صَلُّوۡا عَلَى الۡحَبِيۡب           صَلَّى اللّٰهُ تَعَالٰى عَلٰى مُحَمَّد

Dear Islamic brothers! One means of gaining the love of Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ is to offer Salah regularly, to observe all the fasts of the month of Ramadan and to pay Zakat on time. Moreover, in addition to offering Faraid and Wajibat offering Nawafil is also a best deed. One who offers Nawafil also becomes the beloved and favourite bondsman of Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ.

Abundance of Nawafil is a means of loving Allah

Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah رَضِىَ اللهُ تَعَالٰی عَـنْهُ has narrated that the Beloved and Blessed Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم has stated, ‘Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ has said, ‘Whoever causes pain to a saint, I declare war with him. A bondsman seeks closeness to Me most through the Faraid [obligatory acts] and he continues to gain closeness to Me by means of Nawafil [supererogatory Salah], until I start to love him. When I make the bondsman My beloved, I become his ear through which he hears, become his eye by which he sees, become his hand through which he holds and become his leg through which he walks. Then if he begs Me, I bestow upon him, and if he seeks my protection, I grant him protection.’ (Sahih Bukhari, vol. 4, pp. 248, Hadees 6502)

Regarding the foregoing Hadees, Mufti Ahmad Yar Khan Na’eemi رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه has stated: This line doesn’t mean that Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ enters the body of a saint as fire into coal or colour or smell into flower as Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ is free of entering [anything / anybody] and this belief is Kufr. It has some meanings: one of them is that these parts of a saint’s body do not commit sins, always perform good deeds; worship becomes easy for him, that is to say, I am making him perform all acts of worship or it means that person then does not use these body parts for the world, only uses for Me, sees Me in everything, hears My