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Most Beloved People to Allah صفاتهم الذين يحبهم هللا تعالى

Surah Al-e-Imran #31

Say (O Muhammad - to the people) now = people

reading the Quran

There is a condition mentioned here

If you love Allah then you need to follow me (Prophet

Muhammad )

2 Results:

o Allah will love you

o Allah will forgive you your sins

Everyone says “I love Allah” – no one has an issue in that

But people differ in the second condition – to follow the Prophet

Verily Allah is oft-forgiving and most Merciful

Here it shows that there is no other way – you need to follow the Sunnah – you need to follow

Prophet Muhammad

Allah has connected it with His love as a condition – so it is essential (in a way obligatory) to follow

Prophet Muhammad

Faith/testimony has 2 parts

o هللا رسول محمد هللا اال اله ال ان اشهد

o I testify that there is no god but Allah AND that Prophet Muhammad is His messenger

It is a very important matter because Allah connected HIS LOVE to Prophet Muhammad

المتبعون لرسول هللا

سلم صلى هللا عليه و

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THE WAY TO FOLLOW PROPHET MUHAMMAD

Walking on/following the path of the Prophet

Following without any questions, without any debates, without

thinking about logic, without any excuse, without thinking about

the wisdom

We need to follow him (blindly) – don’t follow anyone else blindly!

We need to act how he used to act – in certain situations – how he used to behave

In all matters of worship + In all matters of life (ways of life)

WHY? because he never did anything in his life unless it was revelation from Allah (divine)

Our goal is to worship Allah – so we follow the way of the Prophet

There are 2 conditions for accepted good deeds

o for the sake of Allah

o following Prophet Muhammad

WHAT DO WE FOLLOW THE PROPHET IN?

What do we follow him in?

2 kind of worship Obligatory & Recommended

We have obligatory acts of worship بجاو

o For these acts we HAVE to follow his way

o It is compulsory

o We need to follow him completely in those actions

We need to follow him in obligations 5 times prayer, Ramadan fasts, Hajj, ….

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For the recommended acts بحتسم

Duha prayer, fast on 9 DhulHijjah, how he slept, Tahajjud

prayer, how he ate, what dua he said when he left his house, etc its recommended to follow

him in all these acts (way of life) Not compulsory but recommended

The more you try to follow him – the more your rank with Allah is raised

o The more you apply the Sunnah acts in your daily routine o The more Allah will love you!

In order to follow him correctly you

need knowledge of what he did – so

you follow what he did and then Allah will love you

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If you want Allah’s love – you follow the Prophet if you follow him then you cannot be the one who innovates or creates something new – because you are already just following!

When you invent in religion – it’s as if you don’t love the Prophet o Types of worship / sacrifice / fasts / dhikr, etc

Those people are invent/create acts/ways of worship in a way Prophet Muhammad never did

If something Prophet Muhammad did not do – we should not do

No one can do more in religion than what he has done

Don’t do anything unless you are sure he did it also

Little deeds that are 100% following the Prophet is more beloved to Allah than doing so many acts of worship but those are following this sheikh and that scholar (leaving the Sunnah)

Knowing that Allah loves us in return is an encouragement that we should strictly follow the Sunnah (Allah’s love + forgiveness of sins)

If you follow bida – you engage in acts of worship that are not clear – leaving the Sunnah which is very clear!

Hadith any act / deed that one will do that Prophet

Muhammad did not do – will not be accepted (will be rejected)

Following the Sunnah will be sufficient for us - we should be satisfied with it

People are not satisfied with the sunnah – so they create more duas – read certain surahs at certain times in life –

all that which the Prophet never did Imagine we take effort to do acts of worship – and then

you will find out it’s not been accepted = WHAT A WASTE!?!?! Follow the way of the Prophet – at least you get the reward

o Reward of the Life ( ايند ) o Reward of the Hereafter ( ةرخآ )

When you follow the Sunnah Allah will make your life easy for you and love you and forgive your sins

When you follow the Bida your life will become complicated and you will not be among those Allah loves

Person initiating a new act or worship – is like as if he thinks he is a messenger / or knows better

than Prophet Muhammad

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Another Hadith every act of innovation is midguidance (every

misguidance is in Hell fire)

Misfguidance = then you will never reach your target (Paradise)

You will be misguided on the way (not being on ميتسملا طارص )

You need to obey Allah + the Prophet the و shows both these obedience are

compulsory – they need to be together – one is not enough

There are people/groups who just follow the Quran – they don’t follow the Sunnah

Allah says in this verse those who don’t obey both of them (Allah + Prophet ) they

are like the disbelievers and Allah does not love the disbelievers! Its opposite of the

previous verse

Shaitaan encourages people to innovate and spread in religion

Because it’s a matter of religion – extra prayer, extra dhikr – so people don’t take it

wrong

Sins leave guilt but bida (innovations) do not leave guilt so they are difficult to leave /

repent

It’s not an easy matter – may Allah protect us from all bida

Cannot follow anyone in the way of eating, sleeping, talking, maintain ties, celebrating

events in life – Eid, Marriage, etc

o Only follow the way of the Prophet

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FRUITS / MERITS OF FOLLOWING THE PROPHET

Allah will love you ىلاعت هللا ةبحم Guidance in ايند ةرخآ + ةيادهلا

o To have a knowledge and act upon it

Special mercy from Allah ةصاخلا ةمحرلاo It’s a special provision from Allah - make your life smooth & easy - No difficulties in life

o "نومحرت مكلعل"

You will get the success حالفلا o People who struggle in life and get the success in the Hereafter

They will be amount the winners – great reward ميظعلا زوفلا accompany those people on whom Allah has bestowed His blessings مهيلع هللا معنا نيذلا ةقفارم

o They will accompany the Prophets, Messengers, the martyrs, the Truthful ones, the

righteous people

Entry into Paradise ةنجلا لوخدo Allah knows His creation humans want to be loved

o So Allah has stated the encouragement in the Quran – what should we do in order to

attain this love from Allah

These are

Allah’s

guarantee to

the one who

follows the

Prophet !!