NECESSITY OF REFERRING TO THE SUNNAH FOR JUDGMENT
All thanks are to Allah Who sent the Messengers with His Ayat. He makes clear the allowed and disallowed in detail. He has favored His slaves with tremendous bounties, allowed the good and pure things for them and disallowed all impure things by the words of His Honorable Prophets and Messengers. I thank and praise Him for the great bounties that He bestowed on us, and I bear witness that none has the right to be worshipped except Alláh Alone, Owner and King of all things in existence, the Holy, Owner of Peace. I bear witness that Muhammad is Allah’s slave and Messenger, the most honored among mankind who prayed, fasted, performed Tawaf (circumambulating) around the Ancient House (the Ka’bah) and stood at Al-Mash’ar AI-Haram (the sacred sanctuary). May Alláh ‘s peace and blessings be on Muhammad, his progeny and honorable Companions as long as the days keep dissipating the darkness of the nights.
Slaves of Alláh! Know, may Alláh grant us all His Mercy, that the religion is for Alláh Alone, and He decides whatever He wills and guides whom He wills. Alláh sent Muhammad(pbuh) and made him the greatest Imam and leader, and He does not accept Imán from anyone until, and unless, they refer every matter of the religion to the Prophet’s judgment and decision.
“But no, by your Lord, they can have no Faith, until they make you (O Muhammad(pbuh)) judge in all disputes between them, and find in themselves no resistance against your decisions, and accept (them) with full submission.” (4:65)
Allah has declared and swored in His Glorious Book that whoever does not seek the Prophet’s judgment in all disputes will never attain Faith, until they offer the disputes to his Sunnah and find no displeasure or hesitation in their hearts regarding his decisions and accept them fully. Alláh stated that no believer should ever choose his own decision for himself after Alláhs Messenger(pbuh) has issued his decision. Alláh, Who Alone created creation and decides regarding it, ordained that when the Messenger(pbuh) decides, his decision requires implementation.
“And your Lord creates whatsoever He wills and chooses.” (28:68)
Whatever Alláh decides is the Tayyib (good and pure), but not all His creations are good and pure, and this is the distinction between those slaves who are happy and those who are miserable. Surely, the good and pure person only deserves and is worthy of the good and pure statements, actions and creeds. The good and pure believer worships Alláh Alone without partners in worship and prefers His pleasure to his own lusts and desires. He is kind to Alláh’s creation, as much as he is able, and treats them the way he likes them to treat him. He has collected the best of all types of good conduct, such as forbearance, grace, merey, patience, truthfulness, easiness and honesty. His heart is free from such ills as outrage, deceit and enviousness. He is modest and kind with the faithful believers, but stern and harsh with Alláhs enemies. He chooses the best types of food that Alláh has allowed, and these foods are good and nourish the body and soul. He only chooses the Tayyib (good and pure) people as friends and his dwelling is always Tayyib. He is among those whom Alláh has described in this Áyah:
“Those whose lives the angel s take while they are in a pious state (i.e., pure from all evil, and worshipping none but Alláh Alone) saying (to them): Salamun ‘Alaikum (peace be on you) enter into Paradise, because of that (the good) which you used to do (in the world).” (16:32)
Alláh has decided that the Khabith (impure) is worthy of the Khabith, while the Tayyib(pure) is worthy of the Tayyid. Therefore, the Tayyib statements, actions and women are worthy of the Tayyib statements, actions and meno In contrast, the Khabith statements, actions and women are suitable and worthy of the Khabith statements, actions and men. Alláh has made the dwelling of all the Khabith in Hellfire, and made Paradise the dwelling of all the Tayyib. Alláh decided that there are three types of dwellings, one dwelling is exclusively for the Tayyib and is never allowed for other than the Tayyib to dwell in it, and it is Paradise. There is another dwelling prepared for the Khabith men and women and none except them enters it, and it is the Fire. There is a third dwelling in which the Tayyib and Khabith dwells, and it is this life of the world which is the place of tests and trials. Alláh has decided all this with His Wisdom. On the Day of Judgment Alláh will separate the Tayyib men and women from all others and gather the Khabith and its people away from all others. Thus, the three dwellings will become two: Paradise, the dwelling of Tayyib, and the Fire, the dwelling of the Khabith.
One of Alláh ‘s amazing decisions is that He has created for each group their likes: the delight and pleasure of the Tayyib is in the Tayyib statements, actions and behavior that they indulge in. From these Tayyib things, Alláh has created for the Tayyib people the best and most perfect ways and means of delight and happiness. As for the Khabith, their pain and sorrow will come from the very Khabith statements, actions and ill conduct they indulge in. Alláh has created from these types of Khabith the worst kinds of torment, misery and pains. Therefore, Alláh has made signs and indications of happiness and misery. For instance, the Khabith is full of evil and impurity in heart, words and actions. In contrast, goodness flows from the heart, words and actions of the Tayyib. Some people have a mixture of Tayyib and Khabith in them, and whichever is stranger than the other will designate the person as one of its people. If Alláh decides that a certain slave earns all that is good for him, He will purify him from the Khabith part before death comes, so that he returns to Alláh on the Day of Resurrection pure and clean. In this case, they will not require cleansing of their impure parts in the Fire of Jahannam on the Day of Judgment. Instead, Alláh directs this type of slave to rid themselves of impurity by repenting, performing the good deeds, as well as tasting various afflictions and hardships he is tested with in this life, until he meets Alláh without a sin in his record. As for the Khabith type (who is not a disbeliever), Alláh withholds from him the means and ways to acquire purity so that he meets Alláh with parts of Tayyib and parts of Khabith. Alláh has decided that none should reside in the Dwelling of His Pleasure who has any part of Khabith in him or her. Therefore, Alláh sends them to the Fire to eliminate the Khabith from them.
Therefore, O Al1áh’s slaves, hold to the guidance of your Prophet(pbuh) and make him your Imam and leader in all that you do, say and believe in. Do not follow the lusts and desires of your inner selves, nor obey the devil, for you are in the dwelling of test and trials. Know that obeying the Messenger(pbuh) is obedience to Alláh Himself, and that the Messenger(pbuh) only explains to us what Alláh has allowed and disallowed. The Prophet(pbuh) forbids for us deviation, wickedness, following misguidance and evil.
“And whatsoever the Messenger (Muhammad(pbuh)) gives you, take it; and whatsoever he forbids you, abstain (from it). And fear Alláh; verily, Alláh is Severe in punishment.” (59:7)
May Alláh direct us and you to the blessings of the Noble Qur’án and benefit us and you with whatever is in it of the Áyat and Wise Dhikr. I say this and ask Alláh the Great, and the Most Honored for forgiveness for me, you and al1 Muslims for every sin. Invoke Him for forgiveness, for He is the Most Forgiving, Most Merciful.
Comments
John Doe
23/3/2019Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat.
John Doe
23/3/2019Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat.
John Doe
23/3/2019Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat.