Abdul Nasir Jangda – The Authority of the Sunnah #01

			The Qur'an is the guidance from Allah
		

			for all of humanity.
		

			هُدًى لِّلنَّاسِ The Qur'an is the greatest
		

			miracle that humanity has ever witnessed and interacted
		

			with.
		

			However, we cannot fully understand and appreciate that
		

			Qur'an unless and until we completely devote
		

			and dedicate ourselves to learning from and learning
		

			about and understanding the Messenger of Allah, Muhammad
		

			ﷺ.
		

			Allah tells us in the Qur'an لَقَدْ
		

			مَنَّ اللَّهُ عَلَى الْمُؤْمِنِينَ إِذْ بَعَثَ فِيهِمْ رَسُولًا
		

			مِّنْهُمْ يَتْلُوَ عَلَيْهِمْ آيَاتِكَ وَيُزَكِّيهِمْ وَيُعَلِّمُهُمُ
		

			الْكِتَابَ وَالْحِكْمَةِ That indeed, Allah showered His blessings
		

			upon the believers when He sent amongst them
		

			رَسُولًا مِّنْهُمْ a Messenger who would be from
		

			amongst them يَتْلُوَ عَلَيْهِمْ آيَاتِكَ He would recite
		

			the signs of God the verses of God
		

			upon the people وَيُزَكِّيهِمْ and He would purify
		

			them وَيُعَلِّمُهُمُ الْكِتَابَ وَالْحِكْمَةِ and He would teach
		

			them the Qur'an and how to live
		

			the Qur'an.
		

			So as much as we love the Qur
		

			'an and we believe in the Qur'an
		

			we can't even fully live it without the
		

			example, the sunnah of the Prophet ﷺ.
		

			In another verse Allah ﷻ tells us that
		

			وَأَنزَلْنَا إِلَيْكَ الذِّكْرَ لِتُبَيِّنَ لِلنَّاسِ مَا نُزِلَ إِلَيْهِمْ
		

			Allah told the Prophet ﷺ in surah number
		

			16 that this Qur'an was sent to
		

			you, O Muhammad ﷺ so that you could
		

			unpack it and explain it for the people.
		

			So without the explanation of the Prophet ﷺ
		

			our understanding and knowledge of the Qur'an
		

			is deficient.
		

			And then let me go ahead and close
		

			here by talking about the negative side of
		

			it.
		

			What if somebody says, you know what, I
		

			don't need it.
		

			I don't need it.
		

			Well, what about that case?
		

			Allah tells us in surah an-Nisa فَلَا
		

			وَرَبِّكَ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ حَتَّى يُحَكِّمُكَ فِي مَا شَجَرَ
		

			بَيْنَهُمْ Allah swears that these people will not
		

			believe, they will not be true believers unless
		

			and until they accept you, O Muhammad ﷺ
		

			as an authority within their lives.
		

			So without the Prophet's authority even our belief
		

			in Islam is incomplete.
		

			That's why we learn, we study, and we
		

			practice the sunnah of the Prophet ﷺ.
		

			Jazakum Allah Khayran.