Allaah s Command Ordering Obedience to His Apostle
Imaam ash-Shafi ee rahimahullaah
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------[Shafi ee said]: Allaah, glorious be His praise, said:
Verily, those who swear allegiance to...
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Allaah s Command Ordering Obedience to His Apostle
Imaam ash-Shafi ee rahimahullaah
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------[Shafi ee said]: Allaah, glorious be His praise, said:
Verily, those who swear allegiance to thee swear allegiance really to Allaah; the
hand of Allaah is above their hands.
So whoever breaks his oath, breaks it only
to his own hurt, and to him who fulfills what he has pledged to Allaah, He will
grant a great reward [Q.
XLVIII, 10].
And He said:
Whoever obeys the Apostle has obeyed Allaah [Q.
IV, 82].
So Allaah instructed
[men] that their homage to the Apostle is homage to Him, and their obedience [to
him] is obedience to Him.
And He said:
But no! by thy Lord, they will not become believers until they make thee judge in
their disputes and do not afterwards find difficulty in Thy decisions, but
surrender in full submission [Q.
IV, 68].
This verse, we have been told, was revealed in connection with a land dispute
betwee
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