Why Study About The Prophet (ﷺ)

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم 

As Muslims we have to believe in the Prophet Muhammad  (ﷺ) as the Messenger of Allah and that he is the last Prophet, the seal of the Prophethood. Loving him is an act of obedience to Allah and a means of drawing closer to Him. Loving him is a sign of faith and one of the obligatory duties in Islam.

It was narrated that Anas (RA) said: The Prophet (ﷺ) said,

“None of you truly believes until I am more beloved to him than his father, his child and all the people.” [Bukhari and Muslim]

Allah Most High says,

Say, [O Muhammad], "If your fathers, your sons, your brothers, your wives, your relatives, wealth which you have obtained, commerce wherein you fear decline, and dwellings with which you are pleased are more beloved to you than Allah and His Messenger and jihad in His cause, then wait until Allah executes His command. And Allah does not guide the defiantly disobedient people." 

قُلْ إِن كَانَ ءَابَآؤُكُمْ وَأَبْنَآؤُكُمْ وَإِخْوَٰنُكُمْ وَأَزْوَٰجُكُمْ وَعَشِيرَتُكُمْ وَأَمْوَٰلٌ ٱقْتَرَفْتُمُوهَا وَتِجَٰرَةٌ تَخْشَوْنَ كَسَادَهَا وَمَسَٰكِنُ تَرْضَوْنَهَآ أَحَبَّ إِلَيْكُم مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ وَرَسُولِهِۦ وَجِهَادٍ فِى سَبِيلِهِۦ فَتَرَبَّصُوا۟ حَتَّىٰ يَأْتِىَ ٱللَّهُ بِأَمْرِهِۦ ۗ وَٱللَّهُ لَا يَهْدِى ٱلْقَوْمَ ٱلْفَٰسِقِينَ ‎﴿٢٤﴾

[Quran At-Tawba 9:24]

To know is to love. Since we have not met the Prophet (ﷺ), how can we know him and love him? 

The Shama'il Muhammadiyah is a collection of about 400 hadiths on the intricate details of Prophetic life and character traits by Imam Tirmidhi. The companions marveled when trying to describe the Prophetic character traits. 

Through studying it, it will give you deeper love and honor of the Prophet  (ﷺ). Each time you study the Shama'il, you will find new amazing beautiful characteristics of the Prophet (ﷺ) that come to the front, and that he is one of the miracles of Allah. 

Another miracle of Allah is the Quran. The more one ponders, reflects and recites the Quran, the more the beauty of the Quran becomes apparent. It is like the one looking in the Quran and in every case in the Quran, he polishes the Quran. The more he polishes the Quran, the more it shines and new meanings come to light.

Similarly when you study the characteristics, mannerism and life of the Prophet  (ﷺ), the more his beauty shines. There is no limit to admiring and loving our Prophet  (ﷺ).

May Allah grant us deep love for His beloved Messenger (ﷺ) and enable us to follow on his footsteps. Aameen.

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