Summary

The following points below are summary from this week's Friday Sermon:

• After reciting Tashahhud, Ta‘awwuz and Surah al-Fatihah, His Holiness, Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad (aba) said that there are countless incidents about the Holy Prophet’s (sa) love for God. In fact, his entire life was like an ocean of love for God. 
• His Holiness (aba) said one example of the Holy Prophet’s (sa) love for God was during the Battle of Uhud. It is recorded that on the day of Uhud, the Holy Prophet (sa) appointed a battalion of archers and urged them not to move from their posts, whether the Muslims seemed to be winning or losing.
• At this time, Abu Sufyan called out, asking about the Holy Prophet (sa). The Holy Prophet (sa) instructed the companions around him to remain silent.
• Abu Sufyan replied, saying, ‘We have Uzza, and you have no Uzza.’ The Holy Prophet (sa) instructed the companions to respond by saying, ‘Allah is our Helper, and you have no helper.’ In other words, when it came to the honour and glory of God, the Holy Prophet (sa) did not care about his own life; rather, where he had previously instructed the companions to remain silent, in the matter of God, he instructed that they should not remain silent but respond and glorify God.
• His Holiness (aba) quoted Hazrat Mirza Bashiruddin Mahmud Ahmad (ra), Second Caliph of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, who writes:
• ‘Those Muslims who made a ring round the Prophet but were driven back, ran forward again as soon as they saw the enemy withdrawing. They lifted the Prophet’s body from among the dead.
• After a little while, the Prophet returned to consciousness. The guards who surrounded him sent out messengers to tell Muslims to assemble again.
• The Prophet forbade Abu Bakr from making any reply. Abu Sufyan followed by a third, and said, “We have also killed ‘Umar.” The Prophet forbade ‘Umar also to reply.
• They stood chagrined at the thought that the Prophet, after all, had not died. They stood chagrined at the thought that the Prophet, after all, had not died.
• His Holiness (aba) said that the Holy Prophet (sa) would not allow so much as a hint of associating partners with Allah come about. Once, during a conversation, someone said to the Holy Prophet (sa), ‘Whatever you and Allah desire.’ The Holy Prophet (sa) said, ‘Have you set me up as a partner with God?
• His Holiness (aba) said that the Holy Prophet (sa) was also concerned about the fact that graves should not become a place of worship. It is unfortunate that today we see Muslims prostrating at the graves and shrines of their clerics and leaders.
• His Holiness (aba) said that once, the disbelievers asked the Holy Prophet (sa) to tell them about the lineage of God. Upon this, God revealed, “Say He is Allah the One, the Independent and Besought of all.
• His Holiness (aba) said that when it would rain, some disbelievers would be prone to saying that it rained due to a certain star. Upon this, people attested that no one other than the Holy Prophet (sa) had such a deep understanding of God’s unity and greatness.
• His Holiness (aba) said that once, the Holy Prophet (sa) was asked what takes a person to heaven and what takes a person to hell. The Holy Prophet (sa) said that one who does not associate partners with God will enter heaven, and those who associate partners with God will enter hell.
• His Holiness (aba) said that the Holy Prophet (sa) once said that God has promised that one who sets out in His cause will either be victorious or enter paradise if they are martyred, so long as they have firm faith in God and His Messenger (sa) and it was this firm faith that drove them to set out in this cause. Then the Holy Prophet (sa) said that if he could, he would be martyred and return to this world only to be martyred again, and do so over and over again solely for the sake of God. 
• His Holiness (aba) said that when the Holy Prophet (sa) was on the way to Badr, there was a man who met the Muslim army along the way who was renowned in Arabia for his bravery and proficiency in battle. Despite being a disbeliever, he offered to join the Muslim army.
• His Holiness (aba) said that the Holy Prophet (sa) would always be engaged in the remembrance of Allah. It is recorded that there are four things that a person should say that are better than all other statements, and if one begins something by saying one of these statements, then it will be blessed.
• His Holiness (aba) said that when he lay down, the Holy Prophet (sa) would place his right hand under his right cheek as he said, “My Lord, may my life and my death be for Your sake alone.’ When he would wake up, the Holy Prophet (sa) would say, ‘All praise belongs to Allah who gave us life after death and to Him shall we return.’ In other words, the Holy Prophet (sa) ensured that before going to sleep, he had settled his affairs by praying that may his life and death be only for the sake of God, and when he awoke, he would thank God for blessing his life and allowing him to wake back up.
• His Holiness (aba) said that today, Muslims erroneously think that the most noble deed is to go out and wage war and smite down disbelievers. However, the Holy Prophet (sa) once told his companions that even better than going out to fight in the cause of Allah is to remain engaged in the remembrance of Allah at all times.
• His Holiness (aba) said that Hazrat A’ishah (ra), the wife of the Holy Prophet (sa), records that in his final moments, God gave the Holy Prophet (sa) the option to go to Him or to remain in the world, upon which the Holy Prophet (sa) said, ‘Allah is the greatest of companions.’ These were the Holy Prophet’s (sa) final words.