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Sh muhd al qasim al rassa died 894H in tunisia, qayrawan ulama, great lovers of Rasūlullāh ﷺ
Some benefits on names of Rasūlullāh ﷺand adab to have when recounting Rasūlullāh ﷺnames, or
when counting the names, or see the names Rasūlullāh ﷺ..
With regards ti secret behind numerous names of Rasūlullāh ﷺ, in hadith, quran, various lit up to
1000
In having many names, it is exaltation and honour, shows high rank. When arabs revere something,
they give many names.
Sh al rassa says...no one greater in sight of Allah than Rasūlullāh ﷺ... Allah thus honour Rasūlullāh ﷺ
and gave many names...
These qualities many given to Rasūlullāh ﷺin absolute sense, thus they become names for him
Rasūlullāh ﷺalso. Those good sifah becomes a name for him Rasūlullāh ﷺ. because no one else
match Rasūlullāh ﷺin having those sifat most properly.
Allah has stored rewards for those who recite memorise the names of Rasūlullāh ﷺ
Therefore, store this love with Allah. And give delight to your eyes, recall the asma of Rasūlullāh ﷺ
and have adab in reciting them. And contemplate on the meanings of those names, whose meanings
are deep without end. Connect every name of Rasūlullāh ﷺwith salawat, asking Allah for nobility
therein and wasilah, and lofty rank in hereafter...insyaAllah will get syafaat al kubra
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Amount of names for Rasūlullāh ﷺis without end, can derive more and more because his virtues is
endless
Necessary for the one who remembers Rasūlullāh ﷺnames to be in the best of hal and nizam ie
order ie adab when you mention names of Rasūlullāh ﷺ...divibe mercy descends when remembering
the saliheen...Rasūlullāh ﷺis leader of saaliheen and the best...based on hadith rahmah of Allah
descends when righteous are remembered...
So do not be heedless of salawat when his name is mentioned, becauze that moment is when mercy
descends, esp when the one saying the name is pious and sincere...
Remember what abu sulaiman al darrani, a wali said, if u have a need, begin by selawat, then doa
what you want, then seal with salawat...Allah will accept both selawat, and is too Generous to ignore
what is in between two accepted.
Most ulama say salawat is universally accepted even if there is riya showing off in it,...other amal
when ada riya is rejected.
If selawat with riya, it is accepted but perhaps not in the sense of rewards to the reciter, but in the
form of raising rank for Rasūlullāh ﷺ
If servant is poor , then it is most fitting that remember Allah in all states, show adab to Allah and
Rasūlullāh ﷺ, and hope good opinion and yaqin in doa di kabulkan...on adab doa..
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Idzaa has a certainty, not a maybe, not if, but when...
Lau jaaa zaidun, la akramtuhu...this is of the past...had zayd come i would have honoured him...if
zayd had come etc...
If you have a need, then begin with salawat upon Rasūlullāh ﷺ
When al darrani uses idzaa, when you have a need, this is showing a confirmed inherent neediness in
all created things, iftiqaar...hence when not if...
Nazzih from tanzih transcendence...hence remove from it any ugly unbefitting things...
Nazzih Rasūlullāh ﷺnames from any unclean places, and when you pass by the names, do not be
heedless of them for that is a hardness of the heart...
Jaga when you have papers with names of Rasūlullāh ﷺin it...
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In general love for Rasūlullāh ﷺis proportionate to honour and respect and reverence and humility u
have when mention Rasūlullāh ﷺ...
This is ought to be the same as if Rasūlullāh ﷺis alive in this world and you are in his Rasūlullāh ﷺ
presence when he Rasūlullāh ﷺis alive.. these are owed tk Rasūlullāh ﷺnow as it is when h
Surah hujurat awal...is not just limited to those who are alive in zaman Rasūlullāh ﷺ...do not raise
voice...it applies even so now!
Feels shy and overcome with awe, until feel shy to say Rasūlullāh ﷺnames on his tongue...a hal
being overcome by honour of Rasūlullāh ﷺ...and reflecting on their on weakness to utter those
names...when that tongue has many sins....
Hadith...in company of abdullah ibn masud...never heard saying the messenger of allah said...qaala
Rasulullah...but once ibn masud said qaala Rasulullah, and he was overcome by this hal, and veins
start to bulge on forehead...
This is haal.
If u spent in gold the size of Uhud, you wont get half of the goodness that matches even half a mudd
of the rewards that sahabah get...sahabah became elect of this ummah because of the gazes they
got from Rasūlullāh ﷺ
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