03-28-2005, 08:43 PM
Bismillah
Still on the first point related to the hadeeth narrated on the issue of obeying the chief.
When one questions the language style here, as if u r questioning the manners of the Messenger salla Allah a`lyhee wa sallam who was described in Quran by Allah Sobhanhu wa Ta`la saying:
"And verily, you (O Muhammad ﻢﻠﺳﻭ ﻪﻴﻠﻋ ﻪﻠﻟﺍ ﻰﻠﺻ) are on an exalted standard of character
." (Quran 68:4)
We can actually translate the original Arabic words into: you enjoy excellent manners and moral.
And in another Ayah Allah Described him as:
"Verily, there has come unto you a Messenger (Muhammad ﻢﻠﺳﻭ ﻪﻴﻠﻋ ﻪﻠﻟﺍ ﻰﻠﺻ) from amongst yourselves (i.e. whom you know well). It grieves him that you should receive any injury or difficulty. He (Muhammad ﻢﻠﺳﻭ ﻪﻴﻠﻋ ﻪﻠﻟﺍ ﻰﻠﺻ) is anxious over you (to be rightly guided, to repent to Allah, and beg Him to pardon and forgive your sins, in order that you may enter Paradise and be saved from the punishment of the Hell-fire), for the believers (he (ﻢﻠﺳﻭ ﻪﻴﻠﻋ ﻪﻠﻟﺍ ﻰﻠﺻ) is) full of pity, kind, and merciful." (Quran 9:128)
one who is described by Allah Sobhanuh wa Ta`la as such, how can we doubt his sayings taking them with an irrespectable implications.
First off Alhamdulelah we are Muslims, blessed by being Muslims who worship only Allah the One True Deity Worthy to be worshiped.
And I will quote my brother Dan here, if one can not understand the motives behind a hadeeth, it is not due to the wrongness of the hadeeth, but rather the incompetence of our knowledge.
May Allah Enlighten our hearts and insight to see the truth always and appreciate the multiple bounties.