Remembering the Beloved Prophet: Radiating Scent in the Beloved Prophet's Dhikr

Remembering and mentioning the Prophet (SAW) is not just a praiseworthy act but also an obligation in Islam. Only through his remembrance does one truly get to know him and only after getting to know him can one realistically attempt to follow and love him. This famous treatise of Shaykh Ashraf Ali Thanvi attempts to fulfill this need of remembering and mentioning the Beloved Prophet (SAW) by providing the reader with sound and authentic narrations of his virtues, excellences and particularities as well as accounts of key moments of his life, from his very creation to his life in the grave and ultimately his station in Allah’s Court and entering into Paradise (SAW). It also describes the virtues of his father, grandfather and his family as well as his miracles and rights over his ummah (SAW). The treatise then ends with a discussion of sending blessings upon him as well as taking his (SAW) waseela in a supplication to Allah. Shaykh Ashraf Ali Thanvi also reveals that this remembrance of the Prophet (SAW) is a cure for all ills, whether worldly such as plague and inflation or spiritual such a sin and discord. Shaykh Ashraf Ali Thanvi mentions a specific barakah of this treatise, that since he began writing it, his locality remained safe from the plague and ills ravaging all around him and he was convinced that wherever this treatise went it would bring cure and relief. Shaykh Ashraf Ali Thanvi stresses that he was careful to only choose narrations that were authentic to allow and reassure the reader that this remembrance of the Prophet was taking place within the boundaries of Shariah