...And
Hold On To The Rope Of Allaah - Obedience, Submission And
Sincerity
14 September 2010
By Alh-Ikhwah Al-Mujahidun
From:
Shaykh Alee Raazi At-Tuwayjaree
حفظه الله
And Ibn Taymiyyah رحمه
الله as he said in Minhaj As-Sunnah
"The Rope of Allaah is Al-Islaam and obedience, and
submission, and sincerity, and holding fast and being
firm and being with the Jama'ah"
And this is true. The Qur’aan has ordered with Islaam,
and obedience, and submission, and sincerity, and
holding fast, and the Jama'ah. And the truth of
all this goes back to al-Ikhlaas: having
complete sincerity to Allaah
سبحانه و تعالى and
this is taken from the Sahaaba, and the Tabi'een, and
those who followed them in righteousness (as-Salaf-us-Saalih).
And it is narrated from Ibn Jareer in his Tafsir from
Qataadah رحمه الله
that he said about this Aayah:
{...and be not divided among yourselves, and remember
Allâh's Favour on you...}
[Aal-'Imraan 3:103]
عن قتادة: ولا تفرّقواواذكروا نعمة الله عليكم إنّ الله عز
وجل قد كره لكم الفُرْقة، وقدّم إليكم فيها،وحذّركموها،
ونهاكم عنها، ورضي لكم السمعَ والطاعة
والألفة والجماعة، فارضوالأنفسكم ما رضى الله لكم إن استطعتم،
ولا قوّة إلا بالله
"He warned against splitting and prohibited it. And He
ordered with listening and obeying and love between
each other and holding fast to the Jama'ah and being
upright.
And there is no power or might except with Allaah."
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The Shaykh حفظهالله mentioned that we
will be talking about the Book of Allaah and the
Sunnah of the Prophet صلى
الله عليه وسلم on certain points using
evidences from the Qur'aan and the Sunnah (related to
the affair of holding fast to the Rope of Allaah).
The points to be focused upon on are as follows:
Firstly:
Holding fast to the Qur'aan using proofs from Qur'aan
Secondly: Holding fast to Qur'aan by using
proofs from Sunnah
Thirdly: Holding fast to the Sunnah by using
the Aayaat from the Qur'aan
Fourthly: Holding fast to the Sunnah using the
Ahadeeth as proof then bringing the Aayaat in warning
against contradicting the Qur'aan and Sunnah.
So we will be using Ahadeeth and Aayaat to prove the
danger of contradicting the Qur'aan and the Sunnah.
Proofs from the Qur’aan
And from the proofs from the Qur'aan for holding on to
the Qur'aan:
{(This is) a Book (the Qur'aan) which We have sent
down to you, full of blessings, that they may ponder
over its Verses,
and that men of understanding may remember.}
[Saad 38:29]
And Allaah سبحانهوتعالى says:
{And this is a blessed Book (the Qur'aan) which We
have sent down, so follow it and fear Allaah (i.e. do
not disobey His Orders),
that you may receive mercy (i.e. saved from the
torment of Hell).}
[al-An'aam 6:155]
{Verily, this Qur'aan guides to that which is most
just and right and gives glad tidings to the believers
(in the Oneness of Allaah and His Messenger
Muhammad صلى الله عليه
وسلم), who work deeds of righteousness, that
they shall have a great reward (Paradise). }
[al-Israa 17:9]
{But whosoever turns away from My Reminder (i.e.
neither believes in this Qur'aan nor acts on its
teachings), verily, for him is a life of hardship,
and We shall raise him up blind on the Day of
Resurrection.}
[TaaHaa 20:124]
{Say: "I but follow what is revealed to me from my
Lord. This (the Qur'aan) is nothing but evidences from
your Lord, and a guidance and a mercy for a people who
believe." ~ So, when the Qur'aan is recited, listen to
it, and be silent that you may receive mercy [i.e.
during the compulsory congregational prayers when the
Imaam (of a mosque) is leading the prayer (except
Surah Al-Faatihah), and also when he is delivering the
Friday-prayer Khutbah]. }
[al-A'raaf 7:203-204]
And these are the meanings of what is in the Qur'aan.
Proofs from the Sunnah
The Shaykh حفظه الله
went on to say: “As for the proofs from the Sunnah of
the Messenger of Allaah, صلى الله عليه و على آله و
سلمis what is narrated in Saheeh Muslim:
وقد تركت فيكم ما لنتضلوا بعده إن اعتصمتم به كتاب الله
"...I have left among you the Book of Allaah, and if
you hold fast to it, you would never go astray..."
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And he said:
وأنا تارك فيكم ثقلينأولهما كتاب الله فيه الهدى والنور
فخذوا بكتاب الله واستمسكوا به هُوَ حَبْلُاللَّهِ مَنْ اتَّبَعَهُ كَانَ
عَلَى الْهُدَى وَمَنْ تَرَكَهُ كَانَ عَلَىضَلَالَةٍ
"I have left two things, the Book of Allah, it is
guidance and light so take from it and hold fast to it
and it is the Rope of Allah,
whoever sticks to it will be guided, whoever leaves it
will be misguided and go towards destruction."
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And Tabaraanee narrated in his Kabeer in
Saheeh at-Targheeb from `Alee ibn Abi Taalib رضي الله عنه
that the Messenger of Allaah صلى الله عليه وسلم
came out to us one day and he was frightened, and he
said:
أطيعوني ما كنت بينأظهركم وعليكم بكتاب الله أحلوا حلاله
وحرموا حرامه رواه الطبراني في الكبير
"Be obedient to me as long as I am with you, and upon
you is holding onto to Book of Allaah to make halaal
what it has made halaal
and to make haraam what it has made haraam."
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In Imam Malik's Muwatta , and also found in al-Haakim
and declared Hassan by al-Albaanee
رحمه الله that he
صلى الله عليه وسلم
said:
تركت فيكم أمرين لن تضلواما إن تمسكتم بهما: كتاب الله وسنتي ولن
يتفرقا حتى يردا على الحوض
"I have left behind amongst you two things, the Book
of Allaah and my Sunnah, and they will not be
separated from each other until you meet me at the
Pond (al-Hawd)
[the river that the Messenger of Allah,
صلى الله عليه و سام
will be given on the
Day of Judgement]."
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Tabaraanee narrated from Abee Shurayh al-Khuzaa’ee
that the Prophet صلى الله
عليه و سام said:
إن هذا القرآن سبب طرفهبيد الله وطرفه
بأيديكم فتمسكوا به فإنكم لن تضلوا ولن تهلكوا بعده أبدا رواهالطبراني في الكبير بإسناد جيد
This Qur'aan is like a rope, one side is with Allaahسبحانه
و تعالى and the other side is with you, so hold
on fast to it so that you may be guided.
So if you hold to it you will never go astray and you
will not be destroyed.
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