The Life & Character of the Seal of Prophets (sa) - Volume II — Page 18
Seal of the Prophets - Volume II 18 ِ جُعِلَت ْ قُرَّة ُ عَیْنِی ْ فِی الصَّلوٰة “ Ṣalāt is the delight of my eyes. ” He would exhort his Companions to offer prayer saying, “If people knew the spiritual reward for offering Ṣalāt in congregation, even if they were compelled to crawl to the mosque upon their knees, they would do so. ” In his terminal illness, when the Holy Prophet sa would repeatedly become unconscious and was in a state of extreme anxiety, one morning he lifted the covering which veiled his entrance, and saw the Companions offering their morning Ṣalāt in the mosque. Upon witnessing this sight, the countenance of the Holy Prophet sa lit up with such immense pleasure, as if a flower which had withered away was once again immediately restored to full bloom. Then, in some narrations it has been related that the last words which were heard upon the tongue of the Holy Prophet sa were: ْ اَلصَّلوٰة ُ وَمَا مَلَكَت ْ اَیْمَانُكُم “O People of my community! Do not be unmindful of my teaching with respect to Ṣalāt and slaves. ” 1 First Muslim From Among the Jews Among those who had become Muslim until now, there were perhaps a few Christians who had converted, but there were no Jewish converts yet. Nonetheless, after the migration, this began as well; and although very few people from among the Jews accepted the Holy Prophet sa in his lifetime, this nation did not remain entirely deprived. The very first Jew who was honoured 1 All of these references are derived from authentic books of Aḥādīth: * Mafātīḥul-Ghaib (At-Tafsīrul-Kabīr), By Imām Fakhruddīn Muḥammad bin ‘Umar. . . . . Ar-Rāzī, Volume 1, p. 214, Al-Kalāmu Fī Tafsīri Majmū‘i Hādhihis-Sūrah, Al-Faṣlul-Awwal, Dārul- Kutubil-‘Ilmiyyah, Beirut, Lebanon, Second Edition (2004) * Ṣaḥīḥul-Bukhārī, Kitābuṣ-Ṣalāh, Bābu Ḥakkil-Buzāqi Bil-Yadi Minal-Masjid, Ḥadīth No. 405 * Ṣaḥīḥul-Bukhārī, Kitābut-Tahajjud, Bābu Qiyāmin-Nabiyyi sa Bil-Laili Ḥattā Tarima Qadamāhu, Ḥadīth No. 1130 * Sunanun-Nasa’ī, Kitābu ‘Ishratin-Nisā’i, Bābu Hubbin-Nisā’i, Ḥadīth No. 3940 * Ṣaḥīḥul-Bukhārī, Kitābul-Adhān, Babul-Istihāmi Fil-Adhān, Ḥadīth No. 615 * Ṣaḥīḥul-Bukhārī, Kitābul-Adhān, Bābu Ahlil-‘Ilmi Wal-Faḍli Aḥaqqu Bil-Imāmati, Ḥadīth No. 680 * Sunanu Ibni Mājah, Kitābul-Janā’iz, Bābu Mā Jā’a Fī Dhikri Maraḍi Rasūlillāhi sa , Ḥadīth No. 1625