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.