotees of Rasulullah are those people who cause pain to the enlightened heart of Rasulullah صَلَّی اللہُ تَعَالٰی عَلَیْہِ وَاٰلِہِ وَسَلَّم by not caring about their prayers and by missing their prayers intentionally? Which type of love is this and what kind of devotion is this that the Holy Prophet صَلَّی اللہُ تَعَالٰی عَلَیْہِ وَاٰلِہِ وَسَلَّم emphasizes fasting in Ramazan, but those who call themselves devotees of the Prophet avoid following this command, therefore becoming the source of displeasure for the Holy Prophet صَلَّی اللہُ تَعَالٰی عَلَیْہِ وَاٰلِہِ وَسَلَّم.

The Noble Prophet صَلَّی اللہُ تَعَالٰی عَلَیْہِ وَاٰلِہِ وَسَلَّم encourages the performance of Tarawih prayers, but heedless followers do not perform them, and if they do, they just ritually perform them for the first few days of Ramazan and then assume that the Tarawih prayers for the whole of Ramazan-ul-Mubarak are done. The Beloved Prophet صَلَّی اللہُ تَعَالٰی عَلَیْہِ وَاٰلِہِ وَسَلَّم has stated, ‘Trim down your moustaches and skip your beards [i.e. allow them to grow] and do not make your appearance like that of the Yahud [Jews],’ (Shar7 Ma’ani Al-Ašar-lil-Sa7avi, Vol. 4, p. 28) but those followers of fashion who claim to love the Prophet صَلَّی اللہُ تَعَالٰی عَلَیْہِ وَاٰلِہِ وَسَلَّم make their faces look like the enemies of the Prophet.

Is this love and devotion of the Holy Prophet صَلَّی اللہُ تَعَالٰی عَلَیْہِ وَاٰلِہِ وَسَلَّم? Perform Fikr-e-Madinah1! What kind of love and what kind of devotion is this that people feel pride in looking like and acting like the enemies of the Noble Prophet?

Sarkar ka ‘ashiq bhi kiya Uarhi munUata hay?

Kyun ‘ishq ka chehray say i?har nahi hota!

Can a devotee of the Prophet shave his beard?

Why is the sign of love not expressed through the face!

Dear Islamic brothers! The Source of Peace for the Disheartened, the Final Prophet صَلَّی اللہُ تَعَالٰی عَلَیْہِ وَاٰلِہِ وَسَلَّم would always remember us. Even at the time of his birth, as soon as he صَلَّی اللہُ تَعَالٰی عَلَیْہِ وَاٰلِہِ وَسَلَّم entered this world, he صَلَّی اللہُ تَعَالٰی عَلَیْہِ وَاٰلِہِ وَسَلَّم performed Sajdah [Prostration]. At that time this Du’a [Supplication] was present on his blessed lips, رَبِّ  ھَبْ لِیْ  اُمَّتِیْ ‘O my Lord! Hand over my Ummat to me.’

(Fatawa Razawiyyah, Vol. 30, p. 717)