On loving the Prophet ( صلى الله عليه و سلم)

بِسْمِ اللّهِ الرَّحْمـَنِ الرَّحِيمِ

According to a narration in Bukhari, the Prophet Muhammad صلى الله عليه و سلم   has reportedly said:

لا يؤمن أحدكم حتى أكون أحب إليه من ولده ووالده والناس أجمعين

Ya’qoob Ibn Ibrahim said, from Ibn ‘Ulayya from Abd Ul-Azeez Ibn Suhayb from Anas from the Prophet  صلى الله عليه و سلم and also Adam from Shu’ba from Qatadah from Anas that the Prophet صلى الله عليه و سلم said,

“None of you will believe until I am more beloved to him than his father, his children and all people.”


According to Ibn Hajar, the above was also narrated by Abu Hurairah also Abd Ul-‘Azeez Ibn Suhayb’s narration, which was also recorded by Ibn Khuzaimah in his sahih from Ya’qoob (the shaykh of Imam Bukhari) has the wording “…more beloved to him than his family and his wealth”, rather than “his father, his children, and all people”, as was also recorded by Muslim from Ibn ‘Ulayya.

For those who want to achieve this love, there are words of advice from Amir Khusro (RA) :

ख़ुसरो दरिया प्रेम का, उलटी वा की धार,
जो उभरा सो डूब गया, जो डूबा सो पार.

Khusro dariya prem ka, ulṭī vā kī dhār,
Jo ubhrā so ḍūb gayā, jo ḍūbā so pār.

Khusro! the river of love has an opposite (unusual) flow
He who floats up will drown (will be lost), and he who drowns will get across (be successful).

In other words, it is necessary to fully immerse oneself in this love, in order to succeed....

(There is an alternate rendering of this couplet)

ख़ुसरो दरिया प्रेम का, उलटी वा की धार,
जो उतरा  सो डूब गया, जो डूबा सो पार.

Khusro dariya prem ka, ulṭī vā kī dhār,
Jo utrā so ḍūb gayā, jo ḍūbā so pār.

Khusro! the river of love has a reverse flow
He who descends in it will drown (will be lost), and he who drowns will get across.

Hope for those of us who want to descend in this river, apparently, if we do, we will drown....