Bano Zulaikha: To Follow The Straight Path .....

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From: "Rubina Yasmeen" <rubina_yas@yahoo.com>
Date: Sep 12, 2013 3:06 PM
Subject: [Yaadein_Meri] ..... To Follow The Straight Path .....
To: "Rubina_Yas@yahoo.com" <Rubina_Yas@yahoo.com>

In The Name Of ALLAH Most Gracious And Most Mercifull.
The Prophet (PBUH) Said

" Pass On Knowledge From Me Even if it is Only One Verse "

Bismillah Walhamdulillah Was Salaatu Was Salaam 'Ala Rasulillah
Assalaam Alaikum Wa Rahmatullahi Wa Barakatuhu

To Follow The Straight Path

{He, Who Obeys The Messenger (Muhammad), has indeed obeyed Allah}

For Those Who claim

the Quran is sufficient,

Allah warns that the Muslims are to take their Prophet as a Judge in all disputes.

Of course, after his death,

the scholars refer to preserved traditions to understand his rulings on various issues,

or may use some rulings to arrive at new, similar rulings.

{But no, by your God, they can have no Faith, until they make you

(O Muhammad) judge in all disputes between them,

and find in themselves no resistance against your decisions,

and accept (them) with full submission}

(An-Nisa 4:65)

Allah further orders:

{(And) if you differ in anything amongst yourselves,

refer it to Allah and His Messenger}

(An-Nisa 4:59)

Disobeying Allah's messenger becomes such a grave sin as disobeying Allah.

{He, who obeys the Messenger (Muhammad),

has indeed obeyed Allah}

(An-Nisa 4:80)

{And verily, you (O Muhammad) are indeed guiding (mankind) to the Straight Path

(i.e., Allah's Deen of Islamic Monotheism)}

(Ash-Shura 42:52)

How much more warning does mankind need, if he believes in the Creator ?

He makes matters quite clear and His warnings are just and clear.

{And let those who oppose the Messenger's

(Muhammad (peace be upon him)) commandment

(i.e., his Sunnah -- legal ways, orders, acts of worship, statements) (among the sects), beware, lest some Fitnah (disbelief, trials, afflictions, earthquakes, killing, overpowered by a tyrant) should befall them or a painful torment be inflicted on them.}

(An-Nur 24:63)

How would one know the authentic narrations of the Prophet ?

The science of hadith collection, narration, narrators and deciphering strong

from the weak is a science that has been studied and practiced

for centuries by the Sunni and Shi'a scholars.

The Sunni scholars would accept an unbroken chain of narration that ends with the Prophet

through the companions who saw him.

The Shi'a scholars accept similar rules,

but through the direct family of the Prophet who were with him and through his progeny.

All are valid as long as the chain is unbroken and the original narrator

or anyone in the chain is not reported as being a liar, weak minded or hypocrite.

There are many other conditions, which this article will not suffice to explain.