sitting. He asked an angel, ‘Who are they?’ The angel replied, ‘The one sitting on the throne is Sayyidatuna Fatimah Zahra رَضِیَ اللهُ تَعَالٰی عَنْهَا and [those sitting] on the chairs are Sayyidatuna Khadija-tul-Kubra, Sayyidatuna ‘Aaishah Siddiqah, Sayyidatuna Maryam, Sayyidatuna Aasiyah, Sayyidatuna Saarah, Sayyidatuna Haajirah, Sayyidatuna Raabi’ah and Sayyidatuna Zubaydah رَضِیَ الـلّٰـهُ تَعَالٰی عَـنْهُـنَّ.’

He became very happy and moved forward. As he further moved forward, he saw a great throne on which the Beloved Rasool صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم was sitting and his luminous face was shining. Around the throne, there were four chairs on which the Khulafa-e-Rashideen (the first four righteous Caliphs رَضِىَ الـلّٰـهُ تَعَالٰی عَـنْهُم) were sitting. On the right side, there were golden chairs on which the blessed Ambiya عَـلَـيْـهِمُ الـصَّلٰوةُ وَالـسَّـلَام were sitting and on the left, the blessed Shuhada [i.e. martyrs] were sitting. In the meantime, the young man saw his deceased father [Ibraheem] among a crowd near the Beloved Rasool صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم. Ibraheem happily embraced his son. The son asked, ‘Dear father, how did you attain this status?’ Ibraheem replied, ‘اَلْـحَمْـدُ لـِلّٰـه عَزَّوَجَلَّ, I have been blessed with this status by virtue of celebrating the birth of the Beloved Rasool صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم.’

The following morning, he sold his house at a low price and arranged a feast using all the money he had received by selling his house along with his deceased father’s 50 dirhams. He invited Islamic scholars and pious Muslims and served them. As he was no longer interested in the worldly activities, he decided to serve a Masjid and spent the rest of his 30 years in it, worshipping Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ. After his death, someone saw him in a dream and asked what had happened to him. He replied, ‘By virtue of the blessings of celebrating Meelad [of Rasoolullah صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم], I have been sent to my deceased father in Paradise.’ (Subh-e-Baharan, pp. 8-11)

بخش دے مجھ  کو الٰہی! بہرِ میلاد النبی

نامَۂ اعمال عِصیاں سے مِرا بھر پور ہے

(Wasail-e-Bakhshish, pp. 484)

صَلُّوۡا عَلَى الۡحَبِيۡب           صَلَّى اللّٰهُ تَعَالٰى عَلٰى مُحَمَّد