He saw with the eye of prophethood the sacred services they would perform in the future, and applauded them.9  He kissed Hasan’s head as a sign of approval and encouragement.

Also, he embraced Husayn (May God be pleased with him) and showed him importance and tenderness on account of the illustrious Imams like Zayn al-‘Abidin and   Ja‘far  al-Sadiq,  and  the  numerous  Mahdi-like  luminous  persons,  the  true inheritors of prophethood, who would spring from his effulgent line, and for the sake of the religion of Islam and office of prophethood.

Since with his heart with its knowledge of the Unseen, the Prophet Muhammad’s (UWBP) luminous vision and future-penetrating eye observed from the Era of Bliss in this world the Assembly of the Resurrection on the side of post-eternity, and from the earth saw Paradise, and  watched events which had occurred since the time of Adam and were concealed in the dark veils of the past, and even beheld the vision of the All- Glorious One, he surely saw the spiritual poles and the Imams who were to be the inheritors of prophethood, and the Mahdis, who would follow on in the lines of Hasan and Husayn. And for sure he would kiss their heads in the name of all of them. Yes, Shah Geylani has a large part in his kissing Hasan’s head.

THIRD POINT

According to one interpretation, the verse:

Say: I ask of you no recompense save love of close kin(42:23)

has the meaning: “God’s Noble Messenger (UWBP) wants no reward for fulfilling the duties of messengership; he wants only love for his family.”

If it is asked: According to this, it seems there is an advantage to be gained from a family relationship. Whereas, according to the meaning of:

The most honoured of you in the sight of God is the most righteous of you,(49:13)

prophethood functions in respect of closeness to God, not of family relationships?

The Answer: With his vision that penetrated the Unseen, God’s Most Noble Messenger (UWBP) saw that his family would become a light-giving tree in the world of Islam. It would be from his family that the overwhelming majority of those persons who would act as guides and preceptors instructing every level of the world of Islam in human attainment and per fection would emerge.

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9   See, Ibn Maja, Muqaddima, 11; Musnad, iv, 172.