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Belief in Messengers
(Ref: Shaikh Muhammad Al-Saleh Al-Uthaimin. The Muslim's belief. Translated by Dr. Maneh Hammad Al-Johani) We believe that Allah has sent to His people messengers who were "bringing good tidings and warning, so that ,mankind might have no arguments against Allah after the messengers. Allah is All-mighty, All-wise." (4:165) The First and Last Messengers We believe that the first among the Messengers is Noah and the last is Mohammad, peace be upon them all. "We revealed to you as We revealed to Noah and the Prophets after him." (4:163) "Mohammad is not the father of any of your men, but the Messenger of Allah and the Seal of the Prophets." (33:40) The Best Messengers - We believe that the best among the messengers is Mohammad, then Abraham, then Moses, then Noah and then Jesus, son of Mary. It is they who are meant by the Qur'anic verse:" And when We took compact from the Prophets, and from you, and from Noah, and Abraham, Moses, and Jesus, son of Mary. We took from them a solemn compact." (33:7) We believe that Mohammad's message, peace be upon him, includes all the merits of the messanges of those dignified messengers because Allah says, "He ordained for you that He enjoined on Abraham, Moses and Jesus, namely, established this faith and be united in it." (42:13) Messengers are human beings We believe that all messengers are created human beings who have none of the divine qualities of Allah. Allah, the Exalted, said about Noah, who was the first among them, "I do not say to you, 'I possess the treasures of Allah, " I do not know the unseen, and I do not say: 'I am an angel'." (11:13) Allah directed Mohammad who is the last among them to say: "I do not say to you I possess the treasures of Allah, nor do I know the unseen, and I do not say to you 'I am an angel." (6:50) And to say: "I have no power to bring profit or hurt for myself, but as Allah wills." (7:188) And also to say: "I have no power to hurt or to benefit you. Say none can protect me from Allah, nor can I find any refuge besides Him." (72:21-22) We believe that the messengers are among Allah's servants. He blessed them with the message and described them as servants, in the context of praising and honoring them. So, He says about Noah, the first among them: "You are the descendants of those whom We carried with Noah, he was a truly thankful servant." (17:3) Allah said about the last among them, Mohammad, peace be upon him: "Blessed be He who sent down the Qur'an to His servant, that he may warn mankind." (25:1) He said about some other messengers: "And mention our servants Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob men of night and vision." (38:45) "And remember our servants David who was a mighty and penitent man." (38:17) "And to David, we gave Soloman, he was an excellent and penitent servant." (38:30) Allah said about Jesus, son of Mary: "He is only a servant whom We blessed and We made him an example to the children of Isreal." (63:59) We believe that Allah concluded all messages with the message of Muhammad, peace be upon him, to all people because Allah said: "Say, 'O mankind, I am Allah's messenger to you all. To Him belongs the Kingdom of the Heavens and the Earth; There is no god but He. He ordains life and death. So believe in Allah and His messenger, the unlettered prophet who believes in Allah and His words. Follow him so that you may be rightly guided." (7:158) Islam: The universal and final message - We believe that the Shari'ah of the Prophet Mohammad, peace be upon him, is the religion of Islam which Allah has chosen for His servants and does not accept from anyone other religion, because Allah, the Exalted, said, "Surely, the true religion in Allah's sight is Islam," (3:19) and He also said, "Today I have perfected your religion for you and I have completed my favour upon you, and I have chosen Islam to be your religion." (5:3) And " Whoever desires a religion other than Islam, it will never be accepted from Him, and in the Hereafter he will be among the losers." (3:85) It is our opinion that whoever claims the acceptability of any existing religion today - other than Islam - such as Judaism, Christianity and so forth, is a non-believer. He should be asked to repent, if he does not, he must be killed as an apostate because he is rejecting the Qura'an. It is also our opinion that whoever rejects the universal message of Mohammad, peace be upon him, is rejecting the message of all messengers, even if he claims that he believes and follows his messenger. Allah, the Exalted, said: "Noah's people rejected the messengers." (26:105) Thus, Allah considered them rejecting all the messengers despite the fact that there was no messenger before Noah. This is also clear from the following verses: "Those who disbelieve in Allah and His messengers, and wish to make division between Allah and His messengers, and say: 'We believe in some and disbelieve in others,' wishing to take a midway course. Those indeed are the unbelievers, and We have prepared for the unbelievers a humiliating punishment." (4:150:151) We believe that there is no prophet after Mohammad, Allah's Messenger, peace be upon him. Whoever claims prophet-hood after him, or believes in anyone claiming it, is a disbeliever because he is rejecting Allah, His messenger, and the Muslim's consensus. The rightly guided caliphs We believe that the the Prophet, peace be upon him, had rightly guided successors who carried out his Sunnah in spreading knowledge, calling to Islam and managing the Muslims' affairs. We believe that the best among them and the most entitled to Caliphate was Abu Bakr as-Siddiq, then 'Umar Ibn al-Khattab, then 'Uthman Ibn 'Afan, then 'Ali Ibn Abi Talib, may Allah be according to their virtues. Allah, the Exalted, who possesses the infinite wisdom, would not appoint a ruler over the best of generations unless he was the most superior among them and had the best claim to Caliphate. We believe that the inferior among those rightly guided companions can be superior in a specific virtue to those who are better than him, but he does not deserve absolute superiority because the elements constituting superiority are varied and numerous. We believe that the Muslim Ummah is the best among nations, and Allah, the Dignified and Exalted, has blessed it because He said, "You are the best nation ever brought forth for mankind, enjoining what is right and forbidding what is right and forbidding what is wrong, and believing in Allah." (3:110) The Prophet's companions We believe that the best among the Muslim Ummah are the Prophet's Companions, then their followers, and those who followed them. We also believe that a group of this Ummah will always remain victorious on the right path, unharmed by those who let them down or those who oppose them, until the Day of Judgment. We believe that the disputes that took place among the Prophet's Companions were the result of sincere interpretations they worked hard to reach. Whoever was right among them would be rewarded twice, and whoever was wrong among them would be rewarded once and his mistake would be forgiven. It is our opinion that we should stop talking about their mistakes and mention what they deserve of beautiful praise. We should purify our hearts from hatred and malice against any of them, because Allah said about them, "They are not equal; those among you who spent and who fought before the conquest of Makkah. Those are higher in rank than those who spent and fought after wards. But to all Allah has promised a great reward." (57:10) And Allah said about us, "And those who came after them say: our Lord, forgive us and our brothers who preceded us in faith, and do not put in our heart any malice against those who have believed. Our Lord, You are the most Kind, most Merciful." (59:10) |
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