The distinguished guests who participated in the Conference included ‘Sajjad-a-Nasheen’ of Kamonki Pir Syed Khalil-ur-Rahman Chishti, ‘Sajjad-a-Nasheen’ of Hazrat Mian Mir Lahore Chan Pir Qadri, Nazim-e-Ala Jamia Naeemia Dr Muhammad Sarfraz Naeemi, Sahibzda Sultan Amir Afzal, PPP Secretary General Senator Jahangir Bader, former provincial minister Syed Raza Ali Gilani, Deputy Secretary General of Jamat-i-Islami Dr Farid Ahmad Piracha, Senior vice chairman PAT Agha Murtaza Poya, Secretary General of Tehreek Ulama-e-Pakistan Syed Ali Ghazanfer Kararvi, Brig (r ) Iqbal Ahmad Khan, Amir MQI Sahibzada Miskin Faiz-ur-Rehman Durrani, Dr Raheeq Ahmad Abbasi, Sheikh Zahid Fayyaz, former captain of Pakistan Hockey Zeeshan Baig leading a five-member delegation, and test cricketer Ata-ur-Rehman.

The proceedings of the Conference were telecast live around the world by ARY Digital and Minhaj Internet Bureau. In addition to it, representatives of national and international media were also present to cover the programme.

The first part of the programme got under way at 10 p.m. at night with the recitation of the Holy Quran followed by Naats in the honour of the Holy Prophet (S.A.W). Thousands of participants gave standing ovation to Shaykh-ul-Islam Dr Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri by waving their hands and chanting slogans upon his arrival in the Venue.

The second part of the programme got underway with the recitation from the Holy Quran by Qari Allah Baksh Naqshbandi and Sahibzada Hammad Mustafa al-Madani. Muhammad Afzal Noshahi, Melaad Raza Qadri, Kabeer Ahmad, Akhtar Hussain Qureshi and Minhaj Naat Council recited Naat in the honour of the Holy Prophet (S.A.W).

Sahibzada Hassan Mohi-ud-Din Qadri and Sahibzada Hussain Mohi-ud-Din Qadri spoke in Arabic and English languages respectively. While listening to their speeches, one could easily be led to believe that both of the sons of Shaykh-ul-Islam were carving out their own place in the world of knowledge and research through their untiring efforts. Not only do they have their hand on the pulse of time but also are aware of the contemporary problems and their solutions.

When Shaykh-ul-Islam Dr Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri was invited to deliver his keynote address at 2 a.m. the atmosphere of vast grounds of Minar-a-Pakistan resonated with slogans. The participants stood up to greet their beloved leader Dr Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri. Millions of people from across the world watched these scenes of love and ecstasy. Thanks to live coverage of the programme, these people joined in to listen to the speech of Shaykh-ul-Islam with rapt attention. Dr Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri spoke on the topic of “Morality of Mustafa (S.A.W)”.

Addressing the hundreds of thousands of participants of International Mawlid-un-Nabi Conference, the greatest conference in the Muslim world, Shaykh-ul-Islam Dr Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri has said that the Muslim Umma got the blessings of Islam and Divine Gnosis through Mawlid-un-Nabi (S.A.W) and the entire Quran is a portrayal of the Prophet’s morality from start to the end. The magnum opus on the Seera of the Prophet is the Holy Quran. He said that ethics of the human self of the Holy Prophet were replaced with the Divine Morality in the form of the Verses of the Holy Book. That is how the morality of the Holy Prophet (S.A.W) transformed into the Divine Attributes. He said that Islam is a religion of mercy; Hazrat Muhammad (S.A.W) the Prophet of mercy and Holy Quran the book of mercy.

Implanting the Prophet (S.A.W)’s message of love, peace and security in every heart is the need of the hour. He said Islam is a religion of peace, love and security. Dr Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri said that love was the end product of faith and we have to let the love for the Holy Prophet permeate our lives in such a manner as eliminates all other kinds of worldly love. He said that we would have to establish external and internal peace. Internal peace means that the world of heart is watered with the love of the Holy Prophet (S.A.W) and internal world is enlightened by piety, cleanliness, firm faith in the Oneness of Allah and the Prophetic love by doing away with cardinal desires. When every person belonging to the Muslim Umma would become the embodiment of peace, security and harmony in society, it would pave way for the establishment of peace in external world. If the Muslim Umma wants to eradicate every shortcoming in its collective life, it should don the yoke of slavery of the Holy Prophet (S.A.W).

The conference was attended by hundreds of thousands of people including women in a large number. The venue was decorated very beautifully. There was great firework on display during the Conference and pigeons and balloons were also released in the air.

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He drew the attention of the people towards that beautiful phenomenon, when he indicated every eye was fixed to the sky and enjoying the beautiful and worth looking scene. They satiated the thirst of their eyes with that miracle. This miracle doubled the faith and love of the people attending the conference.

The scene was captured with the help of camera and the people round the globe viewed it at TV. He ended his speech at 5 early in the morning.

Shaykh-ul-Islam’s talk came to an end at the blessed time, the time of the birth of the pride of all creation. At that moment the sky was decorated with fireworks and balloons, and the hearts of millions of people were decorated with the love of the Holy Prophet (SAW) as Minhaj Naat Council recited Durood and salaam. Shaykh-ul-Islam urged the people not to miss the Morning Prayer. Shaykh-ul-Islam and other guests prayed for perfect faith and prayed to Almighty Allah to bless the participants of the celebration of Mawlid-un-Nabi. As Shaykh-ul-Islam left the stage, hundreds of people rushed towards the Badshahi Mosque to perform their morning prayer and fulfil the promise they had made to Shaykh-ul-Islam.

After his speech, Minhaj Naat Council, Muhammad Afzal Noshahi and many other Nashid Artists recited Durood-o-Salam in their melodious and rich voice. All the people attending the Conference joined them and reciting altogether. The whole Lahore was echoing with the lyrics.

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He said it was dire need of the hour that we revived the association with the holy Prophet (saw) and whatever age and world we may live in, our souls should belong to the age of 1400 years ago. We should be able to relive those times marked by peculiar set of values and traditions, which were established during the Prophetic period and the periods of Huzrat Abu Baker (RA), Huzrat Umer Farooq (RA), Huzrat Usman (RA) and Huzrat Ali (RA). He said there is no harm in enjoying oneself of the modern facilities like new cars, new technology, new house and modern knowledge provided every thing is acquired through rightful means. But one should never adopt new belief and faith. Rather one should strengthen ones relationship with the old faith, for the older the faith is, the brighter its light would be. Every new belief is a mischief and paves the way for more darkness and degradation. It alienates us further from the Holy Prophet (saw).

He said one should accept or reject new thought, technology, ideas and material goods from the standpoint of rationality but one should never use ones intellect to define ones relationship with the Holy Prophet (saw) because this solely is the domain of heart and insight. The lovers never measure the talk of their beloved on the touchstone of rationality. Where there is dominance of intellect, criticism creeps in there and with the onslaught of criticism, faith is gone. The first lesson Allah Almighty imparted is to believe without seeing. Now it is characteristic of the heart not of intellect. One should never use ones intellect in matters related to the Holy Prophet (saw). It is the love or Ishq as described in mystic parlance, which should be the basis of all human actions with regard to the Holy Prophet (saw). One should extend ones heartfelt respect to anything and everything related with the person of the Holy Prophet (saw) for it is part of faith.

He said love for the people of the Household is part of the faith because the Holy Prophet (saw) held up Hassan (RA) and Hussain (RA) on his shoulders and made them play. The Holy Prophet (saw) said whosoever would love them would love me. The importance or otherwise of everything is measured on the touchstone of its relation with the Holy Prophet (saw). We love the holy places because they were the Prophetic places. Allah is the Master of all cities, then why did the Holy Prophet (saw) said that when I would rise up on the Day of Judgment, people belonging to Madina would be rise up with me followed by people of Makkah and the other people at large?

The Holy Prophet (saw) prayed to Allah Almighty to increase love for Madina more than that of Makkah. This tradition has been reported in Sahih Muslim and Bokhari. He (saw) said our love for the city of Madina is similar to that of Makkah but then added hurriedly it should be more intense than love for Makkah. Why more love for the city of Madina? The answer is simple: it is the place where the Holy Prophet (saw) lived. No doubt Makkah is the House of Allah but the pivot of Allah’s love lies in Madina. I am not saying this. It is established from the tradition of Sahih Muslim and Sahih Bokhari.

They said the Holy Prophet (saw) prayed to Allah Almighty to increase the blessings of Madina and increase it so much that it becomes double than that of Makkah. What is reason behind this difference? They said Hajj is performed in Makkah but why more blessings associated with Madina? Except this there is no other reason that Madina is the home of the Holy Prophet (saw). It is where he lived and now lies buried. That is why the Holy Prophet (saw) said the whole faith of the entire world would be concentrated in Madina like a snake that gets back to its hole for shelter. A time would come in the world when the falsehood and infidelity would prevail and faith or Islam would be limited to Madina.

He said love for Makkah would acquire its meaning with reference to how much love one has for Madina. It was for the people of Madina that the Holy Prophet (saw) said whosoever intended to inflict harm and ill on the city of Madina, he would be melted in the fire of hell in such a way as salt gets dissolved in the water. This is what he said for people of Madina. The Holy Prophet (saw) was teaching his followers that the direction of actions and intentions should be in the direction of the footprints of the Prophet of Islam (saw). If one is able to acquire this much perfection of love, then this love would be instrumental in achieving other associations and attachments of love. Let us revive this relationship and then pass these traditions onto our succeeding generations. There is a need to pass on this legacy. We tend to ignore their childhood and try to impart them these lesson when they come of age and are not able to learn new things. Then we grieve but it is no use crying over spilt milk then. If we transfer our traditions and value system to our future generations, only then will we be able to present ourselves in the company of the Holy Prophet (saw) on the Day of Reckoning.

He prayed to Allah Almighty to endow His blessings on that congregation and bless all those who took part in the Conference in any manner. Durood-o-Salam was offered at the time of dawn of 12 Rabi-ul-Awal followed by fire work as a mark of celebrations. Minhaj-ul-Quran Women League expressed their happiness by freeing pigeons in the air. The Conference ended on the prayers led by Allama Hassan Mir Qadri.

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Now tell what placed them out of pale of Islam and faith? They were quite firm in their prayers, so firm that the Holy Prophet (saw) told the companions that they would find their prayers inferior in comparison to theirs. But their appearance and strict adherence to Shariah could not save them from being thrown out of fold of Islam. Shaykh-ul-Islam said that if one looked up all Books on Hadith, one thing which placed them out of Islam was the disrespect for and blasphemy against the Holy Prophet (saw). A lover is even ready to kiss the dogs of his beloved. He said that this was a mischief, which was rearing its head. Neither should action be excluded from love nor vice versa.

There is a Hadith of Sahih Bokhari. Syedna Umer Farooq (ra) reports that a companion named Abdullah used to sit in the company of the Holy Prophet (saw). He was lax on performance of pious actions while abundant in love. His job was to keep looking at the face of the Holy Prophet (saw). He would see that people presented their problems before the Prophet of Islam (saw) but no one caused him to smile. He would crack a joke after some time, which would relax the Prophet (saw). There was one big shortcoming in the companion. He once committed some major offence and got punishment of lashes. He was meted out punishment of lashes again and again. One day, the holy companions were sitting in the Prophet’s Mosque. The discussion mentioned that companion. Some of the companions started cursing him. At about the same time, the Holy Prophet (saw) happened to come there. Having listened to curse, he said: Beware: do not accurse him (that companion). By God, I know that his heart has love for the Prophet (saw) and Allah Almighty”.

Allama Ibne Tamia has used this tradition in the category of those which throw light on definition of faith or Iman. The sum and substance he has drawn out of this tradition is that despite lacking in performance of obligations, if one still loves the Holy Prophet (saw), one would continue to be a believer and would not be placed out of fold of Iman.

It needs to be mentioned here that abundance of actions was not a sign of love for the Prophet of Islam (saw) there. If love is coupled with action, it becomes perfect but if unaccompanied by action, it remains defective or incomplete. In spite of having mountains of good action, if love is missing in them, one automatically stands out of fold of Islam.

He said no one could be true believer as long as one did not love one’s Prophet (saw) more than oneself. The Holy Quran established this criterion that if one established closeness with the person of Prophet (saw) up to this level, only then can one be a true believer. A Prophetic tradition also hints at the same fact.

The Holy Prophet (saw) said to Hazrat Umer (ra): “You cannot be believer as long as you do not love me more than yourself.” Hazrat Umer (ra) said: “O Prophet of Allah (saw), this single sentence changed my entire life and further said: O Prophet of Allah (saw), Umer has become a complete believer. He furthermore said: “O Prophet of Allah, I love you more than anything,”

Shaykh-ul-Islam Dr Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri said that the Muslim Umma was in the abyss of decline due to its negligence of good actions. It is not good in its conduct. But all these things would come later on. Unless love-based relationship with the Holy Prophet (saw) is established, this ship of Umma would continue to get stuck up in the unchartered waters.

Shaykh-ul-Islam said that the Holy Prophet (saw) not only knows his lovers but also recognizes them till the Day of Judgment. Imam Muslim described in Book Fazail-us-Sahabba and it is reported by Hazrat Abu Hurara (ra), “There was this lover of the Prophet (saw), Hazrat Owais Qarni, who did not visit Madina nor did the Holy Prophet (saw) go to his village Qaran. He (saw) told the holy companions: “There lives a lover of mine in Qaran, a village of Yemen. He could not come to Madina due to illness of his mother. Do go to see him and request him to pray for you.” Hazrat Umer (ra) and Hazrat Ali (ra) report that the Holy Prophet (saw) said: “When you meet him, do request him to pray for my Umma.”

It is reported in Sahih Muslim that these were the days of Hajj. While addressing, the Commander of Believers, Hazrat Umer (ra), said to people: “Get away, all of you and those from amongst you who belong to Qaran should come forward.” Then he asked them: “Is there any Owais among you?” The people of tribe replied that a person by name of Owais did belong to their tribe but he was not in his senses. He asked them to allow him to come forward. Then Syedna Hazrat Umer Farooq (ra) asked Hazrat Owais Qarani (ra), “Is your mother ill?” Owais Qarani replied in the affirmative. Then Hazrat Umer (ra) saw sign of his hand and requested him to pray for the Umma. Then Hazrat Umer went to Qaran to meet Hazrat Owais along with Hazrat Ali and made him pray.

Shaykh-ul-Islam said that the Holy Prophet (saw) never measured love for his person on the touchstone of pious action but on the criterion of love.

Once a companion presented himself in the company of the Prophet of Islam (saw) and asked him as to when the Day of Judgment would occur? The Holy Prophet (saw) replied: ‘Tell, have you made enough preparation for the Day of Judgment? The companion submitted: ‘O Prophet of Allah, I do not have heaps of good actions for the Day of Judgment nor have I been able to collect prayers and fasts in abundance. I do not have treasure of pious acts with me. But O Prophet of Allah (saw), I love Allah and His Prophet (saw).” The Holy Prophet replied: “Blessed are you for you would stand with the one with whom you are associated (by love).”

Shaykh-ul-Islam Dr Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri said that there were hundreds of thousands of Prophetic traditions. Could anyone point out just one of them in which the Holy Prophet (saw) asked the companions about something and they said in response that only Allah knows better. On the other hand, they would say, Allah and His Prophet (saw) know better.

Shaykh-ul-Islam said that if anyone indicated such Hadith, he would correct himself. He said our standard response to lack of knowledge about day-do-day affairs is that “Allah knows better”. Shaykh-ul-Islam said that this was Hindustani and Pakistani creed, not the creed of the holy companions or people of Madia and Makkah.

Dr Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri said that there was not a singe Verse in the Holy Quran whence Allah has commanded believers to obey Him without mentioning the name of His Prophet (saw). He said that there are 42 places in the Holy Quran which mention obedience. Out of these 42 places, 22 contain the commandment of obedience of Allah and His Prophet (saw), while the remaining 20 are those places where believers have been commanded to obey the Prophet (saw)only.

Shaykh-ul-Islam said that the obedience of and submission to the Holy Prophet (saw) was the source of Divine obedience and basis of faith. Minhaj-ul-Quran International is busy spreading the same message through the conduct of Milaad programmes throughout the world.

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Implanting the Prophet (S.A.W)’s message of love, peace and security in every heart is the need of the hour. He said Islam is a religion of peace, love and security. Dr Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri said that love was the end product of faith and we have to let the love for the Holy Prophet permeate our lives in such a manner as eliminates all other kinds of worldly love. He said that we would have to establish external and internal peace. Internal peace means that the world of heart is watered with the love of the Holy Prophet (S.A.W) and internal world is enlightened by piety, cleanliness, firm faith in the Oneness of Allah and the Prophetic love by doing away with cardinal desires. When every person belonging to the Muslim Umma would become the embodiment of peace, security and harmony in society, it would pave way for the establishment of peace in external world. If the Muslim Umma wants to eradicate every shortcoming in its collective life, it should don the yoke of slavery of the Holy Prophet (S.A.W).

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