Dr. Mufti Syed Ziauddin Naqshbandi Mujaddidi Qadri

Shaykh Ul Fiqh, Jamia Nizamia; Founder - Director


Abul Hasanaat Islamic Research Center

Mufti Maulana Syed Zia Uddin Naqshbandi Quadri

Shaik-ul-Fiqh - Jamia Nizamia


Abul Hasanaat Islamic Research Center

Scholarly Articles

The permanent blessings of the hand of the Holy Prophet (Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam)


<p class="MsoNormal" dir="LTR" style="text-align:left;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi: embed">It is mentioned in &ldquo;Kitab Ul Fadhaail&rdquo; of Kanz Ul &lsquo;Ummal that Hadhrat Jabir bin Samurah (May Allah be well pleased with him) says:<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">&nbsp; </span>Boys would come to the Holy Prophet (Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) and He would path sometimes one cheek, sometimes the other and sometimes both cheeks of the boys.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">&nbsp; </span>Once, I also went.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">&nbsp; </span>The Holy Prophet (Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) graced one of my cheeks with His blessed hand.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">&nbsp; </span>Thus, it became more beautiful than the other cheek.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" dir="LTR" style="text-align:left;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi: embed">&nbsp;</p> <p class="MsoNormal" dir="LTR" style="text-align:left;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi: embed">It is mentioned in Kitab Ul Hajj of Kanz Ul &lsquo;Ummal that Hadhrat Harith (May Allah be well pleased with him) says:<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">&nbsp; </span>the Holy Prophet (Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) was on &lsquo;Arafaat.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">&nbsp; </span>The Arabs would come in droves, see the blessed face of the Holy Prophet (Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) and say:<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">&nbsp; </span>This is a blessed face.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">&nbsp; </span>I also presented myself and requested the Holy Prophet (Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) to pray for my forgiveness.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">&nbsp; </span>The Holy Prophet (Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) said:<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">&nbsp; </span><i>Allahummaghfirlana</i> and bent down and caressed my face.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">&nbsp; </span>The narrator says that his face remained really fresh until his death.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" dir="LTR" style="text-align:left;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi: embed">&nbsp;</p> <p class="MsoNormal" dir="LTR" style="text-align:left;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi: embed">This effect of the blessed hand of the Holy Prophet (Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) was so obvious that none can deny it.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">&nbsp; </span>The freshness of his face was not usual.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">&nbsp; </span>Otherwise, why would it be mentioned specifically.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" dir="LTR" style="text-align:left;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi: embed">&nbsp;</p> <p class="MsoNormal" dir="LTR" style="text-align:left;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi: embed">There is a Hadith in &ldquo;Kitab Ul Fadhaail&rdquo; of Kanz Ul &lsquo;Ummal that a Companion presented made a request to the Holy Prophet (Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) about his son.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">&nbsp; </span>The Holy Prophet (Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) called him, placed both His hands on His head and said:<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">&nbsp;&nbsp; </span>&ldquo;<i>Barakallahu Feeh.</i>&rdquo;<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">&nbsp; </span>The narrator says that after this whenever anybody would have any swelling or the udder of a goat would be swollen, they would come to him and he would keep his hands on his head and caress the swelling and immediately the swelling would go down.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" dir="LTR" style="text-align:left;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi: embed">&nbsp;</p> <p class="MsoNormal" dir="LTR" style="text-align:left;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi: embed">Just see!<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">&nbsp; </span>The Holy Prophet (Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) placed His blessed hands on the Companions head when he was but a child and the effect lasted for a lifetime and such effect that not only he but everyone else received benefit from it.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">&nbsp; </span>Here, the mind is flummoxed as to how the effect of the hand planted itself on the top of his head.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">&nbsp; </span>Then, that effect reaches the ill as well and there it cures the ill.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">&nbsp; </span>Just think!<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">&nbsp; </span>What long-lasting blessing that was and how communicable it is.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">&nbsp; </span>The mind can never comprehend it and how can it, because it deals with the physical world and has got nothing to do with the spiritual world.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" dir="LTR" style="text-align:left;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi: embed">&nbsp;</p> <p class="MsoNormal" dir="LTR" style="text-align:left;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi: embed">There is a Hadith in &ldquo;Kitab Ul Fadhaail&rdquo; of Kanz Ul &lsquo;Ummal on the authority of Hadhrat &lsquo;Ata (May Allah be well pleased with him), he says:<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">&nbsp; </span>I saw Hadhrat Saib (May Allah be well pleased with him) that the middle part of his head was black and the rest of his head and his beard had all turned white.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">&nbsp; </span>I asked him the reason for it.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">&nbsp; </span>He said:<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">&nbsp; </span>In childhood, I was playing with some children.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">&nbsp; </span>The Holy Prophet (Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) passed by us.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">&nbsp; </span>I went forward and greeted the Holy Prophet (Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) with &ldquo;Salaam.&rdquo;<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">&nbsp; </span>The Holy Prophet (Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) returned my greeting and asked:<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">&nbsp; </span>Who are you?<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">&nbsp; </span>I answered:<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">&nbsp; </span>I am Saib, son of so and so.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">&nbsp; </span>The Holy Prophet (Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) caressed my head with His hands and said:<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">&nbsp; </span>&ldquo;<i>Barakallahu Feek.</i>&rdquo;<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">&nbsp; </span>The effect of His blessed hand was that it would never turn white.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" dir="LTR" style="text-align:left;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi: embed">&nbsp;</p> <p class="MsoNormal" dir="LTR" style="text-align:left;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi: embed">Just see!<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">&nbsp; </span>This was the visible effect of the blessed hand of the Holy Prophet (Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) that people would see and wonder and no one can object to this.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" dir="LTR" style="text-align:left;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi: embed">&nbsp;</p> <p class="MsoNormal" dir="LTR" style="text-align:left;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi: embed"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Comic Sans MS&quot;">[Excerpted from Maqasid Ul Islam, Vol. 9]</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" dir="LTR" style="text-align:left;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi: embed"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Comic Sans MS&quot;">&nbsp;</span></p>