Commenting on the part of blessed Hadees ‘be aware that My Mercy is upon him’, the renowned commentator, Mufti Ahmad Yar Khan Na’eemi رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه has stated: My Great Mercy is upon him in the sense that I am pleased with him. Remember that the pleasure of Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ is the greatest of all blessings. If Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ becomes pleased with His bondman, then the bondman will attain goodness of both worlds. Lord عَزَّوَجَلَّ said:

رَضِیَ   اللّٰہُ    عَنۡہُمۡ   وَ رَضُوۡ ا  عَنۡہُ ؕ

Translation from Kanz-ul-Iman: Allah is pleased with them and they are pleased with Him. (Part 30, Surah Al-Bayyinah, Ayah 8)

Thereafter, a time comes when Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ pleases His bondman as He عَزَّوَجَلَّ mentions about Sayyiduna Siddeeq-e-Akbar رَضِىَ اللهُ تَعَالٰی عَـنْهُ: ‘وَ   لَسَوۡفَ   یَرۡضٰی   ﴿٪۲۱﴾’ Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ will bestows so much upon Siddeeq that he will be very pleased. This believer, who is a seeker of Divine pleasure, becomes famous on skies.

He further states: ‘رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه’ is a type of prayer which means: ‘May the mercy of Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ be upon him’, the angels say this prayer because they love him or they say it in order to enhance closeness in the Divine court. Then this mercy is sent down for that believer in a way that people naturally say these prayers ‘رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه’, ‘رَضِىَ اللهُ تَعَالٰی عَـنْهُ’ for him, and the hearts of people are naturally attracted to him. This natural attraction of the heart proves that he is the beloved of Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ. We have not seen many blessed Awliya such as Sayyiduna Ghaus-e-A’zam رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه and Khuwajah Ghareeb Nawaz رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه but we have deep devotion towards them. This is the reason for it.

(Mirat-ul-Manajih, vol. 3, pp. 389)

Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah رَضِىَ اللهُ تَعَالٰی عَـنْهُ said, the Beloved Rasool صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم has stated: When Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ loves any bondman, He عَزَّوَجَلَّ calls Sayyiduna Jibraeel عَـلَيْـهِ الـسَّـلَام and says to him: I love so and so; you also love him. Then Sayyiduna Jibraeel عَـلَيْـهِ الـسَّـلَام loves him. Then he makes an announcement in