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8. The Universal Message of Prophet. Muhammadsa Regarding Mosques. Dost Muhammad Shahid. H azrat Maulana Jala-ud-Din Roomi (rahmatul alaihe), the well-known and distinguished soofi of the Muslim world (born 1208 C. E. ; died 1273 C. E. ) has written a very interesting narrative about a shepherd in Volume II of his Mathnavi. . He writes: 'Once Hazrat Moosa as saw a shepherd supplicating: O Allah where are you, so that I may serve you and devote my life for you, and so that I may sew your shoes and comb your hair and kiss your beautiful hands and massage your soft and smooth feet, and prepare for you cheese and special bread every morn and eve. May all my goats be sacrificed for you. O my Beloved grant me just once the chance to behold your countenance. '. Recounting this narrative I fell into deep thought and contemplated that if today Hazrat. Khatamul Anmbiya, Muhammad Mustafasa were to appear in his full resplendent beauty and this humble one had the honor to present his most sincere salaams to His Holiness, I would most respectfully submit: O Prophet of Allah, those who are steeped in your love have built a great mosque for the purpose of spreading the message of Islam in the. New World and one of your holy deputies is to inaugurate this mosque. Please give us a message for this blessed occasion. So what message would the one for whom this universe was created give ?. The answer to this question, I found from the stars of the spiritual firmament, that is to say from the ahadees conveyed to us by the Companions of the. Holy Prophetsa which I now present to the readers of this Souvenir. Every single word of this faith inspiring message was issued forth from the blessed tongue of Hazrat Muhammadsa, only the order in which they have been presented is the doing of this humble one. (may my father and mother and my spirit and my life. be sacrificed for him):. O ye people, praise Allah. Whoever builds a mosque for Allah (that is to say builds a mosque with the intention of winning the pleasure of Allah), Allah, the. Exalted, shall build a great house for such a one in. Paradise. A mosque is the house of each and every believer. Mosques are the houses of Allah and those belivers who enter therein are the guests of Allah and he who comes to meet someone; it is incumbent upon him that he respect him whom he has come to meet. Thus when any from among you enters a mosque he should offer two raka'ats of prayer before being seated. . Those who visit the mosques in the darknesses, convey. Maulana Dost Muhammad Shahid to them the good news that Allah shall bestow upon them from Himself perfect light on the Day of. Judgment. When you see someone who posesses a deep attachment with a mosque, then bear witness to such a one's faith because Allah, the Exalted, says only such people populate mosques who believe in Allah and the Last Day. Whenever any from among you enters a mosque let him pray that O. Allah open up for me the doors of Thy Mercy; and whenever he leaves a mosque, let him pray thus that. O Allah, I seek from Thee Thy blessings. Those who are present they should convey this message to the others for it is quite possible that those who are present convey this message to such who are absent as may well better remember this message. اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَعَلَى آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ كَمَا صَلَّيْتَ عَلَى إبْرَاهِيمَ وَعَلَى آلِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ اِنَّكَ حَمِيدٌ : 5. 65. O Allah shower Thy peace upon Muhammadsa and upon the people of Muhammadsa as Thou did shower Thy peace upon Abrahamas and upon the people of Abrahamas. Thou are indeed Praiseworthy and Exalted. . Maulana Dost Muhammad Shahid, Author,. History of Ahmadiyyat. Ahmadiyya Muslim Association USA: 1994 Souven