gatherings, decorating one’s home and car with lighting and flags, performing a multiplicity of good deeds in RabīꜤ al-Awwal, and reciting ṣalāt upon the Prophet in abundance during it; these are amazing ways to earn unimaginable reward and acquire forgiveness.

Drawing form this, we should form a habit of sitting attentively and respectfully whenever we attend a Sunna-inspired gathering, when we watch a Madani Muzakara, or any other time the Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم is mentioned.

Dear Islamic brothers! Allah declares in the Quran:

وَ تُعَزِّرُوْہُ وَ تُوَقِّرُوْہُ

 support him (the Messenger), revere him.^[1] 

In Tafsīr Ṣirāṭ al-Jinān, it is mentioned regarding this:

This is visible evidence Allah wants His Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم to be revered and respected to an immense degree. This is a matter of steep sensitivity and critical importance. In this verse, Allah clarifies how revering and respecting the Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم is a matter which takes precedence, even above phrases of divine glorification.

Those who revere the Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم after becoming believers have been declared as successful by Allah Himself:

فَالَّذِیْنَ اٰمَنُوْا بِہٖ  وَ عَزَّرُوْہُ وَ نَصَرُوْہُ  وَ اتَّبَعُوا النُّوْرَ الَّذِیْۤ اُنْزِلَ مَعَہٗۤ ۙ اُولٰٓئِکَ  ھُمُ  الْمُفْلِحُوْنَ (۱۵۷)

so those who believe in him (the Prophet) and honour him, and help him, and follow the light which was revealed with him; it is they who are successful.”^[2]

صَلُّوۡا عَلَى الۡحَبِيۡب                                     صَلَّى اللّٰهُ عَلٰى مُحَمَّد