Understanding Salat — Page 202
Understanding S al A t 202 it remain established forever, and that the ummat be favoured by his sas intercession. In All ā humma b ā rik, we pray that his sas honour, greatness, splendour, and eminence be established forever. (Friday Sermon, Jan 16 2015) The emphasis of our prayers in Dur ū d is for the success of the mission of the Holy Prophet sas. The objective of Dur ū d is that our prayers be devoted to the purpose that the Holy Prophet sas spent his sas life in prayer for. In this day and age, when we observe how the mission and the honour of the Holy Prophet sas are under attack from every direction, our hearts should be filled with pain that people are attacking the person who spent his life praying for their salvation; they are reviling the person who is more beloved to us than our own parents. Our Dur ū d should be filled with this restlessness, and this should be our driving force to bring the world to love the Holy Prophet sas. The Promised Messiah as said, I wish to ask a question of those people who have a pain in their hearts for Islam, those in whose hearts is its honour. Has any worse era passed in which such abusive language and insults were used against the Holy Prophet sas , and such defamation was done against the Holy Quran? I am then filled with great sorrow and heartfelt anguish at the condition of