Rights of Rasoolullahﷺ – part 7

Auto-generated transcript:Alhamdulillah. Alhamdulillahi Rabbil Alameen. Wa salatu wa salamu ala ashrafi al-anbiya wal-mursaleen. Wa hamadu Rasulullah sallallahu alayhi wa ala alihi wa sahbihi wa sallam tasliman kathiran kathira. The seventh right that Rasulullah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam has upon us which we are supposed to fulfill is that we accept his judgment in all matters without any resistance. Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala shut all doors to personal opinions and differences when it comes to the decision of Rasulullah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam in any matter. Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala included himself in this ayah as the one making this ruling. This is a hukum of Allah. This is a ruling of Allah. To emphasize the position of Rasulullah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam and to support his authority. This is not oppression or blind obedience. But the basic requirement of having accepted that Rasulullah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam is the messenger of Allah and is guided by him in all matters. Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala said وَمَا كَانَ لِمُؤْمِنِينَ وَلَا مُؤْمِنَةٍ إِذَا قَضَ اللَّهُ وَرَسُولُهُ أَمْرًا أَنْ يَكُونُ لَهُمُ الْخِيَرَةَ مِنْ أَمْرِهِمْ وَمَنْ يَعْصِ اللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُ فَقَدْ ضَلَّ ضَلَالًا مُبِينًا Allah said no believer. Neither man nor woman has a right when Allah and his messenger decide on a matter to have an opinion different from that. To have a choice in that matter at issue. And whoever disobeys Allah and his messenger has gone astray into manifest error. Therefore if Rasulullah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam rules in a matter that ruling is guided by Allah and is binding on us. We are allowed to have opinions. We are allowed to have our own thinking. We are allowed to have our logic. We are allowed to have our deductive reasoning. We are allowed to have all of that until it comes to a text. When we have our opinion and we are faced with a text, which is the Quran or the Sunnah, which is against the opinion, we give up our opinion and we follow the text. This is the meaning of being Muslim. Therefore if Rasulullah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam rules in a matter, that ruling is guided and protected by Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala and it is incumbent and compulsory on us as Muslims, men and women to follow that. Anyone who accepts Allah and his Rabb as his Rabb and Muhammad sallallahu alayhi wa sallam as the Rasul of Allah and the recipient of Wahi, of revelation, must automatically accept his rulings because he understands who Muhammad sallallahu alayhi wa sallam is. This is a sign of obedience with understanding, not blind obedience. The one who does not obey is the one who is blind because he doesn't understand the fundamental principle of Islam. The declaration of faith, la ilaha illa Allah wa Muhammad wa Rasulullah, to accept the rulings of Rasulullah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam without question is logical, reasonable, and the sign of intelligence and faith. The two are not mutually exclusive in Islam. Abdullah ibn Amr ibn al-Las reports in Abu Dha'in, the Hadith in Abu Dawud, I used to write whatever I heard from Rasulullah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam and wanted to learn it by heart. Some people of the Quraysh dissuaded me and they said, do not write everything you hear from Rasulullah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam while he is, because he's a human being and sometimes he may be angry like any other human being, maybe meaning he says something, he doesn't mean it. They meant that Rasulullah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam might say something in a state of anger, which he did not intend to say. So one should be selective in writing his Ahadith. Abdullah ibn Amr ibn al-Las conveyed their opinion to Rasulullah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam and he said to him that this is what I used to do. I used to write everything you say, but people are telling me don't write everything because maybe he says something in anger, maybe he doesn't really mean it and so on. Rasulullah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam pointed to his lips and he said, I swear by the one in whose hand is the soul of Muhammad, sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, nothing comes out from these two lips except the truth, so write it. Those of you who claim that Ahadith were collected 200 years later, explain this to me. He's saying write it. If they didn't write it, how did you find it after 200 years? In any situation, I remind myself and you, be it religion, your career, marriage, culture, yourself in terms of self-confidence or any other aspect of life, nothing can be achieved by those who are in perpetual doubt. This is the biggest problem today. The people on the truth are in doubt and the people on falsehood are completely certain about themselves. A firm conviction that is free from doubt is the basis of self-confidence. Dithering doubters are too caught up in their own to be or not to be arguments to ever make an impact or to take any decisive decision in life. They lose all opportunities, often to those who are not as talented as they are, only because the other person is not wallowing in self-doubt. Islam does not prevent us from asking questions. In fact, Islam encourages us to think and reflect and ask. But once that is done and we have satisfied ourselves, Allah tells us that those who are successful are the ones who believed and thereafter did not doubt. That is a question which we must therefore ask ourselves. Do I still have doubts about Allah? Do I still have doubts about His Messenger ? Do I still have doubts about the Quran ? Do I still have doubts about whether Muhammad spoke the truth or not? Do I still have doubts about meeting Allah in the hereafter? These answers are not academic. They are systemic. They are fundamental. They are intrinsic. They are seminal. Our answer, that belief, must be visible in our lives. Allah said, Allah said, Only those are the believers who believed in Allah and His Messenger , and afterward do not doubt, but strive with their wealth and their lives for the cause of Allah. Those, they are the truthful. So it is therefore that we answer these questions for ourselves. Are we going to die? Are we going to meet Allah? And if so, what in our lives is evidence of this belief? What in our lives must change if this most critical meeting is to be good for us? Actions are the most reliable proof of belief. Allah said to us and commanded us and said, Allah said, Allah said, Allah said, Allah said, Allah said, Allah said. He Sheten dice we ask them, Allah said, Were they as a Prophet else. How is that the Prophet asked him He Sheten dice we ask them but Allah says that the Prophet asked all also rough saying tellingme thought that Allah says to all Time he was one, these Gary thought that this Prophet he meant for Allah with cultureо He said, and an admonishment to us to accept it without question. This is one of the many ways in which Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala showed his trust in the Messenger sallallahu alaihi wa sallam and commanded us to trust him likewise. This is also proof for anyone who needs it that Rasulullah sallallahu alaihi wa sallam was always guided by Allah in all that he said or did. And so Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala ordered us to unquestioningly accept his rulings and decisions in all matters and promised his punishment for those who don't do that. In one of the most powerful ayat of the Quran, Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala took an oath by himself and said that the condition of being and remaining Muslim is to accept the rulings of Rasulullah sallallahu alaihi wa sallam not only without question but with complete submission in the heart. Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala said, فَلَا وَرَبِّكَ لَا يُحْمَلُونَ يُؤْمِنُونَ حَتَّى يُحَكِّمُكَ فِي مَا شَجَرَ بَيْنَهُمْ ثُمَّ لَا يَجِدُوا فِي أَنفُسِهِمْ حَرَجًا مِمَّا خَضَيْتَ وَيُسَلِّمُوا تَسْلِيمًا But know by your Rabb, you shall not be deemed to be believers unless they accept you, Ya Muhammad sallallahu alaihi wa sallam. But know by your Rabb, they shall not be deemed, or considered to be believers unless they accept you as the judge, O Muhammad sallallahu alaihi wa sallam, in their disputes. And then find in their hearts no adverse feeling, no resistance against what you decide, but surrender to it in complete submission. It must be noted that though the usual rule in Islam is that you are not culpable, punishable, until you speak or act, in the case of Rasulullah sallallahu alaihi wa sallam the decisions and rulings, Allah said that one must not only accept the decisions and not speak or act against them, but must not even have any feelings or thoughts against them, or feel any dislike or resistance towards them in the heart. And if one does that, Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala took an oath by himself and said that such people are not Muslim. This is not a fatwa of any mufti. This is Allah's word, I am reciting the word of Allah to you. I ask Allah to free me from any responsibility in this world. My brothers and sisters, what can be more serious than this? This is the reason it is necessary to learn about Rasulullah sallallahu alaihi wa sallam and his rights on us. Because quite literally, it spells the difference between Islam and Kufr. May Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala say, save us all from Kufr and Shirk and decree that we live and die as Muslims. I ask Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala to grant us the sweetness of following the Sunnah and keep us safe from all bid'at and grant us the company of Rasulullah sallallahu alaihi wa sallam in the Akhirah. I ask Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala to be pleased with us and never to be displeased.