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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 in
Allah from the evil in ourselves and from the evil outcomes
of our deeds. Whomsoever, Allah, Ta 'Ala, guides, no one
and nothing can take that person astray. Whomsoever,
Allah, Ta 'Ala, takes astray, no one or nothing can guide
that person. I bear witness that there is nothing worthy
of worship except Allah who is alone without any
associates. I bear witness that Muhammad ibnu 'Abd Allah
(SAAW) is Allah's 'Abd (slave) and Messenger. To proceed:
Allah has commanded in the Qur'an (what means): "O you who
believe! Have Taqwah (true fear of Allah) according to His
right and die not except that you are a Muslim. O
Mankind! Have Taqwah of your Lord. The One Who created
you from a single soul and from him He created his mate and
from them both He created many men and women and fear Allah
through Whom you demand your mutual rights and do not cut
off the ties of kinship; surely Allah is ever a Raqeeb
(All-Watcher) over you. O you who believe! Have Taqwah of
Allah and always speak the truth. He will direct you to do
righteous good deeds and will forgive you your sins. And
whosoever obeys Allah and His Messenger (SAAW) he has
indeed achieved a great achievement."
Verily, the best speech is the Book of Allah and the best
guidance is the guidance of Muhammad ibnu 'Abd Allah
(SAAW). The worst of all affairs in this Diyn are
innovations. Every innovation is a Bid'ah and every Bid'ah
is a going astray and every going astray is in the Hell
Fire.
DEVELOPING TRUE LOVE FOR ALLAH'S MESSENGER (SAAW):
Having the proper love for Allah's Messenger (SAAW) is a
must for any Muslim who is striving to please his/her Lord
and who seeks his/her Lord's Forgiveness. Learning how to
properly apply this love for the last Nabee (SAAW) is to
properly implement the testimony: wa ash hadu ana
Muhammadan rusulu Allah (SAAW). Indeed, one cannot just
say he/she loves the Prophet (SAAW) while his/her actions
and 'Aqeedah are fundamentaly against what the Prophet
(SAAW) brought (i.e. the Qur'an and the authentic Sunnah).
Hence, the first step in the process of developing this
love is to acknowledge that the Prophet (SAAW) has a claim
over the believers.
Allah has said in the Qur'an (what means): "The Prophet
(SAAW) is closer to the believers than their ownselves..."
[Al-Ahzab: 6].
Ibn Qayyim Al-Jawziyyah (Rahimullah), one of the great
scholars of this Ummah, relates that this Ayah means the
Prophet (SAAW) has a "higher claim" on the believers than
they have on themselves. This claim involves two important
matters:
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Tags: islam muslims islamicQuran Ibraheem saeed anasheed nasheed enshaad arabic Quran prophet Hadith
