I know the Prophet Muhammad peace be upon him The First Right: To Believe Him and Believe in Him There is no doubt that the first of our Prophet’s rights is to believe in him and to believe in the message he was sent with. Allaah says: “ So believe in Allaah and His Messenger and the light [i.e., the Qur’an] which We have sent down.” [64:8] Al-Qadhi Eyaadh said in “Ash-Shifaa” (his famous and important book about the rights of the Prophet ()) that: “Belief in the Prophet Muhammad () is therefore an obligation for every individual. Belief is not complete without it and Islaam is only valid with it.” Allaah has linked belief in Him with belief in His Messenger. They are inseparable. This is what Shahadah54 means. Even if people follow other prophets like Moses and Jesus, sallallaahu alayhem wa sallam, they are not believers until they completely follow the teachings of Muhammad (). 51 Narrated by Al-Irbaadh ibn Saariyah in the books of AtTirmithi and Abu Dawud. 52 The Arabic text for the testimony that there is no deity worthy of worship except Allaah. 53 Monotheism. 54 The declaration of faith.Know Thy Prophet | 45 Believing in the Prophet (), therefore, is about living according to his guidance. It is much more than just mere recognition of the fact that he is a prophet. Allaah says: “When the hypocrites come to you, [O Muhammad], they say, “We testify that you are the Messenger of Allaah.” And Allaah knows that you are His Messenger, and Allaah testifies that the hypocrites are liars.” [63:1] At the time of Prophet Muhammad () the Jews who lived in Arabia had been waiting for the promised Prophet that they knew about from their scriptures. But when Muhammad () came they rejected him out of arrogance because he was not a Jew. Many of the rabbis, however, recognized that he was a Prophet but did not accept him or believe in him. Allaah says about them: “Those to whom We gave the Scripture know him [i.e., Prophet Muhammad ()] as they know their own sons. But indeed, a party of them conceal the truth while they know [it].” [2:146] The scholar Ibn Is-haaq reports in his biography of the Prophet () that Safiya bint Huyayy55 said: “I was the favorite child of my father and my Uncle Abu Yasir. When I was present they took no notice of their other children. When the apostle was staying in Quba56 with the brother Amr ibn Auf, the two went to see him before daybreak and did not return until after nightfall, weary, worn out, drooping and feeble. I went up to them in childish pleasure as I always did, and they were so sunk in gloom that they took no notice of me. I heard my uncle say to my father: ‘Is he the one? Do you recognize him? Can you be sure?’ ‘Yes!’ ‘And what do you feel about him?” “By God I shall be his enemy as long as I live!’” Believing in something is more than just recognizing that it exists. Satan; as explained in the Qur’an; recognizes that Allaah exists yet he is the worst of the disbelievers. The second Right: To Obey Him 55 The Prophet () married her after the battle of Khaybar. 56 A suburb of Madinah where the Prophet () stayed for a couple of days before formally entering Madinah after emigrating from Makkah.The second right due to our beloved Prophet () is that we obey him. Allaah says: “O you, who have believed, obey Allaah and His Messenger...” [8:20] Allaah has mentioned obedience to the Messenger in connection with obedience to Him. You cannot have one without the other. Obeying the Messenger means, following his commands and staying away from what he has prohibited. Abu Hurairah narrated that the Prophet said; “All of my followers will enter Paradise except for those who refuse to.” They asked, “O Messenger of Allaah; who will refuse?” He replied. “Whoever obeys me will enter the Paradise. Whoever disobeys me has refused.57 ”
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