The Obligation of Adhering to the Sunnah A requirement of believing in prophethood is to accept as true everything that God’s Messenger said. God chose His Messengers from among His worshippers to convey His Law to humanity. God says: “…God knows best with whom to place His Message…” (Quran 6:124) God also says: “…Are the Messengers charged with anything but to convey the clear Message?” (Quran 16:35) The Messenger is protected from error in all of his actions. God has protected his tongue from uttering anything but the truth. God has protected his limbs from doing anything but what is right. God has safeguarded him from showing approval for anything contrary to Islamic Law. He is the most beautifully complete of God’s Creations. This is clear from how God describes him in the Quran: “By the star when it sets. Your companion has neither gone astray nor has he erred. Nor does he speak of his own desire. It is only revelation that has been revealed.” (Quran 53:1-4) We see in the hadeeth that no circumstances, no matter how trying, could prevent the Prophet from speaking the truth. Being angry never affected his speech. He never spoke falsehood even when he was jesting. His own interests never swayed him from speaking the truth. The only goal that he sought was the pleasure of God Almighty. Abdullah b. Amr b. al-Aas related that he used to write down everything that God’s Messenger said. Then the tribe of Quraish forbade him from doing so, saying: “Do you write down everything that God’s Messenger says, and he is but a man who speaks in contentment and in anger?” Abdullah b. Amr stopped writing and mentioned this to God’s Messenger who told him: “Write, for by Him in Whose hand is my soul, only truth comes forth from this.” …and pointed to his mouth. The Quran, the Sunnah, and the consensus of the jurists all point to the fact that obeying God’s Messenger is obligatory. God says in the Quran: “O you who believe, obey God and obey His Messenger and those in authority among you. If you fall into dispute about a matter, refer it back to God and His Messenger if you believe in God and the Last Day…” (Quran 4:59)
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