The attention given to the noble sandals is not an innovated matter. Rather, the first generations, from the Companions of the Prophet (God bless him and give him peace), were the first to give them attention and importance, such that some of them were known to have distinguished themselves with serving the noble sandals. It has been reported by Ibn Sa`d that Anas (God be well pleased with him) was the keeper of the sandals of the Messenger of God (God bless him and give him peace).
And Imam al-Sālihī reported in his work, Subul al-Huda wa’l Rashād (8:318) that `Abd Allāh ibn Mas`ūd (God be pleased with him) used to get up as soon as the Messenger of Allah (God bless him and give him peace) sat down, and would take off the latter’s sandals, and place them under his own arms. Then, when the Prophet (God bless him and give him peace) would get up, he would put them on him. Many other narrations have been transmitted from the Companions giving exact descriptions of the noble sandals of the Prophet (God bless him and give him peace).
The depiction of the noble Prophetic sandals has had a special place in the hearts of Muslims since it points to one of the needs of their tremendous Prophet (God bless him and give him peace), and since it inspires in them the utmost humility towards his high rank (God bless him and give him peace). Because of this, they took care to record this depiction, and to draw it, and they sometimes even placed it under their turbans, to feel their complete subservience to the tremendousness of this most noble Messenger (God bless him and give him peace). They also hung this depiction in their houses, seeking blessings from it.
Writers and poets wrote eloquently in praise of the noble sandals and in describing the feelings of ecstatic love for their wearer (God bless him and give him peace). Imam Abū al-`Abbās gathered a significant amount of these writing in his aforementioned work, as well as in his treatise Azhār al-Riyād
May the best of blessings and peace be upon the owner of these blessed sandals.
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