The Prophet's love for all creation

Sheikh Omar Abdelkafy calls on every Muslim to reflect on what the Prophet loved in his words, deeds and dealings, and to keep it before his eyes, so that love of those things becomes a way to clear success. ¹ He says that the Prophet was engaged with the whole of creation, and that his love was not confined to particular persons but embraced whatever was best, purest and highest in everything. ²

He says that the Prophet used to name the things around him at home, such as his sword, his mount and his donkey, in order to feel close to creation, and that he saw a human being as a speck of this creation. ³ (needs_source: the anecdote is given without a source in the recording) He advises that a person love his house and what surrounds it, so that he sees a small room as a palace if he loves it, and he mentions the Prophet's gentleness and mercy toward those around him. ⁴

He recounts that the Prophet used to preach leaning on the trunk of a palm tree, and that when he climbed the pulpit the trunk gave a cry, so he came down, placed his hand on it, and it grew calm; he then ordered that the trunk be kept in the ceiling of the mosque in fidelity to it. He draws three glimpses from the story: the Prophet's awareness of what was around him, his tender hand, and his faithfulness to what had served him, without naming the narrator in the recording. ⁵ He mentions the Prophet's tenderness toward the trunk that had served him, and recounts that Umar heard the trunk moaning in the Prophet's house after his burial. He then reports words that one of the Companions addressed to the Prophet at his grave, though some of the wording is garbled (needs_source: the wording of the address is garbled in the recording). ⁶

He says that the Prophet prayed for forgiveness for his people, and refused to let the angel of the mountains close the two mountains upon them. He counts this as his mercy even toward his enemies, and cites a phrase of pardon that he says was spoken to brothers, without the speaker's name being clear in the recording (needs_source: the name of the speaker is unclear in the recording). ⁷

He explains the burden (wizr) by what the Prophet's close relatives and the people of Mecca had of idol worship, and says that the Prophet used to seclude himself in the cave for years before the mission, giving the figure of twenty years without a source (needs_source: the figure was not sourced in the recording). ⁹ He cites the second and third verses of Surat al-Sharh: The second verse of Surat al-Sharh and The third verse of Surat al-Sharh. ⁹ A listener asked about the meaning of the burden in the Qur'anic address to the Prophet. The Sheikh answers that the burden is the weight of the task and its responsibility, not sin, and that the Prophet is protected from sins. ⁸