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Allah the Exalted says:

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“Verily in the messenger of Allah ye have a good example for him who looketh unto Allah and the Last Day, and remembereth Allah much.” (33:21)

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“Verily in the messenger of Allah ye have a good example for him who looketh unto Allah and the Last Day, and remembereth Allah much.” (33:21)

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Ibn al-Qayyim, may Allah have mercy on him, said:

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Since the happiness of the servant in both this world and the next

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is contingent upon the guidance of the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him,

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it is incumbent upon everyone who seeks to be sincere to themselves and desires their own salvation and happiness

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to possess such knowledge of his guidance, his Prophetic biography, and his affairs

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as will remove them from the ranks of those who are ignorant of him,

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and include them among the number of his followers.

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In this regard, people vary between those who take little, those who take much, and those who are deprived.

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Bounty is in the hand of Allah; He grants it to whom He wills,

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and Allah is the Possessor of Great Bounty.