Description of the Prophet,
and Mercy to Mankind - [2 CD Set]
with Shaykh Hamza Yusuf
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Description :
Lecture CD One:
The Description of the Prophet, May Allah Bless him and grant him peace.
Love (mahabba) for people arises from three characteristics:
---1) Their physical outward beauty,
---2) Their inward beautiful character, and
---3) The good or the sacrifice they do for us.
To increase and maintain his love for the Prophet Muhammad, May Allah Bless him and grant him peace, Sayyidina Imam Hasan (the Prophet's grandson), Radi Allahu ta'ala anhu, sought descriptions of all three of these aspects of the Prophet because he wanted something to hold on to.
Adding his own commentary to these intimate descriptions, Shaykh Hamza with his usual eloquence, passionately relates what Sayyidina Hasan gathered about the Beloved of Allah, peace and blessings upon him. Shaykh Hamza says, If you knew what the Prophet, May Allah Bless him and grant him peace, did for you, you would fall in love with him and explains that mahabba grows like a seed. For those who desire to fall in love with the Beloved of Allah, this talk is for them.
Lecture CD Two: Mercy to Mankind:
One of the calamities of religions is when the Messenger becomes exalted over the One who sent him. We do not believe the Prophet Muhammad, May Allah Bless him and grant him peace, is divine. We have been given the gift of understanding the Messenger in relation to the One who sent him. The Prophet Muhammad, May Allah Bless him and grant him peace, is central to teachings of Islam. You cannot exalt the Creator without exalting His Messenger, and you cannot exalt His Message without exalting His Messenger. We are commanded by God to magnify the Prophet, May Allah Bless him and grant him peace.
Shaykh Hamza Yusuf eloquently explains why we must celebrate the Prophet, May Allah Bless him and grant him peace, every day of our lives. He also adds at the end an elucidating explanation of how Muslims should emulate the behaviour the Prophet Muhammad, May Allah Bless him and grant him peace, had during trying times, reminding us that Prophet, May Allah Bless him and grant him peace, taught, the believer is one from whose evil humanity is safe and that he was sent only as a mercy to everyone.