On explaining the reason for mentioning the act of obedience twice in the phrase "And obey Allah and obey the Messenger" and not mentioning it a third time in the phrase
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The Shaykh : Among the rhetorical points mentioned by the distinguished Imam Ibn al-Qayyim al-Jawziyyah (may Allah have mercy on him) in this verse is that he drew attention to the fact that Allah (Mighty and Majestic) repeated the command, repeating the act of obedience twice: the first time regarding obedience to Allah, and the second time regarding obedience to the Messenger of Allah. However, He did not repeat the command of obedience regarding those in authority. So He said (Exalted is He): [An-Nisa 4:59] Likewise, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) must be obeyed, whether what he is obeyed in (peace and blessings be upon him) is mentioned in the Qur'an or not. This is unlike obedience to those in authority, for it is not befitting to obey them except in what they obey Allah and His Messenger in." But this is not said regarding obedience to the Messenger. A Muslim does not say, "We do not obey the Messenger unless he is obedient to Allah," meaning following only the Book of Allah. Because the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) clarified that he is revealed a revelation other than the revelation of the revealed Qur'an. So he said (peace and blessings be upon him) in the authentic hadith: , "I have left among you two matters: the first is the Noble Qur'an and the second is the Sunnah of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)." Mishkat al-Masabih 186Hasan (Zubair `Aliza'i), and also this phrase: is like the previous phrase in the hadith of Anas: Sahih Muslim 1401. The intended meaning of the Sunnah here is also the method and path that the Messenger (peace be upon him) followed in explaining the Qur'an. He also affirmed this meaning, which is that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) is obeyed independently, even if what he commands is not explicitly stated in the Noble Qur'an. He said (peace and blessings be upon him): , and in another hadith: . This hadith and the one before it clarify for us that beautiful, precise meaning to which Ibn al-Qayyim (may Allah have mercy on him) drew attention when he said: "Allah (Mighty and Majestic) only repeated the conjunction of obedience to His obedience, so He said: [An-Nisa 4:59], meaning obey the Messenger, whether what He commands you is mentioned in the Qur'an or not mentioned in the Qur'an. The texts in this regard are numerous and very many."
obey Allah and obey the Messenger and those in authority among you
أَطِيعُوا اللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُوا الرَّسُولَ وَأُولِي الْأَمْرِ مِنْكُمْI have left among you two matters: you will not go astray as long as you hold fast to them; the Book of Allah and my Sunnah. They will not separate until they come to me at the Pond.
تركت فيكم أمرين لن تضلُّوا ما إن تمسَّكتم بهما ؛ كتاب الله وسنتي ، ولن يتفرَّقا حتى يَرِدَا عليَّ الحوضAs long as you hold fast to two things which I have left among you, you will not go astray: God’s Book and His messenger’s sunna
تركت فيكم أمرين لن تضلُّوا ما إن تمسَّكتم بهما ؛ كتاب الله وسنتيMy Sunnah
سنَّتيAnd he who turns away from my Sunnah, he has no relation with Me
فَمَن رَغِبَ عن سنَّتي فليس منيI will not find one of you leaning on his couch saying: "This is the Book of Allah; so what we find therein as lawful, we make lawful, and what we find therein as forbidden, we make forbidden." Verily, I have been given the Qur'an and something like it with it.
لا ألفيَنَّ أحدكم متَّكئًا على أريكته يقول : هذا كتاب الله ؛ فما وجدنا فيه حلالًا حلَّلناه ، وما وجدنا فيه حرامًا حرَّمناه ، ألا إني أُوتِيتُ القرآن ومثله معهVerily, the Messenger of Allah has only forbidden what Allah has forbidden.
ألا إنما حرَّم رسول الله مثل ما حرَّم اللهobey Allah and obey the Messenger
أَطِيعُوا اللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُوا الرَّسُولَ
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