Unparalleled Devotee

claim to love the Blessed Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم are not those which are pleasing to the Prophet of Allah صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم.

Listen carefully! The Prophet of Ramaĥ, the Intercessor of the Ummat, the Owner of Jannaĥ صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم has stated,   جُـعِـلَتْ قُـرَّة ُ عَـیْنِیْ فِـی الـصَّـلٰوة ‘The coolness of my eyes is in alāĥ [prayer].’ (Mu’jam Kabīr, Vol. 20, p. 420, Ḥadīš 1012)

What kind of devotees of Rasūlullāĥ are those people who cause pain to the enlightened heart of Rasūlullāĥ صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم by not caring about their prayers and by missing their prayers intentionally? Which type of love is this and what kind of devotion is this that the Holy Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم emphasises fasting in Ramaān, but those who call themselves devotees of the Prophet avoid following this command, therefore becoming the source of displeasure for the Holy Prophet           صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم.

The Noble Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم encourages the performance of Tarāwī prayers, but heedless followers do not perform them, and if they do, they just ritually perform them for the first few days of Ramaān and then assume that the Tarāwī prayers for the whole of Ramaān-ul-Mubārak are done. The Beloved Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم has stated, ‘Trim down your moustaches and skip your beards [i.e. allow them to grow] and do not make your appearance like that of the Yaĥūd [Jews],’ (Sharḥ Ma’ānī Al-Ašar-lil-Ṭaḥāvī, Vol. 4, p. 28) but those followers of

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