I received a text message from a special friend a couple of weeks ago. Within the text message, my friend mentioned to me that if you have love for the Prophet sallaAllahu ‘alayhi wasalam in your heart, then calamities are purification for you and not punishment. This poignant reminder really moved me so I asked my friend to elaborate on this. She wrote the following out for me, and with her permission, I am posting it here for everyone to benefit from insha’Allah ta’ala:
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Whenever time caused me any distress and I took refuge in him.
I received shelter from him, which was not misused.
I did not ask for the wealth of the two worlds from his hand.
But I received a great gift from the best hand that was ever kissed.
Al-Burdah
There are certain verses from the burdah that keep coming back to me and this is one of them. It seems to come forth in times of calamities and brings peace and tranquillity to the heart. For he sallaAllahu ‘alayhi wasalam is the key to our happiness. He is there for us and he feels our pain. When we remember him it removes our sadness and replaces it with peace. He is the key to Allah and he is the centre of our lives.
Recently I sat in a dars about the 20 benefits of salawat. It was a most blessed gathering and there was not one single eye that didn’t stream with tears.
One of the most poignant things that was said that day for me was that Allah will never punish a heart that contains the love of the Prophet sallaAllahu ‘alayhi wasalam within it. If you suffer calamities or difficulties then know it is purification for you and not punishment. For Allah will never punish you if you have love for his Beloved sallaAllahu ‘alayhi wasalam.
Loving him is better than going for jihad or setting a slave free, and making salawat has more effect than when water is put on a fire.
The other main point taken was that one of the benefits of making salawat is that your name will be mentioned to the Prophet sallaAllahu ‘alayhi wasalam. A special angel on the grave of the shareef will give the names of all of creation. There is no one person who gives salaam without this angel telling the Prophet sallaAllahu ‘alayhi wasalam. He will know you and your father (I think this is something great to think about especially for reverts) as the angel will mention so and so, son or daughter of so and so gives salaams.
It is enough to know that Allah and His beloved know your name. If he mentions your name or remembers you then surely you will go steps towards Allah.
So we undergo distress, sadness, loss and calamities but our shelter is him. To know him, remember him and love him. For some of us reading this, may at one time in our life not even known his name but it is true to say ‘we received a great gift from the best hand that was ever kissed’ when we entered into Islam.
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Whilst on the topic of loving the Beloved Prophet sallaAllahu alayhi wasalam, I would also like to share something which Dr. Asim Yusuf (aka Talib al-Habib) narrated to us at the al-Ghazali retreat in Spain last week. Dr. Asim mentioned how when the time came to leave his Shaykh (may Allah elevate his rank) in South Africa, he was feeling really anxious. He said to his Shaykh that he doesn’t know what he will do without him now that he will be going back to the UK, and how they will be so far apart. His Shaykh advised to carry the Beloved sallaAllahu a’alayhi wasalam in your heart wherever you go, and you’ll never be alone. Subhan’Allah! This was a very strong and moving reminder for all of us sat in that gathering. It reminded us of how at times when we feel alone or are going through trials/tribulations, we should only have to look inside our hearts and find RasulAllah sallaAllahu alayhi wasalam to guide and comfort us; for he sallaAllahu alayhi wasalam is our key to the Lord, and it’s only the Lord who can move us from one state to another.
May the Beloved sallaAllahu ‘alayhi wasalam never leave our hearts. May we seek comfort with him in this life and the akhirah; may he be our companion in hardship and ease and may we sincerely humble ourselves in thanks to Allah. Allahumma Amin ya Rabb!
Please may I request you recite al-Fatiha and make du’a for my friend who took time out to share and write the above, and also for Dr. Asim.
Healing Hearts 
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July 9, 2009 at 4:47 pm
Ya RasulAllah Madad
SubhanAllah a useful reminder for me and us all!!!!
‘Aaj le unki Panah aaj madad maang unse
Phir na maanege Qayamat mein agar maan gaya!’
Sayyidi Ala Hadrat, Al-Allama As-Shaykh Ahmad Rida Khan Al-Qadri Al- Barelwi (rahmatullah alayh)
http://www.razanw.org/modules/smartmedia/clip.php?categoryid=1&folderid=1&clipid=58
Please also check http://www.sunniport.com/masabih/forumdisplay.php?f=41 and the Hadaiq is available online.One will be immersed in Love of the Beloved صلي الله عليه و سلم
Qutb u’l Irshad Sayyiduna Imam al-Habib ‘Abdallah ibn ‘Alawi al-Haddad (rahmatullah alayh) beautiful plea – http://almiskeenah.blogsome.com/2006/08/16/durood-3/#comments
By Imam Abul – Hasan Muhammad al- Bakri (ra)(d 952h) from al- Anwar wa-Misbah al-Surur wal-Afkar wa-Dhikr Nur Muhammad al-Mustafa al Mukhtar (The Lights and Beacon of Happiness and Thoughts and the Commemoration of the Light of the Elect Muhammad Sallallahu ‘alaihi wa sallam) and translated by Shaykh Sayyid Muhammad al Yaqoubi al Hassani (May Allah give him a long life Ameen ) in a flight from London to San Francisco in June 2000. The Qasida appeared in the Q News Rabi ul Awal edition a couple of years ago and is also in the following book by Shaykh G F Haddad http://www.aqsapublications.com/albani.html
No Mercy that Allah has sent or will send,
none that may ascend; descend or transcend
In the realm of Allah or in His Sovereignty,
Whether it is specific or comes in totality,
Except that Taha , His Servant, the elect,
His Prophet, the Preferred whom he verily has sent
Is certainly the means of it as well as a source,
A fact that every man through reason can course.
So beseech him always for everything you need,
For he is the Shafi’ who accepts all who plead.
Take shelter in Him from all distress,
For safety is he always as well as fortress.
Put down the loads of hope at him there;
He is the refuge the one who will bear
In a state of hardship when calamities befall,
Do not despair and upon him call
O most Esteemed of what Allah did create,
And the best by whom to Him we supplicate.
How many a time you removed grave grief,
And this is what afflicted me again, in brief.
More helpless than me none did ever exist:
What strength do I have or stamina to persist ?
By him who made you in the world sublime
And raised you to a rank no one can climb
Disencumber me of all hardships and pain;
Whom do I solicit if you desist or refrain?
At loss am I ; my patience is gone.
I have not a clue of what next is to be done
You are the door to Allah; whoever finds a way
to travel without you will surely be turned away.
Prayers on you as the winds of the north
Swiftly shake hand with the flowers that come forth
With Salam from Allah as the scent of the Houses
Smells sweet, and the fragrance of incense arises
With the Family, the companions so long as a pigeon
Whose twig is succulent coos loudly in the region.
July 10, 2009 at 8:25 am
Farzana
Subhanallah, this is so beautiful. It fans the flames of love in the hearts of those who love him (saw). Jazakallah for sharing this.
April 20, 2010 at 12:22 pm
Ummu Sarah
JazaKAllahu Kheir, very very important and beautiful, May Allah (swt) grant you jannah..
I asked my Teacher( Malima Zainab) to tell me something to always keep with me before my mariage and going away from my country she said:” Send Salawat to the Prophet Muhamad (sws) always”.
Am sharing this for us InshAllah to benrfit,
May 17, 2011 at 10:30 pm
seekerofthesacredknowledge
MashahAllah I know A Sister That studies with doctor asim and sidi sajaad Hussain Also 🙂