A Dog's Love For Rasoolullah Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam

[Attari.Rafique]

In the year 1258 (675 A.H.), there lived a tyrant Mongolian leader by the name of Haloko, who

invaded Baghdad and killed thousands of Ulama. This paved the way for Christian missionaries to

preach Christianity and convert Muslims openly. Haloko himself was married to a Christian

woman. One day, a delegation of the most notable Christians headed for Baghdad to attend a

grand party to celebrate the conversion of a key Mongolian leader to Christianity. The Mongolian

leader had his favourite hunting dog on a leash nearby.

One of the Christians then began congratulating the Mongolian leader on his wise decision and

then proceeded to revile the blessed character of our Beloved Rasool (Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam).

The dog started acting violently and jumped on the Christian, scratching him badly. It took

several men to make the dog let go of the Christian. One of the attendees turned to the Christian

and said, “The dog did this because of what you said about Muhammad (Sallallahu Alaihi

Wasallam).” The Christian brushed aside the man’s comment and arrogantly said, “No, that was

not the reason for the dog’s reaction. When I was speaking, I pointed with my hand and the dog

thought that I was going to hit him.” The Christian appeared unmoved by the incident and

continued to insult the Holy Prophet (Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam). At that time the dog, in such a

rage, cut itself loose, jumped on the Christian and sank its molars in the man’s neck. It snatched

his throat out and the man died immediately. This incident caused 40 000 Mongolians to embrace

Islam. [Ad-Durar al-Kaaminah, Vol. 3]

From the above incident it can be seen that even a dog has so much love for Rasoolullah

(Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam) that it cannot bear to hear any insult on the Beloved Rasool

(Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam). Hazrat Allama Qaazi Ayaaz (Radiallahu Ta’ala Anh) states that the

Ulama of this Ummah have agreed upon that, “An Islamic king should order the killing of the

person that swears Rasoolullah (Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam), finds fault in him, his family, his

religion or any of his blessed habits, compares him to something unworthy, as well as that person

that curses him or says something terrible to afflict him. In all of these cases the individual will

become a murtad (apostate) and shall be killed. Muhammad bin Sahnoon has stated that the

person who insults Rasoolullah (Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam) is a kaafir, and anyone who has a

doubt regarding him being a kaafir and his punishment, is also a kaafir. The punishment of the

individual that disrespects Rasoolullah (Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam) is death.” [shifa Sharif, Vol.

2] Just as Hazrat Allama Qaazi Ayaaz (Radiallahu Ta’ala Anh) has stated, similarly, even the dog

knows that the punishment for disrespecting Rasoolullah (Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam) is death.

A'la Hazrat Imam Ahle Sunnat Ash Shah Imam Ahmad Raza Khan (Radiallahu Ta’ala Anh) has

stated in his Al-Malfooz Shareef that if a person was in a jungle with one glass of water and he

comes across a kaafir and a dog who are both dying of thirst, he must give the glass of water to the

dog because the dog believes in Allah and his Rasool (Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam) while the kaafir

is a disbeliever. Some people might argue that the kaafir is still a human being and has a right over

the dog for the water. If a person has true Imaan and true love for the Holy Prophet (Sallallahu

Alaihi Wasallam) he should consider the following: Imagine you are in that jungle with a glass of

water, and you come across the hunting dog of the Mongolian leader on one side, who cannot

bear even a single word of insult on the Beloved Rasool (Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam), and on the

other side you have the vile Christian man whose mouth is only filled with blasphemy and insults

on Rasoolullah (Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam). Now ask yourself, who would you give the water to?

We must learn from this that there is no compromise when it comes to the love of the Holy

Prophet (Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam) and that whoever it may be, family, friend or relative, if

they insult the Holy Prophet (Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam) they should no longer be dear to us and

we must hate them for the sake of Allah. He who is the enemy of Almighty Allah and his Beloved

Rasool (Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam) can NEVER be dear to us. As was said by Hazrat Maulana

Muhammad Ibrahim Khushtar Siddiqui Qadri Razvi (Rahmatullah Alaih), “Let us not live with

them; let us consider them as our enemies. Neither must we listen to them nor sit in their

company.”

Another lesson to be learnt from the above incident is that love for the Holy Prophet (Sallallahu

Alaihi Wasallam) can only result in success. If a dog attending a Christian ceremony displays its

love for Rasoolullah (Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam) and converts 40 000 Mongolians to Muslims,

what cannot we achieve by displaying to the world our love for the Holy Prophet (Sallallahu

Alaihi Wasallam) and by acting on the Shariah and Sunnah that he has given us?

We should always remember that true love for Nabi-e-Kareem (Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam) is

success and salvation in this world and in the hereafter Insha Allah. May Allah Ta’ala grant us all

the Taufeeq to have true love for Rasoolullah Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam and to practice upon the

Shariah and the Sunnah, Ameen.

Edited 16 ستمبر 2011 by attarirafique