Believing in the Prophet (SAW)

All praise is due to Allah the Most Subtle, the All-Aware. He created jinn and mankind to worship Him alone. He obligated them to carry the trust and to adhere to the shariah. We praise Him for His great bounty. He sent His messengers to convey His revelations and to guide His creation. There are some who accept His guidance and adhere to His shariah. And there are others who have been misguided.

Prophet Mohammed ﷺ was His final messenger. He sent him with the guidance and the true religion guiding and teaching. A bearer of glad tidings and a warner. He ﷺ conveyed the message and discharged the trust and strived for the sake of Allah Almighty until he departed from this world. So may Allah Almighty reward him on our behalf as much as He rewarded a prophet on behalf of his nation.

From the mercy of Allah Almighty towards His servants is to guide and teach them, and send messengers to them, and reveal books to them and clarify the truth for them. So there are those who accept the mercy of Allah Almighty and His guidance. So they followed His messengers, believed in His books and adhered to His shariah. Thus, they will have happiness in this world and triumph in the hereafter. And there are those who refuse the mercy of Allah Almighty and opposed His messengers, denied His books, and were too arrogant to worship Him. So they will have misery in this world and torment in the hereafter.

And our messenger Mohammad ﷺ is the seal of the messengers so there is no prophet after him. Since he ﷺ was sent, Allah obligated believing in him and following him ﷺ. There is no religion that will lead to Allah Almighty except his religion. And his ﷺ shariah is the only one that Allah is pleased with for His servants.

Al Imran (3) 19: Indeed, the religion in the sight of Allah is Islam.

And in another verse:
Al Imran (3) 85: And whoever desires other than Islam as religion – never will it be accepted from him, and he, in the Hereafter, will be among the losers.

And verses in the Quran commanded his ummah (nation) to believe in him:
An Nisa (4) 170: O mankind, the Messenger has come to you with the truth from your Lord, so believe; it is better for you.

And in another verse:
Al Hadid (57) 28: O you who have believed, fear Allah and believe in His Messenger

And in another verse:
At Taghabun (64) 8: So believe in Allah and His Messenger and the light [i.e., the Qur’ān] which We have sent down.

And Allah Almighty warned those not believing in Him and His prophet ﷺ of hell fire:
Al Fath (48) 13: And whoever has not believed in Allah and His Messenger – then indeed, We have prepared for the disbelievers a Blaze.

And belief in him ﷺ includes affirmation along with acknowledgment of his prophethood. This requires loving him, obeying him, accepting him, following him and submitting to his religion and shariah. Allah Almighty has informed us that the Prophet ﷺ was sent to all people until the establishment of the Hour. This implies that he is not a messenger to a only one ummah (nation) and not another. Rather, he is the Messenger of Allah Almighty to the worlds from the start of his mission to the establishment of the Hour in every time and place.

Saba (34) 28: And We have not sent you except comprehensively to mankind as a bringer of good tidings and a warner.

And Allah Almighty commanded that he address the people accordingly:
Al Araf (7) 158: Say, [O Muḥammad], “O mankind, indeed I am the Messenger of Allah to you all

And in another verse:
Al Furqan (25) 1: Blessed is He who sent down the Criterion upon His Servant that he may be to the worlds a warner

And the Prophet ﷺ said:
Every prophet was sent specifically to his own people, whereas I was sent to all (people), white and black.

And Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) said that the messenger of Allah ﷺ said:
By Him in Whose Hand is the life of Muhammad, no one among this community, Jew or Christian, who hears about me and dies not affirming his belief in what I have been sent with, except that he is one of the companions of Hell-Fire.

It is not proper for a believer to deviate from his obedience, or to refer to something other than his law. Otherwise he is not a believer in him ﷺ.

Al Ahzab (33) 36: It is not for a believing man or a believing woman, when Allah and His Messenger have decided a matter, that they should [thereafter] have any choice about their affair.

Oh Muslims:
Allah Almighty sent His Messenger with guidance and the religion of truth. A mercy to the worlds. And guidance to all mankind. For believing in him ﷺ , accepting his shariah, and adhering to his sunnah is from accepting the mercy of Allah Almighty. Just as denying him or refusing his shariah is refusing the mercy of Allah Almighty. Therefore, the happiest people with the mercy of Allah Almighty on the Day of Resurrection will be the ones who accepted His mercy in this world. So they followed His messenger Mohammad ﷺ. And the furthest from the mercy of Allah Almighty in the hereafter are those who did not accept His mercy in this world. So they did not follow His messenger ﷺ.

So know, may Allah Almighty have mercy on you, the extent of Allah’s grace upon you by sending the seal of the Prophets and the leader of the Messengers, Mohammad the son of Abdallah ﷺ. And praise Allah Almighty for his grace in sending him to you as a Prophet and Messenger. And be grateful that He guided you to His religion.

And know the requirements for believing in him ﷺ. And follow his sunnah, adhere to his guidance and accept his rulings. And do not have any resistance or discomfort in your chests from anything brought by your Prophet Mohammad ﷺ. For it is the truth from Allah Glorified and Exalted. And whatever opposes him ﷺis falsehood regardless of its source and regardless of the weight of the one saying it.

Al Imran (3) 164: Certainly did Allah confer [great] favor upon the believers when He sent among them a Messenger from themselves, reciting to them His verses and purifying them and teaching them the Book [i.e., the Qur’ān] and wisdom, although they had been before in manifest error.

So, oh Muslims, be conscious of Allah your Lord. And submit your hearts to him. And dedicate your religion sincerely to Him. And submit to the shariah of your Prophet Mohammad ﷺ. For there is no Iman (belief) except through that.

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