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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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The ruling on restricting the Shari'ah of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) to a past era

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Question:
They prayed for him and kept him company; he was a great man. The questioner says: There are sons of Aisha who ordered us to listen and obey, and that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) protected us and ordered us to do so. They say that regarding the rulers, the rulers we accepted, not all rulers.

Answer:
The hadiths of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) are general until the Hour comes. Indeed, he (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
For whoever among you remains will see much disagreement, so hold fast to my Sunnah and the Sunnah of the Rightly Guided Caliphs.فإنه من يعش منكم فسيرى اختلافا كثيرا فعليكم بسنتي وسنة الخلفاء الراشدين.
Al-Mustadrak lil-Hakim 2:38
And he said: "I advise you to fear Allah and to listen and obey." This is general for the Ummah until the Hour comes, and it is not specific to a past era.
Because the Shari'ah of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) is general and comprehensive until the Hour comes. All the evidence from the Book and the Sunnah is general until the Hour comes. The one who restricts it to one time and not another is either ignorant or misguided. This describes the Shari'ah as deficient and as belonging to a past era. Imam Malik ibn Anas (may Allah have mercy on him), the Imam of the City of Migration, said: "The end of this Ummah will not be set right except by what set right its beginning." What sets right the end of this Ummah is what set right its beginning, which is the Book and the Sunnah. Yes.
Source عدم طاعة الحاكم بحجة أن الأمر بالسمع والطاعة كان لمن قبلنا من الحكام — alfawzan.live

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