Understanding Salat — Page 199
Qa‘dah 199 Hadrat Mu s le h Mau‘ ū d ra said, There are many people who are called Muslims and who express faith in the Holy Prophet sas , their entire lives go by, but they never realize that a very great calamity came upon them with the demise of the Holy Prophet sas. This is because they did not see the era of the Holy Prophet sas. They do not see him sas in the way that the Companions ra saw him sas. As far as loss goes, those who came afterwards suffered the same loss that the Companions suffered. However, the Companions felt it because they saw with their own eyes what was accomplished by the coming of the Holy Prophet sas , and they saw with their own eyes the danger that existed if he sas had not come. Since those who came afterwards did not see this with their own eyes, so although they believe in the Holy Prophet sas and there is sincerity in them, but the demise of the Holy Prophet sas does not seem to them to be an occurrence in their life, except what Allah wills. There are some servants of Allah Almighty who did not see the Holy Prophet sas , but they consider his sas demise to be an occurrence in their life. His sas demise seems to them to be an occurrence in their life, just as it was felt by the Companions in whose presence he sas was. This is what, in reality, is a sign of perfect faith. I do not boast, but it is the favour of