What is the ruling on swearing by the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)?

The questioner : The questioner asks: What is the ruling on swearing by the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), given that this matter has become widespread and people are lax about it?

The Shaykh : It has become widespread.

The questioner : This matter has become widespread, and many people are lax about it.

The Shaykh : Yes. Swearing by the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) is forbidden. This is based on the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): The lam in his statement "let him swear by Allah" indicates obligation, as the command points to obligation. In fact, whoever swears by the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) is one who associates partners with Allah, but it is a shirk that does not take one out of the religion, based on the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): "Whoever ". "Other than Allah" includes whom? It includes the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), and it includes Jibril, Mikail, and all created things. So it is not permissible for a person to swear by the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). One of the brothers advised, yes, one of your brothers advised a person. He said to him: "You said 'and the Prophet'." Swearing by other than the Prophet is forbidden, and swearing by the Prophet is forbidden and shirk. "Do you repent to Allah?" He said, "Yes, I repent to Allah." He said, "And the Prophet, I will not return to it." Why did he say that? Because he was accustomed to it, poor man. So I say it is obligatory for a person to correct the message and the person, and with practice the matter becomes easy for him. Therefore, we say to our brothers who do this frequently: Do not swear by other than Allah. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) does not deserve to be honored as Allah is honored; he is only the Messenger of Allah. So how can he be made equal to Allah?
The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) rejected the statement of the one who said, "What Allah willed and what you willed," addressing the Messenger by saying, "What Allah willed and what you willed." What did the Messenger say to him? He said: When a poet came to him and said, "My praise is beauty and my criticism is ugliness," he said, "That is Allah." The Messenger said, "That is Allah. As for people, their praise is not beauty for me, nor is it a higher station for me to be a slave of Allah, not to be equal to Allah, not to be similar to Allah in honor, nor in supplication. For this reason, he (peace and blessings be upon him) rejected the one who said: . So we say to the brothers who swear by the Messenger, or by the Ka'bah, or by the Prophet: Fear Allah. This is forbidden for you. And it is not part of honoring the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) to swear by him; rather, it is part of honoring him to hold fast to his guidance and his Sunnah (peace and blessings be upon him). Then we say to him: Instead of saying "and the Prophet" or "by the Prophet," say "even the Lord of the Prophet," which is good and there is no harm in it. But I fear that one day he will drop "my Lord" and return to the word "the Prophet." We say: Swear by Allah, as the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: And when you say it, do not say "and the Prophet," but say "by Allah." As we said to some people: Do not say "and the Prophet," but say "by Allah." They said, "Yes, by Allah." So the truth became clear to him and he repented. Yes.