blessed sunnah. He expresses great respect for them. If he is informed upon meeting someone that that individual is a Sayyid, it is often observed that he will show great humility and kiss that person’s hands, seat him next to himself, greet their children with a lot of love, and gives them double the amount that he gives to others when distributing something. For the sake of Sayyidunā ꜤUmar رَضِىَ اللّٰهُ عَـنْهُ, may Allah Almighty also grant us the ability to love and honour Sayyids.

صَلُّوۡا عَلَى الۡحَبِيۡب                                     صَلَّى اللّٰهُ عَلٰى مُحَمَّد

A specialty of the Prophet’s صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم lineage

Dear Islamic brothers, the blessed lineage of the Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم is pure and prestigious. On the Day of Judgement, all relationships will end. A mother will leave her child. A father will let go off his child’s hand. Nobody will ask about who anyone’s son or brother is. However, the rank of the Ahl al-Bayt is such that their relationship will never be severed. It will remain in this world, in the grave, on the Day of Judgement, when deeds will be weighed, on the Bridge of Sirat, and in every situation.

It is reported that someone once said to the Prophet’s maternal aunt, Lady Safiyyah رَضِیَ الـلّٰـهُ عَنْهَا, “Your relationship with the Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم will not benefit you in the court of Allah.” When the Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم came to know about this, he was incensed and asked Sayyidunā Bilal    رَضِىَ اللّٰهُ عَـنْهُ to gather the people.

The Greatest Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم stood at the pulpit, praised Allah Almighty and said, “What is the state of the people who believe being related to me will not carry any benefit? On the Day of Judgement, every relationship will end except for mine, because it is connected in this world and the hereafter.”^[1]