The Reality of Holding Firm
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Question:
May Allah reward you. Muhammad from Jeddah asks: What is the reality of holding firm, based on the saying of Allah the Mighty and Majestic:[Ali 'Imran 3:103]
Answer:
The reality of holding firm is clinging to the Book of Allah and the Sunnah of His Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him). This is the rope of Allah; the rope of Allah is His Book and the Sunnah of His Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him). Allah has commanded us to hold firm to the rope of Allah and to be united, forbidding us from dividing. Rather, we are to hold firm together to this, as in the hadith:Sunan al-Bayhaqi 15:888 This is holding firm to the rope of Allah (Exalted and Majestic is He), and we are to be all upon this rope, not clinging to opinions, schools of thought, ideas, or anything else. Yes.
May Allah reward you. Muhammad from Jeddah asks: What is the reality of holding firm, based on the saying of Allah the Mighty and Majestic:
And hold firmly to the rope of Allah all together and do not become divided
وَاعْتَصِمُوا بِحَبْلِ اللَّهِ جَمِيعًا وَلَا تَفَرَّقُواAnswer:
The reality of holding firm is clinging to the Book of Allah and the Sunnah of His Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him). This is the rope of Allah; the rope of Allah is His Book and the Sunnah of His Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him). Allah has commanded us to hold firm to the rope of Allah and to be united, forbidding us from dividing. Rather, we are to hold firm together to this, as in the hadith:
Indeed, Allah is pleased with you for three things: that you worship Him and associate nothing with Him, that you hold firm to the rope of Allah all together and not divide, and that you give sincere advice to the one whom Allah has placed in authority over you.
إن الله يرضى لكم ثلاثا أن تعبدوه ولا تشركوا به شيئا وأن تعتصموا بحبل الله جميعا ولا تفرقوا وأن تناصحوا من ولاه الله أمركم
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، حقيقة الاعتصام - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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