The Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam said, there are people from my ummah who will come after me, who love me so much that they would give up their families and their wealth in exchange for just being able to see me.
And that pain and emptiness that you might feel that you haven't gotten the opportunity to see the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam, it's really amazing to see that the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam had a sentiment towards us
when he was out of all places in the graveyard. He's in the Baqi' SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam and as he's looking to the graves of those who have passed before him, the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam in that moment says,
Wadithtu anni qad ra'aytu ikhwani I wish I could meet my brothers. And the sahaba are shocked because he's saying that in the graveyard. So is he talking about those that have passed away? Is he talking about us? So they're saying, Ya Rasulullah,
who are you talking about? And he says, no, you're my ashab, you're my companions. I'm talking about those people who believed in me and they've never even seen me. Because SubhanAllah, had you seen the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam,
this entire conversation would be so different. And that's why there's such a blessing to seeing him in a dream, Alaihi Salatu Wasalam. Because if you saw him in a dream and you saw his face, then you're longing for him, but you constantly have to push yourself
to connect to him SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam. And the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam knew how much you wanted to see him. And he wanted to see you as well. And those that lived with the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam, their greatest fear was that
even if they made it to Jannah, they wouldn't be able to see him anymore, SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam. Aisha radiAllahu anha says, there was this young man that came to the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam and he was crying. And the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam said,
what is it that's causing you to cry? And he said, Ya Rasulullah, every day when I wake up, I look forward to seeing you. And if I want to see you, I just come to the masjid to see you. But I remember that there would come a day that I would die.
He had such adab with the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam such manners with the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam that he didn't say that you would die, even though the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam was older than him. He said that I would die. And even if I got to Jannah, Ya Rasulullah, where are you going to be?
And where am I going to be? And the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam tells him, Anta ma'man ahbabt, you are with the one that you love. And the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam knowing that his narrations would be recorded Alaihi Salatu Wasalam,
the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam told the Ummah, you're going to face things after me that are going to be difficult, but I will be waiting for you at the Hau. I'll be there waiting for you,
holding your cup so that you can drink from my hand. And for us to long for that moment is part of our worship. Imam Hassan al-Basri Rahimahullah, he said, Ya Ibadallah, al-Khashabatu tahinnu ila Rasulillahi
SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam ashawqan ilayhi fa antum ahakku an tashtaqu ila liqaihi He said, oh servants of Allah, the tree stump yearned towards the meeting of the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam
and you have more right to look forward to meeting him. And everything that you have read about, everything that you've heard about those interactions with him SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam,
when you and I get to Jannah, bi-ithnillahi ta'ala, when we have those moments with him SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam everything we missed out on has a counterpart in Jannah. If you missed the celebrations
with the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam, the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam said that Friday is a day of Eid in Jannah too. Everyone gathers on the day of Friday and they see he who is even greater than the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam and that's Allah Subh'anaHu Wa Ta-A'la Himself.
And so on the day of Friday, you're going towards the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam in Jannah. If you missed seeing his smile in this life, you get to see his smile as much as you want SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam in Jannah.
If you missed the opportunity to hear his voice SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam and have a conversation with him and host him and be hosted by him, then you have that opportunity in Jannah al-Firdos. If you want to introduce your kids to him
or have him tell you stories about himself SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam and his family that never even made it to the books, you have those moments to sit with him SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam in Jannah al-Firdos. But you have to long for that
and you have to work for that. And you see from the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam that what gets us to him is our purity of creed. And then what gets us closest to him in Jannah is the person who has the best character.
And all of those characteristics and traits that you read about him SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam you have to bring that into your life. And by bringing the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam into your life in terms of his character, you'll remember him more.
And when you remember him more, you'll long for him more. And when you long for him and you send salawat upon him SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam he responds to you. So even though we've never met him,
every single time you say Allahumma Salli Wasallam Ala Nabina Muhammad, the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam responds to you SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam.
Sallu alaih Sallu alaih SallAllahu alaihi wasallam
SallAllahu alaihi wasallam
