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.