Rabi’ al-Awwal (1446)

Assalamu alaykum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh

Welcome to our thirteenth newsletter, as we welcome the month of Rabi’ al-Awwal; the month in which the Final Messenger and Best of all Creation Sayyiduna Muhammad ﷺ entered and graced this earth, filling it with his beauty, light, compassion and majesty ﷺ for all to bask within.

WELCOMING THE MONTH OF THE GREATEST BELOVED ﷺ
One of the best ways to receive this blessed month is by welcoming it with actions that will draw your Lord’s felicity and assistance such that you enter into the circles of those whom He loves and are gathered under the Prophet’s banner ﷺ. Habib Umar ibn Hafiz hafidhahu Allah said, “receive this month well with truthful turning to Allah and with an increase in faith, love, and certainty. Let mention of the Prophet ﷺ, his birth, his life, his news fill your homes. Raise your voices in invocations of blessings upon him ﷺ and illuminate your hearts and your homes by them.”

A GIFT FOR THE MESSENGER OF ALLAH ﷺ IN RABI’ AL-AWWAL
What is the most beautiful gift that someone can give to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ in the month of Rabi al-Awwal?

In reality we are unable to benefit him in any way but what pleases him is for us to understand his words and his teachings and then by acting upon that to attain high stations. He is content with that which benefits us.

One of the greatest of those things (as we understand from the Book and the Sunnah) is for us to be a means of guidance for someone. That person may be a non-Muslim who accepts Islam or a disobedient or heedless Muslim who repents and becomes upright.

Another thing is giving life to his Sunnah and establishing it. If we establish the Sunnah in our homes and teach it to our children this makes him happy because it is us that benefit from this. He said in the hadith: “Whoever brings life to my Sunnah during the time of corruption of my Ummah will have the reward of a martyr” (or in one narration: “one hundred martyrs”).

Another thing is to do good to the creation in general, to the believers specifically, and the elite of the believers more specifically.

A further thing is to strengthen our love for the believers, for the people of the Prophetic Household and for the Companions.

Finally, we should make big intentions in Rabi’ al-Awwal, such as gathering together to celebrate the birth of the Prophet and spreading knowledge.

(Advice given by Habib Umar ibn Hafiz hafidhahu Allah)

SEEKING ALLAH’S SUPPORT THROUGH HIS BELOVED ﷺ

اللَّهُمَّ يا نعْمَ المَوْلى ويا نعْمَ النَّصِير صَلِّ وسَلِّمْ عَدَدَ عِلْمِكَ على سَيِّدِنا مُحَمَّدٍ مَنْ جَعَلْتَهُ لَنا حِرْزاً حَرِيزاً، و على آلِهِ و صَحْبِهِ وانْصُرْنا بِهِ والمُسْلِمينَ بِأَسْرَارِ — ويَنْصُرَكَ اللهُ نَصْراً عَزِيزاً

O Allah, O Best of Protectors and Best of Supporters, bestow prayers and peace to the amount of Your knowledge upon our Master Muhammad, the one You made for us an impregnable fortress and upon his Family and Companions, and by him support us and all Muslims through the secrets of: “That Allah may support you with a mighty support.”

(A prayer written by Habib Umar ibn Hafiz hafidhahu Allah)

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