Qutb al Madinah’s Love for the beloved Prophet ﷺ

Quṭb al-Madinah’s Love for the beloved Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم

Love for the beloved Prophetصَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم is a magnificent blessing from Allah Almighty and the primary condition for the perfection of faith. Whoever is granted this blessing becomes beloved to Allah’s creation. Among these devotees of the beloved Prophet is the Shaykh of Arabs and non-Arabs, the successor of Imam Aḥmad Razā Khan رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَـلَيْه, Mawlānā Ḍiyāˈ al-Dīn Aḥmad al-Ṣiddīqī al-Qādirī al-Madanī رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَـلَيْه. This luminary of knowledge and virtue was born in a small, non-popular town called “Kalaswala” in Ziyakot (Sialkot, Punjab, Pakistan) in 1294 AH (1877 AD) and became renowned by the unique title “Quṭb al-Madinah”. His lineage traces back to the first Caliph of Islam, Sayyidunā Abū Bakr al-Ṣiddīq رَضِىَ اللّٰهُ عَـنْهُ. A brief account of his love for the beloved Prophetصَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم  is presented below.

Love for the City of the Greatest Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم

Sayyidī Quṭb al-Madinahرَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَـلَيْه arrived in Madinah al-Munawwarah from Baghdad al-MuꜤallā in 1327 AH and was honoured to reside there for approximately 75 years.[1] In his final years, his eyesight weakened; when doctors insisted him to travel to Jeddah for treatment, he remarked: “This faqīr will not leave Madinah for the sake of his eyes.”[2]

Love for the Descendents of the Beloved Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم

He recognised the descendants of the beloved Prophet without any prior introduction and kissed their hands with utmost respect.[3]

Love for Prophetic Odes (Na’at)

The beloved preoccupation of Quṭb al-Madinahرَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَـلَيْه  was the remembrance of the beloved Prophet. Every gathering of his remained fragrant with Prophetic odes. Whenever someone who visited Madinah met him, after offering hospitality, he would ask: “Is there anyone who will recite a Prophetic ode?” At the same time, he would raise his voice and say:[4]

صَلَّی اللہُ عَلَیْکَ یَارَسُوْلَ اللہِ وَ سَلَّمَ عَلَیْکَ یَاحَبِیْبَ اللہِ

Respect for the blessed name “Muṣṭafā”

He showed the utmost respect for the name “Muṣṭafā”. One of his servants was named Muṣṭafā; in order to call him, he would respectfully say “Yā Sayyidī Muṣṭafā”.[5]

Love for the Threshold of the beloved Prophet

If a wealthy person invited him to their home, he would say, ‘I am staying at the door of my Merciful Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم. My Merciful Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم is enough for me. He provides me food while I am just sitting here; He gives very well. I eat and I eat the best.’[6]

Love for the Prophetic Ways

During the final days of his life, Sayyidī Quṭb al-Madinahرَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَـلَيْه  would not eat anything. However, when it was mentioned that the beloved Prophet صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم liked milk and honey, he would say: “Very well! Bring it,” and take a few sips.[7]

He passed away on Friday, 4^th Dhū al-Ḥijjah al-Ḥarām 1401 AH (2nd October 1981) and was laid to rest in Jannat al-BaqīꜤ, close to the Ahl al-Bayt.[8]

To learn more about the blessed life of Sayyidī Ḍiyāˈ al-Dīn al-Madanī رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَـلَيْه, read the booklet Sayyidī Quṭb-e-Madinah by Amir Ahl al-Sunnah دَامَـتْ بَـرَكَـاتُـهُـمُ الْـعَـالِـيَـهْ.