 One of the great blessing of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala is that he has created this human being and he gave us this nobility wa laqad karamna bani Adam, there's a nobility in the human being and for as long as we have our fitrah we have that nobility we keep it we're human being but if you lose it you become something else and this is why the Quran is very clear that we could be better than the angels but we could be also worse than the animals. One of the things about this karamah is if someone does good to you you will always remember them. What is the reward of something that is good and beautiful? It has to be from the same gins, from the same genus. It has to be beauty, right? And this for that reason we fast six days in shawwal after Ramadan. Why? Because the reward because the gratitude for fasting is fasting. So you show gratefulness to Allah for Ramadan by fasting six additional days and Allah gives you the reward of as though you have fasted the entire year. So when you think about your life each and every one of us who has done more good to us than our parents, than our friends, than our colleagues, than our children, than our teachers, who is the one that has done so much that we can't even enumerate. Allah has sent down, وَمَا أَرْصَلْنَاكَ إِلَّا رَحْمَةً لِلْعَالَمِينِ He has sent down a prophet who is a mercy to all of the creation and the prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam has done so much for this ummah for each and every one of you not only for you for your parents not only for your parents for your grandparents but also for your children your grandchildren your great-grandchildren those you don't even know their names yet those that they're not even a thought in your head and you don't even make to offer them yet the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam was worried about them. So let's look at what he has done for us sallallahu alayhi wa sallam. So many hadith that when he was in sajda he was shedding tears and they said who you're shedding tears for? My ummah. My ummah. The hadith of the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam a servant is closest to his Lord when he or she's in sajda. In that moment when you're the closest to your Lord what do you think about? You think about those things that are most essential to you those things that are most important to you those people that are closest to your heart but what really struck me about our Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam was that was Monday the day that he died he was born on Monday he received revelation on Monday he reached qabah on the hijra on Monday and he died on Monday blessed day Monday is a blessed day when the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam got sick on Thursday they banned everybody like a lot of the children and young people to go even seeing him because he has a really he had a high fever and he had a painful very a lot of pain but he was patient with it but they didn't want little children to see him in that state but all of the sahaba were around him his wives were around him and they got worse on Friday and on Saturday and Sunday to the degree that he couldn't lead the prayers he let Abu Bakr sadeeq let the prayers and then on Monday he got a burst of energy and this is what happens everybody he if you have experienced people dying right before they died they get a burst of energy right and this is one of the signs of end of time before the end of time there'll be a lot of earthquake is that last energy of the earth right before it ends he was in the hujra of Bibi Aisha Sadiqa which is right under the green dome if you ever been to Medina or if you have seen the photos that was the hujra that was the room of Bibi Aisha Sadiqa and his head was on her chest and it was feeling heavy and she said I saw that the Prophet s.a.w. went from consciousness into unconsciousness he went into unconsciousness this this just left but he wasn't he hasn't passed away and he said this took about an hour and then he came back there's a beautiful hadith from our messenger sallallahu alaihi wa sallam that no prophet dies except right before their death that Allah takes them in a place between this world and the next world and shows them their final abode shows them their home shows them all of the pleasures of paradise this is where you're going to go so they will get a preview of their life and hereafter right before they died this is what we call the horizon you're not here you're not there then he came back he was very weak Abdullah ibn abu bakr walks in the brother of Bibi Aisha and he has a miswalk over his ear and the prophet looks he doesn't have the energy to even say I want to use that miswalk but Bibi Aisha this is the beauty relationship of a husband and wife that's so unique and so beautiful she just sees from the eyes that he said give me your your miswalk and she puts it in her mouth and she makes it soft and then gives it to the prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam and the prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam he said he got a burst of energy doing miswalk what a beautiful sunnah that that we are losing using miswalk sallallahu alaihi wa sallam this is the last thing that he does he wants to clean his teeth before meaning just cleanliness an adhafah to mean an iman cleanliness a part of iman and then so Bibi Aisha said one of the the the joy of her life was that my saliva mixed with the prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam saliva before he died sallallahu wa sallam what a what a maqam she had and then he gets weaker now let's leave the history there and let's go to khaji abdallah al-ansari in mayboody in the Kashfa al-asrar tafsir a spiritual tafsir that was written in the fifth century abdallah al-ansari said that the angel of death asked permission to enter this is adab with the prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam and the prophet said come in did you come to visit or you came to take my ru'ah he said both if you give me permission adab with the prophet and the prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam asked where's my friend jibreel what a friendship you want no friendship there's foundation in all of your friendship everyone who's here you have friends i know you all have friends but what is the foundation of your friendship that's important jibreel is known as jibreel amin the trustworthy he's bringing revelation without changing anything from Allah to the prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam Allah is telling him take this verse and this is trustworthiness of getting revelation the word of Allah giving to his prophets 23 years their relationship is on trust what's the name of the prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam and amin he is the most trustworthy human being that was ever created he is the most trustworthy angels that has ever been created that's their relationship to amin 23 years he comes from the heaven brings revelation sits with the prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam talks to him he takes the forms of human being right this is the heel kalbi usually he takes his form come and sit with him like a man talks to him they love each other their best friends their best friends he said where's my best friend jibreel and is and the angel of death is right i said he's in the he's in the semi dunya he has come down to the first heaven and all of the angels are giving him tazia they are just it's hard for him that you're passing you're leaving this friendship is coming to an end this world for him that you're leaving so people are saying it's like going to a funeral and then immediately jibreels appears and he said oh my friend my illustrious friend give me some good news some bushra i want some good news from here he says jibreel you know the affairs of my heart you know the pain in my heart you know the worries that i have in my heart give me some good news remove this anxiety remove these worries remove these pain from my heart give me some good news before i leave this world and he said oh master of allah do i have good news for you subhanallah tell me he said from right here above this all the way to the arsh of allah that all of the angels are standing in ranks and in rows waiting to see your beautiful face as you come up to your lord what a face he says your pure beautiful face imagine the root of the professor if his form was that beautiful mara atainun walay satara mithratahafilwara basharah no eyes has ever said a side on a face more beautiful than the message of allah sallallahu alaihi wasallam amir khusrau the great indian poet they say they call him the parrot of india the parrot of india why because he could speak about anything so beautifully that would make the beautiful thing insignificant in his words if he talked about the flower his poetry was more beautiful than the flower that's how amazing he was but what did he say about the prophet sallallahu alaihi sallam describe him he said he said what kind of face do you have it's so beautiful that every model of the world is jealous of your beauty every supermodel of the world is jealous of your beauty and no matter how much i praise you in my poetry i still fall short i can't even come close to praise you i've searched through the creation i've seen every man and woman of beauty i've seen people of ethics of akhlaq i've seen the best of the best i'm not too cheesy but you you're something else you're something no eyes would ever see anything like the face of the prophet sallallahu alaihi wasallam so all of these angels are lined up just to see his face to see his pure ruah and he said they're all up to the arsh of allah lined up i'm counted this you can't even count the numbers of angels allah the prophet sallallahu alaihi sallam said the generosity of my lord is amazing i praise him for the generosity but you real you know that that's not what i'm looking for give me some good news he said oh messenger of allah allah has closed the doors of hellfire for you allah has opened the doors of heaven and all of heaven is ripe and ready the rivers of milk and honey the the flowers and the juice and the and the and the pearls you know one of the things that people don't understand is everything that's priceless in this world allah has made it worthless in the hereafter so all of the pebbles and paradise are pearls in rubies that we walk on it all of the pebbles and paradise are pearls in rubies the dirt of paradise is saffron which is the most expensive food on the planet the houses are made out of bricks of golden silver so this is the place and he said they're all ready for you it's as though you're going to a wedding and everything is getting ready for the bride and the groom right the whole thing all of paradise is ready for you the hood and the the maids of paradise the inhabitants of paradise they're all ready and the doors are open waiting for you he said oh jibreel this is not removing the pain this is not removing the anxiety this is not removing my worries give me some bushra give me some good news i praise allah for his generosity but give me some real good news he said you'll be the first to be raised oh mason of allah you'll be the first to the shifa you'll make shifa and your shifa will be accepted he said the generosity of allah is great but give me some good news my heart is aching i want to leave this word in a state of tranquility he said what good news do you want oh mason of allah i've been giving you the greatest news and he said i want to know what would happen to my umma what would happen to my umma bunch of focara poor people who are struggling and trying their best but they have hope they have hope that i'll make shifa they have hope that they were getting to paradise they have hope that allah will forgive them what would happen to them they'll do a father weak people i'm worried about them what's really fascinating about this he didn't say what's happening to my island bank to my family what's happening to my sahaba to abubakr in umar to aisha to my wife no no no to bb fatima to hasan and hussein you know 79 years old what's happening to them he's not asking about anyone what's happening to my umma i want to know their state this one of the scholars said before people die he said life is like a journey through a city of light life is like a journey through a city with all these lights you go through you see all these lights and then you go into the desert and you leave this leave the city behind but you see the city with all the lights as you get further you see less light as you get further you see less light until the entire city become one light that is life when you come near your death all of the things you've gone through in your life will become like one light what is that that which is the most important to you that is your concern at that time you're thinking about the most essential thing in your life what is most important before you die you're not thinking about a thousand things because they become insignificant he said she said but you're thinking about the most significant thing this is what our prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam is thinking about right before his death his umma and jibreel said Allah says that i'm not going to allow anyone enter paradise until you and your umma enter paradise subhan Allah what a maqam this umma has wahab ibn munabbi said that musa alaihi sallam looked at the tablet before the the word the the tablet which is the the looh that everything is written and he say he saw he said there's a group there's a group an umma that Allah is going to create that their faces are illuminated with light that they are recognized on the day of judgment on a day what is this day subhan Allah day the day that people run away right from their fathers and from their children and from their wives and then from their uh you know their spouses this is the day nobody cares nafsi nafsi everybody nafsi nafsi on this day there are people with lights in their face and musa alaihi sallam is saying can i be can they be my umma can i be from my nation those people and Allah says no no that's the nation of muhammad and that's from their wudu the lights their face will be illuminated and then he sees that there are people he said there are a group of people come they will have ramadan and they fast and Allah forgives a lifetime of sin and disobedience in one month during this month is it cannot be from my nation he said no no no that's the nation of ahmed and then he sees all of these one after another all of these perks is it can they be from my nation and Allah says no that's from the nation of ahmed the prophet sallallahu alaihi sallam has many names but three important names for every muslim to know ahmed is the name before he came into the the world before he was born so all of the reference in the bible in other scripture is referenced to ahmed the prophet will come his name is ahmed all of the reference in the world when he was born is muhammad sallallahu and all of the reference in the hereafter is muhammad because that's his maqam right maqam and muhammad the Quran says soon yab'athuka soon we will give you this what a rabbu ka maqam and muhammad your lord will give you this maqam maqam and muhammad the praiseworthy station and on that day sallallahu alaihi sallam what does he do on that day not only in the junior his last breath when jibriel says that he said now you have given me some good news i can leave and go to the next world knowing that my umma will enter paradise that was his worry that was his anxiety that was his pain was us it wasn't him he wasn't worried about abu bakr khairun nas ba'din nabiyeen khairul basher ba'din nabiyeen abu bakr's deed was the best of Allah's creation after the prophet the sahaba were a unique group of people he wasn't worried about them right because he schooled him he knew who they were but he was worried about us and his worry continued even on the yawm al qiyamah look what he does on the yawm al qiyamah for us sallallahu alaihi sallam when everybody is running to themselves nafsi nafsi why the Quran reminds us this is the day it's such an amazing day that you everybody's so worried about themselves you don't have you can't even think this is bibi aisha when the prophet sallallahu alaihi sallam said we'll be raised with with with uh no clothing and we actually said oh shame people are again this is the modesty the prophet they're going to be looking at each other and the prophet sallallahu alaihi sallam this is such a awin day this is a day he said nobody has nobody will be even notice that there's somebody next to him everybody is this is the reality right everybody's running away from everyone imagine a mother running away from their their child but yeah the prophet sallallahu alaihi sallam on that day what does he do he picks up the flag of the loha of praise and he goes and he bends down and he prostrates in front of the arsh of Allah and Allah says raise your head what do you want what does he say again umma ti umma ti my umma now here is what really struck me about this who does he make shifa for that is the secret of our prophet sallallahu alaihi sallam that is the secret you know if you have families that are alcoholic and somebody says hey do you know so-and-so uh yeah we're kind of related but not really we just we just don't want to identify ourselves with the alcoholic if somebody is a thief and they're related to you let's say your uncle they say hey do you know so-and-so uh yeah you don't want to even relate yourself to them because he's a thief if somebody's a fornicator the same thing anyone who has major wrong action even if they're close we try to not associate with them we try not even visit them the prophet makes shifa for the sinners not the minor sinner the major sinners of his umma the alcoholics the fornicators the thieves the bring in the Qutb al Tariq those people that we are ashamed to say they are related to us he says they are from my umma i want to make shifa for them subhanallah what a man what a man and what an honor to be from his umma when musa alaihi salam goes through this on the tablet and he sees all of these things that belong to the umma of the prophet sallallahu alaihi salam what does he say at the end and wahab ends this hadith and saying musa says ya Allah can i be from among the umma of Ahmad can i be from among the umma of Ahmad they have all of this and Allah says oh mosa musa alaihi salam he says oh moses we have elevated you and made you a prophet and we're going to talk to you and give you the message be grateful to what we have given you but it shows the maqam of this umma it shows the maqam of this umma but the question is what have we done this is a question what have we done for all of the thing that he has done and is doing right now and will do in a year after what have we done the greatest blessing of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala for this umma is our prophet sallallahu alaihi salam sheikh muhammad aliaqubi hafidhu Allah the great Damascus scholar said something really beautiful he said this man Allah has chosen him as his Habib Allah has chosen him as his beloved so he is we should also choose him as our beloved and he said how do we come to love the prophet sallallahu alaihi salam he said to love him is to know him Allah has made him in a way the more you know about him the more you will love him this is the month of rabi al awad this is the month that we reconnect back with our prophet sallallahu alaihi salam read a book about him listen to a series of talks about him sin sallahu alaihi salam most of you said at least start with 10 after each prayer 10 sallahu alaihi salam after each prayer 50 sallahu alaihi salam and make the intention that Allah give you 10 times the reward that Allah will give you the reward of 500 sallahu alaihi salam today just 50 a day start with that and you will get the maqam of those who who are close to him and you will love him more sallallahu alaihi salam who is worthy of being loved the prophet sallallahu alaihi salam and his grave sending us when he sends salams to him he sends us back salutation he sends us back Allah says the Quran you know one of the most beautiful all of the verses are beautiful in Allah we mentioned it in every khutba sallallahu alaihi salam oh you believe send prayers on the prophet sallallahu alaihi salam because why Allah and his messenger send prayers on the prophet Allah and his angels send prayers on the prophet oh you believe then Allah commands you to do it and the ulama they say the reason why Allah did that is for you to get a reward every time you say Allahumma sallallahu alaihi sallam Muhammad because you're fulfilling the commandment of Allah had it been okay if you want to send prayers send prayers it would have been mandud you wouldn't get a reward but Allah is giving you a reward because he made it a command this is how much Allah loves the prophet sallallahu alaihi salam shouldn't we love him shouldn't we get to know him more this is the month Rabi'ul Awal this is the month of his birth this is why mavalids are everywhere people are celebrating but learn about him and keep that love keep that burning keep that closeness to the prophet sallallahu alaihi salam not just in this month but throughout the year if you build a relationship with the prophet sallallahu alaihi salam wallahi will change your life wallahi will change your life you just have to have that relationship talk to him think about him you know imagine him imagine a man of light wearing the robe of light this is what our ulema teaches imagine a man of light because you can't imagine him in a form of a human being right moulana rumi asked shams he was asking him about about the prophet sallallahu alaihi salam because he was confused he said is this the face of an angel or a face of a human what is he he said he's in the league of his own he's beyond human in angel my friend he's that he's a league of his own sallallahu alaihi salam a man of light wearing a robe of light this is our imagination of our prophet sallallahu alaihi salam who will make shifa for us who will ask Allah for forgiveness who will not he is on the sirat in the last name when you're crossing the sirat to go to the other side in paradise he's on the other side of the bridge in below is the hellfire and he's coaching every one of his umma come come you can do it i'll get you come just make a step don't look down he's coaching every one of his umma to get across safely to the other side that's our prophet sallallahu alaihi salam that's how much he cares about you and your children and your offspring until the yomul qiyamah may Allah put his love and the love of all of the prophet especially our prophet sallallahu alaihi salam in our hearts and the love of Allah in our hearts and make this month a rabiq a month that really our heart comes to life inshallah ta'ala with with the love of Allah and his messenger and get closer to him inshallah