Part 16

The evidence is the Saying of Allaah, the Most High, "We sent a Messenger to you, O people, as a witness in favour of you or against you on the Day of Resurrection, just as We sent a messenger to the Pharaoh. But the Pharaoh denied and rejected the messenger, so We seized him with a severe punishment." [surah alMuzzammil (73):15-16] So whoever obeys him will enter Paradise [24] ________________________________________________________ This is a fact proven by the following Sayings of Allaah, the Most High: "And obey Allaah and obey the Messenger that you may receive Allaah’s Mercy, and hasten to forgiveness from your Lord and to Paradise whose width is that of the heavens and the earth, prepared for the pious who are obedient to Allaah." [surah Aal-'Imraan (3): 132-133] "And whoever obeys Allaah and His Messenger, then Allaah will enter him into the gardens of Paradise beneath which rivers flow, in which they will live forever, and that is the great success." [surah an-Nisaa (4): 13] "And whoever obeys Allaah and His Messenger, and fears Allaah and His punishment and is therefore dutiful to Him, then they are the ones successful on the Day of Resurrection, attaining Allaah's Pleasure and saviour from the Fire." [surah an-Noor (24):52] "So whoever obeys Allaah and His Messenger, by submitting to their commands and being pleased with their judgement, and withholding from what they forbid, then he is with those whom Allaah has blessed with guidance and obedience in this world and with Paradise in the Hereafter, with the prophets, their sincere followers who were upon their way, the martyrs, and the righteous; and what an excellent companionship in Paradise are they." [surah an-Nisaa (4):69] "And whoever obeys Allaah and His Messenger has achieved the greatest success." [surah al-Ahzaab (33):71] The Aayaat in this regard are many. This fact is also proven by the saying of the Messenger: "All of my Umtnah will enter Paradise except those who refuse" So it was said: "And who would refuse, O Messenger of Allaah?" He said: "Whoever obeys me will enter Paradise and whoever disobeys me will enter the Fire." [Reported by alBukhaaree (Eng. transl. 9/284/no.384)] and whoever rejects and disobeys him will enter the Fire, [25] ________________________________________________________ This is also a fact proven by the Sayings of Allaah, the Most High, "And whoever disobeys Allaah and His Messenger and transgresses the limits which He has laid down, then Allaah will enter him into the Fire in which he will remain forever and receive a humiliating punishment." [surah an-Nisaa (4): 14] "And whoever disobeys Allaah and His Messenger has indeed strayed into clear error." [surah al-Ahzaab (33):36] "And whoever disobeys and rejects Allaah and His Messenger, then he will burn in the Fire of Hell, remaining in it for eternity." [surah al-Jinn (72):23] The Messenger of Allaah said (see previous hadith): "And whoever disobeys me will enter the Fire." and the proof is the Saying of the Most High: "We sent a Messenger to you, O people, as a witness in favour of you or against you on the Day of Resurrection, just as We sent a Messenger to the Pharaoh. But the Pharaoh denied and rejected the Messenger, so We seized him with a severe punishment" [surah alMuzzammil (73): 16] THE SECOND [26]: Allaah is not pleased that anyone should be made a sharer in worship along with Him, neither any angel brought near, nor any prophet sent as a messenger, and the proof is the Saying of Allaah, the Most High, "And the places of worship are for Allaah alone, so do not invoke anyone along with Allaah." [surah al-Jinn (72):18] ________________________________________________________ i.e. The second matter which it is obligatory upon us to know is that Allaah, the One free of all imperfections, and the Most High, is not pleased that anyone should be given a share of worship besides Him. Rather He alone is the one deserving and having the right to all worship, and the proof is the saying of Allaah, the Most High, mentioned by the author, (may Allaah have mercy upon him), "And the places of worship are for Allaah alone, so do not invoke anyone along with Allaah." [surah al-Jinn (72):18] Allaah, the Most High, forbade that a person should invoke anyone along with Allaah, and Allaah does not forbid anything except that it is something which He, the Most Perfect and Most High, is not pleased with. Allaah, the Mighty and Majestic, says, "If you disbelieve, then Allaah is not in any need of you, and He is not pleased with disbelief for His slaves; and if you are thankful, believing in Allaah and being obedient to Him, then He is pleased with that for you." [surah az Zumar (39): 7] "But if you are pleased with them, then still Allaah is not pleased with those who rebel against obedience to Allaah and His Messenger." [surah at-Tawbah (9):96] Allaah is not pleased with unbelief (kufr) and direction of worship to any besides Him (shirk), rather He sent the messengers and sent down the Revealed Books for war to be waged upon kufr and shirk and so that they should be annihilated.