Kissing the forehead of the elderly is [an act of] reverence and honour [towards them]. It is [merely] a practice and not an act of worship; as [can be] seen from this [narration]…
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How about of those other than them?!
Neither Allaah nor His Messenger commanded [us] to observe the days of misfortune for the Prophets and their deaths as a period of mourning – so how about of those other than them?!
From the signs of one’s love of Allaah
From the signs of [one’s] love of Allaah, is love of the Qur.aan.
To convey the Sunnah is better
And to convey his Sunnah to the ummah is better than to shoot an arrow at the throat of the enemy, because there is no shortage among the people who can do that.
Conveying knowledge
After [the rank of] Prophethood, I do not know of a rank better than conveying knowledge.
Addressing the Prophet ﷺ
There does not occur in the Qur.aan an address of “O Muhammad”, rather [there is] “O Prophet” and “O Messenger”…
People who do not eat chicken
Abu Moosaa al-Ash’aree was eating chicken for lunch, and amongst the people was a man who was sitting, so Abu Moosaa called him over [to join him] for lunch…
The root of tribulation
Keeping away from the hadeeth of the Prophet ﷺ is the root of tribulation! [there was a time when] the student of knowledge would read the [collection of] six books of hadeeth, the Muwatta, and then progress to reading the masaaneed and more.
A cause for blessings
Invoking prayers and salutations upon the Prophet ﷺ is a cause for blessings being bestowed [by Allaah] upon the invoker, and his work, and his age, and the causes of [his] benefit.
Attaining completeness of the soul
Indeed there is no completeness for the soul other than through invoking prayers and salutations upon the Prophet ﷺ…