11-20-2004, 11:41 AM
Bismillah
As salam alykom
Alhamdulelah, due to the importance of this subject we saw to post on long intervals to give chance to visitors to read and digest.
Looking at the following Ayah:
<b>” But no, by your Lord, they can have no Faith, until they make you (O Muhammad salla Allah A`lyhee wa sallam) judge in all disputes between them, and find in themselves no resistance against your decisions, and accept (them) with full submission." (Quran 4:65)
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becomes very clear what exactly is the role of the Messenger salla Allah A`lyhee wa sallam among us Muslims. By this Ayah, we are commanded to make him judge between us, not only this, Allah Made it a condition to prove our level of belief. In such case, one who has this authority of course can and have to teach us also other matters, including how to pray, perform Haj and more.
I m not sure how can anyone read this Ayah and not understand what is the importance of Sunnah. Or even can deny the Sunnah. Now how can the Messenger salla Allah A`lyhee wa sallam teach us and convey the instructions except through his words. His words which were represented as hadeeth were a series of lessons on almost every aspect of our lives. His words were compiled by trustworthy men. Men who narrated hadeeth were subjected to a certain criteria based on which we may or may not take the hadeeth as authentic. Such criteria was very strict that once a scholar took a trip from Saudi Arabia to Sham to meet someone who had a certain hadeeth that he needed. Upon his arrival he saw the man trying to pull a cat out of the house by making it think he has food in his hand. He considered him a liar and didn’t take the hadeeth.
The Ayah is so clear and direct for us not to overlook or ignore what the Sunnah is. The Messenger salla Allah A`lyhee wa sallam had even the authority to judge between Muslims and we must accept the judgment. How can we not follow his Sunnah then, which contained of course judgments in several occasions that we may face.