Dear Islamic sisters! The companions عَـلَيْهِمُ الرِّضْوَانْ of the Holy Prophet
صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم understood the fact that the Holy Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم is mercy and blessing from head to foot. Whatever thing was connected to the Holy Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم, the companions عَـلَيْهِمُ الرِّضْوَانْ of the Holy Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم would deem that to be blessed. For this very reason, the companions عَـلَيْهِمُ الرِّضْوَانْ of the Holy Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم would try to attain some of these blessings through various means; they would believe that his leftover water of Wudu (ablution) is a blessing and would, therefore, get blessings from it, they would rub the water that the Holy Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم would use to wash his hands, onto their faces and parts of their body to get blessings, they would gain blessing from the leftover blessed food of the Holy Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم, they would gain blessings from his blessed sweat, his blessed saliva, his blessed hair, his blessed ring, his blessed bed, his blessed clothes, his blessed charpoy and the blessed chathaai (mat) the Holy Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم would use. In short, everything that was somehow connected to the Holy Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم, whether the connection was a little or more, the companions عَـلَيْهِمُ الرِّضْوَانْ of the Holy Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم would make it a means of attaining blessings. There are many Ahadees narrating parables like these. Let’s listen to 3 parables to attain blessings:

1. It is narrated: The famous companion of the Holy Prophet, Sayyiduna Ameer Mu’awiyah رَضِىَ اللّٰهُ عَـنْهُ had the blessed shirt and some pieces from blessed nails of the Holy Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم. When his time of death came, he made a will that I want to be shrouded in the shirt that the Holy Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم had granted me and I want that blessed shirt to fully touch my body. Whereas, he made a will with regards to the blessed nails of the Holy Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم that they be made into tiny pieces and put onto my eyes and mouth. After this, he said: You must definitely do these things and then send me to the most Compassionate and Kind Lord عَزَّوَجَلَّ. (Asad-ul-Ghaabah, vol. 5, pp. 223)

2. It is stated in Muslim Sharif: “Hadrat Asma رَضِیَ اللهُ عَنْهَا daughter of Ameer ul Mu’mineen Hadrat Abu Bakr Siddique رَضِىَ اللهُ عَـنْهُ had a blessed Jubbah of the Holy Prophet