Remember! To deny the blessed human form of the Beloved Prophet صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم is Kufr (disbelief)! (Fatawa Razawiyyah, vol. 14, p. 358, summarised)

Explanation: The Unmatched Prophet صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم is not a human like me or you, rather, He صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم is the most superior of humans. Humanness has the honour of being blessed by the Beloved Prophet صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم. The Beloved Prophet صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم himself said: ‘اَیُّکُمْ مِثْلِی’ i.e. Which one of you is like me? (Bukhari, vol. 1, p. 646, Hadees 1965)

The splendour of the Beloved’s Noor: Under the Hadees of light, it is written in Sharh Zurqaani: ‘Where he stated, ‘He created the light of your Prophet
(صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم) from His own light’; this is to show the greatness of the Prophetic Light and its uniqueness.’ (Sharh Zurqaani, Al-Maqsad-ul-Awwal, vol. 1, p. 90)

صَلُّوۡا عَلَى الۡحَبِيۡب                 صَلَّى اللّٰهُ عَلٰى مُحَمَّد

The one who has manners is fortunate

Dear Islamic brothers! The second thing we learn from this Hadees is that when Sayyiduna Jibraeel عَـلَيْـهِ الـسَّـلَام came to the Prophetic court, he عَـلَيْـهِ الـسَّـلَام sat on his knees, put his hands on his thighs and sat with respect. From this, we learn that whenever we visit a person of distinction; whether they are our teachers, a scholar of Islam, Mufti, spiritual guide, or our father, then we ought to sit with respect and proper etiquettes before them.

Sadly, today’s generation is moving far away from these etiquettes. How should we address elders? What etiquettes should we keep in mind when sitting before elders? Which things are considered bad etiquette when sitting before elders, and so on? Never mind today’s generation, even older adults are seen to be distant from this. Parents should teach their children how to respect and honour their elders from childhood.

Remember! One of the rights that the children have over parents is for the parents to raise the children properly; i.e. they should teach them Islamic character and etiquettes. To learn more in-depth information about this, study the booklet of Maktaba-tul-Madinah, entitled, ‘Awlad kay Huqooq.’ In