Part 3
Obedience to the Prophet as Commanded in the Qur’aan
أمر الله تعالى بطاعته و طاعة رسوله
Translated
by
Abbas Abu Yahya
Part 3 – The Command of Allaah to Obey Him & Obey His Messenger
Ayaah no. 3
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Allaah said
قُلْ إِنْ كُنْتُمْ تُحِبُّونَ اللَّهَ فَاتَّبِعُونِي يُحْبِبْكُمُ اللَّهُ وَيَغْفِرْ لَكُمْ ذُنُوبَكُمْ وَاللَّهُ غَفُورٌ رَحِيمٌ
Say (O Muhammad): “If you truly love Allaah then follow me, Allaah will love you and forgive you your sins. And Allaah is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.”
[Al-Imraan: 31]
Imaam Ibn Katheer said in his ‘Tafseer’ explaining the first Ayah:
‘This Ayah is a ruling upon everyone who claims the love of Allaah – while he is not upon the way of the Prophet –that he is a liar in his claim unless he follows the legislation of Muhammad and the Prophetic religion in all his sayings and actions.
As is established in the book ‘Saheeh Muslim’ on the authority of the Messenger of Allaah –sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam– that he said:
مَن عَمِل عمَلًا ليْس عليه أمْرُنا فهو رَدٌّ
‘Whoever does an action which we have not commanded then it will be rejected.’
This is why Allaah said
قُلْ إِنْ كُنْتُمْ تُحِبُّونَ اللَّهَ فَاتَّبِعُونِي
Say (O Muhammad): “If you truly love Allaah then follow me
[Al-Imraan: 31]
which means: you achieve more than what you request due to your love for Him, which is Him loving you, which is greater than the former.
Also, as some of the scholars and wise-people said: ‘The issue is not whether you love Him, meaning Allaah; but rather the issue is whether you are loved by Allaah.’
‘Tafseer’ (1/358)
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Arabic Reference
﴿قُلْ إِنْ كُنْتُمْ تُحِبُّونَ اللَّهَ فَاتَّبِعُونِي يُحْبِبْكُمُ اللَّهُ وَيَغْفِرْ لَكُمْ ذُنُوبَكُمْ وَاللَّهُ غَفُورٌ رَحِيمٌ (٣١﴾
هذه الآية الكريمة حاكمة على من ادعى محبة الله وليس هو على الطريقة المحمدية، فإنه كاذب في دعواه في نفس الأمر حتى يتبع الشرع المحمدي والدين النبوي في جميع أقواله وأفعاله وأحواله، كما ثبت في الصحيح عن رسول الله – صلى الله عليه وسلم -، أنه قال: “من عمل عملًا ليس عليه أمرنا فهو ردّ”، ولهذا قال: ﴿قُلْ إِنْ كُنْتُمْ تُحِبُّونَ اللَّهَ فَاتَّبِعُونِي يُحْبِبْكُمُ اللَّهُ﴾ أي: يحصل لكم فوق ما طلبتم من محبتكم إياه وهو محبته إياكم، وهو أعظم من الأول، كما قال بعض الحكماء العلماء: ليس الشأن أن تُحِبَّ، إنما الشأن أن تُحَبَّ.
تفسير ابن كثير
Also See:
Part 1 The Command of Allaah to Obey Him & Obey His Messenger