Assalamu Alaikum Wa Rahmatullahi Wa Barakatuh

*In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful*

*Just think, how Mu'adh bin Jabal (RA) must have felt when he heard the Messenger of Allah (PBUH) saying, "O Mu'adh, by Allah, I love you."*

*And what joy Abdullah bin Abbas (RA) must have felt when the Messenger of Allah (PBUH) embraced him and prayed, "O Allah! Teach him the Qur'an."*

*What must Ali ibn Abi Talib (RA) have thought when he heard the Messenger of Allah (PBUH) saying, "Tomorrow I will surely hand over the flag to a man who loves Allah and His Messenger, and Allah and His Messenger also love him," and then he found out that it was he himself?*

*Or a bolt of electricity must have run through the weary hands of Sa'd bin Abi Waqqas (RA) when the Messenger of Allah (PBUH) said to him:*

*"O Sa'd, shoot arrows! May my parents be sacrificed for you!"*

*And what would have been the emotions of Uthman bin Affan (RA) when he provided complete equipment for the army going to the Battle of Tabuk, and the Messenger of Allah (PBUH) said: "Whatever Uthman does after today will not harm him."*

*Or how must Abu Musa al-Ash'ari (RA) have recited the Qur'an thereafter when the Messenger of Allah (PBUH) said: "If only you had seen me yesterday while I was listening to your recitation!"*

*And what must Sa'ib bin Yazid (RA) have thought, whose head hair was touched by the Messenger of Allah (PBUH), so only those remained black while the rest of his hair turned white in old age?*

*And what would have been the state of joy of the Ansar when the Messenger of Allah (PBUH) said to them that if all people walk on one path and the Ansar on another, I will choose the path of the Ansar.*

*And how proud the Ansar must have felt when the Prophet of Allah (PBUH) said about them that the sign of faith is love for the Ansar and the sign of hypocrisy is enmity towards them.*

*And what were the feelings of Siddiq (Abu Bakr, RA) when the Messenger of Allah (PBUH) said: "If I were to take anyone as a close friend (Khalil), I would have taken Abu Bakr."*

*How Mother Aisha's (RA) heart must have throbbed with joy when the Messenger of Allah (PBUH) replied with the name of "Aisha" when asked, "Who is the most beloved to you?"*

*And would the tears of Bilal bin Rabah (RA) have stopped when the Messenger of Allah (PBUH) said to him: "O Bilal, tell me about the deed you have done in Islam in which you place the most hope, for I heard the sound of your shoes in front of me in Paradise."*

*And how did Umar bin Khattab (RA) feel when he sought permission to enter upon the Messenger of Allah (PBUH), and the Prophet (PBUH) said to the doorkeeper: "Let him enter and give him the glad tidings of Paradise."*

And now,

*Just imagine when on the Day of Resurrection, the true lovers of the Messenger of Allah (PBUH) from among his Ummah will see him, and Muhammad al-Arabi (PBUH) will say to them:*

*O Allah! Include us also among those followers to whom the Messenger of Allah (PBUH) will say on the Day of Resurrection:*

*"You are those of my Ummah for meeting whom I wept; you are those of my Ummah who believed in me without seeing me."*

*What will we feel at that moment.......!!!! ???*

*And I entrust my affair to Allah.*

*And all praise is due to Allah, the Lord of the Worlds.*