Love of the Holy Prophet

Love of the Holy Prophet
(Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam):-
Allah Ta'ala has sent the Holy
Prophet (Sallallahu alaihi wa
sallam) as blessings and mercy
personified. His very presence is a
great ni'mah of Allah Ta'ala for
humanity. Loving Him is not only
an urging of our Iman,but is Iman
itself. There is a Hadith in Sahih
Bukhari: Translation of Hadith: It
has been narrated on the
authority of Hadhrat Anas Bin
Malik (May Allah be well pleased
with him)that the Holy Prophet
(Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) said:
None of you can become a
believer unless I become dearer to
him (or her) than his father,
children and everybody else.
(Sahih Bukhari, Hadith No. 15).
whenever somebody loves
somebody in this world, it is
because of either of these 4
reasons: (1) Physical beauty. (2)
Accomplishments . (3) Generosity.
(4) Relationship.
All these 4 reasons are found in
their most fulfilling form in the
Holy Prophet (Sallallahu alaihi wa
sallam).
The physical beauty of the Holy
Prophet (Sallallahu alaihi wa
sallam) was such that theSahabah
would say:
Translation of Hadith: The Holy
Prophet (Sallallahu alaihi wa
sallam) is beautiful than all others,
with His face and with His
personality. (Sahih Bukhari, Hadith
No. 3549)
Our eyes have never seen anyone
more beautiful than you either
before you or after you. (Jame'
Tirmidhi, Hadith No. 3999)
Mufti Sahab quoted the following
verse of Surah Baqarah:
Of all these Messengers (whom
We sent) We have exalted some
above others: Allah spoke to some
of them (directly), and raised
some (above all others) in rank….
(2:253)
The exegetes (Mufassirin) have
said that " raised some (above all
others) in rank " means the Holy
Prophet (Sallallahu alaihi wa
sallam)
The generosity of the Holy
Prophet (Sallallahu alaihi wa
sallam) is such that His blessed
hands always showered people
with His generosity and
benevolence. No one who asked
ever turned back empty-handed.
The Holy Prophet (Sallallahu alaihi
wa sallam) never said, "No," to
anyone who asked of Him.
About the relationship with the
Holy Prophet (Sallallahu alaihi wa
sallam), it is given in the Holy
Quran:
This (Esteemed) Prophet is nearer
to and has a greater claim on the
believers than their own souls
and his (pure) wives are their
mothers. Surah Ahzaab (33:6)
the love of the Holy Prophet
(Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) is
Iman itself and the demand of
love is that we follow the Sunnah
of the Holy Prophet (Sallallahu
alaihi wa sallam) in the most
complete manner and that we
revolutionize our lives with the
beacon of theSeerah of the Holy
Prophet (Sallallahu alaihi wa
sallam). We should follow the
injunctions given by the Holy
Prophet (Sallallahu alaihi
wasallam) in all the ebbs and
flows of life and prove our Iman
and our love of the Holy Prophet
(Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) thus.
Our success lies in our following
the Holy Prophet(Sallallahu alaihi
wa sallam).
The Holy Prophet (Sallallahu alaihi
wa sallam) said: Whoever revives
my Sunnah, indeed, he has loved
me and whoever loves me with be
privileged with my proximity and
closeness in Jannah. (Jame'
Tirmidhi, Hadith No. 2894)