Using the Hadith "I am your Imam" as Evidence Against Those Who Correct the Prophet
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The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. Regarding the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)Sahih Muslim 426a, is it possible to use it as evidence and to respond with it to the people of innovation and desires who precede the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)?
The Shaykh:
Those who
The questioner:
precede the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and correct him with innovation?
The Shaykh:
We ask Allah for well-being. For a disbeliever to correct the Prophet? The one who makes a mistake regarding the Messenger and corrects him is a disbeliever, an apostate, and may Allah protect us from that. Yes.[Al-Hashr 59:7] [An-Nisa 4:64]. [An-Nisa 4:80]. It is not permissible to correct the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him). Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. Regarding the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)
I am your Imam, so do not precede me
إني إمامكم فلا تسبقونيThe Shaykh:
Those who
The questioner:
precede the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and correct him with innovation?
The Shaykh:
We ask Allah for well-being. For a disbeliever to correct the Prophet? The one who makes a mistake regarding the Messenger and corrects him is a disbeliever, an apostate, and may Allah protect us from that. Yes.
And whatever the Messenger has given you - take; and what he has forbidden you - refrain from
وَمَا آتَاكُمُ الرَّسُولُ فَخُذُوهُ وَمَا نَهَاكُمْ عَنْهُ فَانتَهُواAnd We did not send any messenger except to be obeyed by permission of Allah.
وَمَا أَرْسَلْنَا مِن رَّسُولٍ إِلَّا لِيُطَاعَ بِإِذْنِ اللَّهِHe who obeys the Messenger has obeyed Allah
مَّن يُطِعِ الرَّسُولَ فَقَدْ أَطَاعَ اللَّهَ
Source
المنتقى من أخبار سيد المرسلين 13-01-1435هـ — af.org.sa (59:51)
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