Make every day be Like Rabi Ul Awwal :

Make every day be Like Rabi Ul Awwal : #Productive.
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Allhamdulillah month of rabi ul awwal has started, month of rabi ul awwal is a month of happiness & sadness, prophet PBUH was born in this month & past away in this month, We should try to inculcate in us those values in reverence of Prophet Muhammad salallahu Alaihi wa Sallam which we haven’t practiced yet and continue it life long. Because to get proximity to Allah swt we need the Sunnah way to succeed as the Quran Says: "Say (O Muhammad to mankind): 'If you (really) love Allah, then follow me (i.e. accept Islamic Monotheism, follow the Qur'an and the sunnah), Allah will love you and forgive you your sins'."[Al-Qur'an 3:31]
So let us revise the parts of our lives need change and get closer to Sunnah.

1) Sunnah are usually of four types
A: Sunnah of eating, sleeping, walking, going to toilet, waking up, wearing clothes, removing clothes, sleeping, talking, etc means sunnah of daily habits of Prophet Sallalahu Alaihi wasallam

B)Sunnah of Beloved Rasulullah Salallahu Alaihi wasallam’s Character
His forgiveness to those who tortured and maligned Him, His generosity, His forbearance, His patience, His way of love and kindness, His way of getting angry, His smile, His ears never listened to gossip , music or geebah, His ear loved the Quran, His tongue spoke the truth, He supported the truth, His justice and endless list of good character of Prophet Salallahu Alaihi wa Sallam which we need to bring in our lives

C) His Ibadah : The way He recited duas when He woke up, went to toilet, wore clothes, when it was cold, when it was cloudy, when there was wind, when it rained, And the way He made duas and prayed for the Ummah and the way He Salallahu Alaihi wa sallam stood in prayers in front of His Lord to Please Him, to praise Him to thank Him , Sometimes He stood onethird of the night, sometimes half of the night subhanallah! We have only read Duas half heartedly and are away from these Sunnah too and far away from standing in prayers till feet swell but we sleep till our eyes swell

D) Sunnah OF Dawah : How did He begin dawah which was initially a lone mission and slowly and steadily amidst all confrontation and opposition with prayers and sujud, tears and the zest to see every Ummati in jannah collected the pagan Arab and transformed them in to illuminated nursery of heroes. His dawah individually, His Dawah to Kings, His Dawah to friends, His dawah to family members, His dawah to villagers, Bedouins, His Dawah to leaders of Makkah, His dawah amongst general people, Dawah to taif, Dawah to MAdina, all have aspects for us to follow and how much urge do we have that every one from the Ummah of Nabi salalallahu Alaihi Wasallam goes to Jannah, how many nights did we cry for the Ummah, How many people have we given dawah so far. And the Quran confirms the grief of our Beloved Prophet “There has without any doubt come to you a Messenger from among yourselves. Grievously serious to him is what you suffer; he is concerned over you, and to the believers he is kind and merciful.’[Qur’an 9:128]

2) Verily, God and His angels send blessings upon the Prophet: O you who believe! Send blessings upon him and salute him with all due respect to him.”[Qur’an 33:56] So we should send on Him Blessings everyday and not seclude just one day for it in a vigorously authenticated Hadīth, the Prophet also informs us of its significant benefit:
Ubayy bin Ka’ab said “I once told the Messenger of God, (upon whom be peace and blessings of God The Exalted) ‘O Messenger of God, I invoke much. What portion should I offer salutations upon you?’
The Prophet replied, “However much you wish.”
To this I asked, “A fourth?”
He said, “If you wish, but should you increase the number, it will be better for you.”
I then asked, “A third?”
He said, “If you wish, but should you increase the number, it is still better for you.”
I then asked, “A half?”
He said, “If you wish, but should you increase the number, it is still better for you.”
I then said, “Indeed in my invocation, I shall make all of my prayers upon you!”
To this, the Messenger of God replied, “If you do that you will be freed from anxiety and all your wrongs pardoned.” [Hadith, recorded by Tirmidhi]


We also supposed to send salutation whilst making dua for duas to be accepted as according to a Hadith “Without a doubt supplications are stalled between the heavens and the earth, and are not lifted up until the supplicant invokes blessings upon the Prophet (upon whom be peace and blessings of Allah The Exalted).” [Hadīth, recorded by Tirmidhi]

There is not a single Believer who does not hope for his supplication to be answered by the Answerer of supplications. Invoking blessings upon the Prophet when asking our Lord, hastens a response from our Merciful Lord. The Prophet’s intercession with our Lord is a Mercy from our Lord.
“The closest people to me on the Day of Resurrection will be those who invoked the most blessings upon me.” [Hadīth, recorded by Tirmidhi]
This proves that there are lot of virtues to send Salutations and so His Beloved name is repeated In the adhan the Iqamah five times a day and every day when we sit and read the tashahud the durud is repeated by every Ummati who offers salah.

3) We should fast on every Monday And Thursday as there is A Hadith Aishah narrated:
“The Prophet used to try to fast on Mondays and Thursdays.” (Sahih)
SUNAN TIRMIDHI (Book 4, Hadith 64)
It was narrated from Jubair bin Nufair that a man asked Aishah about fasting and she said:”The Messenger of Allah used to fast all of Shaban, and he made sure to fast on Mondays and Thursdays.” ‘ (Sahih)
SUNAN NASEEI (Vol. 3, Book 2, Hadith 2188) also SUNAN NASEEI (Vol. 3, Book 2, Hadith 2189)
It was narrated from Hunaidah bin Khalid, from his wife, that one of the wives of the Prophet said:”The Prophet used to fast the ten (days), and three days of each month: Monday and Thursday.” (Sahih) SUNAN NASEEI (Vol. 3, Book 2, Hadith 2420)
It was narrated that Hafsah said: “When the Messenger of Allah would lie down, he would place his right hand under his right cheek, and he used to fast on Mondays and Thursday.” (Sahih) SUNAN NASEEI (Vol. 3, Book 2, Hadith 2369)”

) WHY PROPHET MUHAMMED (P.B.U.H) USED TO KEEP FAST ON MONDAY,THURSDAY ?. :-
Abu Hurairah narrated that the Messenger of Allah said: “The deed are presented on Monday and Thursday, so I love that me deed be presented while I am fasting.” (Hasan)SUNAN TIRMIDHI (Book 4, Hadith 66)
Usamah bin Zaid said:“I said: ‘O Messenger of Allah, sometimes you fast, and you hardly ever break your hardly ever fast, except two days which, if you are fasting, you include them in your fast, and if you are not fasting, then you fast them on your own.’ He said: ‘Which two days?’ I said: ‘Monday and Thursday.’ He said: ‘Those are two days in which deeds are shown to the Lord of the worlds, and I like my deeds to be shown (to Him) when I am fasting.“‘(Hasan)SUNAN NASEEI (Vol. 3, Book 2, Hadith 2360)
Abu Qatada Ansari (Allah be pleased with him) reported that Allah’s Massenger (may peace be upon him) was asked about fasting on Monday, whereupon he said:It is (the day) when I was born and revelation was sent down to me.SAHIH MUSLIM (Book 6, Hadith 2606)
ABU DAWOOD (Book 13, Hadith 2420)

The doubt that he fasted on His birthday can be refuted from three different angles:

• The Prophet sallallaahu ‘alaihi wa sallam never regularly fasted on the twelfth of Rabee' Al-Awwal, which is the date that some claim is his birthday, rather, he fasted every Monday, and there are four Mondays in every month. The Prophet sallallaahu ‘alaihi wa sallam did not only fast on Mondays, but in addition, he would also fast on Thursdays, as he said: "The records of deeds are raised (to Allaah) every Monday and Thursday, therefore, I like to be fasting at this time.” (Tirmidhi).
Moreover, the Prophet sallallaahu ‘alaihi wa sallam did not say that the reason for fasting on a Monday were due to his birth only, but also because of the fact that the records of everybody's deeds are raised to Allaah on these days. Therefore, celebrating Al-Mawlid with the excuse that the Prophet sallallaahu ‘alaihi wa sallam used to fast on a Monday is a misunderstanding and a gross exaggeration of the facts.

• The Prophet sallallaahu ‘alaihi wa sallam did not add any form of celebration to his fasting, with any sort of food as those who celebrate Al-Mawlid do. If people intend to express their gratitude to Allaah by observing Al-Mawlid and they justify it with the excuse that he used to fast on Mondays, then common sense dictates that they must completely imitate the Prophet sallallaahu ‘alaihi wa sallam in the way that he expressed gratitude to Allaah. Many people who celebrate Al-Mawlid do not fast regularly on Mondays and Thursdays as they deem it to be exhausting. On the contrary, they actually prepare and eat more food than usual as part of their celebration.

To sum up let me remind that the respect the Sahaba Had for Prophet Salallahu Alaihi was Sallam they were the people who venerated the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, the most the sahabah, may Allah be pleased with them, as 'Urwah ibn Mas'ud said to Quraysh, "O people, by Allah I have visited kings. I went to Caesar, Chosroes and the Negus, but by Allah I never saw a king whose companions venerated him as much as the companions of Muhammad venerated Muhammad, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him. By Allah, whenever he spat it never fell on the ground, it fell into into the hand of one his companions, then they wiped their faces and skins with it. If he instructed them to do something, they would hasten to do as he commanded. When he did wudu', they would almost fight over his water. When he spoke they would lower their voices in his presence; and they did not stare at him out of respect for him." [Al-Bukhari, 3/178, no. 2731, 2732; al-Fath, 5/388]. Yet despite this level of veneration, they never took the day of his birth as an 'Eid (festival). If that had been prescribed in Islam they would not have neglected to do that.

It is best that we keep to the middle path. Let the words of Imam Hasan Al-Basari serve as a guiding principle for us: "Religion of Allah stands midway between extreme rigidity and extreme veneration." It is rigidity to be obsessed with the letter of the law to such an extent that one neglects the spirit. It is equally wrong to venerate the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) excessively as the Christians did with Jesus (peace be on him) thus deifying him. We must shun both extremes.

I love Prophet Muhammad the Khatmun nabiyeen /(seal) the Beloved of Allah and pray that we live on His Sunnah, and we are bestowed with seeing His Blessed face on the judgement day and given the Drink of Kausar from His Blessed hands Aameen

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