The Best Method for Following the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him)
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Question:
This question, Honorable Shaykh, the questioner asks: What is the best method for following the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him)?
Answer:
The best and only way is to study the biography of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him). Study the biography of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) from the time Allah sent him until the time Allah took his soul. It is available, praise be to Allah, verified, corrected, and present. You read his biography (peace and blessings be upon him), act upon it, and follow his example (peace and blessings be upon him). And likewise. Before all of this, study the Noble Qur'an, its exegesis, study the Sunnah, the Prophetic hadiths, read their explanations, and know their meaning; this helps in following him (peace and blessings be upon him). Ask the scholars if a person cannot read or does not know how; he asks the scholars about what the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to do, or what he (peace and blessings be upon him) established as a Sunnah for his Ummah. He asks the scholars and acts upon what they rule for him. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah bless you,
This question, Honorable Shaykh, the questioner asks: What is the best method for following the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him)?
Answer:
The best and only way is to study the biography of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him). Study the biography of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) from the time Allah sent him until the time Allah took his soul. It is available, praise be to Allah, verified, corrected, and present. You read his biography (peace and blessings be upon him), act upon it, and follow his example (peace and blessings be upon him). And likewise. Before all of this, study the Noble Qur'an, its exegesis, study the Sunnah, the Prophetic hadiths, read their explanations, and know their meaning; this helps in following him (peace and blessings be upon him). Ask the scholars if a person cannot read or does not know how; he asks the scholars about what the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to do, or what he (peace and blessings be upon him) established as a Sunnah for his Ummah. He asks the scholars and acts upon what they rule for him. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah bless you,
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، محاضرات في العقيدة والدعوة-059-خلق النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم ووجوب الاقتداء به|صالح الفوزان — youtube.com (1:07:14)
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