Lesson 6: The Right of The Prophet ﷺ – Love of the Prophet ﷺ – By Abu Idrees Muhammad Khān

All praise is due to Allah, the Lord of all creation—and may He extol the Messenger in the highest company of Angels, and grant him peace and security—likewise to his family, Companions, and true followers.

[04/01/2024] Lesson 6: The Right of The Prophet ﷺ – Love of the Prophet ﷺ – By Abu Idrees Muhammad Khān حفظه الله. Weekly lesson at Masjid Salafi, Small Heath, Birmingham, UK.

Some points discussed during this lesson:

• The Third Right: Love of the Prophet ﷺ
• Ibn Taymiyyah (رحمه الله) on love of the Prophet ﷺ being from the greatest obligations of the dīn.
• The two categories of having love for the Messenger ﷺ.
• The meaning of المقتصدين (al-Muqtaṣidīn) and السابقين (as-Sābiqīn).
• The first category: The love of the Muqtaṣidīn. 
• The obligation of loving the Messenger ﷺ more than ourselves or anyone from mankind, and what that entails.
• Some reasons why we love the Messenger ﷺ. 
• The second category: The love of the Sābiqīn.
• The three categories of people regarding their understanding of loving the Messenger ﷺ. 
• The first category: Those who fall short in establishing the rights of the Messenger ﷺ. 
• The second category: Those who go to extremes and carry out actions that have no evidence. 
• How a person’s love for the Messenger ﷺ is measured. 
• Three reasons people fall into these extremes.
• The third category: Those who take the middle course.
• The path of the middle course.
• Proof that love of the Messenger ﷺ must be above all things.
• Proof for the obligation of placing the Messenger ﷺ in the station Allāh has placed him and not going beyond that.
• Refutation against the Sūfīs who claim the Messenger ﷺ has knowledge of the unseen.
• Proof from the Sunnah that it is not permissible to oppose the Messenger ﷺ and go beyond what he commanded or carried out. 

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