On Friday, some of the people among us stand up to recite tasbih and say, "The prayer and a thousand peace upon you, O our master, Messenger of Allah."
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The questioner : On Friday, some of the people among us stand up to recite tasbih and say, "The prayer and a thousand peace upon you, O my master, O Messenger of Allah." They cite as evidence for this the saying of Allah the Exalted: [Al-Ahzab 33:56] to the end of the verse. How do we respond to such people?
The Shaykh : We say to these people that the verse you mentioned:[Al-Ahzab 33:56] the verse you mentioned is evidence against you, not for you. This is because Allah, Mighty and Majestic, commanded the sending of blessings and peace upon His Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) at all times, and He did not restrict it to Friday. Yet you have made this specific to Friday only. Furthermore, Allah, Mighty and Majestic, did not command us to send blessings and peace upon him in a group, yet you have made the sending of blessings and peace upon him a group activity. Thus, you have contradicted the verse by specifying it with a particular day and a particular manner. It is obligatory for us to generalize what Allah has generalized, to restrict what Allah has restricted, and not to exceed what the texts of the Book and the Sunnah have brought. My advice to these brothers is to adhere to what the Shari'ah has brought regarding acts of worship in terms of quantity, manner, type, time, and place. This is because one of the conditions of worship, or one of the conditions for the validity and acceptance of worship, is that it contains two things: the first is sincerity to Allah, Mighty and Majestic, and the second is following the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him).
The evidence for the first command is the saying of Allah the Exalted:[Ghafir 40:14] and His saying: [Al-Bayyinah 98:5] and the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): Sahih al-Bukhari 1.
And the evidence for the second is his saying (peace and blessings be upon him):Sahih Muslim 1718a or Sahih Muslim 1718b. Following the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) is not realized unless the act of worship conforms to the Shari'ah in six matters: its cause, its type, its amount, its manner, its time, and its place. If it contradicts the Shari'ah in any one of these six matters, the following is not realized in it, and it is invalid. Yes.
The questioner : May Allah bless you. The listener also asks in his message this question, saying:
Indeed, Allah confers blessing upon the Prophet, and His angels [ask Him to do so]. O you who have believed, ask [Allah to confer] blessing upon him and ask [Allah to grant him] peace.
إِنَّ اللَّهَ وَمَلائِكَتَهُ يُصَلُّونَ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ ءامَنُوا صَلُّوا عَلَيْهِ وَسَلِّمُوا تَسْلِيمًاThe Shaykh : We say to these people that the verse you mentioned:
Indeed, Allah confers blessing upon the Prophet, and His angels [ask Him to do so]. O you who have believed, ask [Allah to confer] blessing upon him and ask [Allah to grant him] peace.
إِنَّ اللَّهَ وَمَلائِكَتَهُ يُصَلُّونَ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ ءامَنُوا صَلُّوا عَلَيْهِ وَسَلِّمُوا تَسْلِيمًاThe evidence for the first command is the saying of Allah the Exalted:
So invoke Allah, [being] sincere to Him in religion
فَادْعُوا اللَّهَ مُخْلِصِينَ لَهُ الدِّينَAnd they were not commanded except to worship Allah, [being] sincere to Him in religion, inclining to truth
وَمَا أُمِرُوا إِلَّا لِيَعْبُدُوا اللَّهَ مُخْلِصِينَ لَهُ الدِّينَ حُنَفَاءَThe reward of deeds depends upon the intentions and every person will get the reward according to what he has intended.
إنما الأعمال بالنيات، وإنما لكل امرئ ما نوىAnd the evidence for the second is his saying (peace and blessings be upon him):
'A'isha reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying: He who innovates things in our affairs for which there is no valid (reason) (commits sin) and these are to be rejected.
من أحدث في أمرنا هذا ما ليس منه فهو ردHe who did any act for which there is no sanction from our behalf, that is to be rejected.
من عمل عملاً ليس عليه أمرنا فهو ردThe questioner : May Allah bless you. The listener also asks in his message this question, saying: