remember! The blessed love and affection the Beloved Rasool صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم have for his Ummah are like the ocean whose depth and edges are unimaginable and unknown to all of us. The kind affection of the Beloved Rasool صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم for his Ummah has also been mentioned in the Holy Quran in in part 11, Surah At-Taubah, verse No. 128:

لَقَدْ جَآءَكُمْ رَسُوْلٌ مِّنْ اَنْفُسِكُمْ عَزِیْزٌ عَلَیْهِ مَا عَنِتُّمْ حَرِیْصٌ عَلَیْكُمْ بِالْمُؤْمِنِیْنَ رَءُوْفٌ رَّحِیْمٌ(۱۲۸)

Translation from Kanz-ul-Iman: Indeed there has come to you a Messenger from amongst yourselves; heavy upon him is your suffering, he desires your wellbeing immensely; utmost kind, merciful for the Muslims.

Regarding the above-mentioned blessed verse it is mentioned in Tafseer Siraat-ul-Jinan: It is about his mercy and affection for Muslims that has been mentioned in the Holy Quran. Now listen to a few examples of the mercy of the Beloved Rasool صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم and affection for Muslims:

Few examples of mercy and affection for Ummah

1. Keeping the difficulties of the weak, ill and working people of the Ummah in mind, he صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم did not put off the Isha Salah until one-third of the night.

2. Keeping ill people and children in mind, he صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم ordered not to have a very prolonged Qira’at in Salah.

3. He صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم did not offer Nafl Salah regularly in the night so that it does not become Fard for the Ummah.

4. To save the Ummah from difficulty, he صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم forbade them to observe fasts of Sawm-e-Wisaal^[1].