Best path

The Beloved Rasool صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم himself said: ‘خَیْرُ الْھُدیٰ ھُدیٰ مُحَمَّدٍ’ The best path is the path of Muhammad (صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم).

(Al-Ihsan bittarteeb Sahih Ibn Habbaan, vol. 1, pp. 106, Hadees 10)

Sign of loving Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ

Practising Sunnah is the source of having complete faith [Iman] and attaining the closeness to the Beloved Rasool صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم in Jannah. Every Muslim will desire to attain these blessings. Therefore they should study attentively the sayings, deeds, circumstances and blessed life history of the Beloved Rasool صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم and should spend their life by obeying him and acting upon his Sunnah.

Sayyiduna Sahl Bin ‘Abdullah Tustari رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه has said: The sign of loving Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ is to love the Holy Quran and the sign of loving the Holy Quran is to love the Beloved Rasool صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم; the sign of loving the Beloved Rasool صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم is to love his blessed Sunnah and the sign of loving blessed Sunnah is to love the Hereafter; and the sign of loving the Hereafter is to bear enmity towards the world. (Tafseer Qurtubi, vol. 4, pp. 60, 61)

Bought a Miswak for a dinar [gold coin]

Our pious saints رَحِمَهُمُ الـلّٰـهُ تَـعَالٰی would love very much the Sunnah of the Beloved Rasool صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم and would not even care for their possession in order to perform them.

Sayyiduna ‘Abdul Wahhab Sha’rani رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه has narrated: Once Sayyiduna Abu Bakr Shibli Baghdadi رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه felt the need of a Miswak during Wudu. He looked for it, but could not find it. Therefore, he رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه bought a Miswak for a dinar (one coin of gold) and used it. Some people said: You have spent so much! Who pays so much for a Miswak? Should one spend so much for a Miswak? He رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه replied: Undoubtedly, this world along with all that it contains do not worth even that of the wing of a mosquito in the court of Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ. What will I answer if, on the Day of Judgement, Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ