Sayyiduna Sa’eed Bin Musayyab رَضِىَ اللهُ تَعَالٰی عَـنْهُ narrated: When Ameer-ul-Mu`mineen Sayyiduna ‘Umar Farooq-e-A’zam رَضِىَ اللهُ تَعَالٰی عَـنْهُ was appointed as caliph, he رَضِىَ اللهُ تَعَالٰی عَـنْهُ addressed them from the pulpit:

كُنۡتُ مَعَ رَسُوۡلِ اللّٰهِ صَلَّي اللّٰهُ تَعَالٰي عَلَيۡهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَكُنۡتُ عَبۡدَہٗ وَخَادِمَهُ

I have been blessed with the company of the Holy Rasool صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم. Therefore, I remained his slave and servant. (Al-Mustadrak lil-Haakim, pp. 332)

Dear Islamic brothers! Sayyiduna Farooq-e-A’zam’s claim of being the slave of the Noble Rasool صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم was not just his lip service, rather, he
رَضِىَ اللهُ تَعَالٰی عَـنْهُ was really a true slave of the Noble Rasool صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم. He
رَضِىَ اللهُ تَعَالٰی عَـنْهُ acted upon the Sunnah of the Holy Rasool صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم throughout his life. But alas! We declare that we are the slaves of the Beloved Rasool صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم and keep on claiming like this:

جان بھی میں تو دے دوں خُدا کی قسم!

کوئی  مانگے  اگر مُصطفٰے کے لئے

But our character shows contrary to this. Remember! To love the Beloved Rasool صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم does not only mean attending congregations of Zikr o Na’at, Meelad processions and reciting Na’at loudly or chanting slogans loudly whilst raising our hands, remaining awake all the night long and then sleeping without offering Salat-ul-Fajr, missing the five times Salahs in normal days and even the Jumu’ah Salah, shaving off the beautiful Sunnah of the Holy Rasool صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم, the beard, or keeping it to less than the length of a fist, adopting new fashions whilst abandoning the Sunnah, showing ill-manners and other evils instead of treating others with courtesy; then how could these actions lead to sincere and accomplished love and devotion? Whereas, true love and devotion demands that while fulfilling the rights, we must acknowledge the Noble Rasool صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم to be the most Eminent and Highest Ranked of all the people. This would be achieved when we accept the Deen brought by the Beloved Rasool صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم, respect and revere the Holy Rasool صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم, and prioritise the pleasure of Holy Rasool
صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم over everyone and everything, whether it is our own self, offspring, parents, relatives and loved ones or wealth and possessions.

(Ashi’a-ul-Lam’aat, Kitab-ul-Iman, vol. 1, pp. 50)

Moreover, also keep making efforts to refrain from what the Beloved Rasool صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم has forbidden us and if any wrongdoing is committed due to