5.2 The example of the Messenger (saw)

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5.2 The example of the Messenger (saw) - Th Method to Re-establish the Khilafah | System Of Islam

These are the rest of the actions, speech or consent of the Messenger (saw) and carry legal consequences. So for example they may explain obligations, recommendations or permission. If the action that the Prophet (saw) was undertaking came as an explanation to a previous obligation (Fard) then that matter would become Fard. Allah(swt), for example, states in many Ayaat of Qur’an to establish the Salah at regular times. The Prophet (saw) stated in a well known Hadith that is narrated by Imam Bukhari, “Pray as you see me pray”. So the fact that the Prophet (saw) repeatedly prayed in the same order (Tarteeb) and in repetition (Ta’addud) explains the previous obligation and hence is obligatory itself. Also, Allah (swt) states,

“Whosoever amongst you witnesses the month let him fast”. (TMQ al-Baqarah, verse 184)

The Prophet (saw) stated in a well known Hadith, “Fast when you see it (the moon) and stop fasting when you see it (the moon) and if it is cloudy then complete the thirty days” (Authenticated by Ibn Hajr al Asqalani in Bulugh ul-Maram). So this narration determines when to fast and when to stop fasting, thus explaining a previous order in the Qur’an and hence following the same rule i.e. the Fard of sighting the Hilal or the completion of the thirty days in order to begin fasting or end it.

Another example to illustrate this point is when Allah (swt) states in the Qur’an,

“The female and the male thief cut of their hands”. (TMQ al-Ma’idah, verse 38)

It has also been narrated from ‘A’isha (ra) in a Marfoo’ narration in Imam Muslims Jami’u us-Sahih that the Prophet (saw) said, “There is no cutting except in one quarter of the Dinar”. Hence this comes as an explanation of the initial rule.

Similarly, in the Da’awah the methodology was Fard on the Prophet (saw) and he was obliged to establish this Deen. This can be seen from the fact that he (saw) was prepared to give up his own life for it. He (saw) stated to his Uncle concerning the Mushrikeen, “By Allah, if they were to put the sun in my right hand and the moon in my left, on condition that I relinquish this matter, I would not relinquish it until Allah has made it dominant or I perish therein” (Imam Tabari in his Tareekh Vol. 6 par. 1179).

Hence the actions and statements which can be seen to be explaining this methodology would be deemed as obligatory elements of the methodology of resuming the Islamic way of life.

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5.2 The example of the Messenger (saw)

Emulating (Ta’asi) the actions of the Messenger of Allah (saw)

Af ’aal Jibiliyyah

Af ’aal Khassah

Af ’aal ‘Ammah/Tashri’a

Qurbah (drawing near to Allah (swt))

Mubah (permissible)