Gifts for the Prophet ﷺ - Portal Gems #57

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Edition Number: 57
Adapted from: Surah Al-Hujurat: The Code of Conduct
Instructor: Mufti Abdul Rahman Waheed & Shaykh Abdul Nasir Jangda

Assalamu Alaykum,

Today’s gem is from Mufti Abdul Rahman Waheed and Shaykh Abdul Nasir Jangda’s course, Surah Al-Hujurat: The Code of Conduct. In this gem, Mufti Abdul Rahman explains the Prophet ﷺ’s sunnah of always out-gifting anyone who did a favor on him and how we can give gifts to the Prophet ﷺ.

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We begin in the Name of Allah ﷻ, the Most Merciful and Compassionate,
We ask that He ﷻ sends Peace and Blessings upon our noble and beloved
Prophet Muhammad ﷺ

The Prophet ﷺ’s sunnah was that he would always out-gift people - no one could out-gift him. If someone gave him a gift, his sunnah was to always out-gift that person.

The Prophet ﷺ said every person who did me a favor I’ve always done more for them other than Abu Bakr (R), only Allah can repay his favors.

Moulana Zakariyyah (Rahimuhullah) said something interesting about this. He said think about us as the Ummah of the Prophet ﷺ, every time we hear the Prophet ﷺ’s name and we say ﷺ we’re giving him a gift because we’re making dua for him. And every time we hear Adhan we make the following dua:

After every adhan we’re also giving him a gift by making dua for him. So if his sunah was to always out-gift the one who gave him a gift, then imagine when he finally meets us what gift he will give us. You can’t even imagine that because he always out-gifts us. And once you receive the gift that he has for us in Akhira, all the pain, all the suffering that you went through in this life will all be worth it.

When you now hear the Prophet’s name, think about that.

May Allah ﷻ grant us tawfiq to send many gifts to the Prophet ﷺ.

أقول قولي هذا وأستغفر الله لي ولكم، فاستغفروه إنه هو الغفور الرحيم

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