Sheikh Ibrahim Niyass رضي الله تعالى عنه آمين
| Who is Rasūluʾllah? (The Mawlid Address) Bismiʾllahi ʾr-Raḥmāni ʾr-Raḥīm wa ʾṣ-ṣalātu wa salām ʿalā Rasūlihi ʾl-Karīm: We give thanks to Allah and we greet all Muslims wherever they may be, and we also greet all creatures because Allah ﷻ created Sayyidinā Rasūluʾllah ﷺ to be a mercy to all of creation. “And we have not sent you except as a Mercy to the entirety of creation.” | Qurʾān 21:107 In fact, the Universe is composed of all that exists except Allah ﷻ Himself. This ayah is part of the evidence showing that Sayyidinā Rasūluʾllah ﷺ is not only the Best of creation, but also the first because one cannot show mercy to something that is not within its time nor realm. In other words, Sayyidinā Rasūluʾllah ﷺ even “preceded his predecessors” as he was a mercy for them, as well. Thus, to gather to celebrate the Mawlid al-Nabīʾ amounts to gathering to remember Sayyidinā Rasūluʾllah ﷺ and to rejoice in the Divine Mercy of Allah ﷻ. Allah ﷻ says: “Say, ‘In the Bounty of Alla...