Cultivating Love for Prophet Muhammad Thinking of Him in Prayer - Faraz Rabbani, SeekersGuidance

Answer by Faraz Rabbani of SeekersGuidance (http://www.SeekersGuidance.org) to the following question: I'm a new Muslim and I am struggling with cultivating love for the Prophet saw. I do want to grow in my love for Allah, and I have listened to the advice to love what Allah loves. Yet if during my prayers I think of needing love for the Prophet, I fear it is placing the Prophet saw too close alongside Allah.

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• love
• prophet
• allah
• prayer
• salat
• namaz
• concentration
• focus
• presence
• sincerity
• rank
• station
• intention
• Faraz Rabbani
• seekersguidance

[Pharmentist]

Masha'Allah. Thanks Shaykh! May God bless you and your household with Happiness in this world and akhira. Insha'Allah Ameen.

[uthman72]

@Abdelbaasit. Yes, the hadith in question is "weak" but I think that the way it has been used in this short discussion is valid since this video clip is on a matter relating to Fada'il. Thank you for providing the takhrij of the hadith. Baraka-Allah fik wa jazak khayran

[abdelbaasit1]

*However, it can be argued that the meaning of the "hadeeth" -- though it may not be authentic from the Prophet himself -- is correct and there is nothing wrong with it.

Wonderful response by the way, to the new Muslim :) :) ما شاء الله, الله يحفظك, أكثر الله من أمثالك

[abdelbaasit1]

Futhermore, in "Minhaaj As-Sunnah" (5/396), Ibn Taymiyah said: إسناد ضعيف . And Imaam Adh-Dhahabi said in his "Siyar A`laam An-Nubalaa`", غريب فرد & then in "Meezaan Al-I`tidaal" 2/432, Adh-Dhahabi said about this same hadeeth: فيه عبد الله بن سليمان النوفلي فيه جهالة

Also, Al-Albaani has declared the hadeeth ضعيف in "Da`eef Sunan At-Tirmidhi", and also in Muhammad Al-Ghazzali's "Fiqh As-Seerah", 20.

[abdelbaasit1]

The "hadeeth of the Prophet" quoted at 0:37

أحبوا الله لما يغذوكم به من نعمه ، وأحبوني لحب الله

has a lot of problems in its chain of narration (and was therefore declare 'weak' by many scholars). See Abu Nu`aym in his "Hilyah Al-Awliyaa", 3/245. And Al-Khateeb Al-Baghdaadi said in his "Taareekh Baghdad", فيه أحمد بن رزقويه غير معروف عندنا والذراع لا تقوم بقوله حجة

[IbraheemPasha]

Amazing masha'Allah.

What's that white book with the red border by the Sheik's soldier?