Holy Prophet Muhammad's (saw) love for his people: Something to think about ...

How can a father's love for his son be known? This love itself is not something visible or tactual. It can be known only from his behavior, attitude and words towards his son. If a wise and fair person pays due attention to Holy Prophet Muhammad (saw) utterances and studies the reports describing his efforts to guide men to the right course, his strictness in protecting everybody's rights and his magnanimous and compassionate efforts for the establishment of beautiful morals, he will clearly see that his love for his Ummah (community) is much more than that of a father for his son. A person who realizes his astounding accomplishments, the astonishing reports in Noble Qur'an, which were revealed through his tongue and his utterances foretelling the bewildering events that will happen at the end of the world, will certainly see that he attained high grades above the intellect's capacity and comprehended facts beyond the intellect's limit of comprehension and realization. Thus, it will be apparent to him that his words are all true.
How would you feel if you found out that someone was thinking about you more than 1400 years ago?
Once our holy Prophet Muhammad (saw) was sitting with some of his companion and suddenly he (SAW) said, "Alas! I wish I could meet my brothers."
Abu Bakr and Umar, who were around him said, "Are we not your brothers? We believe in you and we migrated with you."
Holy Prophet Muhammad (saw) replied, "You are my companions. You accepted Islam and migrated with me but "Alas I wish I could meet my brothers...!"
Again they asked the same question, Holy Prophet Muhammad (saw) replied the same answer. Then they asked "O, Prophet who are those people?"
Holy Prophet Muhammad (saw) replied, "My brothers are those who are during the Akhir uz Zaman. They will believe in me although they have not seen me."
This shows a glimpse of our holy Prophet Muhammad's (SAW) love for us and of course, we claim to love him as well. But when love becomes limited to words, it becomes meaningless. And when the loved one's advice is not taken seriously, it invalidates this love. Don't you think?
Isn't it about time we follow our holy Prophet Muhammad (saw)? Isn't it about time we reconsider our lives?
There is a well known tradition narrated by Holy Prophet Muhammad (saw) which has been recorded by eminent Shia and Ahle Sunnah scholars in their compilation thus: "One who dies without recognizing the Imam of his age, has died the death of ignorance."
In other words his death shall be that of an infidel. Even the Noble Qur'an declares in the 71st verse of Surah Bani Israel, "On the day when every man shall be summoned along with their Imam." (17:71