The fourth implication of the testimony is that there are rights due to the Prophet Muhammad (sallallahu 'alaihi wa sallam) that must be observed. Among these are:
To believe in all that the Prophet (sallallahu 'alaihi wa sallam) has said. To obey the Prophet (sallallahu 'alaihi wa sallam) in what he has commanded and forsake what he has forbidden or discouraged. To worship according to the shari'ah (law) of the Prophet (sallallahu 'alaihi wa sallam) and not by whims and innovations. To judge by the shari'ah of the Prophet (sallallahu 'alaihi wa sallam) and not by any other law. To love the Prophet Muhammad (sallallahu 'alaihi wa sallam) more than our parents, children, mankind, indeed our very selves.
Allah Most High states: Say (to them O Muhammad): If you love Allah, follow me, and Allah will love you, and forgive your sins. Allah is All-Forgiving, Alla-Merciful. Say : Obey Allah and the Messenger. But if they turn away Allah loves not the disbelievers (kaafireen). [Soorah Aali 'Imraan Aayatain 31 - 32]
To believe in all that the Prophet (sallallahu 'alaihi wa sallam) has said. To obey the Prophet (sallallahu 'alaihi wa sallam) in what he has commanded and forsake what he has forbidden or discouraged. To worship according to the shari'ah (law) of the Prophet (sallallahu 'alaihi wa sallam) and not by whims and innovations. To judge by the shari'ah of the Prophet (sallallahu 'alaihi wa sallam) and not by any other law. To love the Prophet Muhammad (sallallahu 'alaihi wa sallam) more than our parents, children, mankind, indeed our very selves.
Allah Most High states: Say (to them O Muhammad): If you love Allah, follow me, and Allah will love you, and forgive your sins. Allah is All-Forgiving, Alla-Merciful. Say : Obey Allah and the Messenger. But if they turn away Allah loves not the disbelievers (kaafireen). [Soorah Aali 'Imraan Aayatain 31 - 32]
And let those who oppose his (Muhammad's) command beware, lest a trial befall them (that would lead them to disbelief) or a painful punishment be inflicted on them. [Soorah An-Noor Ayyah 63]
You have indeed a good example in the Messenger of Allah (Muhammad) for whosoever hopes for Allah and the Last Day, and remembers Allah much. [Soorah Al-Ahzaab, Aayah 21]
It is not fitting for any believer, man or woman, when Allah and His Messenger have decreed a matter, to have a choice in their affair. And whosoever disobeys Allah and his Messenger, he has gone astray into manifest error. [Soorah Al-Ahzaab, Aayah 36]
But no, by your Lord (Rabb), they can have no faith until they make you the judge in all disputes between them, and find in their souls no resistance against your decisions, but accept (them) fully with submission. [Soorah An-Nisaa Aayah 65]
The Prophet (sallallahu 'alaihi wa sallam) has said: All my people will enter Al-Jannah (The Garden) except those who refused. (On being asked about those who refused, he replied:) He who obeys me will enter Al-Jannah, he who disobeys me has refused. [Al-Bukhaari]
If anyone introduces into this affair of ours anything which does not belong to it, it is rejected. [Al-Bukhaari and Muslim]
None of you believes until I am dearer to him than his father, his child, and all of mankind [Al-Bukhaari and Muslim]
There are three qualities for which anyone who is characterized by them will experience the sweetness of faith: He whom Allah and His Messenger are dearer than all else; He who loves a human being for Allah's sake alone; and who has as great an abhorence of returning to unbelief after Allah has rescued him from it as he has of being cast in Hell. [Al-Bukhaari and Muslim]
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