Understanding Salat — Page 200
Understanding S al A t 200 Allah Almighty on me that, with regard to love for the Holy Prophet sas , I have always felt his sas demise as if he sas was alive in my lifetime and he sas passed away in my lifetime. ( Khu t b ā te Nik āh , pp. 611-612) When we pray for a family member who has passed away, it can make us emotional because the prayer itself reminds us of the pain of loss that we suffered. Similarly, Dur ū d itself can be emotional if it becomes a reminder of the loss we suffered in our own lives. When we say the name Muhammad sas , it reminds us of all the experiences that we had with him sas , and the experience of his passing. Praying for him sas becomes an expression of our mourning his sas loss. That becomes a very personal Dur ū d. When we say the name Muhammad in Dur ū d , it should remind us of a person who we know personally. Hadrat Mirz ā Bash ī r Ahmad ra narrates that on one occa- sion the Promised Messiah as was pacing in Masjid Mub ā rak alone. He was quietly humming something while tears were streaming from his eyes. A companion was able to hear that he as was reading the couplet that Hadrat Hass ā n ibn Th ā bit ra wrote at the demise of the Holy Prophet sas. The couplet was: ‘You were the pupil of my eye, now that you have died my eye has become blind. I care not who dies now, for I feared only your death. ’ When a person enquired as to why he as was so perturbed, the Promised Messiah as said, ‘While reading