If I Were To Meet The Prophet PBUH
Excitement, joy and awe are the few words that come to my mind at the first thought of meeting the Prophet pbuh. It’s just natural to have such feelings at the thought of meeting someone you have heard of all your life, but never met.
However, these are the first thoughts
As I think deeply, I find myself in a dilemma of wishing to meet him and then the apprehension of not being able to face him pbuh. The mercy for all universe, the Prophet pbuh, will no doubt ask me about his pbuh most beloved Ummah and its state of affairs after him pbuh.
With what heart, will I be able to tell him that the believers, who were supposed to be like a single body all suffering the pain together, are no longer as such. Rather than that, they have become the amputed parts of a body, each of which is bleeding on its own and none is feeling the pain of the other!
I cringe to think about telling the beloved Messenger pbuh,that there remains not a single Muslim country in the world where the Muslims live according to the teachings of peace which he pbuh exemplified for them. That, whereas he pbuh suffered and sacrificed for establishing the system of peace, but today, though many countries proudly attach Islamic to their names, yet they are developing on systems which are the farthest from Islam!
What would I tell him about what is happening to the the rope of Allah(Quran)? That blessed rope, one of the edges of which is with Allah and the other of which is suspended on earth, waiting to be held. How would I tell him that whereas he was the walking example of the Quran, but today, despite the vast number of Muslims, there remain a very few hands to hold that rope steadfast! That the majority finds it enough to keep the Book safely on their top shelves and to read it occasionally, but seldom bothering to understand or follow what is written in it.
Will I not tremble to tell Him pbuh that His ummah has heard and read in the Quran, the wrath of war with Allah and him pbuh upon dealing in ribaa, yet a majority is still engaged in it.
Shall I also have to inform him pbuh, the ironic state of affairs of his followers. How they choose to spend extravagantly for their celebrations, while being highly insensitive to the poverty of destitute families nearby, who are pushed to the extremes of selling their children for food.
Will I not be uneasy to answer him when he asks me full of hope about the youth of his ummah. The energetic young people who with their energies and hard work determine the future. How painfully would it crush his hopes when he comes to know that his prophecy about Muslims following the lifestyle of the former ummahs, is as true for the youth today, as has never been before. The youth wants the highest standards for their worldly achievements but are too engrossed in social media and hanging out, to pay heed to studying deen also. Their role model has become someone other than their own Prophet pbuh. They are well informed about the minor details of the lives of their favorite personalities worldwide, yet they remain blind to the sparkling prospects of the life history of their own Prophet pbuh.
Amidst these turmoils, I find it very confusing to face the prophet pbuh. Especially when he will ask me as to what did I do to make a diference. In this moment I gain an insight for myself.
I remember the three groups from Bani Israel which Allah mentions in regards to the occurrence of sabt, where the first group was the wrong doer, the second, which used to abstain from sin and reprimanded their fellow men and the third who were not involved in sin themselves but did not rebuke their fellows either. Allah mentions the second group to be the successful ones.
I realize I should make a stronger effort to be in the second successful group while utilizing all my capabilities. So, that tomorrow when I meet my Lord SWT and his Messenger pbuh I do not have the apprehension I feel today.
May Allah make me one of those who will hear this at the moment of their final departure:
يا ايتها النفس المطمئنة ارجعي الى ربك راضيه مرضيه فد خلي في عبادي ودخلي في جنتي
(It will be said to the pious): “O (you) the one in (complete) rest and satisfaction! Come back to your Lord, Well-pleased (yourself) and well-pleasing unto Him! Enter you, then, among My honored slaves, And enter you My Paradise!
Ameen
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