Part 8

Certainly, spacious is My earth. Therefore worship Me (Alone)." (29:56) Al-Baghawee (may Allaah have mercy on him) said: "The reason this statement was revealed is because of the Muslims in Makkah that have not migrated. Allaah has called them "believers"." [According to Shaykh al-'Uthaymeen, this quote from Imaam al-Baghawee exists only and meaning and can be found in his Tafseer]. And the proof from the sunnah his saying (saws) "Hijrah shall not be cut off until tawbah is cut off and tawbah shall not be cut off until the sun rises from the west. [Related by Ahmad (4/99) and Abu Daawood (3/7) and ad-Daarimee (2/239). It was declared authentic by Shaykh al Albaanee in Saheehul Jaami'us Sagheer (no. 7346)] When he settled in Madeenah he ordained the rest of the rules of Islaam like obligatory charity (zakaat), fasting, pilgrimage, jihaad, the call to prayer, ordering good and forbidding evil, and other rules of Islaam. He took ten years to establish this and after that he died. His religion is lasting and this is his religion. He didn't leave any good except he led the Ummah to it, and he left no evil except he warned it (the ummah) from. The good that he has led it to is tawhid and all that Allaah loves and is pleased with. The evil he has warned about is Shirk and all that Allaah hates and is not pleased with. Allaah sent him to all mankind and has made it compulsory to follow him for all of the Thaqalayn, (two worlds) Jinn and Mankind and the proof: "Say: 'O mankind! Verily, I am sent to you all as the Messenger of Allaah.'" (7:158) And Allaah has completed religion through him and the proof is His saying: "This day, I have perfected your religion for you, completed My Favour upon you, and have chosen for you Islaam as your religion." (5:3) And the proof about his death is the statement of Allaah the Exalted: "Verily, you will die and verily, they (too) will die. Then, on the Day of Resurrection, you will be disputing before your Lord." (39:30) And when people die they are resurrected and the proof is His saying: "From it we have created you and in it we are going to return you and from it you are going to come out another time." (50:22) And the statement of Allaah the Exalted: "And Allaah has brought you forth from the (dust of) earth. Afterwards He will return you into it (the earth), and bring you forth." (71: 17-18) And after resurrection they are going to be asked and are going to be responsible for their deeds. The proof is the statement of Allaah the Exalted: "And to Allaah belongs all that is in the heavens and all that is in the earth, that He may requite those who do evil with that which they have done (punish them in Hell), and reward those who do good, with what is best (Paradise)." (53:31) And he who disbelieves in resurrection, has disbelieved (in general) and the proof is His saying: "The disbelievers pretend that they will never be resurrected. Say "Yes! By my Lord, you will certainly be resurrected, then you will be informed of (and recompensed for) what you did, and that is easy for Allaah." (64:7) And Allaah has sent all messengers as givers of glad tidings and warners and the proof is His saying: "Messengers as bearers of good news as well as of warning in order that mankind should have no plea against Allaah after the Messengers." (4:165) And the first of them was Nooh ('alayhis salaam) and the last of them was Muhammad and the proof that the first amongst them was Nooh ('alayhis salaam) "Verily, We have inspired you as We inspired Nooh (Noah) and the Prophets after him." (4:163) And Allaah has sent a messenger to all nations from Nooh to Muhammad, ordering them to worship Allaah alone and forbidding them from worshipping false deities and the proof is the statement of Allaah the Exalted: "And verily, We have sent among every Ummah (community, nation) a Messenger (proclaiming): 'Worship Allaah (Alone), and avoid (or keep away from) Taaghoot (all false deities, etc. i.e. do not worship Taaghoot besides Allaah).'" (16:36) And Allaah has made it compulsory on All his slaves that they reject the Taaghoot and worship Allaah. Ibnul-Qayyim may Allaah have mercy on him said: "A Taaghoot is what a slave exceeds his boundary with whether it be one worshipped or followed or obeyed and there are many Taaghoots." [A'alaamul Muwaqi'een (1/53)] Their heads are five, Iblees may Allaah's curse be on him, he who is worshipped awhile agreeing to it, he who calls people to worship him, he who claims that he knows something from the future, and he who rules by that which Allaah has not revealed and the proof is the statement of Allaah the Exalted: "There is no compulsion in religion. Verily, the Right Path has become distinct from the wrong path. Whoever disbelieves in Taaghoot and believes in Allaah, then he has grasped the most trustworthy handhold that will never break.