In the name of Allah, the Most-Merciful, the All-Compassionate

 

"May the Peace and Blessings of Allah be Upon You"

 

   Bismillah Walhamdulillah Was Salaatu Was Salaam 'ala Rasulillah

          As-Salaam Alaykum Wa-Rahmatullahi Wa-Barakaatuh

 

The Status of the Messenger & His Rights upon Us-Part 1

Contents:

Part 1 - Introduction

Part 2 – The Excellence of the Messenger’s lineage

Part 3 – The Messenger's beautiful physical characteristics

Part 4 – The Messenger's noble manners

Part 5 – His bravery

Part 6 – He was the most knowledgeable about Allaah, & the one who was

the most fearful of Allaah

Part 7 – His reliance upon his Lord Azza wa Jal

Part 8 – The Messenger's compassion for his Ummah

Part 9 – His rights upon us

Part 10 – Obligations which Allaah has made binding upon us & from the

rights of the Messenger upon us, is obedience to the Messenger & following

him

Part 11 – From the Rights of al-Mustapha - sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam – is to let

him judge in all matters of dispute, from beliefs, manners, worship, dealings

and all matters of life

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Part 12 – From his rights is to love him more than oneself, wealth and one's

children

Part 13 – To send prayers & sallams upon the Messenger

Part 14 – The way to send prayers upon the Messenger of Allaah

Part 15 – The ruling of the prayer upon the Prophet - sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam

Part 16 – The Messenger defending Tawheed and making war against

Extremism.

Part 17 – From his rights upon the Ummah of Islaam

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The Status of the Messenger & His Rights upon Us

Compiled by

The Eminent Shaykh, the Muhaddith

Rabee' ibn Haadee al-Madkhalee

Translated by

Abbas Abu Yahya

Introduction

All praise belongs to Allaah and peace and prayers be upon the Messenger

of Allaah and upon his family and his companions and all those who follow

his guidance.

To Proceed:

This is a lecture explaining the status of the Messenger of Allaah and his

rights upon this Ummah, which is the Ummah of those who have accepted

Islaam and of those who are called to Islaam, from the Jinn and mankind.

Indeed the noble Messenger of Allaah - sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam – has a great

status, and a very high position which none from the creation can reach,

since he is the leader of the sons of Adam on the Day of Judgment. Adam

and whoever came after him is under the Messenger's flag- sallallaahu alayhi wa

sallam.

He was given the great intercession which the other great Messengers

excused themselves from. This great intercession that Allaah chose

especially for him and preferred it for him above all the worlds.

Without doubt, his Lord Azza wa Jaal honored him and favoured him with

abundant miracles which Allaah never gave to the other Prophets - Alayhim as-

Sallam- and yet Allaah has given all of them high positions.

On the authority of Abu Huraira that the Messenger of Allaah - sallAllaahu alayhi

wa sallam – said: " I was preferred over the other Prophets with six things: I

was given eloquent speech, victory by frightening the enemy, the war-booty

was made permissible for me, the earth was made as a means of purification

and a place of worship, I was sent to all of creation and Prophet hood was

completed with me."

Saheeh Muslim (523)

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As for the hadeeth of Jaabbir: " … and I was given the right of intercession."

Bukharee (328) and Muslim (521)

Allaah Ta'ala said, in clarifying the status of the Messenger of Allaah and

explaining his noble characteristics:

<< Verily, there has come unto you a Messenger from amongst yourselves.

It grieves him that you should receive any injury or difficulty, he is anxious

over you. For the believers he is full of pity, kind, and merciful. >> [at-Tauba:

128]

And Allaah Ta'ala said:

<< Indeed Allaah conferred a great favour on the believers when He sent

among them a Messenger from among themselves, reciting unto them His

Verses (the Qur'aan), and purifying them, and instructing them in the Book

and Al-Hikmah, whilst before that they had been in manifest error.>> [Aal-

Imraan: 164]

Allaah Ta'ala said:

<< He it is Who sent among the unlettered ones a Messenger from among

themselves, reciting to them His Verses, purifying them, and teaching them

the Book and Al-Hikmah. And verily, they had been before in manifest

error>> [Jummah: 2]

Allaah Ta'ala said:

<< O Prophet! Verily, We have sent you as a witness, a bearer of glad

tidings and a warner. As one who invites to Allaah, by His permission, and

as a lamp spreading light. Announce to the believers the glad tidings that

they will have from Allaah, a Great Bounty. And obey not the disbelievers

and the hypocrites and harm them not. And put your trust in Allaah,

Sufficient is Allaah as a Wakeel (Trustee, or Disposer of affairs). >> [Ahzaab:

45-48]

Allaah Ta'ala said, praising the Messenger and mentioning him and his status

with Allaah and His blessings upon him:

<< Have We not opened your chest (heart) for you? And removed from

you your burden, which weighed down your back? And raised high your

fame?>> [ash-Sharh: 1-4]

Ibn Abbas said: ‘Exposed him to the light of Islaam.’

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Sahl said: ‘With the light of Islaam.’

Al-Hasan said: ‘He filled him with wisdom and knowledge and He removed

from you your burden which weighed down on your back.’

Imam as-Sa'adee -May Allaah have mercy upon him - said: "We will enrich him due to

the legislations of the Deen and the Da’wah to Allaah, characterize him with

noble manners and made him concerned with the hereafter and the ease of

doing good actions, so he was not constrained nor oppressed << And

removed from you your burden, Which weighed down your back? >> And

We removed from you your burden which weighed down heavy on your

back is like the saying of Allaah Ta’ala: << That Allaah may forgive you

your sins of the past and the future, and complete His Favour on you, and

guide you on the Straight Path >> [al-Fath : 2]

That we have raised your rank and we have made for you good high praise

which none from the creation can reach. So, Allaah is not mentioned

except that His Messenger Muhammad - sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam – is mentioned

along with Him, like when entering into Islaam, also in the call to the prayer,

the Iqama (the call at the time of standing for the obligatory prayer), in

sermons and many other places where Allaah raises the mention of His

Messenger Muhammad - sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam. His Ummah has love in their

hearts for him and a highly regarded place, with splendour which no one

other than him can have, which comes second to loving Allaah Ta’ala.

So, may Allaah reward him, on behalf of his Ummah, the best of what a

Prophet can be rewarded with, on behalf of his Ummah.” See ‘Tafseer as-

Sa’adee’ for this Soorah.

Allaah swears with the Messenger's great rank and He says:

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