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What follows is a summary of some of a talk given by Sayyidi al-Habib `Umar bin Hafiz (may Allah preserve him and benefit us by him) in the mawlid at Dar al-Mustafa 22 nd Safar 1343/ 3rd January 2013. As the month of Rabi` al-Awwal comes, may you gain an attachment with the one born in Rabi` al-Awwal. Connect to him through loving him and following him. Raise the banner of following him in every room in your house. Remove anything that goes against his teachings. Do not raise the banner of someone abased in your house. When your children enter the house teach them to enter on their right foot and say:
food try to impress the Prophet? I am the one who will honour the Prophet and his guests! Her nature got the better of her and she threw the plate on the ground, causing it to break. The Prophet saw what had happened. He got up, brought another plate and picked up the food and put it on the plate and then served it to his guests, saying: Your mother has become jealous. His face did not change and he did not make a commotion. When they had finished eating he told `Aishah to keep the broken plate and give the other plate to Umm Salamah, even though both plates belonged to him. He told `Aishah to take the broken plate as a reward for her behaviour. This was how just and fair he was in his dealings, may Allah bless him and grant him peace. This was how he lived. Allah says to you: If you want to gain My love, I have shown you how to do so by following My Beloved. So whether you are speaking or eating or sleeping or using the toilet or getting dressed or speaking to your family, just follow his example. Look how easy Allah made it for us! Had Allah wished, He could have brought forth the reality of Muhammad in another formnot in the form of a human or a jinn or an angelbut He decided to bring him forth in human form. Allah brought him forth in human form and placed in him unique attributes, so he came into this world as a human, but unlike any other human, a light which dazzled peoples intellects. He then passed through the different stagesfrom infancy to childhood to youth. He bought and sold and herded sheep. He set the example so that his Ummah could follow in his footsteps. Allah says to us, Be aware of Me and follow My Beloved. Do not allow the things which I have created to cause you to forget Me. If you do this I will love you: So follow me and Allah will love you. May Allah attach you to His Beloved and make you firm on his way. Make us among those who perfect our following of him inwardly and outwardly. Make us people that embody his noble character. Beautify us with taqwa, with love and with following of Your Beloved.