Part 36

So these attributes of Allaah's Messenger prove that he was truly the Messenger of Allaah, as is clearly shown from the Saying of Allaah, the Most High, "Say, O Muhammad, to all the people: I am Allaah's Messenger to you all." [surah al-A'raaf (7):158] The Aayaat in this regard proving that Muhammad is truly the Messenger of Allaah are very many. The meaning of the testification that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allaah is: to obey him in whatever he commands; to believe and testify to the truth of everything he informs of; to avoid whatever he forbade and prohibited; and that you worship Allaah only with that which he prescribed. [111] ___________________________________________________________________ The meaning of the testification that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allaah is to affirm with the tongue and to truly believe with the heart that Muhammad ibn 'Abdullaah al-Qurashee, al-Haashimee, is the Messenger of Allaah, the Mighty and Majestic, to all of the creation, to the jinn and mankind. As Allaah, the Most High, says, "I did not create the jinn and mankind except that they worship Me." [surah adh-Dhaariyaat (51):56] There cannot be any worship for Allaah, the Most High, except by way of the Revelation which Muhammad came with, as Allaah, the Most High, says, "Exalted is He Who sent down the Criterion (i.e. the Qur'aan) between truth and falsehood, in stages, to His slave Muhammad, so that he should be a warner to men and jinn that they will be punished by Allaah if they do not single Him out with all worship and keep away from the worship of everything else besides Him." [surah al-Furqaan (25):1] This testification necessitates that a person believes whatever Allaah's Messenger informed of; that he obeys him in whatever he orders; and keeps away from whatever he forbade and prohibited; and that he does not worship Allaah except with that which he prescribed. This testification also necessitates that he does not believe that Allaah's Messenger has any share of, or any right to, Lordship or control over the creation, nor any right to be worshipped at all. Rather he is a slave and worshipper, not one to be worshipped; and he is a Messenger who is not to be belied. He does not possess, either for himself or for anyone else, the power to bring harm or benefit, except as Allaah wills. Allaah, the Most High, says, "Say, O Muhammad, to those who deny your prophethood: I do not say that I am the Lord who possesses the treasure-houses of the heavens and the earth, so that I should know the secrets of that which is hidden and known only to Allaah; nor do I say to you that I am an angel. Rather in what I say to you and call you to I follow only the Revelation which Allaah sends to me." [surah alAn'aam (6):50] He is a slave who acts as he is commanded and follows the orders he is given, and Allaah, the Most High, says, "Say, O Muhammad: It is not in my power to bring about harm for you, nor guidance, rather that is for Allaah. Say, O Muhammad, none from Allaah's creation could save or protect me if I was to disobey Him, nor could I find any refuge except with Him." [surah al-Jinn (72):21-22] "Say, O Muhammad: It is not within my power to bring benefit to myself nor to keep away harm, except as Allaah wills; and if I knew what the future holds I could amass a great deal of wealth, and harm would not befall me. But I am just a Messenger from Allaah sent by Him to warn those who disobey Him of His punishment; and to give glad tidings of His reward for those who truly believe in Him and are obedient to Him." [surah al-A’raaf (7):188] From this it is known that nothing from the creation deserves or has the right to be worshipped not Allaah's Messenger, nor any of the creation lesser than him; and that worship may only be for Allaah, the Most High, alone, "Say, O Muhammad: Indeed my Prayer, my sacrifice, my living and my dying, are all purely and solely for Allaah, Lord of all creation. There is no share of any of that for other than Him. That is what my Lord ordered me, and I am the first of this nation to submit to Allaah as a Muslim." [surah al-An'aam (6): 162-3] The right of the Prophet is that you give him the position and standing which Allaah, the Most High, gave to him, which is that he is the slave of Allaah and His Messenger, may Allaah extol and send blessings of peace upon him.