The Book of Faith-06a

The reciter: Muhammad ibn Yahya ibn Abi 'Umar al-Makki, and Bashir ibn al-Hakam, narrated to us, saying: 'Abd al-'Aziz, and he is Ibn Muhammad al-Darawardi, narrated to us from Yazid ibn al-Had, from Muhammad ibn Ibrahim, from 'Amir ibn Sa'd, from al-'Abbas ibn 'Abd al-Muttalib, that he heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say: .

The Shaykh : In the chain of narration, it says: "'Abd al-'Aziz, and he is Ibn Muhammad al-Darawardi, narrated to us." Why did he not say: "'Abd al-'Aziz ibn Muhammad al-Darawardi narrated to us"? These are phrases in which hadith scholars display their skill. They use a phrase that may be more concise or more widely circulated than another, but they use a specific phrase for the sake of clarification or for the sake of displaying skill in the context of chains of narration. As for the hadith, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) says in it: This means that faith reaches his heart and he finds a taste for it that is not matched by any other taste, not the taste of sugar, nor honey, nor molasses, nor anything else. The stronger the faith, the more the person finds a taste for faith that is not matched by any of the tastes of this world, ever. And his saying: includes the lordship of the Shari'ah and the lordship of divine decree. The lordship of divine decree is to be pleased with the decree and destiny of Allah, whether it is for him or against him. The lordship of the Shari'ah is to be pleased with the legislation of Allah, whether it is a command or a prohibition. As for the first, people are all pleased with it, even if they are displeased, they find no escape from it, and it is the lordship of divine decree. As for the lordship of the Shari'ah, some people are pleased with it and some are not. And his saying: excludes all religions other than Islam, because anything other than Islam is not acceptable to Allah. "Messenger" means the one who is followed. Otherwise, we are pleased with all the messengers; we believe in them as messengers of Allah and that what they brought is the truth. But the Messenger who must be followed is Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him). As for the other prophets, we do not follow them except according to what is permitted to us in this Shari'ah.