their brothers; friends love each other; relatives love one another, etc. But remember! All of this love is temporary and comes to an end; it is limited to the worldly life. The moment life ends, all these loving relationships end. In a short time, people get into their daily routine again by forgetting these affections.

But remember, one such relation of love still exists that is everlasting, that is not conditional to a certain time and that does not lessen with the passage of time; it is the blessed relation of the love of the Beloved Prophet صَلَّی اللہُ تَعَالٰی عَلَیْہِ وَاٰلِہٖ وَسَلَّمَ  for his Ummah. He صَلَّی اللہُ تَعَالٰی عَلَیْہِ وَاٰلِہٖ وَسَلَّمَ  remembered his Ummah in his apparent blessed life. When he صَلَّی اللہُ تَعَالٰی عَلَیْہِ وَاٰلِہٖ وَسَلَّمَ  was being lowered in the blessed grave, he صَلَّی اللہُ تَعَالٰی عَلَیْہِ وَاٰلِہٖ وَسَلَّمَ  also remembered his Ummah at that time. He صَلَّی اللہُ تَعَالٰی عَلَیْہِ وَاٰلِہٖ وَسَلَّمَ  is also thinking about his Ummah after entering the blessed grave. He صَلَّی اللہُ تَعَالٰی عَلَیْہِ وَاٰلِہٖ وَسَلَّمَ  will even remember his Ummah on the Day of Judgement. Let us listen to two accounts in this regard and refresh our faith.

1. Calling out “Ummati Ummati” until Judgement Day

Sayyidunā Qusam رَضِیَ اللہُ تَعَالٰی عَنْہُ   is the blessed companion who was the last one to come out of the blessed grave of the Beloved Prophet صَلَّی اللہُ تَعَالٰی عَلَیْہِ وَاٰلِہٖ وَسَلَّمَ  after lowering his blessed body. He رَضِیَ اللہُ تَعَالٰی عَنْہُ  states: “I am the last one to see the luminous blessed face of the Beloved Prophet صَلَّی اللہُ تَعَالٰی عَلَیْہِ وَاٰلِہٖ وَسَلَّمَ  in the blessed grave. I saw that the blessed lips of the Beloved Prophet صَلَّی اللہُ تَعَالٰی عَلَیْہِ وَاٰلِہٖ وَسَلَّمَ  were moving. When I brought my ears near the blessed mouth of the Beloved Prophet صَلَّی اللہُ تَعَالٰی عَلَیْہِ وَاٰلِہٖ وَسَلَّمَ , I heard him saying ‘ربِّ اُمَّتِی اُمَّتِی’ (i.e. O Gracious Lord! My Ummah, my Ummah! ).” (Madarij-un-Nubuwwah, vol. 2, pp. 442)

There is a blessed hadith about this too. The Beloved Prophet صَلَّی اللہُ تَعَالٰی عَلَیْہِ وَاٰلِہٖ وَسَلَّمَ  stated: “After my apparent passing, I will always keep on calling ‘یا ربِّ اُمَّتِی اُمَّتِی’ (i.e. O Gracious Lord! My Ummah, my Ummah) until the trumpet will be blown the second time.” (Kanz-ul-‘Ummal, vol. 7, pp. 178, Hadees 39108)

2. Statement of Maulana Sardār Aḥmad رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَـلَيْه

Maulana Sardār Aḥmad رَحْمَةُ اللهِ عَلَيْه would say, “The Beloved Prophet صَلَّی اللہُ تَعَالٰی عَلَیْہِ وَاٰلِہٖ وَسَلَّمَ  remembered us throughout his life by saying ‘Ummati Ummati’. Even in his