2 - CD Set By Hamza yusuf. He teaches us not just about the Prophet Muhammad PBUH but how we must be in relation to Allah's Messenger.
Love (mahabba) for people arises from three
characteristics:
1) their physical outward beauty,
2) their inward beautiful character, and
3) the good or the sacrifice they do for us.
To increase and maintain his love for the Prophet
Muhammad,s,Sayyidina Hassan (the Prophet?s
grandson) sought descriptions of all three of these
aspects of the Prophet because he ?wanted something
to hold on to. Adding his own commentary to these
intimate descriptions,Shaykh Hamza,with his usual
eloquence, passionately relates what Sayyidina
Hassan gathered about the Beloved of Allah,s.Shaykh
Hamza says, If you knew what the Prophet did for
you,you would fall in love with him?and explains that
mahabba grows like a seed. For those who desire to
fall in love with the Beloved of Allah,this talk is for them.
On Celebrating The Prophet's Birthday
One of the calamities of religions is when the
Messenger becomes exalted over the One who sent
him.We do not believe the Prophet Muhammad is
divine.We have been given the gift of understanding
the Messenger in relation to the One who sent him. The
Prophet Muhammad sis central to teachings of
Islam.You cannot exalt the Creator without exalting His
Messenger, and you cannot exalt His Message without
exalting His Messenger.We are commanded by God to
magnify the Prophet s.Shaykh Hamza Yusuf eloquently
explains why we must celebrate the Prophet every day
of our lives. He also adds at the end an elucidating
explanation of how Muslims should emulate the
behavior the Prophet Muhammad s had during trying
times,reminding us that Prophet staught,The believer is
one from whose evil humanity is safe and that he was
sent only as a mercy to everyone. |