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About the Prophet, sallallaahu `alayhi wa sallam, and his Sunnah

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IntheNameofAllh,theMostBeneficent,theMostMerciful
ImamAbu'lHasanalAsh`aree
"We bear witness that Muhammad is His Servant, His Apostle, His Prophet, His Trustworthy One, His
Chosen One, whom He sent to His creation with the light that sheds its beams afar, with the flashing
lamp, the clear arguments, the evidences, the dazzling signs, the compelling wonders wherevore he
deliveredhismessagefromGod["hedeliveredHisLord'sMessage"],consultedHisgoodinHiscreation
["gavegoodcounseltohiscommunity"],laboredstrenouslyforGodwithatruezeal,consultedHisgood
inthecountriesofearth,andopposedtherebelliouspeople,untiltheWordofGodwasfulfilled,untilhe
attained success, and all men obeyed the truth with homage, and assurance of success came to him,
unfatigued, unwearied. Therefore, may God's grace be with him (for he led the way to guidance and
madecleartheroadofescapefromerrorandblindness),andwiththeblessedpeopleofhishouse,and
withhischosenCompanionsandhispurewives,themothersofthefaithful!ByhimGodinformedusof
the religious laws (sharaa`i') and the ordinances (ahkaam, i.e. obligatory, meritorious, lawful,
disapproved, and forbidden), of the lawful and the prohibited, and by him He made clear to us the
religiouslawofIslaam,untilbyhimthedarknightofgloomwasliftedfromus,thedoubtswereremoved
from us, the screens were drawn back, the proofs were made clear to us. He brought us "a glorious
Book. Vanity shall not come to it from before it, or from behind it it is a missive sent down from the
Wise and Praiseworthy," [41:4142] in which he comprised the knowledge of "the first and the last."
[56:49]ByhimHeperfectedthedutiesoftheReligion,andthereforeheisthe"sureroad"[1:5]ofGod
andHisfirmrope.Hewhoholdsfasttohimshallescape,buthewhoopposeshimshallerrandwander.
In ignorance is thy ruin, and God has urged us in His Book to hold fast to the sunnah of His Apostle
wherefore God has said, "What the Apostle has given you, take: what he has refused you, refuse,"
[59:7],andGodhassaid,"Andletthosewhotransgresshiscommandbeware,lestsomepresenttrouble
befallthem,oragrievouschastisementbefallthem,"[24:63]and,"butiftheywouldreportthemtothe
Apostleandtothosewhoareinauthorityamongthem,thosewhodesireinformationwouldlearnitfrom
them,"[4:85]and"Andwhateverthesubjectofyourdisputes,withGoddothitsdecisionrest,"[42:8]
"and if you aught ye differ, bring it to God and the Apostle," [4:62], meaning God's Book and His
Prophet's Sunnah, and He has said, "neither speaketh he from mere impulse. The Qur'aan is no other
than a revelation revealed to him," [53:34] and "Say: it is not for me to change it as mine own soul
prompteth.Ifollowonlywhatisrevealedtome,"[10:16]and"Thewordsofthefaithful,whencalledto
God and His Apostle that He may judge between them, are only to say, 'We heard and we obey,'"
[24:50](andsoHecommandsthemtohearhiswords,obeyhiscommand,andbewareoftransgressing
it),andHehassaid,"obeyGodandobeytheApostle,"[4:62](andsoHecommandsthemtoobeyHis
Apostle, just as He commands them to obey Himself and He bids them hold fast to the sunnah of His
Prophet,justasHecommandsthemtoactinstrictconformitywithHisBook).Butagreatmanyofthose
against whom their "misery prevailed" [23:108] and those over whom "Satan has won the mastery"
[58:20] the sunan of God's Prophet are "behind their backs" [2:95, 3:184, 6:94] and they have
inclined towards forbears of those whose guidance in religion they have accepted and adopted their
beliefs,setatnoughtthesunanofGod'sApostleandshunnedthem,deniedandgainsaidthem,bytheir
calumnyagainstGod,andhaveerredandnotbeenrightlyguided.Ienjoinuponyou,OservantsofGod!
thefearofGod,andwarnyouagainsttheworldforitisfreshandsweet,anditdeceivesitsinhabitants
and deludes those who dwell in it, and God has said, "And set before them a similitude of the present
life.ItisaswaterwhichWesenddownfromheaven,andtheherboftheearthismingledwithit,andon
the morrow it becometh dry stubble which the winds scatter for God hath power over all things,"
[18:43]Tohimwhoisingoodcircumstancesinit,itbringstearslateron,anduponhimtowhomithas
imparteditsjoysinsecret,itbestowstheopensequelofitswoes.Itsabundantvanitiesaretransitory,
forthethingsitcontainsagreewiththejudgementpronounceduponitbyitsLordinHiswords,"Allon
earthshallpassaway."[55:26]Thenlaborfortheabidinglifeandforendlesseternity.Theworldshall
passawayfromitsinhabitants,andtheirworksshallremainasstringsupontheirnecks.[3:176,17:14]
Know that you are mortal, and then that you return to your Lord after your deaths. Assuredly He will
rewardthosewhohavedonegoodwithgood.Therefore,bediligentinobediencetoyourLordandrefuse
whatHehasrefusedyou.

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