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Dear Mu’mins
The night that joins Sunday 17th October to
Monday 18th October is the night of MILĀD AN-NABĪ.
Thus, our khutbah today is about the birth of
Rasūlullāh (sallallāhu ‘alayhi wa sallam).
Nabī (sallallāhu ‘alayhi wa sallam) graced the
world on a Monday night towards the morning of the
12th night of Rabī‘ al-Awwal.
To fully understand the importance of the birth of
the Sultan of Prophets, we need to know who our
Prophet (sallallāhu ‘alayhi wa sallam) was and the
injustices prevalent in his time.
Undoubtedly, what best describes Rasūlullāh
(sallallāhu ‘alayhi wa sallam) is the book of Allāh
Ta‘ālā, the Qur’ān al-Karīm. Allāh Ta‘ālā says:
“(O My Beloved) We have only sent you as a
mercy to the worlds.”
Since the first man and first prophet, Ādam
(alayhis salām) until the prophet Īsā (alayhis salām)
there was not a long gap between the prophets sent
to mankind. But almost 600 years passed between Īsā
(alayhis salām) and our Prophet (sallallāhu ‘alayhi wa
sallam).
In this so-called empty period of “Fatrah” where
no prophet was sent, people strayed from the right
path, they lost their compassion and remorse, dived
into all kinds of evil such as oppression, injustice and
turmoil and thus exceeded the limits of humanity.
Very few well-read people, who knew the
contents of divine revelations, eagerly waited for the
Prophet of the End Times (Nabī Ākhir Zamān), whom
they knew would put an end to this erroneous way.
Miracles and extraordinary events before and
during the birth of Rasūlullāh (sallallāhu ‘alayhi wa
sallam) and spiritual signs led those around him to
know for certain that he was born and thus they
spread the good news among them. While those who
waited for a saviour were overwhelmed by this news,
those who benefited from the spilling of blood,
injustice and violence were shocked and frightened.
Some of these important events that history has
recorded are as follows:
Hadrat Āminah said she witnessed no symptoms
of pain during her pregnancy or childbirth, and as
Rasūlullāh (sallallāhu ‘alayhi wa sallam) was born she
saw a light emerge from her that illuminated
everything from east to west. Rasūlullāh (sallallāhu
‘alayhi wa sallam) was born clean, with his hands
placed on the floor and raised his head towards the
sky.
The famous Sāwa Lake, revered as sacred,
suddenly dried up.
Masses of water poured out of the Samāwah
valley, and the city of Samāwah was flooded.
That night, for no reason, 14 bastions of the palace
of the Persian King Kisrā in Madāin collapsed. It was a
shocking and alarming scene.
The fire worshipped by the Zoroastrian Iranians
that they had kept alight for a thousand years
suddenly went out that night.
The idols in Ka‘bah fell face down to the ground.
While the mushriks of Quraysh were suffering
great famine and drought, that year they were
granted abundance and blessing so much that the
Arabs named the year “The Year of Victory and Joy.”
All these events were signs of what the
honourable person who graced the world would
change everything on earth.
The sun of mercy and guidance that appeared on
the horizon of Makkah that day has enlightened
hearts to this day and will continue to enlighten them
until Qiyāmah.
In one hadīth al-sharīf, Rasūlullāh (sallallāhu
‘alayhi wa sallam) describes himself as:
“I will be the master of the children of Ādam on
the Day of Qiyāmah. I am the first to rise from the
grave, the first to give shafā‘ah and the first to have
their shafā‘ah accepted!”
For hundreds of years, thousands of devotees of
Rasūlullāh (sallallāhu ‘alayhi wa sallam) have been
writing qasīdahs and naats of praise to him and
sending him greetings with the morning wind to
receive his shafā‘ah.
We invite you to our special program this Sunday
night at……………………………
In one hadīth al-sharīf, Rasūlullāh (sallallāhu
‘alayhi wa sallam) describes himself as:
“I will be the master of the children of Ādam on
the Day of Qiyāmah. I am the first to rise from
the grave, the first to give shafā‘ah and the first
to have their shafā‘ah accepted!”
For hundreds of years, thousands of devotees of
Rasūlullāh (sallallāhu ‘alayhi wa sallam) have
been writing qasīdahs and naats of praise to him
and sending him greetings with the morning wind
to receive his shafā‘ah.
We invite you to our special program this Sunday
night at……………………………