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All praise is due to Allah. We praise Him, seek

 

His aid, and seek His forgiveness. We seek refuge

 

in Allah from the evil which is within our

 

selves, and from the evil in our actions. Whoever

 

Allah guides, none can send astray; whoever Allah

 

sends astray, none can guide.

 

I bear witness that there is no deity other than

 

Allah alone, and with no partner. And I bear

 

witness that Muhammad is His slave and His

 

messenger. Allah sent him with the guidance and

 

the way of truth, that He might raise it above

 

all other ways of life. Allah is sufficient as a

 

witness. May Allah send His prayers and his

 

greetings upon Muhammad and upon the people of

 

Muhammad.

 

 

Enjoining right and forbidding wrong is that with

 

which Allah sent the revealed books, and with it

 

He sent His messengers, and it is an integral

 

part of the way (i.e. the deen). The message of

 

Allah is composed of informative and directive

 

 

parts. As for the informative, it is Allah

 

informing us about Himself, such as tauhid

 

(theology), or His informing us about His

 

creation, such as the stories of previous peoples

 

and Prophets in which are contained for us

 

lessons, threats and promises. The directive part

 

consists of commands to do, commands not to do,

 

and things left to our choice and discretion.

 

Thus, it has been mentioned in the hadith that

 

the chapter of the Qur'an which starts out: [say:

 

He is Allah, the One...] is equal to one third of

 

the Qur'an, because of its including the third of

 

tauhid. The Qur'an consists of tauhid, commands,

 

and historical events.

 

ENJOINING RIGHT: OUR PROPHET AND THOSE BEFORE HIM

 

Allah said by way of description of Prophet

 

Muhammad (sas):

 

 

[He orders them with that which is good and

 

forbids them that which is bad. And he makes

 

allowed for them that which is clean and good,

 

and forbids them that which is unclean and

 

detestable.] Qur'an 7/157.

 

This illustrates the perfection of the message of

 

the Prophet Muhammad (sas). He is the one on

 

whose tongue Allah has enjoined all that is good,

 

forbidden all that is bad, allowed every clean

 

thing and prohibited every unclean or harmful

 

thing. For this reason, it is narrated that the

 

Prophet said:

 

"I have been sent to complete the qualities of

 

good character."

 

And he said in the agreed-upon hadith:

 

"My analogy in relation to the other prophets of

 

Allah is like the analogy of a man who built a

 

house. He completed and perfected everything

 

about the house all except for the location of a

 

single brick. The people used to pass by the

 

house and express pleasure at its beauty, but

 

they would say: "If only it weren't for that

 

missing brick." I am that brick, and I am the

 

seal of the Prophets."

 

Through Muhammad, Allah completed the way (deen)

 

which includes the enjoining of all good, the

 

forbidding of all evil, the allowing of

 

everything clean, and the prohibition of

 

everything unclean. As for the Prophets who came

 

before him, their messages sometimes contained

 

the prohibition of some clean and good things, as

 

Allah said:

 

[because of some crimes committed by the Jews, we

 

forbad to them some clean things which had been

 

allowed to them.] Qur'an 4/160

 

Also, their messages sometimes did not forbid all

 

unclean things as Allah said:

 

[All food was once allowed to the children of

 

Israel except that which they chose to forbid

 

themselves before the sending down of the

 

taurat.] Qur'an 3/93.

 

The forbidding of unclean things is included in

 

the meaning of forbidding wrong, just as the

 

allowing of all clean things is included in the

 

meaning of enjoining right. This is because the

 

prohibiting of clean and good things is part of

 

what Allah has forbidden. Thus, the enjoining of

 

all good and the forbidding of all bad did not

 

reach completion except in the Prophethood of

 

Muhammad (sas) by means of whom Allah completed

 

the qualities of good character, which includes

 

all that is good. Allah said:

 

 

[On this day I have perfected for you your way

(deen), and have completed my favor upon you, and

have accepted for you Islam as your way (deen)].

 

I AM praying to Allaah that you understood it.

 

my Allaah's bleesing be in each and every one of you...

[silent-sistah]

Amiiin....and may Allah reward u waalaalo