your Ummah every year. This night in the month of Ramadan is for you and for your followers who will come until the Judgement Day, which [the blessed night of Qadr] is better than a thousand months. (Ar-Raud-ul-Faaiq, pp. 49)

صَلُّوۡا عَلَى الۡحَبِيۡب                 صَلَّى اللّٰهُ عَلٰى مُحَمَّد

سُـبْحٰـنَ الـلّٰــه! The Beloved Rasool صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم was very merciful to his followers. He صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم was so merciful to his followers that when a good deed of a man from Bani Israel was mentioned to him, he صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم became worried about his followers and made Du’a to Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ in the same state. Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ then granted him and his beloved Ummah the blessing like ‘Shab-e-Qadr’. Remember! This is not the first occasion when the Beloved Rasool صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم got worried about his Ummah, but rather he صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم grew concerned for his Ummah on many occasions because he صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم deeply loved his Ummah. As he صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم arrived in this world, he صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم performed Sajdah and made the Du’a: ‘رَبِّ ھَبْ لِیْ اُمَّتِیْ’ i.e. O my Lord عَزَّوَجَلَّ! Forgive my Ummah! (Fatawa Razawiyyah, vol. 30, pp. 712)

Imam Zurqaani رَحْمَةُ اللهِ عَلَيْه has narrated: At that time, the Beloved and Blessed Rasool صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم was lifting his fingers up as the person [who bewails] does. (Zurqaani, vol. 1, pp. 211)

Similarly, the Beloved Rasool صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم became sad by thinking about the sinners of his Ummah on the occasion of setting out on the Mi’raaj Journey. He صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم even remembered the sinners of his Ummah at the time of receiving especial favours and beholding Allah Almighty. (Bukhari, vol. 4, pp. 581, Hadees 7517, summarised)

He صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم, remained sad for the sinners of his Ummah throughout his blessed life [from time to time]. (Sahih Muslim, pp. 109, Hadees 346)

When the Beloved Rasool صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم was placed in his blessed grave, his blessed lips moved. Some blessed companions went closer to the blessed face, he (صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم) was saying very quietly ‘Ummati, Ummati’ (my Ummah).