Messenger of Allah صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم is the owner of Paradise, the one who grants Paradise, and he grants it to whomever he wills.^[1] It is stated in Hadith number 71 of Sahih Bukhari that the Beloved Prophet صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم said: ‘اِنَّمَا اَنَا قَاسِمٌ وَّاللہُ یُعْطِیْ’, meaning, ‘Allah Almighty grants and I distribute.’^[2]

صَلُّوۡا عَلَى الۡحَبِيۡب                                                                 صَلَّى اللّٰهُ عَلٰى مُحَمَّد

The moon would move to wherever he would point

Through the will of Allah Almighty, the Prophet of authority and the one who gave knowledge of the unseen صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم commanded the sun to halt for a while, so it immediately stopped.^[3] A summary of what the Imam of the devotees, A’la Hadrat, Imam-e-Ahl-e-Sunnat, Maulana Shah Imam Ahmad Raza Khan رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَـلَيْه wrote is mentioned here: This Hadith is different to that Hadith wherein he صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم commanded the sun to stop for Sayyiduna Maula Ali رَضِىَ اللّٰهُ عَـنْهُ. اَلْـحَمْـدُ لـِلّٰـه! This is known as the Khilafah of Allah Almighty; it is necessary upon all of creation to obey his command. They all belong to Allah Almighty, and whatever belongs to Allah Almighty, belongs to him too; he صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم is the greatest beloved. When he صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم would drink milk in the cradle, the moon would serve him (i.e. obey him); wherever he صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم would point his finger, it would move in that direction. If this is his great authority at the age of drinking milk then what about now (after the announcement of Prophethood) when the Khilafah-tul-Kubra is at its peak; what authority does the sun have to turn away from his command (i.e. disobey him).^[4]

صَلُّوۡا عَلَى الۡحَبِيۡب                                                                 صَلَّى اللّٰهُ عَلٰى مُحَمَّد