Yahya Rhodus – Lesson – 3 His Blessed Name Ahmad
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The names of Islam, including Sayyidina MuhammadGeneration, Ahmed) events, and the importance of praise for Allah's creation have been discussed. The success of Sayyidina as the greatest of all praisers is also highlighted. The names of Islam, including Moqud, Ahmed, and Moqud Ali, are discussed in relation to their significance to Allah's claim to be the creator of all. The title of the name, which is associated with the final prophet or theful prophet, is also mentioned, and the history of its significance is discussed.
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In the name of Allah and peace and
blessings be upon the Messenger of Allah and
upon his family and companions and upon all.
We spoke about what he has here as
part two, section four, what's in a name,
and then we took the first name and
most important name, Muhammad, Sayyidina Muhammad ﷺ, which
translates as the oft-praised.
And again, the first four names that we're
going to take, and we're only going to
take one more of these, but then the
next two next week, are all derivatives of
the trilateral root hamidah yahmad, which means to
praise.
And so the next name is Ahmed, Sayyidina
Ahmed ﷺ, which can be translated greatest of
praisers.
And so this name means that he is
the one who praises Allah the most and
the one who is himself the most praised.
So this first bit, he is the Ahmed
al-Hamidin, of all of those who praise
Allah, no one praises Allah more than Sayyidina
Muhammad.
So the first name, Muhammad, was the one
who is the oft-praised due to all
of his different great qualities and traits.
This one now is the greatest of praisers.
So no one has been praised like he's
been praised ﷺ, and no one has praised
like he has praised.
And no one will praise like he praises.
And he will be given, he will carry
the banner of praise on the day of
resurrection in order that his station of praise
be completed, al-maqam al-mahbud, the praiseworthy
station.
And that will be on the Day of
Judgment before everybody.
And only he will be given the ability
to speak, and it will be said to
him after he goes into prostration to lift
your head, ask, and you will be given
intercede, and you will be granted intercession.
And then our Prophet ﷺ said, I will
be inspired with Muhammad, words of praise that
I don't even know what they are now.
And these words of praise will show how
he is the best of all of Allah's
creation.
So he's the greatest of all of those
who have praised Allah.
And one of the means we can understand
here is, the more knowledge that we have
of Allah, the greater that we will praise
him.
So no one had more knowledge of Allah
than the best of creation ﷺ.
The knowledge of all of the Prophets combined
does not equal the knowledge of Allah, of
our Prophet ﷺ.
So he will be well known on that
day for the praise he expresses before Allah.
Also his Lord shall raise him to a
praiseworthy station as he promised him, whereby the
whole of creation shall extol his praise due
to his intercession for them.
He will be inspired with forms of praise
such as no one before has ever known
or uttered.
No one before has ever known or even
uttered praises like this.
He is known in the heavens as Ahmed
and on the earth as Muhammad.
So these names go hand in hand.
He is known in the heavens as Ahmed
and on the earth as Muhammad.
Because in heaven it's a matter of praising
and on Muhammad it's a matter of him
being praised.
Even though the name Ahmed also includes that
he is being praiseworthy.
Because he is the greatest of those who
praise Allah and he is the greatest of
those praised.
He was known as Ahmed before he was
known as Muhammad.
For he sang the praises of his Lord
at the beginning of time before the people
praised him on the earth.
That according to Qadi Iyad is why his
name is conveyed in the previous scriptures as
Ahmed.
And he is known in the Quran as
Muhammad.
So everyone get that?
Because of him praising Allah Jalla Jalaluhu before
the beginning of time.
He praises his Lord at the beginning of
time before the people praised him on earth.
Thus he is known with the previous books
as Ahmed in the Quran as Muhammad.
And this is the name that Isa A
.S. mentions in the Quranic account with Khalid
Ibn Maryam.
O Ibn Israel, I am the Messenger of
Allah to you.
I believe in what is in my hands
of the Torah and I give glad tidings
of a Messenger who will come after me
by the name of Ahmed.
And when he came to them by my
hand, they said, this is a manifest magic.
We believe in him.
We have absolute certainty that what he says
is true.
And that his blessed face is our proof
that that is not the face of a
liar.
Everything that he said was truth.
Ibn Al-Qayyim states in Jalal Al-Afham
that this name has the same meaning as
Muhammad except that Muhammad is the one who
is praised for the vast qualities he possesses.
And Ahmed is the one who is not
only praised but also more deserving of praise
than anyone else.
So that is another dimension of this blessed
name.
And there is a hadith of our Prophet
ﷺ by Jubair Ibn Mut'im Ibn Ali.
He says that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ
said, Indeed that I have names.
I am Muhammad.
And I am Ahmed.
And I am Al-Mahi.
The effacer.
The one through which Allah faces disbelief.
I am the gatherer.
And that people are raised in my feet.
I am the successor or the final prophet.
But there is no prophet after.
So this is one of the very blessed
names of our Prophet ﷺ.
And as Sheikh Yusuf An-Nabhani says, These
two names, i.e. Muhammad and Ahmed, They
have a distinction over all of the other
names.
So he says, We should try to name
as many people as possible, given these blessed
names.
That is why it is so common in
the Muslim world to have two names.
Muhammad Fulan, Muhammad Fulan, Muhammad Abdullah, Muhammad Abdul
Rahman, Muhammad Yusuf.
It is so common because people wanted the
blessing of the name Muhammad.
This is from Iman or Ahmed.
And in a hadith, Qudsi, the Imam Sheikh
Yusuf An-Nabhani quotes, I have promised myself,
To enter the fire, the one whose name
is Ahmed or Muhammad.
And then Imam Ad-Dain Amin narrates on
the authority of Sayyidina Ali, That Sayyidina Ali
said, There is no table spread that is
put forth.
And someone by the name of Muhammad or
Ahmed comes to eat at that table spread.
Except that Allah Ta'ala will bless that
house every day twice.
Just by having someone by the name of
Muhammad or Ahmed attend and eat the food.
And what does Imam Busayri say?
This is what he is referring to.
Just by being named Muhammad, Insha'Allah Ta
'ala it is going to be a protection.
From the very reason he has been given
the name Muhammad.
And Alhamdulillah, may Allah Ta'ala fill the
hearts with the love of the name Muhammad.
And the name Ahmed and the love of
the one who was named Muhammad.
And the one named Ahmed.
Ya arham al rahmeen, wa sallallahu alayhi wa
sallam.
Alhamdulillah.