A Special episode in the occasion of the Prophet’s Birthday

Translated by: Dar al-Tarjama – The English Convoy



This episode's guests: Dr. Muhammad Hedayah, and Sheikh Abdullah Al-Saadi and Sheikh Amr Attia.



As an opening for the episode Sheikh Abdullah Al-Saadi recited some verses (52-54) from Sûrat Al-Araf (The Heights): “Certainly, We have brought them a Book (the Qur’an) which We have explained in detail with knowledge, - a guidance and a mercy to a people who believe. Await they just for the final fulfillment of the event? On the Day the event is finally fulfilled (i.e. the Day of Resurrection), those who neglected it before will say: “Verily, the Messengers of our Lord did come with the truth, now are there any intercessors for us that they might intercede on our behalf? Or could we be sent back (to the first life of the world) so that we might do (good) deeds other than those (evil) deeds which we used to do?” Verily, they have lost their own selves (i.e. destroyed themselves) and that which they used to fabricate (invoking and worshipping others besides Allâh) has gone away from them. Indeed your Lord is Allâh, Who created the heavens and the earth in Six Days, and then He rose over (Istawâ) the Throne (really in a manner that suits His Majesty). He brings the night as a cover over the day, seeking it rapidly, and (He created) the sun, the moon, the stars subjected to His Command. Surely, His is the Creation and Commandment. Blessed is Allâh, the Lord of the ‘Âlamîn (mankind, jinn and all that exists)!”



He also recited some verses (1-3) from Sûrat Al-Hujurât (The Dwellings): “O you who believe! Make not (a decision) in advance before Allâh and His Messenger (PBUH), and fear Allâh. Verily! Allâh is All-Hearing, All-Knowing. O you who believe! Raise not your voices above the voice of the Prophet (PBUH), nor speak aloud to him in talk as you speak aloud to one another, lest your deeds should be rendered fruitless while you perceive not. Verily, those who lower their voices in the presence of Allâh’s Messenger (PBUH), they are the ones whose hearts Allâh has tested for piety. For them is forgiveness and a great reward.”



The presenter started the episode by referring to a family who was subject to a terrible trial; their young daughter aged 17 was killed in a car accident, while their son has been in the intensive care unit at the hospital. The mother talked on the phone with Dr. Muhammad Hedayah on what she could do for her deceased daughter and her son. She also asked him and all Muslims to pray for a quick recovery of her son. Dr Hedayah answered her and asked Allah forgiveness and mercy for the deceased daughter. He reminded the family to pray for her with the conviction that Allah will forgive her. He mentioned the Qudsi (Divine) Hadith: “You took the life of my servant’s son...” and told them that Allah will build them a house in paradise if they praise Allah and bear this calamity. He also reminded them that this girl had been predestined to die this way, and that forbearance and remembrance are the only attitudes they had to express. As for the son, Dr. Hedayah prayed for Allah to recover him soon.

Then Sheikh Al-Saadi said the following supplication: “All praise and thanks be to You Allah. To You all revealed and unrevealed things go back. You are worth praising and worth adoring, and You have the power upon all things. O Allah! Cure our diseased people and those of all Muslims and Have mercy on them all. O Allah! Make his recovery and that of all Muslims smooth and easy, Quicken his recovery and that of all diseased Muslims. O Allah! Quicken his recovery and that of all diseased Muslims. O Allah! We ask You repentant unsuspicious hearts. O Allah! Make us happy with being pious, and make us fear You as if we are seeing You. O, Curer of the diseased! Cure our diseased and those of all Muslims, and grant our dead and those of all Muslims mercy. Thanks to Your mercy, power and sovereignty; the most generous of all.