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For the Beloved Prophet ﷺ THE CHOSEN ONE ﷺ KNOWING THE MESSENGER OF ALLAH MARYAM INSTITUTE SUMMER COURSE 2014 ﷺ The Chosen One ﷺ Believing in him .1 ﷺ Obeying him .2 ﷺ Following him .3 ﷺ Loving him .4 ﷺ Believing in the beloved Prophet ﻓَآِٓﻣنُﻮا ِ� � ِ� َوَر ُﺳ ِ ِﻮ� َواﻟﻨ� ِﻮر � ِا�ي �أ َنﺰﻟْﻨَﺎ “So believe in Allah and His Messenger and the Light which We have sent down” (64:8) وَﻣﻦ ﻟ�ﻢ ﯾُ ْﺆِﻣﻦ ِ� � ِ� ور ُﺳ ِ ِﻮ� ﻓَﺎ �� �أﻋ َْﺘ ْﺪَ� ِل ْﻠ َ ﲀِﻓ ِﺮ َ�ﻦ َﺳ ِﻌ ًﲑا َ ْ َ َ � And whoever has not believed in Allah and His Messenger - then indeed, We have prepared for the disbelievers a Blaze (48:13) said, "It is that ﷺ Jibril (as) is reported as saying, "Tell me about Islam." The Prophet you testify that there is no god but Allah and that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah," and he went on to mention the pillars of Islam. Then he asked him about belief and he said, "It is that you believe in Allah, His angels, His Books and His Messengers." (Muslim) ﷺ Obeying the beloved Prophet َ� �أ �ﳞَﺎ � ِا� َ�ﻦ أَٓﻣنُﻮا �أ ِﻃ ُﯿﻌﻮا � َا� َوَر ُﺳ َ ُﻮ� َوَﻻ ﺗَ َﻮﻟ � ْﻮ ا َﻋ ْﻨ ُﻪ َو �أ ﻧ ﱲُ ْ �َ ْﺴ َﻤ ُﻌ َﻮن O you who have believed, obey Allah and His Messenger and do not turn from him while you hear [his order]. (8:20) ُﻗ ْﻞ �أ ِﻃ ُﯿﻌﻮا � َا� َو�أ ِﻃ ُﯿﻌﻮا �اﻟﺮ ُﺳ َﻮل Say, "Obey Allah and obey the Messenger (24:54) َو �أ ِﻃ ُﯿﻌﻮا � َا� َو �اﻟﺮ ُﺳ َﻮل ﻟَ َﻌﻠ� ُ ْﲂ �ُْﺮ َ ُﲪ َﻮن And obey Allah and the Messenger that you may obtain mercy. (3:132) ﷺ Obeying the beloved Prophet ۖ◌ َوان ﺗُ ِﻄ ُﯿﻌ ُﻮﻩ َ ْﲥ َﺘ ُﺪوا ۚ َوَﻣﺎ �َ َﲆ �اﻟﺮ ُﺳ ِﻮل ا �ﻻ اﻟْ َﺒ َﻼ ُغ اﻟْ ُﻤِﺒ ُﲔ � � And if you obey him, you will be [rightly] guided. And there is not upon the Messenger except the [responsibility for] clear notification. (24:54) �ﻣﻦ ﯾُ ِﻄﻊِ �اﻟﺮ ُﺳ َﻮل ﻓَ َﻘ ْﺪ �أ َﻃ َﺎع � َ ا� He who obeys the Messenger has obeyed Allah ; (4:80) ﷺ Obeying the beloved Prophet ۚ◌ َوَﻣﺎ أَٓ�ُ ُﰼ �اﻟﺮُﺳ ُﻮل ﻓَ ُ� ُﺬ ُوﻩ َوَﻣﺎ َﳖَ ُ ْﺎﰼ َﻋ ْﻨ ُﻪ ﻓَ َﺎنﳤُﻮا And whatever the Messenger has given you - take; and what he has forbidden you - refrain from. (59:7) وَﻣﺎ �أْر َﺳﻠْﻨَﺎ ِﻣﻦ ر ُﺳ ٍﻮل ا �ﻻ ِﻟﯿ َﻄ َﺎع ِ� ْذ ِن � ِ ا� َ � � ُ � And We did not send any messenger except to be obeyed by permission of Allah ﷺ Obeying the beloved Prophet َوَﻣﺎ ﯾَ ِﻨﻄ ُﻖ َﻋ ِﻦ اﻟْ َﻬَﻮ ٰى ا ْن ُﻫﻮ ا �ﻻ و ْ� ﯾُ َﻮ� � َ � َ ٌ ٰ Nor does he speak from [his own] inclination. It is not but a revelation revealed, (53:3-4) ﷺ Obeying the beloved Prophet "Whoever obeys me has obeyed Allah. Whoever rebels against me has rebelled against Allah. Whoever obeys my Amir has obeyed me. Whoever rebels against my Amir has disobeyed me." (Muslim and al-Bukhari) "When I forbid you to do something, avoid it. When I command you to do something, then do it as much as you are able." (Muslim and al-Bukhari) "My likeness and the likeness of what Allah has sent me with is like a man who comes to a people and says, 'O people, I have seen the army with my own eyes and I am a sincere warner, so save yourselves!' One group of his people obey him and they travel at the beginning of the night, go at their leisure and are saved. Another group reject him and remain where they are and the army arrives in the morning and wipes them out. Such is the likeness of those who obey me and follow what I bring and the likeness of those who rebel against me and deny what I bring." (Al-Bukhari) ﷺ Following the beloved Prophet � ِا� َ�ﻦ ﯾَت� ُبِﻌ َﻮن اﻟﺮ ُﺳ َﻮل اﻟﻨ�ِﱯ ْ �ا� ِّﻣﻲ � ِا�ي َِﳚ ُﺪوﻧَ ُﻪ َﻣ ْﻜ ُت ًﻮ� ِﻋ َﻨﺪ ُ ْﱒ ِﰲ اﻟﺘ�ﻮر ِاة و ْاﻻ ِﳒ ِﯿﻞ ﯾَآ� ُﻣﺮ ُﱒ ِ�ﻟْﻤ ْﻌﺮ ِوف و� ْﳯَ ُ ْﺎﱒ َﻋ ِﻦ � � � ْ َ َ � ُ َ ُ َ َ اﻟْﻤ َﻨﻜ ِﺮ و ُ ِﳛ �ﻞ ﻟَﻬُﻢ ا �ﻟﻄ ِﯿﺒ ِﺎت و ُ َﳛ ِﺮُم �َﻠَْ ِﳱﻢ اﻟ ْ َﺨﺒ ِﺎﺋ َﺚ وﯾَﻀَ ُﻊ َﻋ ْﳯُﻢ ا ْ َﴏ ُ ْﱒ و ْ �ا� ْ� َﻼ َل اﻟ�ِﱵ َﰷﻧَ ْﺖ �َﻠَْ ِﳱﻢ ۚ ﻓَ � ِﺎ� َ�ﻦ أَٓﻣنُﻮا ِﺑ ِﻪ ُ َ ُ ّ َ َ ّ ُ َ َ ْ � َ ْ َو َﻋ �ﺰُر ُوﻩ َوﻧَ َ ُﴫ ُوﻩ َواﺗ�َﺒ ُﻌﻮا اﻟﻨ� َﻮر � ِا�ي �أ ِنﺰ َل َﻣ َﻌ ُﻪ ۙ �أوﻟَ�ـ ِﺌ َﻚ ُ ُﱒ اﻟْ ُﻤ ْﻔ ِﻠ ُﺤ َﻮن Those who follow the Messenger, the unlettered prophet, whom they find written in what they have of the Torah and the Gospel, who enjoins upon them what is right and forbids them what is wrong and makes lawful for them the good things and prohibits for them the evil and relieves them of their burden and the shackles which were upon them. So they who have believed in him, honored him, supported him and followed the light which was sent down with him - it is those who will be the successful. (7:157) ﷺ Following the beloved Prophet ُﻗ ْﻞ ان ُﻛﻨﱲُ ُ ِﲢﺒ َﻮن � َا� ﻓَﺎﺗ�ِﺒ ُﻌ ِﻮﱐ ُ ْﳛِﺒﺒ ُ ُﲂ � ُ ا� وﯾَ ْﻐ ِﻔﺮ ﻟَ ُ ْﲂ ُذﻧُﻮ� ُ ْﲂ ۗ و � ُا� ﻏَ ُﻔ ﻮ ٌر ر ِﺣ ٌﲓ � ْ � ْ َ ْ َ َ � Say, [O Muhammad], "If you should love Allah , then follow me, [so] Allah will love you and forgive you your sins. And Allah is Forgiving and Merciful.“ (3:31) ﻟ� َﻘ ْﺪ َﰷ َن ﻟَ ُ ْﲂ ِﰲ َر ُﺳ ِﻮل � ِا� �أ ْﺳ َﻮ ٌة َﺣ َﺴ�ﻨَ ٌﺔ ِﻟ ّ َﻤﻦ َﰷ َن �َْﺮ ُﺟﻮ � َا� َواﻟْ َﯿ ْﻮ َم ْا�ٓ ِﺧ َﺮ َ و َذ َﻛ َﺮ � َا� َﻛ ِﺜ ًﲑا There has certainly been for you in the Messenger of Allah an excellent pattern for anyone whose hope is in Allah and the Last Day and [who] remembers Allah often.(33:21) "The one who clings to my sunna when the community is corrupt will have the reward of a hundred martyrs." (at-Tabarani) ﷺ Loving the beloved Prophet ُﻗ ْﻞ ان َﰷ َن أَٓ� ُؤُ ْﰼ و�أﺑْﻨَ ُﺎؤُ ْﰼ وا ْﺧﻮانُ ُ ْﲂ و�أ ْزو ُاﺟ ُ ْﲂ و َﻋ ِﺸ َﲑ�ُ ُ ْﲂ و�أ ْﻣﻮ ٌال ْاﻗ َ َﱰْﻓ ُت ﻤ َﻮﻫﺎ وِ َﲡ ﺎرٌة َ ْﲣ َﺸﻮ َن َﻛﺴ َﺎد َﻫﺎ � َ َ َ َ َ َ َ َ ُ َ َ ْ َ وَﻣﺴ ِﺎﻛ ُﻦ �َﺮ َﺿﻮَﳖَﺎ �أ َﺣ �ﺐ اﻟَﯿ� ُﲂ ِّﻣ َﻦ � ِا� ور ﺳ ِ ِﻮ� وِ َ� ٍﺎد ِﰲ ﺳِب ِ ِي� ﻓَ َ َﱰﺑ � ُﺼﻮا َﺣ �ﱴ ﯾَآ�ِ َﰐ �ُا� ِﺑآ� ْﻣ ِﺮِﻩ ۗ و � ُا� َﻻ َ َ ْ ْ � ْ َ َ ُ َ َ ٰ َ َْﳞ ِﺪي اﻟْ َﻘ ْﻮ َم اﻟْ َﻔ ِﺎﺳ ِﻘ َﲔ Say, [O Muhammad], "If your fathers, your sons, your brothers, your wives, your relatives, wealth which you have obtained, commerce wherein you fear decline, and dwellings with which you are pleased are more beloved to you than Allah and His Messenger and jihad in His cause, then wait until Allah executes His command. And Allah does not guide the defiantly disobedient people.“ (9:24) ﷺ Loving the beloved Prophet اﻟﻨ�ِ �ﱯ �أ ْو َٰﱃ ِ�ﻟْ ُﻤ ْﺆِﻣ ِن َﲔ ِﻣ ْﻦ �أ ُﻧﻔ ِﺴ ْﻬِﻢ The Prophet is closer to the Believers than their own selves (33:6) ﷺ Loving the beloved Prophet . "None of you will believe until I am more beloved to him than his children, his father and all people." (al-Bukhari, Muslim & an-Nasa'i) . "There are three things which cause anyone who takes refuge in them to experience the sweetness of belief - that Allah and His Messenger are more beloved to him than anything else; that he loves a man only for Allah; and that he dislikes the thought of reverting to disbelief as much as he would dislike being cast into the Fire." (al-Bukhari & Muslim) I love you more than anything except" ,ﷺ Umar ibn al-Khattab told the Prophet . replied, "None of you will ﷺ my soul which is between my two sides." The Prophet believe until I am dearer to him than his own soul." 'Umar said, "By the One who sent down the Book on you, I love you more than my soul which is between my (said, "'Umar, now you have it!" (al-Bukhariﷺ two sides." The Prophet ﷺ Loving the beloved Prophet and asked, "When will the Last Hour ﷺ Anas said that a man came to the Prophet . ﷺ come, Messenger of Allah?" , "What have you prepared for it?" he asked? He replied, "I have not prepared a lot of prayer or fasting or charity for it, but I love ".said, "You will be with the one you love ﷺ Allah and His Messenger." The Prophet (al-Bukhari) ,and went to him and said ﷺ Safwan ibn Qudama said, "I emigrated to the Prophet .
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