Dear Islamic brothers! Remember! To be a perfect Muslim, love of the Beloved Rasool صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم is absolutely essential and binding, for he صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم has said, ‘None of you can become true believer until I am more beloved to him than his father, children and all people.’

(Sahih Bukhari; Kitab-ul-Iman, vol. 1, pp. 17, Hadees 15)

One of the demands of love for the Beloved Rasool صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم is to also love and respect all noble Sayyids, for whoever commits blasphemy and insults noble Sayyids, opposes/incurs enmity towards them or disrespects them in anyway is dishonest in his claims of love for the Beloved Rasool صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم. Such an individual does not only harm them by doing so, but also displeases the Beloved Rasool صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم:

Sayyiduna Shaykh Abul Mawahib Shaazili رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه has stated: Whoever wishes to be blessed with a vision of the Beloved Rasool صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم should remember him abundantly day and night and love noble Sayyids and the Awliya, otherwise the door (of such visions) will remain closed for him in the dream. For these blessed souls are the kings of all people. Whoever they are displeased with, Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ and His Beloved Rasool صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم are also displeased with. (Afzal-us-Salawat ‘ala Sayyid-is-Sadaat; pp. 127)

A’la Hadrat, the Imam of the Ahl-us-Sunnah, Imam Ahmad Raza Khan رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه has stated, ‘The respect of noble Sayyids is Fard, and to disrespect them is Haraam. Indeed, the blessed ‘Ulama have said, ‘Whoever calls an ‘Aalim ‘Mawlawiya’ [مَولَوِیا] or calls a Meer (another word for Sayyid) ‘Meerwa’ [مِیروا] intending to belittle them (بروجہ تحقیر), he is a Kafir.’ (Fatawa Razawiyyah, vol. 22, pp. 420)

Let us listen to an account with many admonitory Madani parable, and seek the protection of Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ from the displeasure of blessed Sayyids, disrespecting them and the displeasure of Mustafa صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم in this regard.

A strange incident of hitting a Sayyid

Sayyidi ‘Abdul Wahhab Sha’rani رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه has said: Sayyid Shareef narrated at the khanqah (residency) of Sayyiduna Khattab رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه that Kashif-ul-