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Milestones on the path to stability | Episode (9) | One of the means of steadfastness is obedience to God and His Messenger, may God bless him and grant him peace
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In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
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Milestones on the path of steadfastness.
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Obedience to Allah and His Messenger.
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Among the means of steadfastness is:
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Obedience to Allah and His Messenger, peace be upon him, in every matter.
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For it is a sign of faith.
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Allah the Almighty says:
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“O ye who believe! Obey Allah, and obey the messenger and those of you who are in authority; and if ye have a dispute concerning any matter, refer it to Allah and the messenger if ye are (in truth) believers in Allah and the Last Day. That is better and more seemly in the end.” (4:59)
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“O ye who believe! Obey Allah, and obey the messenger and those of you who are in authority; and if ye have a dispute concerning any matter, refer it to Allah and the messenger if ye are (in truth) believers in Allah and the Last Day. That is better and more seemly in the end.” (4:59)
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If you believe in Allah and the Last Day.
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That is better and more excellent in outcome.
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And He said: "And obey Allah and His Messenger, if you are believers."
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Obedience is the path to mercy, as Allah the Almighty says:
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“And obey Allah and the messenger, that ye may find mercy.” (3:132)
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It is the path to guidance, as Allah the Almighty says:
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"And if you obey him, you will be guided."
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Al-Fadl Ibn Ziyad reported:
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I heard Abu 'Abdullah Ahmad Ibn Hanbal say:
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I examined the Qur'an,
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and I found in it the command to obey the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him,
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in thirty-three places.
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Then he began to recite:
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“Make not the calling of the messenger among you as your calling one of another. Allah knoweth those of you who steal away, hiding themselves. And let those who conspire to evade orders beware lest grief or painful punishment befall them.” (24:63)
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"Lest a trial should strike them."
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"Lest a trial should strike them."
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“Make not the calling of the messenger among you as your calling one of another. Allah knoweth those of you who steal away, hiding themselves. And let those who conspire to evade orders beware lest grief or painful punishment befall them.” (24:63)
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He kept repeating it and saying:
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And what is the trial?
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It is shirk (polytheism).
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Perhaps something of deviation may enter his heart,
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so his heart deviates, and he is destroyed.
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He continued to recite this verse.
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“But nay, by thy Lord, they will not believe (in truth) until they make thee judge of what is in dispute between them and find within themselves no dislike of that which thou decidest, and submit with full submission.” (4:65)
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He said:
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And I heard Abu 'Abdullah say:
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Whoever rejects a hadith of the Prophet, peace be upon him,
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he is on the brink of destruction.
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In the two Sahih collections,
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Abu Bakr al-Siddiq, may Allah be pleased with him, said:
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I will not abandon anything
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that the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, used to practice,
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without practicing it myself.
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For I fear that if I leave any of his commands, I might deviate.