Allah's Love is attained by following the Messenger
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In the name of Allah, the Most-Merciful, the All-Compassionate
"May the Peace and Blessings of Allah be Upon You"
Bismillah Walhamdulillah Was Salaatu Was Salaam 'ala Rasulillah
As-Salaam Alaykum Wa-Rahmatullahi Wa-Barakaatuh
Allah's Love is attained by Following the Messenger
(33:41-43) O ye who believe! Celebrate the praises of Allah, and do this often; and glorify Him morning and evening. He it is Who sends blessings on you, as do His angels, that He may bring you out from the depths of Darkness into Light: And He is Full of Mercy to the believers.
Following thought provoking articles (written by Intellectuals and Quranic Scholars) supported by Quranic evidences are extracted here to make understand how Allah's (swt) Love can be attained before it is too late.
(1) Obey the Prophet (saw).........The only sure document which fits this description is the Qur'an.
(2) Sunnah of Prophet The only sure document which fits this description is the Qur'an. Also the word Sunnah of Prophet was never used In the Quran In this technical sense; Its original meaning being only the "Law" "Practice" of God which is Immutable: Sunnat illah tabdila: 48:3)".
(3) Ahadith.....were written, in the main, about 250 years after the death of the Prophet. These Hadiths are taken as the reported sayings and practices of the Prophet, collected in written form after a long existence in the oral tradition, being handed down by word of mouth from one generation to another. There are many Hadiths which contradict the Qur'an and, as such, could not have been uttered by the Prophet, (at least, not if one genuinely regards of the Qur'an as true) since he would have been punished (see verses 10:15 and 69:44-47). We can take only those Ahadith not contradicting with Quranic Ahkaams or supporting it.
(4) WHY QURAN? A true guide for man at every stage of civilization, every pace of its forbidding culture, and every step of progress
[31:6] Among the people, there are those who uphold baseless Hadith, and thus divert others from the path of GOD without knowledge, and take it in vain. These have incurred a shameful retribution.
[31.7] And when Our revelations are recited unto him he turneth away in his pride as if he heard them not, as if there were a deafness in his ears. So give him tidings of a painful doom.
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The simple answer to the phrase 'Obey the Prophet' is to obey what came out directly from the Prophet's mouth. The only sure document which fits this description is the Qur'an. It simply cannot refer to the Hadiths (as misunderstood by various Muslims). These Hadiths were written nearly 250 years later, and both in spirit and in substance greatly contradict the Qur'an – a Book which claims to be sent and protected by Allah (15:9) and, as such, to have no internal contradiction or fault
As far as the revelations to Muhammad (saw) were concerned, he had no power to change any message. He was instructed to follow the Qur'an with the warning that he would be punished if he deviated from the guidance given in the Qur'an. The following verses are clear indication of this and, incidentally, constitute another point against the Hadith literature.
(10:15) And when Our clear revelations are recited unto them, they who look not for the meeting with Us say: Bring a Lecture other than this, or change it. Say (O Muhammad): It is not for me to change it on my own accord. I only follow that which is inspired in me. Lo! If I disobey my Sustainer I fear the retribution of an awful day.
(69:40-52) That is indeed the speech of an illustrious messenger. It is not poet's speech - little is it that ye believe! Nor diviner's speech - little is it that ye remember! It is a revelation from the Sustainer of the Universe. , and not on And if he had invented false sayings concerning Us, We assuredly had taken him by the right hand and then severed his life-artery of you could have held Us off from him. And lo! It is a warrant unto those who ward off (evil). And lo! We know that some among you will deny (it). And lo! It is indeed an anguish for the disbelievers. And lo! It is absolute truth. So glorify the name of thy Tremendous Sustainer.
(6: 50) Say (O Muhammad, to the disbelievers): I say not unto you (that) I possess the treasures of Allah, nor that I have knowledge of the Unseen. I say not unto you: Lo! I am an angel. I follow only that which is inspired in me. Say: Are the blind man and the seer equal? Will ye then not take thought?
All the verses I have quoted so far show clearly that the revelation that came to Muhammad was inspired in him by Allah, the Sustainer of the universe. The result of those inspirations is the Qur'an over which he had no power to change anything. Outside this (i.e. when not under Divine Inspiration) he was simply a human being, albeit a human being with excellent qualities and conduct.
A point is often raised that the Qur'an specifically says in a number of verses to 'obey the Prophet'. Examples of such verses are as follows:
(3: 32) Say: obey Allah and the messenger. But if they turn away, lo! Allah loveth not the disbelievers (in His guidance).
(3:132) And obey Allah and the messenger, that ye may find mercy.
(4:13) These are the limits (imposed by) Allah. Whoso obeyeth Allah and His messenger, He will make him enter gardens underneath which rivers flow, where such will dwell forever. That will be the great success.
(4: 59) O ye who believe! Obey Allah and obey the messenger and those of you who are in authority; and if ye have a dispute concerning any matter, refer it to Allah and the messenger if ye are (in truth) believers in Allah and the Last Day. That is better and more seemly in the end.
Verses similar to above, which ask people to obey the Prophet are given in: 4:69; 5:92; 8:1, 20, 24, 46; 9:71; 24: 42, 47, 51,54, 56; 33:33; 47:33; 49:7,14; 58:13; 64:12.
One must note that all the above verses relate to the time when the Prophet (saw) was alive and therefore was not only Allah's messenger but also the political leader of his people. In fact verse 4:59 asks us to obey other leaders as well. That being the case, it seems clear that 'obedience to the Prophet' must be understood in that context i.e. in the case where he is physically present and leading the community of believers. As far as we are concerned, the Prophet is dead, and therefore, he cannot function as a messenger now.
The only truthful way that we can obey or follow him is by obeying the guidance given in the Qur'an. This is explained clearly in sura 69 verses 40-52, as given above. In these verses Allah explains, that the Qur'an, the Word of Allah, is the utterance or the sayings of the Prophet. In this case, there is no difference between the Word of Allah and the sayings of the Prophet. They are one and the same thing. As the Qur'an is a complete code of guidance for mankind, by following it we automatically follow the Prophet, or practise what he taught during the 23 years of his prophetic life. Allah also warned the Prophet that if he said or practised anything which was against the teachings of the Qur'an he would be punished and that no one would be able to save him. We, therefore, know for sure that the only thing he taught and practised must be what is in the Qur'an.
One does not have to wait very long as a Muslim before one hears the expression 'Sunnah of the Prophet'. It is vital in this connection to understand the actual meaning of the word sunnah in the context of the Qur'an, the Holy Book of Islam.
The real meaning of the word Sunnah according to the Qur'an (48:23) is '[...]Law and Practice of Allah which is immutable or unchangeable'. In fact, in the whole of the Qur'an the word Sunnah has not been used even once in connection with the Prophet. Also, as already established, what the Prophet practised is in the Qur'an and so any Sunnat attributed to the Prophet must also emanate from the Qur'an.
Unfortunately, in a quest to obey the Prophet, people became interested in what the Prophet is reported to have said and practised. To this end a vast amount of literature known as the Hadiths were written, in the main, about 250 years after the death of the Prophet. These Hadiths are taken as the reported sayings and practices of the Prophet, collected in written form after a long existence in the oral tradition, being handed down by word of mouth from one generation to another. As shown in section 10.3 there are many Hadiths which contradict the Qur'an and, as such, could not have been uttered by the Prophet, (at least, not if one genuinely regards of the Qur'an as true) since he would have been punished (see verses 10:15 and 69:44-47). The simple answer to the phrase 'Obey the Prophet' is to obey what came out directly from the Prophet's mouth. The only sure document which fits this description is the Qur'an. It simply cannot refer to the Hadiths. These were written nearly 250 years later, and both in spirit and in substance greatly contradict the Qur'an – a Book which claims to be sent and protected by Allah (15:9) and, as such, to have no internal contradiction or fault.
So dear brother the simple answer to the phrase 'Obey the Prophet' is to obey what came out directly from the Prophet's mouth. The only sure document which fits this description is the Qur'an. It simply cannot refer to the Hadiths.
We beg Almighty ALLAH (swt) to forgive us for any mistake we might have committed while revealing the truth.
Allah Hafiz Take Care.
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Published by Dar Al-Andalus, Gibralter. p. 74. Footnote 38
"Ahadith", because they were strfly utterances of the Prophet (saw) separated from the context and the atmosphere even sometime mention of the conversation, and did not the status of the man to whom the conversation of the' Prophet(saw) was addressed, created a tremendous confusion in the original teaching of the Ouran, and Islam in its teaching became even ten times more sectarian aspect.
The expounders of the Hadith split up again into various sections and the Mussulmans deteriorated still further. Now those expounders of Hadith style themselves Muhaddithin and the Law they have evolved out of this "Sunnah", and holy but man-given literature is called they have allied It with Ouran as a complimentary literature without' which no Quranlc exposition can be complete. It Is Interesting to note here that the word "Sunnah" also was never used In the Quran In this technical sense; Its original meaning being only the "Law" "Practice" of God which is Immutable: Sunnat illah tabdila: 48:3)".
WHY QURAN? A true guide for man at every stage of civilization, every pace of its forbidding culture, and every step of progress.
These are the thoughts that have obliged me to present this book to the mankind. I am convinced that in comprehensiveness and circumspection, the Ouran is such a unique document that its knowledge is above All every possible elevation of human understanding. divine books reveal only a portion or a few portions of Law and the Religion of Nature, but the Providential is no this rare document explains it in entirety. There of human sociology and ???? worldly department pleasure and peace, scientific advancement and growth, practical dominance and initiative, for whose realization and prepetuation it does not give complete and meaningful indications. This book is a true guide for man at every stage of civilization, every pace of Its forbidding culture, and every step of progress.
EVENTUALLY results in finger points to only that which disaster, collective infirmity, total death. Its unequivocal directive guides only towards that Straight Path which ensures peace, survival and stability, BENFICENCE AND ELEVATION, Its foremost objective is COLLECTIVE REFORMATION. of human socities, but in the course of collectivism, it has also unfolded of this exposition programme' of individual welfare. Its revealer the true of the Future and the is that Omniscient, that Knower is seeing man's evolution thousands, rather Present Who millions of years ahead, Who is producing the evidence of past events, Who is pointing towards the of centuries is warning against fundamentals of peace, Who In short, whatever He says, He does it perilous pitfalls. with force and vigour, certainty and certitude, loftiness is so perfect that and independence. His law see flaws in it, entertain unseeing eyes find fault with it, it, but the vastness of knowledge and misgivings about breadth of vision again render these very doubts doubtful.
Every now and then, new situations, new disclosures, new views are revealed about each doubt and eventually .of render the skeptic helpless and crestfallen. The status woman, the number of wives, prohibition, social equality etc., etc., are some of the issues on which mankind at be able to hold the its present stage of culture will not same view or give the same verdict; they will remain controversial as long as man's knowledge of nature is imperfect. But the decisive and final verdicts of the Ouran on these profound issues are the same as are being almost unconsciously accepted by vital sections as after having been of world opinion; they are the same concluded from bitter experience, punishments for offences against nature, ill-effects of generations of neglect, fatal and self-annihilating consequences of excesses and deficiencies, and Increased awareness of nature, are opening new course for man. Mankind may remain engulfed in any dilemma; it may, in the quest of the true path, call one thing wrong and another right, to Dick after forsaking Tom, and then from may attend Dick may rush to Harry, but the Ouranic verdicts are IRREPLACEABLE for the reason that human nature will EVENTUALLY converge to them. Man, who is oblivious of his own nature, is, in fact, BORN on them; to give them up means defeat and destruction; their abidance means security and peace. Wherever there is despondency, it is the result of departing from them; is pleasure, it is only by accepting them. wherever there Islam as explained by the Ouran is a NATURE on CREATED the entire species of. mankind which is regardless of colour and country; it is essentially and inherently unchangeable. This is the STRAIGHT PATH besides which no other straight course is logically possible. However, if during their search for do it, people give up one course and follow another, they it due to PAUCITY OF KNOWLEDGE. The day the Knowledge of human nature is perfected, the 'straight path' will become more radiant than the rays of the sun and the streaks of the moon.............
If the Quran is the Message of the Creator of the heavens it constitutes the words which were engraved and the earth, if on the mind of the Arabian Prophet by the Master of the sun and the moon, if it really is the Last Lesson of the First Teacher Guide to the dwellers of the earth, then its and the Original being disjointed in the eyes of the unknowing is its greatest virtue. Its harmony can become manifest only to those who have 'probed every nook and corner of the Universe who have acquired substantial knowledge of the inmost ???? of the of Nature, who have been elevated by the loftiness of ' Book of truth to the higher honzon of knowledge and spaciousness the heavens and the stars; who, indifferent to the petty quibbling of lowly logic, are pursuing the inner realities of things; who are aware of the secret tunes of acceptability in this supreme music of condition and consequence, cause and effect, basis' and outcome; who know the hidden melody of the Providential decisions; who, in this apparently unshapely, of contradictions, unguided, unarranged, and tyrannous world find an amazing balance, a surprising justness and harmony, supreme equilibrium and arrangement. The Creator of the not afford, while revealing His heavens and the earth could Message, first to teach man, like the initiators, the letters, then arrange letters and words, and subsequently explain what connection varioUs sentences have with each other. His declaration that the book is complete, detailed, and a treasure-house of knowledge and wisdom is in itself a great favour; it is not in man's power to produce the like of it; it is easy, open, and free from contradictions; it is meant for a people which knows and reflects; it is a guide and mercy, light and purity; it is perfectly consistent. These qualities themselves it as resplendent as the sun. It is now for man to make make utmost efforts to look for these qualities, to ??? ??Quran on of knowledge, scrutinise it as WIsdom, try to the touchstone establish harmony between its various parts, prove it as having a single objective from the beginning to the end; or, reject it. The of its being consistent and effectual is that a man greatest proof it as his programme; by making it (peace be upon him ) adopted manifest to the people during the 23 years of blood-curdling hardships. he established between each letter. word and His declaration that the book Is complete, detailed, and a treasure-house of knowledge and wisdom Is In Itself a Is not in man's power to produce the great favour; It like of It; It Is easy, open, and free from contradictions; It Is meant for a people which knows and reflects; It Is a Is perfectly guide and mercy, light and purity; It consistent. These qualities themselves make It as Is now for man to make resplendent as the sun. It utmost efforts to look for these qualities, to test the as Ouran on the touchstone of knowledge, scrutinise It wisdom, try to establish harmony between Its various parts, prove It as having a single objective from the beginning to the end; or, reject It. The greatest proof of its being CONSISTENT and EFFECTUAL Is that a It man (PBUH) adopted It as his programme; by making manifest to the people during the 23 years of blood-curdling hardships, he established between each letter, word and sentence such an abiding connection, such a logical continuity, such a definite and practical environment of cause and consequence, that the entire world was dazzled. If today this divine embodiment of cause and effect, the immense framework of Providential logic, the final verdict of God, the has, . unchangeable compilation of the Divine Will through man's own neglect and oblivion, been rendered illogical and Incongruous, how could the Heavenly authorship be held responsible.
(Source: Man’s destiny by Allama Mashriqi )