Muhammad (saw) – The Perfect Man — Page 106
CHAPTER 6 Holy Prophet Muhammad sa 's Remembrance of All a h, glorifying Him and Being grateful To Him 106 Chapter 6 Holy Prophet Muhammad sa 's Remembrance of All a h, glorifying Him and Being grateful To Him It is a fact that we always remember the person whom we love. The first and the last love of our Holy Prophet Muhammad sa was God Himself. In the prime of his youth, he would leave the worldly pursuits and go into the cave of H ir a ’ to remember God. All his pleasures were in Him and the people of Makkah seeing this, used to say that Muhammad was in love with his Lord. The reality is that he was lost in God to such an extent, that his own self did not exist anymore, only love of God remained. Hadrat ‘ A ’ishah ra relates that the Holy Prophet Muhammad sa remembered All a h at each and every moment. 1 Holy Prophet Muhammad sa 's Zeal for All a h's Remembrance He remembered All a h during the day and the night, in solitude and in company, while asleep or awake, he never forgot Him even for a moment. He said, "While sitting in a gathering, I do Istighf a r more than seventy times. " 2 The Sufi proverb of "hands busy in work and heart busy in remembering the beloved", is only applicable to the time when a person is