THE FORGOTTEN RIGHT OF OUR HOLY PROPHET (peace be upon him)

[ali akbar]

Salaat and Salaam (Durood)
All praise be to the Lord of all the worlds and peace and blessings be upon the Final Messenger: Muhammed .

Mankind's only purpose in life for being sent down on this earth was so that he may worship Allah, for man to be successful, he has to seek Allah's pleasure and abstain from the acts which will invite Allah's wrath upon him. If Allah is pleased with him then he will be successful but if Allah's curse is on him then who is to save him from Allah on that day when there will be no refuge but Allah's.

It is reported by Hazrat Kaab Ibn Ujrah that once the Holy Prophet told everyone to come close to the mimbar, and so we did. When the holy Prophet placed his blessed foot on the first step, he said "Ameen". When he raised his blessed foot on to the second step he again said "Ameen", and in the same way again when raised his foot and placed it on the third step, he repeated for the third time "Ameen". On the completion of the sermon and alighting from the mimbar, we asked the prophet , "Today we heard from you something which we had not heard before". The Holy Prophet replied, " The angel Jibrael came before me and said 'Destruction be to that person who found the month of Ramadhan but failed to attain forgiveness', so I said "Ameen" and when I went on to the second step he said, 'Destruction be to that person in who's presence you are mentioned and he does not send salutations upon you', so I said "Ameen" and when I went onto the third step he said 'Destruction be to that person whose parents have reached old age and he fails to gain Jannat by serving them'.

I ponder over the situation. For starters, the Angel Jibrael has given three severe supplications and then the holy Prophet agrees to it and replies to them saying "Ameen". From the three severe supplications, let us look at the second, as this compared to the other two situations, (the first which occurs once a year and the third which depends on a person and his parents life), is one which occurs everytime the Holy Prophet is mentioned and is in the most danger of being neglected.

The subject of sending salutations is first and foremost evident in the Holy Quraan where in Allah orders the believers to send peace and blessing upon the Holy Prophet . The Quraan has many places where Allah commands the servants to establish zakat, to pray, to fast etc. When Allah created Adam , He honoured him by ordering the angels to prostrate before him. The Holy Prophet is honoured in such a way that is not like any other. Allah orders the believers to send peace and blessings upon him and says that the angels, also do the same, but what greater honour can there be than when Allah himself sends peace and blessings on him also.

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