Friday Suhba and sermon delivered on February 12th, 2016 at Annoor Mosque, the 3rd of Jamãd-ul-Üla 1437 Hijri.
Blessings of the Visiting Relics of Allah’s Messenger صلى الله عليه وسلم uwbp
Indeed, personal relics of Allah’s Messenger upon whom be peace صلى الله عليه وسلم are living treasures and blessings. They are honored by the believers throughout the ages worldwide, just like earlier nations treasured the relics of earlier prophets upon all of whom be peace.
Relics of Earlier Prophets uwbp The Holy Quran cites the importance of relics in relation to the return of the Ark of Covenant that was brought back to the Israelites, carried by angels, and with the Ark came Sakinah, a most comforting peace and glad tidings from our Lord, besides some of the relics left by the family of Musa (Moses) and the family of Harun (Aaron), as a clear sign for those who have faith. (cf. Quran 2:248) وَقَالَ لَهُمْ نَبِيُّهُمْ إِنَّ آيَةَ مُلْكِهِ أَن يَأْتِيَكُمُ التَّابُوتُ فِيهِ سَكِينَةٌ مِّن رَّبِّكُمْ وَبَقِيَّةٌ مِّمَّا تَرَكَ آلُ مُوسَىٰ وَآلُ هَارُونَ تَحْمِلُهُ الْمَلَائِكَةُ ۚ إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَآيَةً لَّكُمْ إِن كُنتُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ In the abovementioned verse 2:248, speaking of the mark (Ayah,) and blessings (Baraka) of the establishment of Talut’s kingdom, was the return of personal relics of the Prophet Musa and the Prophet Harun upon both of them be peace, “A sign from your Lord”. Wahab Bin Munbih narrated that the Sakinah is the presence of a special Soul (Rüh) sent by our Lord and that speaks when explanations are needed. As to the “Relics left by the family of Musa and the family of Harun“, the Arabic word for relics used here is “Baqiyya” it refers to personal items left by Allah’s Prophets and preserved by their families, including the staff of Musa (as), the staff of Harun (as), fragments of the Tablets, personal garment of Allah’s Prophets Musa and Harun ubbp and some of the nutritious sweet food called Manna miraculously and unexpectedly provided to the Israelites in the wilderness. (See Tafsir Ibn Kathir) Relics and hair of Allah’s Messenger Muhammad uwbp The blessed companions of Allah’s Messenger also honored every moment of his presence صلى الله عليه وسلم uwbp, as they hearkened to the Divine Revelation of the Holy Quran verse-by-verse, as well as they treasured every bit of his humanity, his sharing, his regards and even his smile.
In fact, the blessed companions enjoyed the blessings of his physical presence, his clothing, his touch, drinking from his cup, or finger touching the side of a dish wherefrom he ate. Sometimes he allowed some to kiss his hand, or even touch his foot, mostly new comers who were not familiar with protocols did that, but in fact, he did not find fault in such actions since they were done out of love and respect. The succeeding generations, known as tãbi’ïn also honored such privileges and pursued them as living traces of Allah’s Messenger uwbp. In fact, no one knows how to value these people better than Allah’s Messenger uwbp when he called the tãbi’ïn of the End of Times, “My beloveds, my beloveds. They come later, they believe in me and they will sacrifice any attachment they have just to see me…” Visiting Relics of Allah’s Messenger صلى الله عليه وسلم uwbp In this suhba address, the listener will find further explanations of how the blessed companions and the following generations honored and cherished the personal belongings of Allah’s Messenger صلى الله عليه وسلم up to date. All the sayings in this suhba reported by the blessed companions and family members and some of the tãbi’ïn of later generations are found in Sahih Bukhari and Sahih Muslim. 