Muslims love Prophet Muhammad the most for the following reasons: • Allah has commanded us to obey the Prophet. • Allah has told us that obedience to the Prophet is obedience to Him. • Allah has warned us against failing to obey Prophet Muhammad. • The Muslim’s faith cannot be complete unless he loves the Prophet and until the Prophet is dearer to him than his father, his son, his own self and all the people.

We need prophets to guide us to that which is best for us in this world and in the Hereafter. We cannot follow what is best for us with regard to the Hereafter unless we follow the message. We cannot be guided to what is best for us in this world unless we follow the message.

Belief in the Messengers implies: 1- Firm belief that Allah sent to every nation a messenger to call them to worship Allah Alone, 2- Belief in those messengers whose names we know, such as Muhammad, Ibrahim, Musa, ‘Isa and Nuh, 3- Believing in the sound reports that have been narrated from the messengers, and 4- Following the laws of the messenger who has been sent to us, namely the Final Prophet, Muhammad, who was sent to all of mankind.

You can increase your love for Prophet Muhammad by realizing that: 1. Prophet Muhammad was sent by his Lord Who chose him above all of creation to convey the religion of Allah to mankind. 2. Allah has raised Prophet Muhammad to a high status. 3. He suffered trials and difficulties in order to bring Islam to us. 4. You should follow the example of his companions who loved him deeply. 5. You should follow his Sunnah in word and deed, so that his Sunnah is the path you follow in your whole life.

Allah the Almighty has told us that He has granted excellence to some of the Prophets over the others. The Ummah unanimously agreed that the Messengers are superior to the Prophets, and the Messengers vary in status. The best of the Messengers and Prophets are five: Muhammad, Nuh, Ibrahim, Musa and `Isa (blessings and peace of Allah be upon all of them).

Muslims believe that: Jesus was one of the slaves of Allah, and one of His noble Messengers, Allah sent Jesus to the Children of Israel to call them to believe in Allah Alone and worship Him Alone, Allah supported Jesus with miracles that proved he was speaking the truth, Jesus was born to the Virgin Maryam with no father, Jesus permitted to the Jews some of the things that had been forbidden to them, Jesus did not die and his enemies the Jews did not kill him, rather Allah saved him from them and raised him up to heaven alive, Jesus told his followers of the coming of our Prophet Muhammad, Jesus will come back down at the end of time, Jesus will disavow himself on the Day of Resurrection of the claims that he was a god.

1. The Prophets are the best of mankind and the most noble of creation before Allah. The Prophets were infallible in conveying the message from Allah. They did not conceal anything that Allah had revealed to them, and they did not add anything from themselves. 2. With regard to the Prophets as people, they may make mistakes. This may be discussed as follows: 1- They do not commit major sins; 2- Matters that have nothing to do with conveying the message and the revelation; 3- Unintentional mistakes with regard to some worldly matters.

1- Those who are blessed (destined for Paradise) and the people of faith, Allah has decreed that they will not exit from Paradise. 2- Muslims, who mixed good deeds with bad deeds, Allah will admit them to Hell for their sins for a while, then He will bring them out of the Fire and will decree that they will abide for eternity in Paradise after that. 3- If the disbeliever does something that is deserving of reward, he will be rewarded for it in this world, not in the Hereafter.

1. Quoting Al-Qadar as an excuse for committing sin or for not doing obligatory duties is a false excuse, according to Shari`ah, common sense and reality. 2. Al-Qadar may be invoked when calamities befall a person such as poverty and sickness, loss of a loved one, destruction of crops, loss of wealth, accidental killing, and so on. 3. Some of the scholars said that one of those who are justified in referring to Al-Qadar as an excuse is the one who repents from sin.

At times of tribulation and hardship, you can say these supplications: • “Allahumma inna naj`aluka fi nuhoorihim wa na`udhu bika min shururihim.” • “La ilaha ill-Allah Al-`Athim Al-Halim, la ilaha ill-Allah Rabb Al-`Arsh Al-`Athim, la ilaha ill-Allah Rabb ul-samawati wa Rabb ul-ard wa Rabbul-`Arsh il-karim.” • “La ilaha illa anta subhanaka inni kuntu min ath-thalimin.” • “A’udhu bi kalimat-illah il-tammati min ghadabihi wa min sharri `ibadihi wa min hamazat ash-shayatini wa an yahdurun.’ • “Allahumma rahmataka arju fala takilni ila nafsi tarfat `ayn wa aslih li sha’ni kullahu la ilaha illa anta.”