Our praise of Allah only happens because the Prophet صَلَّی اللہُ تَعَالٰی عَلَیْہِ وَاٰلِہٖ وَسَلَّمَ  taught us how to do this. The Prophet صَلَّی اللہُ تَعَالٰی عَلَیْہِ وَاٰلِہٖ وَسَلَّمَ  was taught how to praise Allah, by Allah Himself.  The manner in which the Prophetصَلَّی اللہُ تَعَالٰی عَلَیْہِ وَاٰلِہٖ وَسَلَّمَ praised and will praise Allah is totally unique. Nobody or nothing else from creation can do this.

This is why one of the Prophet’s صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم  names is Aḥmad (this means: he who praises and extols profoundly).

In that prostration, the Prophetصَلَّی اللہُ تَعَالٰی عَلَیْہِ وَاٰلِہٖ وَسَلَّمَ  will praise Allah in a distinctive manner. When the Prophet صَلَّی اللہُ تَعَالٰی عَلَیْہِ وَاٰلِہٖ وَسَلَّمَ  reaches Maqām al-Maḥmūd, Allah will praise him in a way no one else can. This is why the Prophet’s صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم  name is Muhammad (this means: he who is praised immensely).

The Prophetصَلَّی اللہُ تَعَالٰی عَلَیْہِ وَاٰلِہٖ وَسَلَّمَ  will remove sinners from Hellfire. This shows the incredible lengths he would go to for his Ummah.

If, today, the Prophetصَلَّی اللہُ تَعَالٰی عَلَیْہِ وَاٰلِہٖ وَسَلَّمَ were to come to a gathering of Mawlid or a gathering of dhikr, it would not be impossible, nor would it diminish his grand status. On the contrary, it increases our honour and the honour of our homes.^[1]

سُـبْحٰـنَ الـلّٰــه  Allah has made our Prophet صَلَّی اللہُ تَعَالٰی عَلَیْہِ وَاٰلِہٖ وَسَلَّمَ  the possessor of grandeur and honour, and granted him unimaginable authority.

On the Day of Judgment, the Sun will be at a distance of one and quarter miles away, and people will be forced to stand barefoot on the searing copper earth. Mankind will be running from their brothers, sisters, parents, wives, and children, each preoccupied with their plight, and sinners will be drowning in their sweat.

On such a severe day, the Prophet صَلَّی اللہُ تَعَالٰی عَلَیْہِ وَاٰلِہٖ وَسَلَّمَ will be restless to save