{"id":349,"date":"2012-07-16T10:06:08","date_gmt":"2012-07-16T08:06:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/investigate-islam.com\/web\/web\/?p=349"},"modified":"2012-07-16T10:09:56","modified_gmt":"2012-07-16T08:09:56","slug":"25-duas-from-the-holy-quran","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/investigate-islam.com\/web\/?p=349","title":{"rendered":"TRUE LOVE OF THE PROPHET (SAAW) ACCORDING TO THE BOOK AND THE SUNNAH"},"content":{"rendered":"<pre>\r\nFrom: Bernard@City-Net.Com  Newsgroups:\r\nalt.religion.islam,soc.religion.islam\r\n\r\nIn the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful\r\n\r\nIndeed, all praises are due to Allah.  We praise Him, seek\r\nHis Aid, and beg for His Forgiveness.  We seek refuge in\r\nAllah from the evil in ourselves and from the evil outcomes\r\nof our deeds.  Whomsoever, Allah, Ta 'Ala, guides, no one\r\nand nothing can take that person astray.  Whomsoever,\r\nAllah, Ta 'Ala, takes astray, no one or nothing can guide\r\nthat person.  I bear witness that there is nothing worthy\r\nof worship except Allah who is alone without any\r\nassociates.  I bear witness that Muhammad ibnu 'Abd Allah\r\n(SAAW) is Allah's 'Abd (slave) and Messenger.  To proceed:\r\n\r\nAllah has commanded in the Qur'an (what means):  \"O you who\r\nbelieve!  Have Taqwah (true fear of Allah) according to His\r\nright and die not except that you are a Muslim.  O\r\nMankind!  Have Taqwah of your Lord.  The One Who created\r\nyou from a single soul and from him He created his mate and\r\nfrom them both He created many men and women and fear Allah\r\nthrough Whom you demand your mutual rights and do not cut\r\noff the ties of kinship; surely Allah is ever a Raqeeb\r\n(All-Watcher) over you.  O you who believe!  Have Taqwah of\r\nAllah and always speak the truth.  He will direct you to do\r\nrighteous good deeds and will forgive you your sins.  And\r\nwhosoever obeys Allah and His Messenger (SAAW) he has\r\nindeed achieved a great achievement.\"<\/pre>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<pre>\r\nVerily, the best speech is the Book of Allah and the best\r\nguidance is the guidance of Muhammad ibnu 'Abd Allah\r\n(SAAW).  The worst of all affairs in this Diyn are\r\ninnovations.  Every innovation is a Bid'ah and every Bid'ah\r\nis a going astray and every going astray is in the Hell\r\nFire.\r\n\r\nDEVELOPING TRUE LOVE FOR ALLAH'S MESSENGER (SAAW):\r\n\r\nHaving the proper love for Allah's Messenger (SAAW) is a\r\nmust for any Muslim who is striving to please his\/her Lord\r\nand who seeks his\/her Lord's Forgiveness.  Learning how to\r\nproperly apply this love for the last Nabee (SAAW) is to\r\nproperly implement the testimony: wa ash hadu ana\r\nMuhammadan rusulu Allah (SAAW).  Indeed, one cannot just\r\nsay he\/she loves the Prophet (SAAW) while his\/her actions\r\nand 'Aqeedah are fundamentaly against what the Prophet\r\n(SAAW) brought (i.e. the Qur'an and the authentic Sunnah).\r\nHence, the first step in the process of developing this\r\nlove is to acknowledge that the Prophet (SAAW) has a claim\r\nover the believers.\r\n\r\nAllah has said in the Qur'an (what means):  \"The Prophet\r\n(SAAW) is closer to the believers than their ownselves...\"\r\n[Al-Ahzab: 6].\r\n\r\nIbn Qayyim Al-Jawziyyah (Rahimullah), one of the great\r\nscholars of this Ummah, relates that this Ayah means the\r\nProphet (SAAW) has a \"higher claim\" on the believers than\r\nthey have on themselves.  This claim involves two important\r\nmatters:\r\n\r\n1.  WE CONSIDER ALLAH'S MESSENGER (SAAW) TO BE DEARER THAN\r\nONE'S OWN SELF.\r\n\r\nThis is so because this claim is based on love.  One has\r\nthe most claim to oneself for one loves oneself more than\r\nanything.  Thus, a person knows what types of foods,\r\nclothing, etc. he\/she likes to eat, drink, etc. more than\r\nall others.  However, when it comes to Islam, we know that\r\nAllah knows us better than we know ourselves; thus, we\r\nsubmit to Him and His Orders.  We it comes to the Prophet\r\n(SAAW), we are to love him more than our own selves; thus,\r\nwe too put his commandments above our own opinions, logic,\r\netc.\r\n\r\nOnce this true love is established, compliance, obedience,\r\nsatisfication with his (SAAW) jugdements, and other matters\r\nrelated to true love will follow.  This is confirmed in the\r\nfollowing authentic Haadith found in Sahih Al-Bukhari:\r\n\r\nNarrated 'Abd Allah bin Hisham: 'We were with the Prophet\r\n(SAAW) and he was holding the hand of 'Umar ibnu Al-Khattab\r\n(RAA).  'Umar said to him, \"O Allah's Messenger (SAAW)!\r\nYou are dearer to me than everything except my ownself.\"\r\nAllah's Messenger (SAAW) said: \"No, by Him in Whose Hand my\r\nsoul is, (you will not have complete Faith) untill I am\r\ndearer to you than your ownself.\"  Then 'Umar (RAA) said:\r\n\"However, now, by Allah, you are dearer to me than my\r\nownself.\"  He (SAAW) then said: \"Now, O 'Umar, (now you are\r\na believer).\"\r\n\r\nLESSONS FROM THIS HAADITH:\r\n\r\nA.  The Negation and Affirmation:\r\n\r\nThe Prophet (SAAW) negates (i.e. rejects, denies) that a\r\nperson can have complete Imaan with his statement, \"No, by\r\nHim in Whose Hand my soul is...\".  Thus, the affirmation,\r\nor condition of having complete Imaan, follows: \"...until I\r\nam dearer to you than your ownself...\".  Therefore, the\r\nMuslim will never attain true Imaan unless he\/she considers\r\nthe Prophet (SAAW) to be dearer to him\/her than everything\r\nincluding one's ownself.\r\n\r\nB.  Character of the Sahabah:\r\n\r\nUpon hearing that true Imaan can only be achieved through\r\nloving the Messenger (SAAW) more than everything, including\r\none's self, 'Umar (RAA) quickly complied with the\r\ncommandment of the Prophet (SAAW).  The Sahabah wasted no\r\ntime in doing those acts which were pleasing to Allah and\r\nHis Messeger (SAAW).\r\n\r\n2.  SECOND IMPORTANT MATTER:\r\n\r\nThe Messenger (SAAW) has more rule over an individual than\r\nthat individual has over his\/herself.  This means that a\r\nperson only does those actions which are in accordance with\r\nthe Book of Allah and the authentic Sunnah of His Messenger\r\n(SAAW).\r\n\r\nTherefore, three critical conditions must be fulfilled in\r\norder for a deed to be accepted:\r\n\r\na.  One must confess his\/her belief in Islam (i.e. one must\r\nbe a Muslim).  b.  One must have Ikhlaas of the Niyah (i.e.\r\npurity of the intention).  c.  One must do that deed in\r\naccordance with the Book of Allah and the authentic Sunnah\r\nof His Messenger (SAAW).\r\n\r\nIf one of these conditions are not meet, that person's deed\r\nwill not benefit him\/her in the least.  Of course, absence\r\nof knowledge is always an exception (eg. a person may make\r\nWudhu but does not know the specific parts of the body that\r\nare to be washed; thus, he\/she washes those parts which\r\nhe\/she thinks to be significant.  His\/her Wudhu was not\r\ndone in accordance with the Book and the Sunnah; however,\r\nhe\/she did not know the way to make Wudhu according to the\r\nBook and the Sunnah; hence, their Wudhu would be accepted\r\nfor a and b were fulfilled, wa Allahu 'alam).  These are\r\nthe conditions which the Salaaf As-Salih (Pious\r\nPredecessors) understood with regards to the acceptance and\r\nrejection of a deed.\r\n\r\nAnother implications of the testimony: Muhammad is the\r\nMessenger of Allah (SAAW).\r\n\r\nBELIEF THAT HE (SAAW) WAS SENT TO ALL OF MANKIND AND THE\r\nJINN\r\n\r\nVerily, Allah, azza wa jall, has said in the Qur'an (what\r\nmeans):  \"Say (O Muhammad SAAW): O mankind!  Verily, I am\r\nsent to you all as the Messenger of Allah - to Whom belongs\r\nthe dominion of the Heavens and the Earth.  La illaha illa\r\nHuwa (none has the right to be worshipped but He).  It is\r\nHe Who gives life and causes death.  So believe in Allah\r\nand His Messenger (SAAW), the Prophet who can neither read\r\nnor write, who believes in Allah and His Words, and follow\r\nhim so that you may be guided.\" [Al-A'raf: 158].\r\n\r\nThe prophet (SAAW) said (what means):  \"And the Prophets\r\nwere formerly sent to their people only, whereas I have\r\nbeen sent to all mankind.\"  [Al-Bukhari and Muslim].\r\n\r\nTherefore, recognizing that he (SAAW) was sent as a mercy\r\nto all of mankind will, Inshallah, help kindle the proper\r\nlove for him which will be manifested through obedience to\r\nhis rulings.\r\n\r\nFINALITY OF HIS PROPHETHOOD\r\n\r\nIndeed, there is no Messenger\/Prophet after Muhammd ibnu\r\n'Abd Allah (SAAW) as Allah, Ta 'Ala, says in His Book (what\r\nmeans):\r\n\r\n\"Muhammad (SAAW) is not the father of any man among you,\r\nbut he is the Messenger of Allah, and the last (end) of the\r\nProphets.  Allah is Ever All-Aware of everything.\"\r\n[Al-Ahzab: 40].\r\n\r\nThe Prophet (SAAW) has said (what means):  \"And the line of\r\nthe Prophets is closed with me.\"  [Muslim].\r\n\r\nBelieving that Muhammad (SAAW) is the final Messenger of\r\nAllah confirms Allah's statement (what means):  \"...This\r\nday, I have perfected your religion for you, completed my\r\nFavour upon you, and have chosen for you Islam as your\r\nreligion...\" [Al-Ma'idah:3 (in part)].  Thus, if Islam were\r\nnot a complete way of life, then this religion would need\r\nto be constantly updated.  In order to update this\r\nreligion, there would have to be another Prophet after\r\nMuhammad (SAAW).  However, this is not so as Allah\r\ncompleted this Diyn and it can never be changed from its\r\ntrue form.\r\n\r\nBELIEVING THAT HE (SAAW) HAS BEEN GIVEN TWO (2) RELELATIONS\r\n\r\nAl-Hamdulilah, Allah, azza wa jall, has give the Prophet\r\n(SAAW) two revelations as understood by the Minhaj of the\r\nAhlus Sunnah Wal Juma'ah.  These are, of course, the Qur'an\r\nand the authentic Sunnah.  Allah confirms this with His\r\nsaying (what means):\r\n\r\n\"Nor does he (Muhammad SAAW) speak of his own desire.  It\r\nis only an Inspiration that is inspired.\"  [An-Najm: 3-4].\r\n\r\n\"Indeed, Allah conferred a great favour on the believers\r\nwhen He sent among them a Messenger (Muhammad SAAW) from\r\namong themselves, reciting unto them His Verses (the\r\nQur'an), and purifying them (from sins by their following\r\nhim), and instructing them (in) the Book (the Qur'an) and\r\nAl-Hikmah (the wisdom and the Sunnah of the Prophet SAAW -\r\ni.e. his legal ways, statements, actions, etc.), while\r\nbefore that they had been in manifest error.\"  [Al-'Imran:\r\n164].\r\n\r\nThe Prophet (SAAW) has also said (what means):  \"I have,\r\nindeed, been given the Qur'an and something like it along\r\nwith it (i.e. his Sunnah).\"  [Abu Dawud].\r\n\r\nThus, there is no mere choice between following the Sunnah\r\nand not following it.  It has been sent down as part of\r\nrevelation; thus, it must be adhered to in full.  It is\r\nadhered to the way the Prophet (SAAW) explained it and the\r\nway the Sahabah understood it.  Allah confirms this with\r\nHis saying (what means):\r\n\r\n\"We sent no Messenger, but to be obeyed by the permission\r\nof Allah.\"\r\n\r\n\"Obey Allah, and the Messenger (SAAW).  But if they turn\r\naway (then know), that Allah loves not the infidels.\"\r\n[Al-'Imran: 31-32].\r\n\r\nTHE PROPHET HAS RIGHTS UPON HIS FOLLOWERS\r\n\r\nThese rights are:  1.  We believe in what the Prophet\r\nMuhammad (SAAW) has said.  2.  We obey him in what has been\r\ncommanded and forsake what he has forbidden or\r\ndiscouraged.  3.  We worship Allah according to the\r\nShar'iah of His Messenger (SAAW), not by whims and Bid'ah\r\n(innovations).  4.  We judge ourselves by the Shar'iah of\r\nProphet Muhammad (SAAW), and not by any other law.  5.  We\r\nlove Allah's Messenger (SAAW) more than our parents,\r\nchildren, all of mankind, indeed our very selves.\r\n\r\nAllah has confirmed the above with His statement (what\r\nmeans):\r\n\r\n\"Say (to them O Muhammad SAAW): If you love Allah, follow\r\nme, and Allah will love you, and forgive you your sins;\r\nAllah is All-Forgiving, All-Merciful. Say:  Obey Allah, and\r\nthe Messenger (SAAW), but if they turn away (then know),\r\nthat Allah loves not the infidels.\"  [Al-'Imran: 31-32].\r\n\r\n\"And let those who oppose his (Muhammad's SAAW) command\r\nbeware, lest a trail befall them (that will lead them to\r\nKuffur) or a painful punishment be inflicted on them.\"\r\n[An-Nur: 63].\r\n\r\n\"You have indeed a good example in the Messenger of Allah\r\n(SAAW) for whosoever hopes for Allah and the Last Day, and\r\nremembers Allah much.\" [Al-Ahzab: 21].\r\n\r\n\"It is not for any believer, man or woman, when Allah and\r\nHis Messenger (SAAW) have decreed a matter, to have the\r\nchoice in their affair.  And whosoever disobeys Allah and\r\nHis Messenger (SAAW) he has gone astray into manifest\r\nerror.\" [Al-Ahzab: 36].\r\n\r\n\"But no, by your Lord, they can have no Faith, until they\r\nmake you (O Muhammad SAAW) judge in all disputes between\r\nthem, and find in their souls no resistance against your\r\ndecisions, but accept (them) fully with submission.\"\r\n[An-Nisa: 65].\r\n\r\nThus, we see in this last Ayah that Allah negates that a\r\nperson can have Imaan unless that person makes the Prophet\r\n(SAAW) judge in *all* affairs and that we accept his (SAAW)\r\ndecisions with submission.  This Ayah is indeed serious as\r\nAllah swears to this negation with His saying (what means),\r\n\"But no, by your Lord...\".\r\n\r\nThe Prophet (SAAW) stressed the importance of obeying and\r\nfollowing his Sunnah with his saying (what means):\r\n\r\n\"All of my people will enter Jennah except those who\r\nrefuse.\"  When asked about those who refuse, he said: \"He\r\nwho obeys me will enter Jennah, while he who disobeys me\r\nhas refused.\"  [Al-Bukhari].\r\n\r\nHe (SAAW) also said (what means):  \"If anyone introduces\r\ninto this affair of ours anything which does not belong to\r\nit, it is rejected.\"  [Al-Bukhari and Muslim].\r\n\r\nAnd:  \"None of you believes untill I am dearer to him than\r\nhis father, his child, and all of mankind.\"  [Al-Bukhari\r\nand Muslim].\r\n\r\nAnd:  \"There are qualities for which anyone who is\r\ncharacterized by them will experiece the sweetness of\r\nImaan: he to whom Allah and His Messenger (SAAW) are dearer\r\nthan all else; he who loves a human being for Allah's Sake\r\nalone; and who has as great an abhorrence of returning to\r\nKuffur (disbelief) after Allah has rescued him from it as\r\nhe has being cast into the Hell Fire.\"  [Al-Bukhari and\r\nMuslim].\r\n\r\nAlthough the Prophet (SAAW) is the best of examples and\r\nfollowing his Sunnah is obligatory, we must remember that\r\nit is not right to overpraise him (SAAW) as he was not\r\ndivine, but a man.  Some deviant sects of Islam direct\r\ntheir 'Ibaadah to the Prophet (SAAW); however, this is\r\nShirk Al-Akbar (association in the highest degree) which\r\nwill not be forgiven unless that person makes sincere\r\nTawbah before his\/her death.\r\n\r\nA MAN AND NOT DIVINE\r\n\r\nAllah says (what means):\r\n\r\n\"Say (O Muhammad SAAW): I am only a man like you: it is\r\nrevealed to me that your God is One God: So, let him who\r\nhopes for the meeting with his Lord, do righteousness, and\r\nnot associate anything in the worship of hsi Lord.\"\r\n[Al-Kahf: 111].\r\n\r\nThe Prophet (SAAW) said (what means):  \"Do not overpraise\r\nme as the Christians overpraised the son of Mary (i.e. 'Isa\r\nAS).  I am His slave, so say: Allah's slave and Messenger.\"\r\n[Al-Bukhari and Muslim].\r\n\r\nSENDING SALAAT AND SALAAM UPON THE NABEE (SAAW)\r\n\r\nThis is an action which the believer are commanded to do as\r\nAllah says in the Qur'an (what means):\r\n\r\n\"Indeed, Allah and His angels send Salaat (i.e. Allah\r\nmentions the Prophet's SAAW name in the presence of the\r\nangels) upon the Prophet (SAAW).  O you who believe!  Send\r\nyour Salaat and your Salaam upon him (ie. by saying Salla\r\nAllahu 'alaihi wa sallam, etc.).\"  [Al-Ahzab: 56].<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From: Bernard@City-Net.Com Newsgroups: alt.religion.islam,soc.religion.islam In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful Indeed, all praises are due to Allah. We praise Him, seek His Aid, and beg for His Forgiveness. We seek refuge&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20,57],"tags":[42,18],"class_list":["post-349","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-prophet-muhammad","category-quran-2","tag-muhammad","tag-quran"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/investigate-islam.com\/web\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/349","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/investigate-islam.com\/web\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/investigate-islam.com\/web\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/investigate-islam.com\/web\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/investigate-islam.com\/web\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=349"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/investigate-islam.com\/web\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/349\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":351,"href":"https:\/\/investigate-islam.com\/web\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/349\/revisions\/351"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/investigate-islam.com\/web\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=349"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/investigate-islam.com\/web\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=349"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/investigate-islam.com\/web\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=349"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}