"Love Of Prophet Muhammad SAW"

Quranic Ayahs:

وَإِنَّكَ لَعَلَىٰ خُلُقٍ عَظِيمٍ
1) "And Thou (standest) on an exalted standerd of character." [Surah Qalam 68:4]


وَمَا أَرْسَلْنَاكَ إِلَّا رَحْمَةً لِّلْعَالَمِينَ
2) "We sent thee not, but as a Mercy for all creatures." [Surah Al-Anbiya 21:107]

مَّن يُطِعِ الرَّسُولَ فَقَدْ أَطَاعَ اللَّهَ ۖ وَمَن تَوَلَّىٰ فَمَا أَرْسَلْنَاكَ عَلَيْهِمْ حَفِيظًا
3) "He who obeys the Messenger, obeys Allah: But if any turn aways, We have not sent thee to watch over their (evil deeds)." [Surah Nisa 4:80]

النَّبِيُّ أَوْلَىٰ بِالْمُؤْمِنِينَ مِنْ أَنفُسِهِمْ ۖ
4) "The Prophet is closer to the Believers than their own selves,....." [Surah Al-Ahzab 33:6]


Hadiths:


Volume 1, Book 2, Number 13:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
"Allah's Apostle said, "By Him in Whose Hands my life is, none of you will have faith till he loves me more than his father and his children."


Volume 1, Book 2, Number 14:
Narrated Anas:
The Prophet said "None of you will have faith till he loves me more than his father, his children and all mankind."


Volume 1, Book 2, Number 15:
Narrated Anas:
The Prophet said, "Whoever possesses the following three qualities will have the sweetness (delight) of faith:
1. The one to whom Allah and His Apostle becomes dearer than anything else.
2. Who loves a person and he loves him only for Allah's sake.
3. Who hates to revert to Atheism (disbelief) as he hates to be thrown into the fire."
> Same matter also in (Volume 1, Book 2, Number 20)

The Significance of Fasting Ashura

Assalam-o-Alaikum everybody ...Hope you're all in the best of health and Iman ..

Before we start the topic , we'd like to tell you " Happy Hijri new year " , May Allah bestow His love and blessings upon you in this new year inshaa Allah .

First of All, Indeed, fasting the 9th and the 10th of Muharram is a Prophetic Sunnah.


The Prophet (Sollalaahu 'Alayhi wa sallam) said, “Fasting the day of `Ashura’, I hope that Allaah will accept it as expiation for the previous year.” (Reported by Muslim)


Abu Huraira (Radiyallaahu 'anh) reports that the Holy Nabi (Sollalaahu 'Alayhi wa sallam) said that after Ramadan, the fasts of Muharram have the greatest excellence. [Sahih Muslim]


It is reported in the Sahih of Imam Al-Bukhari and other authentic collections of hadith that the Prophet (Sollalaahu 'Alayhi wa sallam) and his Companions used to fast on the 10th day of Muharram while they were in Makkah (before the hijrah).


After the hijrah when the Prophet (Sollalaahu 'Alayhi wa sallam) came to Madinah, he found that the Jews of Madinah also used to observe this day with fasting.
The Prophet (Sollalaahu 'Alayhi wa sallam) asked them the reason of their fasting on this day.
They said, “This is a blessed day. On this day Allaah saved the Children of Israel from their enemy (in Egypt) and so Prophet Musa fasted on this day giving thanks to Allaah.”
The Prophet (Sollalaahu 'Alayhi wa sallam) said, “We have more claim to Musa than you.” He fasted on that day and commanded Muslims to fast on this day. (Al-Bukhari, hadith 1865)


Ibn `Abbas also quoted the Prophet (Sollalaahu 'Alayhi wa sallam) as saying, “If I live next year, I shall also fast on the 9th day.” (Musnad Ahmad ibn Hanbal, hadith 2002)


Imam at-Tirmidhi mentioned that ibn `Abbas (may Allaah be pleased with them both) used to say that we should fast on two days: the 9th and 10th of Muharram to distinguish ourselves from the Jewish community. (At-Tirmidhi, Hadith 686)

So, fasting the 9th of Muharram is highly recommended by the Sunnah.


Based on this, there are different ways of fasting `Ashura’, the least of which is to fast the 10th only, but it is better to fast the 9th as well. The more one fasts in Muharram, the better.

Thus, according to scholars, you may choose to fast Ashura on three days (ninth, tenth, and eleventh); two days (ninth and tenth);
or one day only (the tenth).


Mu`awiyyah ibn Abi Sufyan reported that he heard the Messenger of Allaah (Sollalaahu 'Alayhi wa sallam) say: "Concerning the day of `Ashura’, it is not obligatory upon you to fast on it as I do. Whoever wishes may fast and whoever does not wish to is not obliged to do so" (Al-Bukhari and Muslim).