A question regarding the Prophet's (peace and blessings be upon him) silence regarding his Companions' exaggeration in honoring him?

The questioner : Yesterday, in a meeting with your eminence... one of the brothers mentioned... he said... that the Muslims seek blessing from him... he said: And what about the remnants of his light?

Another questioner : ... .

The Shaykh : This is an important question. In reality, this did occur, and it occurred with the knowledge of the Messenger (peace be upon him) and his silence. However, this silence was for a brief period and did not continue from him (peace and blessings be upon him and his family). The wisdom of that temporary silence became clearly evident in the Treaty of Hudaybiyyah, where the polytheists began sending an ambassador from among them. I do not wish to say "a messenger" from among them, even though that is acceptable in terms of Arabic, but whenever they sent an ambassador to converse with the Messenger (peace be upon him) and understand what he wanted, that ambassador would see that strange exaggeration which they did not know in the kings of Kisra and Caesar: the rushing of the Companions to the ablution water of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)—the water with which he performed ablution—and their seeking blessing from it. So, among the effects of what they witnessed—or saw or witnessed—was that they returned to the leaders of Quraysh and said to them: "Make a treaty with Muhammad; by Allah, we have seen Kisra and Caesar, and we have not seen anyone honor them as we saw the Companions of Muhammad honor Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him and his family)." And so proceeded the treaty known as the Treaty of Hudaybiyyah. Thus, the silence of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) regarding such exaggeration in seeking blessing from him (peace be upon him) was from wise Shari'ah policy. But because he was created upon what was rightly described in His saying (Blessed and Exalted is He): , and as He said: , and as he said in another hadith: , it was ultimately a response to this fundamental principle that the Messenger (peace be upon him) feared. This was when he saw them once again rushing to seek blessing from his ablution water, so he said to them: They said: "The love of Allah and His Messenger." He said—and here is the point: .
Look at this gentleness in transitioning from the lesser matter to the superior ruling. The Messenger (peace be upon him) did not reject them outright, but rather prepared the way for them with a magnificent style: . They said: "The love of Allah and His Messenger," and they were sincere in that. So he said: This does not indicate your love for Allah and the Messenger; rather, what indicates that is that you act upon what the Messenger brought from his Lord (Blessed and Exalted is He).
Therefore, we see that what is established regarding seeking blessing is established, and the story of Hudaybiyyah in "Sahih al-Bukhari" leaves no room for denial regarding the narration, ever. But some people take matters hastily and do not take them with deliberation. If they had looked at the wisdom of that silence, and then examined this last hadith, the difficulty would have been resolved, and they would have known the greatness of the Messenger (peace be upon him) in that, and in this hadith.