Mawlid and Hadith by Bukhari

In the name of Allah the most gracious, the merciful.

Peace and blessings be upon Muhammad sallallahu alaihi wasaaalam, his family and his companions.

The Mawlid celebration was held today at the college. Alhamdulillah, after so many years of not having one, it felt good to be in one. In my 22 years of living, It thought that I've always knew Muhammad SAW. Of course I would, since I've been exposed to seerah since I was 7. So young.

But only recently that i reflected and realised that there's nothing much about Him that I know. Surely I know the birth date and what nots, but isn't through knowing, one should be able to fall in love? I mean, what's not to love about Him?

He was a shy, reticent man who lived among his people with such high moral character they called him al-Amîn — the Trustworthy. He was decisieve and whole-hearted in everything He did, so intent on the task at hand that He never looked over His shoulder even if His cloak got caught in a thorny bush. And there are just some of the stories we've heard about Muhammad.


I was really stoned (recently) when I read a hadith  reported by Bukhari,


"None of you believes, until you love me more than you love yourselves".


It's not that it was my first time hearing such hadith, in fact I've known about this since forever, but it has never affected me as a practitioner of Islam. Just recently that I've had this guilt towards my own self, for being self-fish and big head because of this hadith.

You see, from this hadith, we can clearly see, how it is one of the signs of the level of imaan that a person has, if he/she is affected or not by the hadith. Although it is a little late, I still would like to express my syukr towards Allah for giving me the opportunity to feel guilty for not having such feeling before. At least now I am able to work on  myself and improve my relationship with the beloved prophet.

Truly, Muhammad is the best of man and that He is the best in the things He had done for His ummah.

Ya Rasulallah, Ya Sayyidi, may peace and blessings always be with you. I longed and missed your presence. I'm grateful to you, Ya Habibi. Ya Mustofa, thank you for sacrifice, and thank you for making our lives, the ummah of the end of times, easier, for only through your effort that we, are able to live our lives now. Allahu rabbi, please forgive our sins and those before us, and let our beloved prophet have it His way in helping us through our life. InshAllah, if it's meant to be, the jannah shall be our meeting. InshAllah amiin ;)