Why must we study Seerah?
1. Why must we study Seerah? Studying the life of Prophet Muhammad [sal Allahu alayhi wa sallam] is like studying history of Islam
Incidents and situations from the Prophet’s life are real life lessons to help us. Seerah is more than studying biography of a person, it is biography of our most beloved’s life and the history of our religion
Muhammad ibn Saad ibn Abee Waqqas said our father would teach us the battles of Rasul Allah [sal Allahu alayhi wa sallam] and tell us these are the traditions of your fathers so study them. Ali bin Hussain ibn Ali ibn Talib said we were taught the seerah of the Prophet like we were taught Quran. This shows how important it was to them, studied as seriously as the Quran. If we want to study life of the anbiya we go to Quran. But to study life of Rasul Allah [sal Allahu alayhi wa sallam], since there are only bits and pieces of it mentioned in Quran, in order to fully study, must go to Seerah
2. Why must we study Seerah? To develop the proper love of Rasul Allah [sal Allahu alayhi wa sallam] in our hearts
Loving him is ibadah, part of obeying Allah SWT and it is part of our deen. Hrom a hadith we learn that, you donot attain true faith until you love Rasul Allah [sal Allahu alayhi wa sallam] more than your parents and children and whole world. Our ummah loves Rasul Allah [sal Allahu alayhi wa sallam], if we ask Muslims they will say yes they love him. But true love is only deep and sincere when you really know the person. If you dont really know them, your love is only shallow. The more we know Rasul Allah [sal Allahu alayhi wa sallam], the more we will love him and the purer and deeper our love will be Insha Allah
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