Saturday, June 20, 2020

How we can follow the prophet when he is not with us now

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By Marie Maria
How we can follow the prophet when he is not with us now, and the information regarding him is imprecise and fabricated the first hadith was written 200 years after the prophet’s death.
One way to obtain precise and accurate information regarding Muhammad’s way of life would be to look at the source of his knowledge. Obviously he was God’s messenger and would only follow the knowledge provided to him by God. Therefore it only makes sense to look at the only revelation he received from God "The Quran".

(5:48-50) informs us that the prophet Muhammad was specifically asked to rule among his people in accordance with the Quran. (69:40-47) Muhammad was forbidden any other religious teachings besides the Quran. (17:73-75) Muhammad was ordered to adhere strictly to God’s revelations and deviation from it meant

severe punishment. (6:19) Muhammad only preached the Quran, any other source as sunnah and hadith is equivalent to the setting up of other gods beside God. This is emphasized also in verse (6:114):

Shall I seek other than God as a source of law, when He revealed this book fully detailed?

We know that Muhammad followed the Quran and he was a living example of it (6:114-115). There is an example in the Quran, where the prophet Muhammad can be seen following the Quran.
In this example Muhammad initially made a grave mistake and did not follow the Quran, whereupon God reminded him to follow the Quran and made him abide by the Quran (33:36-38).

Recall that you (Muhammad) said to the one who was blessed by God, and blessed by you, “keep your wife and reverence God,” and you hide inside yourself what God wished to proclaim. Thus, you feared the people, when you were supposed to fear only God.

When Zeid was completely through with his wife, we had you marry her, in order to establish the precedent that a man can marry the divorced wife of his adopted son. God’s commands shall be done. (33:37)

The prophet is not committing an error by doing anything that is made lawful by God. Such is God’s system since the early generations. God’s command is a sacred duty. (33:38)

Hence if anybody seeks to follow the footsteps of the prophet, then he or she should follow the Quran alone.

We have cited for the people every kind of example in this Quran, that they may take heed. An Arabic Quran, without any ambiguity, that they may be righteous. God cites the example of a man who deals with disputing partners (hadith), compared to a man who deals with only one consistent source (Quran). Are they the same? Praise be to God, most of them do not know. (39:27-29)

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