Is it permissible to call the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) the Lawgiver?
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The questioner:
A questioner asks: Is it permissible to call the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) the Lawgiver, or is the Lawgiver only Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He)?
The Shaykh:
The Lawgiver is Allah, and the Messenger is the one who conveys the message, so he is called the Lawgiver in the sense of being the one who conveys. Yes.
The presenter:
All right.
The Shaykh:
He (Exalted and Majestic is He) said:[Al-Hashr 59:7]. Yes.
A questioner asks: Is it permissible to call the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) the Lawgiver, or is the Lawgiver only Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He)?
The Shaykh:
The Lawgiver is Allah, and the Messenger is the one who conveys the message, so he is called the Lawgiver in the sense of being the one who conveys. Yes.
The presenter:
All right.
The Shaykh:
He (Exalted and Majestic is He) said:
And whatever the Messenger has given you - take; and what he has forbidden you - refrain from
وَمَا آتَاكُمُ الرَّسُولُ فَخُذُوهُ وَمَا نَهَاكُمْ عَنْهُ فَانتَهُوا
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، هل يجوز أن يُطلَق على الرسول–صلى الله عليه وسلم أنه الشارع؟ لمعالي الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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