I say, and with God's success: I respond with three answers: The first: that he greeted us on the night of the Isra and Mi'raj when he said: "Convey my greetings to your nation." The second: that He named us Muslims as He informed us in His saying: {He has named you Muslims before} [Al-Hajj: 78], meaning in His saying: {Our Lord, and make us Muslims for You, and of our descendants a Muslim nation for You} [Al-Baqarah: 128], and the Arabs are from his descendants and the descendants of his son Ishmael, peace be upon them, so we aimed to show his virtue as a reward for these two actions from him. The third: that the purpose of prayer is to take our Prophet, peace be upon him, as a close friend, just as He took Abraham, peace be upon him, as a close friend, and God has responded to His servants' prayers; thus, God also took him as a close friend; in the hadith of the two Sahihs: "But your companion is the close friend of the Most Merciful," and God knows best.