The King of Kings : Prophet Muhammad(sallallahu alaihi wasallam)
Prophet Muhammad(sallallahu alaihi wasallam)–the Greatest of all Ambiya and Mursaleen and the Seal of the Prophets– was not simply a King. He was the KING OF KINGS. He is the KING OF THE TWO WORLDS. He is the King for whom ALLAH -THE GLORIOUS- created Man and the universe and the earth and heavens and everything between them. Allah said if He hadn't thought of creating Muhammad(sallallahu alaihi wasallam), He would not have created anything, not even man.
And THIS KING OF KINGS , choose to live life like a commoner instead of opting for the crown and the throne inspite of having the option. Hell, he did not even live the life of the average common man. He choose to live amongst the poorest of the poor enduring many hardships. Sometimes he slept on the floor and sometimes on a straw mat. He choose to stay hungry for days and months and lived on a just a few dates most of the time. He lived in a house whose roof touched his head when he stood up and whose walls touched his feet when he stretched them.
Even when he conquered Makkah and became the Head, he did not change his lifestyle. He choose to live with the barest minimum necessary for life inspite of having options in life coz he loved the poor.
At every stage in life he was given the option to choose –choose his way of life. Even in death he was given the choice to choose the kind of death he wanted. Allah was willing to grant him anything.
The Prophet(sallallahu alaihi wasallam) could have asked for a painless death or the death of a shaheed which he said he loved so much coz it is said to be the most painless and the most blissful. A shaheed who gets martyred in the path of Allah is said to experience a beautiful feeling at the time of death.
But the Prophet(pbuh) asked for a death where he could experience the pain of the Ummah in death too. He actually asked for a death more painful than any man in this world. It is said in his last days he experienced a body temperature which was twice the temperature of the ordinary man. He bore it with patience and even led the prayers. He would become unconscious every now and then and they would pour buckets of water on him to cool his body. ( and Allah knows best, but what we do know for sure is that he was given the option to choose the kind of death he wanted and he asked for the most painful death so he would know the pain of his Ummah in death too. )
A King of Kings who lived like that, how could Allah let him remain a common man in the eyes of the ppl? So, after he died, Allah made him a God in the eyes of ppl. 1400 years after he passed away, you still find people worshiping him deep inside their hearts, fighting to do the ziyarah of his grave and so many falling in prostration before his grave even though prostrating before anybody other than Allah is forbidden.
Allah said Praise Muhammad(sallallahu alaihi wasallam) all you want . Praise him even more than me and it is not shirk.
Love Muhammad(sallallahu alaihi wasallam) with all your heart. Love him even more than me and it is not shirk. Die in Muhammad's(pbuh) love and still it is not shirk.
Not just him, even if you die in the love of those who love Muhammad(sallallahu alaihi wasallam), –be it the Sahaba, or be it Auliya or be it the common man–he said he will still bless you instead of calling it shirk.
He said He can even excuse you ( if he wants) if you disrespect or disregard Him even though He is the Creator of the two worlds and the Creator of Muhammad(sallallahu alaihi wasallam) , but He will NEVER excuse you if you show disrespect towards His Beloved Muhammad(sallallahu alaihi wasallam).
Not just that, Allah said he will not allow you entry in paradise unless and until Muhammad(sallallahu alaihi wasallam) recommends you for it never mind how many great and good deeds you may have done in this world.
Ppl who fall in prostration before his grave –Allah knows best if they are ignorant or better learned than others…………but one thing is for sure : these people are definitely better learned by far than those who stand in front of the rawda of the Prophet with their heads held high , their noses up in the air and who bulldoze his house and pull down other monuments and shrines and other historic sites associated with him and his Companions and Family and Auliya in the name of "preventing shirk" and "preserving the religion of Allah" as they are doing all across the world.
What religion do they talk about? Allah's religion begins with the Prophet and ends on the Prophet(sallallahu alaihi wasallam).
Islam began when the first of the revelations descended on the Prophet(sallallahu alaihi wasallam) and the first of the faithfuls of Islam emerged in Makkah–the place where the Prophet(sallallahu alaihi wasallam) was born.
And Islam and will end in Madina– the place where the Prophet(sallallahu alaihi wasallam) has been laid to rest–with the last of the faithfuls in Madina. The Prophet(sallallahu alaihi wasallam) said , towards the end ( Qayamah) when ignorance will prevail once again and Muslims will be persecuted and Islam will begin to disappear from the world , the last of the faithfuls will gather in Madina. i.e. Islam will end in Madina.
Deen of Allah begins with the Prophet Muhammad(sallallahu alaihi wasallam) and ends on the Prophet Muhammad (sallallahu alaihi wasallam). So how can you preserve faith when you destroy Islamic heritage associated with him ?
You don't preserve faith. You actually destroy faith by destroying these structures.
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