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How can one develop in their heart love for Prophet Muhammad more than anything else in the world?
You can increase your love for Prophet Muhammad by realizing that:
1. Prophet Muhammad was sent by his Lord Who chose him above all of creation to convey the religion of Allah to mankind.
2. Allah has raised Prophet Muhammad to a high status.
3. He suffered trials and difficulties in order to bring Islam to us.
4. You should follow the example of his companions who loved him deeply.
5. You should follow his Sunnah in word and deed, so that his Sunnah is the path you follow in your whole life.
Praise be to Allah.
Anas said: The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: “None of you truly believes until I am more beloved to him than his father, his child and all the people.” (Narrated by Al-Bukhari, 15; Muslim, 44)
You can increase your love of Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) by realizing that:
Jundub said: I heard the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) say: “I declare before Allah that I have no close friend (Khalil) from among you. Allah has taken me as a close friend as he took Ibrahim as a close friend. If I were to have taken a close friend from among my Ummah, I would have taken Abu Bakr as a close friend.” (Narrated by Muslim, 532)
Abu Hurayrah said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: “I will be the leader of mankind of the Day of Resurrection, the first whose grave will be opened, the first to intercede and the first to be asked to intercede.” (Narrated by Muslim, 2278)
Anas said: “I saw the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) when the barber was cutting his hair and his companions were going around him wanting to ensure that his hair would fall only into someone’s hand.” (Narrated by Muslim, 2325)
Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) said: “On the Day of Uhud some of the people fled and left the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him), but Abu Talhah stood before him covering him with a shield. Abu Talhah was a powerful archer who broke two or three bows that day. When a man passed by carrying a quiver containing arrows, he would say: Give them to Abu Talhah. Whenever the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) raised his head to look at the people, Abu Talhah would say: O Prophet of Allah, may my father and my mother be sacrificed for you, do not raise your head lest you be struck by an arrow shot by the enemy. My neck is before your neck.” (Narrated by Al-Bukhari, 3600; Muslim, 1811)
We ask Allah to help us to love His Messenger (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) and to make him dearer to us than our children, parents, families and our own selves.
And Allah knows best.