Abdul Nasir Jangda – The Authority of the Sunnah #02

			Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala says to us
		

			in the Qur'an, يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا
		

			O you who believe, أَطِيعُوا اللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُوا الرَّسُولَ
		

			وَلَا تُبْطِلُوا أَعْمَالَكُمْ Obey Allah, obey God, and
		

			obey the Messenger Muhammad ﷺ, and do not
		

			destroy your own good deeds.
		

			Don't ruin what you have worked so hard
		

			for.
		

			The theme in the Qur'an here is
		

			that if someone strives to do good, is
		

			trying to do the right thing, but does
		

			not keep the Messenger ﷺ in front of
		

			them as they are doing that good deed,
		

			as they are trying to achieve that good,
		

			then they are ultimately destroying their own hard
		

			work.
		

			In fact, Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala takes
		

			it to a whole another level in another
		

			verse where Allah says مَن يُطِعِ الرَّسُولَ فَقَدَ
		

			أَطَاعَ اللَّهَ Whoever has obeyed the Messenger, the
		

			Prophet Muhammad ﷺ, has indeed already obeyed God.
		

			So Allah is in fact completely embedding his
		

			obedience and his pleasure within the obedience of
		

			the Messenger ﷺ.
		

			And furthermore, Allah has told us مَا آتَاكُمُ
		

			الرَّسُولُ فَخُذُهُ Whatever the Messenger gives you, take
		

			it.
		

			وَمَا نَهَاكُمْ عَنْهُ فَانْتَهُ And whatever he tells
		

			you to stay away from, then stay away
		

			from it.
		

			So this is a very important understanding that
		

			we have in Islam that we do not
		

			have a religion and one cannot be faithful
		

			to Islam.
		

			One cannot even actually be fully believing and
		

			practicing the Qur'an unless and until they
		

			take the Messenger Muhammad ﷺ as a guide,
		

			as a teacher, as a role model.
		

			And that's a very, very important fundamental understanding
		

			that we have in Islam.