Servants of The Beloved ﷺ 💚

Our next event is scheduled for September 29, 2024 Sīrah II View Details

Who We Are

We are simply those who yearn to be considered from the legendary few who were honored by having the status of serving [khidmah] The Messenger ﷺ. The likes of ʿAbdullāh ibn Masʿūd [rḍA], Anas ibn Mālik [rḍA], Rabīʿah ibn Kaʿb [rḍA], and Our Pure Honorable Mother, ʿĀʾishah [rḍA]. Their every waking moment was spent at the service of The Pride of Humanity ﷺ. Pleased by the simple acts of bringing their most beloved ﷺ his toothstick [miswāk], wuḍūʾ water, or to even wait outside of his blessed door ﷺ awaiting to put his sandals on for him ﷺ; thus being graced by the most perfect feet ever created by God. Although we are no longer able to physically serve him ﷺ like they did [rḍA], we hope to be in his noble service ﷺ by teaching and carrying on his sweet-beautiful legacy ﷺ.

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Ṣalawāt

Because our salawāt is personally presented to The Prophet ﷺ, we should try our best to send our ṣalāh to him ﷺ with as much love and heartfelt emotion as possible. The more beautiful we make our praises of him ﷺ, the happier he’ll be with us!

اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ، وَعَلَى آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ، كَمَا صَلَّيْتَ عَلَى إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَعَلَى آلِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، إِنَّكَ حَمِيدٌ مَجِيدٌ، اللَّهُمَّ بَارِكْ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ، وَعَلَى آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ، كَمَا بَارَكْتَ عَلَى إِبْرَاهِيمَ، وَعَلَى آلِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، إِنَّكَ حَمِيدٌ مَجِيدٌ

Dear God, compliment, honor, praise, protect, bless, love and cover with Your Utter Perfection Muḥammad and his [noble] family, just like you did for Abrahām and his family. You are absolutely The Most Worthy of Praise, The Infinitely Glorious.

اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى سَيِّدِنَا مُحَمَّدٍ عَبْدِكَ وَنَبِيِّكَ وَرَسُولِكَ النَّبِيِّ الأُمِّيِّ وَعَلَى آلِهِ وَصَحْبِهِ وَسَلِّمْ

Dear God, honor, bless, and praise, Our Master Muḥammd, Your Slave, Your Messenger, Your [Perfect] Unlettered Prophet, as well as his [noble] family and companions with Your Beautiful Everlasting Divine Protection.

My Dears, My Loves!
We Gather

My Dears, My Loves!
I’ve been waiting so long to meet you
And how could I not, knowing your desire to meet me too?
“Servants of the Beloved” your group was called
With my Shamāʾil and Sīrah, your hearts were enthralled
You sat and you learned, you thought and you cried
You walked in broken, and came out purified
These are my hands you so longingly desired
Here, drink from them, taste the sweetness God Himself inspired
These are my eyes you so passionately craved
Stare into them, please, we can do this all day
These are my feet you so ardently dreamed
Walk with me, but first, please help me with my sandals
You called me your Beloved, but little do you know
You are my beloved, always, and forever more

Our love for you is why we gather,
Ḥabīb Allāh, our hearts you shatter.
Blessings on you is all we speak of,
Looking at you is all we dream of.

Your love and praise our hearts do hover,
To be for you, a one true lover.
Our lives for you, we have given up,
Hoping and dreaming, our eyes stuck shut.

We love you, we love you— Yā Rasūl,
O please, we beg, for drink at your pool.
Quenched forever, not by drink inside,
But your hands we taste, in them we cried.

Your perfect looks, is all that we read,
Your way, your life is all that we need.
Angels of God come down when we say,
Our Lord, Ṣalli wa sallim ʿalayh.

Mercy is all that is spread around,
Angels of God, from heavens to ground.
Breezes of love, we do find from you,
Kisses from you; our dreams, please, come true.

Our Projects

Please make duʿāʾ that Allāh ﷻ blesses these projects to fruition. Āmīn.

Sīrah & Shamāʾil:

Shamāʾil al-Nabī ﷺ [Now at IOK Extension!]
Sīrah al-Nabī ﷺ in Heroic Couplet [Nearing Completion!]
al-Shamāʾil al-Muḥammadiyyah ﷺ in Ballad Stanza [In-Progress]

Ḥadīth:

40 Aḥadīth on The Virtues of Ṣalāh upon The Prophet ﷺ [Original Arabic Text]
40 Aḥadīth on The Healing Nature of The Body of The Beloved ﷺ [In-Progress]
40 Aḥadīth with The Phrase “Yā ʿĀʾishah” [In-Progress]
Aḥādīth on Accompanying The Prophet ﷺ in Paradise [Nearing Completion!]
Al-Jamāl Al-Azalī fī Jāmiʿ Al-Tirmidhī [The Timeless Beauty Preserved within The Work of al-Tirmidhī]. The first detailed English commentary on a major work of ḥadīth. [Future]

General:

[Sneak Peak] al-Isrāʾ wa al-Miʿrāj Infographic [In-Progress]
The Prophet ﷺ in Ramaḍān [Google Doc | In-Progress]
His Beautiful Names ﷺ
Falling in Love with God’s Beloved Prophet ﷺ: The Handbook [Future]
All Girls Orphanage ^1,2 [Future]
Check out our Shapeways Shop!
Sunnah Gift Bags :)
Ṣalawāt 5ever

Write-Ups

Recited English Poetry

Written & Recited by us:

Sīrah al-Nabī ﷺ in Heroic Couplet [~25mins]
The Tale of The Heavenly Invite [~15mins]
What You Did For Me [~5mins]
The Beloved ﷺ and The Qurʾān [No Audio]
Ṣalāh & Salām [~5mins]
We Gather [~1min]
Yā Qamarūn Yā Jamīl [~5mins]
What Can I Say [~3mins]
Serving You [~2mins]

Recited by us:

Others:

Echoes [~5mins]

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Past Events

Week of The Beloved ﷺ [Feb 22-6 2016]
Sīrah al-Ḥabīb al-Muṣṭafā al-Makkiyyah ﷺ [March - June, 2016]
Wasāʾil Al-Wuṣūl ilā Shamāʾil Al-Rasūl ﷺ [March - June, 2016]
In Praise of The One Most Praised ﷺ [Dec 10, 2016]
The Heavenly Invite [April 29, 2017]
The Noble Family of The Prophet ﷺ [August 12, 2017]
The Beloved ﷺ & The Qurʾān [December 16, 2017]
The Beloved ﷺ & Ramaḍān [March 24, 2018]
The Beloved ﷺ and His Noble Family II [July 22, 2018]
The Beloved ﷺ: Inside & Outside I [December 22, 2018]

Revelation

قُلْ اإِن كُنتُمْ اتُحِبُّونَ اٱللَّهَ افَٱتَّبِعُونِى ايُحْبِبْكُمُ اٱللَّهُ اوَيَغْفِرْ الَكُمْ اذُنُوبَكُمْ اۗ اوَٱللَّهُ اغَفُورٌ ارَّحِيمٌ ا﴿٣١﴾ ا

Tell them [My Beloved Prophet ﷺ]: “If you truly claim to love God, then follow me [The Prophet ﷺ]! God will then love you, and forgive your wrong actions. God is Ever Forgiving, Eternally Merciful.” [Qurʾān 3:31]

قُلْ اإِن اكَانَ اءَابَآؤُكُمْ اوَأَبْنَآؤُكُمْ اوَإِخْوَٰنُكُمْ اوَأَزْوَٰجُكُمْ اوَعَشِيرَتُكُمْ اوَأَمْوَٰلٌ ااقْتَرَفْتُمُوهَا اوَتِجَٰرَةٌ اتَخْشَوْنَ اكَسَادَهَا اوَمَسَٰكِنُ اتَرْضَوْنَهَآ اأَحَبَّ اإِلَيْكُم امِّنَ االلَّهِ اوَرَسُولِهِى اوَجِهَادٍ افِي اسَبِيلِهِى افَتَرَبَّصُوا احَتَّىٰ ايَأْتِيَ االلَّهُ ابِأَمْرِهِى اۗ ا

Tell them [My Beloved Prophet ﷺ]: “If your parents, children, siblings, spouses, family members, the money you’ve earned, the business whose loss you fear, and the estates that you are fond of are dearer to you than God, His Messenger, and Jihād in His Way — then wait until God brings His Decree [Punishment].” [Qurʾān 9:24]

فَلَا اوَرَبِّكَ الَا ايُؤْمِنُونَ احَتَّىٰ ايُحَكِّمُوكَ افِيمَا اشَجَرَ ابَيْنَهُمْ اثُمَّ الَا ايَجِدُوٱ افِي اأَنفُسِهِمْ احَرَجًا امِّمَّا اقَضَيْتَ اوَيُسَلِّمُوٱ اتَسْلِيمًا ا﴿٦٥﴾ ا

Never! By your Lord! They won’t truly believe until they appoint you as a judge in the matters that arise between them, then don’t find any hint of discomfort in their hearts in regards to your judgement, and fully accept with complete submission. [Qurʾān 4:65]

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ‏: ”لاَ يُؤْمِنُ أَحَدُكُمْ حَتَّى أَكُونَ أَحَبَّ إِلَيْهِ مِنْ وَالِدِهِ وَوَلَدِهِ وَالنَّاسِ أَجْمَعِينَ“ا

The Messenger of God [May God bless and protect him] said: “None of you will truly believe, until you love me more than your own parents, children, and all of humanity.”
[Narrated by Anas and Abū Hurayrah [rḍA] in Bukhārī and Muslim.]

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ‏: ”يَا بُنَيَّ وَذَلِكَ مِنْ سُنَّتِي وَمَنْ أَحْيَا سُنَّتِي فَقَدْ أَحَبَّنِي وَمَنْ أَحَبَّنِي كَانَ مَعِي فِي الْجَنَّةِ“ا

The Messenger of God [May God bless and protect him] said: “My Dear Child [Anas]! That [i.e., not having ill-feelings towards others] is from My [Perfect] Sunnah. Whoever brings My Sunnah back to life truly loves. And those who truly love me, will be with me in Paradise.”
[Narrated by Anas [rḍA] in Tirmidhī.]

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But In All Honesty

[...]
But in all honesty
What can be worse than not being able to spend all of eternity with you?
What can be worse than not being able to drink from your blessed hands at your blessed Ḥawḍ?
I live just to die just to be with you
Until we meet at the Ḥawḍ, my Beloved ﷺ
— Khādimah Ḥabīb al-Samāʾ wa al-Arḍ
The Heels

[...]
The heels, the arches, the toes, the balls,
What I wouldn't give to kiss them all,
How will I drink from your hands when my first reaction may very well be to fall to your feet?
[...]
— Khādimah Ḥabīb al-Samāʾ wa al-Arḍ
Unworthy

[..]
What can I do, to get you to kiss me?
But I'm not worthy for such a high place.
It should be that I can only kiss the—
Remnants of you, ever pleased by their taste.
Having touched the skin of the one we need,
Forever changed by contact with your grace.
I desire that my eyes get to see,
They crave to— once— be in awe of thine face.
A glance that will strike my core ever so deep,
Leaving everything behind, for you— erased.
[...]
— Khādim Al-Ḥabīb
I Dream

O Beloved of mine, how I dream of you,
Always wanting and dreaming to be with you.
I hear your name, and my heart starts to flutter,
When people say bad things, my heart starts to shudder.
When the names of those who hurt you are named,
My fists clench up, and pops out my vein.
But your vein, My Love, between your two brows,
A shining light, amidst the clouds.
When I hear your name, my lips start to move,
My Lord, I Beg, Please Bless him with good.
There is just something, about you, My Love,
I either smile and giggle, or start to fall numb.
[...]
— Khādim Al-Ḥabīb
My Hope, My Desire

[...]
My Hope My Desire
In all your perfection, I remain speechless.
I long for you, Like no one else.
Your sweetest of smells, And softest of touch.
My eyes yearn to behold you,
My arms ache to hug you,
My tongue stutters to speak,
My feet quake to stand,
My brow worried if it will every be—
Kissed by your lips.
Sleepless nights—will I see you?
Unending days— when will I meet you?
My lips repeat the words you uttered,
Hoping to be graced by your feet—one day.
[...]
— Khādim Al-Ḥabīb
My Shepherd

My Shepherd My Guide
You cared for me,
Like no other man in history.
You took me by the hand,
And walked me to God,
Showed me His Bounties,
Filling my heart with awe.
I'm a lamb under your care,
Seeking your advice.
Nourished by your words,
Perfect and precise.
Under your care,
In comforting groves,
Returning to you,
So you can hold me.
Afraid and worried,
To ever leave the pasture,
That you'd be disappointed with me.
Whenever you call,
I run back with joy,
To feel your softest touch,
To have no worry.
[...]
— Khādimah Ḥabīb al-Samāʾ wa al-Arḍ
Cool

I like cool people like The Prophet
The coolest of the cool peoples
I really love The Prophet
Cause he's so cool
I cannot wait until the day I will be with my beloved
I love The Prophet
— Huzaifah Simjee

His Light

لما رأيت إلى أنواره سطعت ... وضعت من خيفتي كفي على بصري
خوفاً على بصري من حسن صورته ... فلست أنظره إلا على قدري
روحٌ من النور في جسم من القمر ... كحليةٍ نسجت من الأنجم الزهر

When I saw his light, shining out and bright,
— I covered my eyes with my palms, afraid for my sight.
Out of fear for my eyes, from his perfect figure,
— I didn’t look at him, except for a moment— I figure.
In the form of the moon, a being of light,
— A jewel weaved out of stars, shining ever so bright.
— Ḥassān ibn Thābit [rḍA]*
*Probably not true... But still :') 💚
Infatuation

الشوقُ حرَّكني بغيرِ ترددِ ... والشعرُ أبحرَ في غرامِ محمدِ
فإذَا مدحتُ محمدًا بقصيدتي ... فلقد مدحتُ قصيدتي بمحمدِ
شرفُ اللسان بذكر أحمدَ سيدي ... فبذكره تُكفى الهموم ونهتدي
وحبيبنا أوصى، فهيّا رددوا: ... يارب صلِّ على الحبيب محمد

I have this desire that drives me without hesitation;
— Poems for Muḥammad have set sail out of infatuation.
It seems as if my poems praise Muḥammad;
— Rather I praise by my poems with the mention of Muḥammad.
The honor of the tongue lies in the mention of my Master, Aḥmad;
— Only through his mention does anxiety end, and we become guided.
Our Beloved has ordered: Go and repeat:
— My Lord! Bless The Beloved Muḥammad!
— Source
Cured

مرض الحبيب فعُدته ... فمرضت من وَلَهي عليه
فعادني الحبيب في مرضي ... فبرئت من نظري إليه

The Beloved [ﷺ] was ill, so I took care of him,
— But I fell ill due to my worry about him [ﷺ].
So The Beloved [ﷺ] took care of me during my illness,
— And I was cured just looking [at his face ﷺ].
— Abū Bakr al-Ṣiddīq [rḍA]
Forehead

لواحي زليخا لو رأين جبينه ... لآثرن بالقطع القلوب على الأيدي

If the friends of Zulaykhā were to only see his forehead,
— They would’ve cut into their own hearts let alone their hands!
— ʿĀʾishah Umm al-Muʾminīn [rḍA]
Perfection

فهو الذي تم معناه وصورته ... ثم اصطفاه حبيبا بارئ النسم
منزه عن شريك في محاسنه ... فجوهر الحسن فيه غير منقسم

It is he whose meaning and form attained perfection,
— Then the Maker of Souls chose his as The Beloved.
He is exalted above having a match in his perfection,
— The undivided essence of all beauty.
— ʿAllāmah al-Buṣīrī [rḥ]
Praises

أرى كل مدح في النبي مقصرا ... وإن بالغ المثني عليه وأكثرا
إذا الله أثنى بالذي هو أهله ... عليه فما مقدار ما يمدح الورى

I consider all praise of the Prophet inadequate,
— Even if his praises are extensive and far-reaching;
When Allāh praises him with what he merits,
— What worth is the praise given to him by man?
— Ibn al-Fāriḍ [rḥ]

Paradise

ہم نے مانا کے ضرور ہیں — جنت تجھ میں حور وغِلما ہیں
کہ اس میں حضور ﷺ رہتے ہیں — مگر جنت میرے دل کا طواف کر

Jannat tujh mein ḥūr wa ghilmān hein
— Hum nein mānā kei ḍurūr hein
Magar Jannat merā dil kā ṭawwāf kar
— Kein ismein huḍūr rehtein hein

Paradise, within you are Beauitful Maidens and Servents,
— And we have accepted that to be true.
But Paradise, maybe come look around my heart,
— Because The Messenger ﷺ is in there.
— Shaykh al-Hind Maḥmūd al-Ḥasan [rḥ]
One Life

ایک جان کیا میری سو جان بھی صدقہ کردون
کاش ہو جائے جو مہمان رسول عربی

Ek jān kyā merī, sau jān bhī sadka kardūn
Kāsh ho jayein jo meḥmān Rusūl-e-ʿArabī [ﷺ]

What is one life— I would give away hundred of my lives;
If only, that you would be my guest, O Arabian Messenger [ﷺ]
— ʿĀjizah
Full Faith

جان و دل سے نہ فدا ہو ئی جو کوئی تم پر
اس کا پورا نہی ایمان رسول عربی

Jān-o-dil se nā fidā hi ye jo koʾī tum par
Us-kā pūrā nahī īmān Rusūl-e-ʿArabī [ﷺ]

Whoever doesn’t fall in love with you [ﷺ] with all their heart and being,
Then their faith isn’t complete, O Arabian Messenger [ﷺ].
— ʿĀjizah
In Al-Madīnah

تجلیوں کی عجب ہے فضا مدینے میں
نگاہِ شوق کی ہے انتہا مدینے میں
غم حیات نہ خوف قضا مدینے میں
نماز عشق کریں گے ادا مدینے میں
براه راست ہے راہِ خدا مدینے میں

Tajallion kī ʿajab hai fiḍā Madīne mein
Nigah-e-shawq kī hai intihā Madīne mein
Gham-e-ḥayāt na khawf-e-qaḍā Madīne mein
Namāz-e-ʿishq karengī adā Madīne mein
Barāh-e-rās hai rāhe-e-Khudā Madīne

The wonders of His Glory are glitteringly manifest in al-Madīnah
The ardent gaze knows boundless fulfilment in al-Madīnah
There's neither sorrow of life nor fear of death in al-Madīnah
We will perform the prayer of Love in al-Madīnah
Clear and direct is the path to God in al-Madīnah
— Sābrī Brothers
Journey

میری التجا ہے یہ دوستوں، کبهی تم جو سِو حرم چلو
تو بنا کے سر کو قدم چلو، کے یہ راستہ کوئی اور ہے

Merī iltijā hai yeh dosto kabhī tum jau sūve Ḥaram chalo
To banā ke sarko qadam chalo, ke yeh rastā kai awr hai

My friends, my plea is that when you go to the sacred sanctuary [Ḥaram],
Consider your head as feet; as this is no ordinary journey.
— Faṣīḥ al-Dīn Suharwardī

The Ḥalwāʾ-Maker

Just a glimpse at the ḥalwāʾ-maker has made you so sweet,
that even honey says "I'll put myself at your feet, like soil;
I'll worship at your shrine."
— Jalāl al-Dīn al-Rūmī [rḥ]
Pure Earth

If your blessed foot had not touched the face of the earth,
Then ablutions with soil would not have purified anyone!
— ʿIzzat [rḥ]
Intercede

O Beloved of God, would you consider,
That your community of believers should be at peace at the Time of Gathering;
If you would but intercede on behalf of the rebellious unbelievers,
Then Hell would be nowhere to be found on the Day of Judgement.
— ʿIzzat [rḥ]
Pure Essence

[...]
Although he is from (among) us, he doesn't resemble us.
We are entirely copper, and Aḥmad is pure essence.
— Jalāl al-Dīn al-Rūmī [rḥ]
Breathes

The lips of The Master are parched from calling The Beloved.
[...]
Be empty: give your lips to the lips of the reed.
When like a reed you fill with His Breathe,
Then you'll taste sweetness.

Sweetness is hidden in The Breathe that fills the reed.
[...]
— Jalāl al-Dīn al-Rūmī [rḥ]