The Prayer Direction –
In the second year after the migration of the Holy Prophet Muhammad, peace and blessings be upon him, to Medina, the direction of the prayer, the Qibla, was changed from Masjid Aqsa in Jerusalem to the Kaaba in Mecca. Allah, the Exalted, declared the purpose of having two prayer directions, one after the other, in chapter 2 Al Baqarah, verse 143:
“…And We did not make the Qiblah which you used to face except that We might make evident who would follow the Messenger from who would turn back on his heels…”
This has been discussed in Imam Ibn Kathir’s, the Life of the Prophet, Volume 2, Page 249.
The purpose of having two prayer directions, one after the other, was to make apparent who was truly sincere to the Holy Prophet Muhammad, peace and blessings be upon him, by following him in this change and in any direction of life he chose. One must therefore support their verbal declaration of believing, loving and respecting the Holy Prophet Muhammad, peace and blessings be upon him, by learning and acting on his life and teachings. Chapter 3 Alee Imran, verse 31:
“Say, “If you should love Allah, then follow me, [so] Allah will love you and forgive you your sins. And Allah is Forgiving and Merciful.””
And chapter 59 Al Hashr, verse 7:
“…And whatever the Messenger has given you – take; and what he has forbidden you – refrain from…”
And chapter 4 An Nisa, verse 80:
“He who obeys the Messenger has obeyed Allah…”
And chapter 33 Al Ahzab, verse 21:
“There has certainly been for you in the Messenger of Allah an excellent pattern for anyone whose hope is in Allah and the Last Day and [who] remembers Allah often.”
One must model their character upon his blessed character so that they adopt good qualities, such as patience, gratitude and generosity, and abandon negative characteristics, such as envy, pride and greed. This will ensure they achieve peace of mind, as adopting positive characteristics leads to a positive mindset. Learning and acting on the life and teachings of the Holy Prophet Muhammad, peace and blessings be upon him, will also ensure one represents him correctly to the outside world. The one who fails to do this will inevitably misrepresent him and therefore put off non-muslims and other muslims from learning and acting on Islamic teachings. Misrepresenting him will also cause the outside world to criticize the Holy Prophet Muhammad, peace and blessings be upon him, when they observe the bad behaviour of muslims. This is something every muslim will answer for as it is a duty on them to correctly represent Allah, the Exalted, and His Holy Prophet Muhammad, peace and blessings be upon him, to the outside world.
In addition, just like the previous nations who claim to love their Holy Prophets, peace be upon them, will not join them in the hereafter as they failed to practically follow them, neither will the muslims who fail to practically follow the Holy Prophet Muhammad, peace and blessings be upon him, join him in the hereafter. Instead, a person will join those who they practically imitated in this world. This has been indicated in a Hadith found in Sunan Abu Dawud, number 4031.
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