The ruling on making praise of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) a trade

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Question:
This questioner, Abbas, is a Sudanese resident in Jeddah. He says: What is your opinion, and the opinion of the Shari'ah in your view, Honorable Shaykh, regarding those who have made the praise of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) a trade?

Answer:
The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) has been praised by Allah in His Noble Book, and He has spoken well of him. And…

And indeed, you are of a great moral character.

وَإِنَّكَ لَعَلَىٰ خُلُقٍ عَظِيمٍ

[Al-Qalam 68:4]

There has certainly come to you a Messenger from among yourselves. Grievous to him is what you suffer; [he is] concerned over you

لَقَدْ جَاءَكُمْ رَسُولٌ مِّنْ أَنفُسِكُمْ عَزِيزٌ عَلَيْهِ مَا عَنِتُّمْ حَرِيصٌ عَلَيْكُم

[At-Tawbah 9:128]

to the believers is kind and merciful.

بِالْمُؤْمِنِينَ رَءُوفٌ رَّحِيمٌ

[At-Tawbah 9:128]

. Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, praised him and elevated his status. And… and elevated his mention. You praise him with what Allah has praised him with, as for exaggeration, such as deifying him and raising him above his station.
This is prohibited. I… (peace and blessings be upon him)

Do not praise me.

لا تطروني.

As the Christians praised the Messiah.

كما أطرت النصارى بالمريض

I am only a servant; I say: a servant of Allah and His Messenger.

إنما أنا عبد أقول عبد الله ورسوله

, so we do not raise him above his station, for he is a servant of Allah.

Source نور على الدرب - الفوزان - 03/135 — archive.org (9:39)

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