AHLUL HADITH

The worst of the worst (major) sins are:

To associate partners with Allah.

To lose hope of the aid of Allah.

To despair of the mercy of Allah

To feel safe from the plans of Allah.

‎"A poor soul the son of Ādam is. If he feared the hellfire like he fears poverty he would enter into the paradise."

فالله الله يا إخواني، تمسكوا بأصل دينكم وأوله وآخره وأسه و رأسه شهادة أن لا إله إلا الله

"Allah, Allah! O' My Brothers, hold tightly to the foundation of your Deen, its first and last, its base and head; the testimony La Ilaha Illallah. [with its pillars, conditions, etc]

واعرفوا معناها وأحبوها وأحبوا أهلها واجعلوهم إخوانكم و لو كانوا بعيدين

and understand it's meaning, love it and love its people and make them your brothers even if they are far away

واكفروا بالطواغيت وعادوهم وأبغضوهم وأبغضوا من أحبهم أو جادل عنهم أو لم يكفرهم [...] فقد كفله الله تعالى بهم وافترض عليه الكفر بهم والبراءة منهم ولو كانوا إخوانهم وأولادهم

and disbelieve in the Ṭawāghīt, have hostility towards them and hate them, and hate whomsoever loves them or argues on behalf of them or doesn't consider them disbelievers [...] Allah the Most High has charged him [i.e, the believer] with them and made obligatory upon him to reject them and dissociate from them, even if they are their brothers or children.

فالله الله يا إخواني، تمسكوا بذلك لعلكم تلقون ربكم وأنتم لا تشركون به شيئا. اللهم توفنا مسلمين والحقنا بالصالحين

Allah Allah! O' My Brothers, hold tightly to that so that you may meet your Rabb while not associating anything with Him. O' Allah make us die as Muslims and join us with the Saliḥeen."

إنما علينا أن نتبع من كان قبلنا

"Indeed, what is upon us is to follow those who were before us."

[مسائل الكوسج]

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Ibn 'Abbās (رضي الله عنه) said,

لا تشتم السلف وادخل الحنة بسلام

"Do not insult the Salaf and enter Jannah with peace."

أتيت باب الفضيل بن عياض فسلمت عليه

"I went to the door of Al Fuḍayl bin 'Iyāḍ and gave salam upon him

فقلت: يا أبا على معي خمسة أحاديث إن رأيت بأن تأذن لي فأقرأ عليك

So I said, "Ya Abu 'Ali, I have with me five aḥādīth, If you would look at, with your permission, I will read them to you

فقال لي: اقرأ فإذا هو ستة

So he said to me, "Read" until I got to the sixth [ḥadīth]

فقال لي: أف قم يا بني تعلم الصدق ثم اكتب الحديث

So he said to me, "Uf! Stand O' my son, learn truthfulness [first], then write down ḥadīth."

• to regret the sin

• to abandon it

• and to be determined to never return back to it again.

"And the poet said,

"And do not walk upon the earth except with At Tawāḍu'an [humility, humbleness]

For how many people underneath it are higher [i.e., better] than you."

"For [Indeed],

the heedless heart is an abode of Shayṭān."

DEATH IS AN HONOUR FOR EVERY MUSLIM WHO DIES UPON THE AUTHENTIC SUNNAH’ BY IBNUL MUBAARAK.

Written by The Salafi Centre of Manchester on January 10, 2016. Posted in Brotherhood, Da'wah - Calling To Islam, Scholars of Islam, The Salaf - Pious Predecessors

Imaam Ibnul Mubaarak (rahimahullaah) said:

Know O my brother that indeed death is an honour for every Muslim who meets Allaah whilst being upon the Sunnah, and truly to Allaah we belong and truly to Him we shall return.

And to Allaah do we complain about our loneliness, the passing away of the brothers, the scarcity of helpers and the emergence of bidah. And to Allaah do we complain about the magnitude of what has occurred to this Ummah due to the passing away of the scholars and Ahlus Sunnah, and the emergence of bidah.

And I say as Ibraaheem At-Taymiy said: “O Allaah! Protect me through your religion and the Sunnah of your Prophet. (Protect me) from differing about truth; from following desires and the paths of misguidance and the Shubuhaat Al Umoor (i.e. those affairs that appear to be the truth but are falsehood in reality); from deviation and (blameworthy) argumentation.”

Picture below shows the greatest book of Tafsīr ever written, entitled Jāmi' al-Bayān 'an ta'wīl Āy Al Qur'an - known as Tafsīr at-Tabarī - تفسير الطبري

The author of the greatest Tafsīr of the Qur'an ever to be written, Imām at-Tabarī', was born in 224 Hijri, in the capital of Tabaristan, a region of Northern Irān.

ان الرؤى المسلمين بشائر

Indeed dreams for the Muslims are glad tidings

Whist Muhammad Ibn Jarīr was still a child, his father saw a dream about him.

The dream was that his son Muhammad Ibn Jarīr standing in front of the Prophet ﷺ, with a sack full of stones, and he was throwing the stones in front of the Prophet ﷺ.

The father looked for a knowledgeable person to give the correct interpretation of this dream. He was told the dream was glad tidings that his son when he would grow up would be someone who would advise the people about the Shari'a of Allāh and following of the path of the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ.

The father knew his son was very gifted as he memorized the entirety of the Qur'an whilst still a child, before anyone else around him. At the age of 9 he was already busy writing ahadīth of the Prophet ﷺ. This dream was a sign of Allāh that he should continue nurturing the extraordinary intelligence if his child and work hard to give him all the opportunities to learn about the Religion.

Throughout his life, the father kept on reminding his son about the glad tidings contained in the dream to motivate him to seek knowledge.

Today we hear less about true dreams because the Ummah is drowning in Jahl - ignorance. Hence the scholars spend all their time teaching sacred knowledge as knowledge is disappearing fast, and they try not to busy people with interpretation of true dreams as this would distract them from gaining much needed understanding of the Deen, in a time when ignorance and heedlessness dominate.

al-Allāmah As-Sa'dī in his Treatise of Tafsīr of Sūrah Yūsuf dedicated entire chapters to interpretation of dreams according to the Qur'an and Sunnah, and he clearly stated that this is a beach of 'ilm - knowledge ash-Shar'ī (of the Shari'a).

Islamic Terms

Qadr: This term is often translated as “Destiny” or “Pre-destination.” This is not entirely accurate. It means literally “to measure.” The religious idea behind it is that Allah measured everything in the universe. The length of your life is “measured,” as is your fortune and your life’s circumstances.

Qiblah: The direction of Prayer. All Muslims make their prayers, or salat, facing Mecca. Allah commanded us to do this in the Qur'an as a show of unity and to remember Prophet Ibrahim (Abraham) who built the first shrine there in that place so many thousands of years ago. Prophet Adam is said to have built an even older shrine many thousands of years before that in that very place.

Qur'an: This is the name of the Book Allah revealed to the Prophet Muhammad from the years 610-632. Allah revealed it in stages, one section at a time, as the Muslims were ready to follow it. It has 114 chapters called surahs. It was revealed in the Arabic language and has never been lost, changed or edited, like the Bible or Buddhist books have.

We have lots of translations of the Qur'an into English, but a translation can never be as good as the original words and their full meaning. All Muslims try to learn Arabic so they can read the Qur'an. Be advised, there are two different types of Arabic. The first is the language of the Qur'an, in other words, whatever vocabulary words are used in the Qur'an. The second type of Arabic is everyday Arabic, in other words, things that would help you talk about a sports game, a vacation or a day at the office. Many Muslims get bogged down by studying the second type of Arabic. You should work towards the first type if your main goal is to understand the Qur'an.


Pbuh: Peace Be Upon Him (said to invoke peace and blessings on the Prophet Mohammad)


Rab: Lord

Ramadan: The ninth month of the Islamic calendar. Muslims are required to fast from before sunrise to sunset every day of this month. There are many details concerning this so consult the section on beliefs and practices.

Rasul: This term means Messenger.

Ruh: Your spirit or soul. Allah gave it to you on loan and thus you had better not sin and dirty it up.


Sabr: Patience

Sadaqah: Charity.

Sahaba: A companion of the Prophet.

Sahabiyat: The female companions of the Prophet.

Sajda: (Sujood) Bowing on the floor in prayer; prostration.

Salafi: This is the name of a group of Muslims who took stance of Abdul Wahaab who was a reformer. Their name is derived from the Salaf, (ancestors) which is a reference to the Sahaba and the generation immediately after them. They tend not to follow a madhab.

Salat: (or Salah) This means prayer, the prayer in which you stand, bow and prostrate. The literal meaning of the word is: to make a connection with.


Seerah: The biography of the life of the Prophet Mohammad (pbuh)

Shahadah: The Declaration of Faith. By believing in and declaring the following phrase, a person becomes a Muslim: “Ash hadu an la ilaha illallah, wa ash hadu anna Muhammadar rasulullah.” “I declare that there is no god but Allah, and I declare that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah.” There are other ways to say this formula but this is the most common one. When a person accepts Islam, all his or her past sins are forgiven and his or her record is wiped clean and they start again from that moment as if they were just born.

Shaykh: Literally: Chief or Boss. It is the title that Muslims sometimes give to their scholars. It is not required in Islam but many people like to use this term.  Muslim clergy

Shari'ah: It is usually translated as Islamic Law. It means the path of Islam.

Shirk: This is the greatest and most terrible sin. It is the one sin that can keep your soul out of Paradise and doom you to Hellfire. It means making partners with Allah. If a person says that there are many gods, or says that Allah is divided up into different people (such as the Trinity teaching of Christianity) then they are committing Shirk. Allah said it is the one sin He won’t forgive if you die while doing it. The Blessed Prophet Muhammad once mentioned also that a person who likes to feel greatness in their heart was also committing a kind of Shirk. This is because all greatness is for Allah and we should always try to be humble. The Prophet also said, “La Yad khulu al Jannah min kana fee qal beehee mith qalu habbatin min kibr.” “They won’t enter Paradise, the one who has even a little bit of the love of greatness in their heart.”

Shaytan: (or Shaytan) It means Satan. (The literal meaning is to separate from.) Islam teaches that a Jinn named Iblis didn’t want to bow when Allah commanded a bunch of angels to bow down to Adam in respect of his knowledge. Iblis thought he was better than both humans and angels. Allah banished him to earth and let him have extended life until the Day of Judgment. That is because Iblis challenged Allah and said if he had time he would corrupt all human beings. Iblis’s name literally means “Frustrated.” He is also known as the Shaytan, or Satan.

Siyam (or Saum) Fasting.

Subhanullah: “Glory to Allah.” This phrase is said whenever we’re happy or when we see something wonderful or hear about something wonderful.We as Muslims should say it as often as we can because of its GREAT rewards.

Sufi: This is the name for a group of another sect of Muslims who want to be super-spiritually oriented. Sufis tend to try and be as close to the Sunnah as possible and they like to do group dhikr and chanting. While most Sufis are okay Islamically, there are a few groups that go way out and are close to being outside of Islam. Most Sufis you will encounter are of the okay kind. They are distinguished by their traditional Islamic dress and turbans. The word Sufi comes from the term for wool cloth, which was a material early Sufis liked to wear to emphasize how they didn’t want to be captured by the love of fineries in this world.

Sufis organize themselves into “orders” or groups, called Tariqas. These groups are headed by a leader called a Shaykh who is considered the most spiritual man with the most Taqwa among them. Some famous Sufi Tariqas that operate all over the world are the Naqshabandis and Qadiriyya. The most famous Sufi Muslim scholars that ever lived are Jalaluddin Rumi, Muhammad al Ghazali and Abdul Qadir Jilani.

Suhoof: “Scrolls.” This is the name of the revelation given to Prophet Ibrahim (Abraham) about 4,000 years ago. It was lost.

Sunnah: The example or “way” of the Prophet. How he lived his life and what his practices were.

Sunni: This is the name of the largest sect or group of Muslims. This group amounts to about 85-90% of all Muslims world-wide. Sunni’s believe in the mission of the Prophet as he taught it and try very hard to adhere to the Prophet’s example with no changes. This doesn’t mean that Sunni’s are somehow the only ‘true’ Muslims, however, because the Prophet never taught that we should even label ourselves Sunni’s or Shi'as.

Sunni Islam is just closer to real Islam because it is the way of the Prophet and his companions as well as the righteous predecessors. The best thing for a Muslim to do is to drop all the labels and just say, “I’m a Muslim.“But there are many Muslims in the world who get emotional about wanting to call themselves some kind of label besides the basic, "I’m a Muslim.” Have patience with them and do what is right. The term Sunni comes from the title, “Ahl as-Sunnah wal Jam'a” which means, “People of the Example (of the Prophet) and the Main Group (of First Muslims).”

Surah: It is a chapter of the Qur'an. The word literally means “a step up in progression” or a “fence.”

Tafseer: Commentary or explanation of the Qur'an. Many Qur'an translations will have footnotes on the bottom of the page to help you understand the meaning of an ayah. That would be called Tafseer.

Taqwa: This term means many things at once. The first meaning is that you are always aware that Allah is watching you. This brings you to the second meaning and that is that you will try to be good always. Do you see how the two things wrapped together can be so beautiful? When a Muslim has Taqwa, we say they are “Aware of Allah” “Conscious of Allah” and striving to be righteous.The main meaning is the fear of allah, because if we fear him then we will not go astray.Allah loves those most who fear him the most.

Tauhid: Sometimes it’s spelled Tawheed. It means the Oneness of Allah. Allah has no partners, He is not divided up into parts and He is not in need of anyone to help Him in anything whatsoever.

Taurah: The revelation given to Prophet Musa (Moses). The first five books of the old testament in the Bible are said to be the “Torah” of Moses, but no serious Bible scholar, whether Jewish or Christian believes that anymore. Musa’s message was lost long ago. Just take a look, everything about Prophet Moses in the Bible is written in third person: “And Moses said this,” and “Moses went there,” Someone else wrote those things, certainly not Moses!


Tawakkol: Reliance on God

Ukhtee: Means “My sister.”

Wahy: This word means revelation or inspiration. When Allah was revealing His messages to the Prophet, we would say the Prophet was receiving “Wahy.” The Blessed Prophet once said that after him, all Wahy from Allah was finished except for one thing: dreams that can come true.

Wuduu: Washing for prayer.

Yowm ul Qiyamah: The Day of Judgment. (Literally: Day of rising.)Because that is the day all creation from the begining till the end will rise on the plains of arafat and be judged on their life and actions.

Zabur: The revelation given to Prophet Dawud (David). The Psalms in the Bible are not the pure Zabur. Christian scholars admit that at least half of the verses in Psalms were written by temple priests, government workers, etc, in ancient Israel. And no one knows which half are from Prophet Dawud and how many have been lost or altered.

Picture below shows the greatest book of Tafsīr ever written, entitled Jāmi' al-Bayān 'an ta'wīl Āy Al Qur'an - known as Tafsīr at-Tabarī - تفسير الطبري

The author of the greatest Tafsīr of the Qur'an ever to be written, Imām at-Tabarī', was born in 224 Hijri, in the capital of Tabaristan, a region of Northern Irān.

ان الرؤى المسلمين بشائر

Indeed dreams for the Muslims are glad tidings

Whist Muhammad Ibn Jarīr was still a child, his father saw a dream about him.

The dream was that his son Muhammad Ibn Jarīr standing in front of the Prophet ﷺ, with a sack full of stones, and he was throwing the stones in front of the Prophet ﷺ.

The father looked for a knowledgeable person to give the correct interpretation of this dream. He was told the dream was glad tidings that his son when he would grow up would be someone who would advise the people about the Shari'a of Allāh and following of the path of the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ.

The father knew his son was very gifted as he memorized the entirety of the Qur'an whilst still a child, before anyone else around him. At the age of 9 he was already busy writing ahadīth of the Prophet ﷺ. This dream was a sign of Allāh that he should continue nurturing the extraordinary intelligence if his child and work hard to give him all the opportunities to learn about the Religion.

Throughout his life, the father kept on reminding his son about the glad tidings contained in the dream to motivate him to seek knowledge.

Today we hear less about true dreams because the Ummah is drowning in Jahl - ignorance. Hence the scholars spend all their time teaching sacred knowledge as knowledge is disappearing fast, and they try not to busy people with interpretation of true dreams as this would distract them from gaining much needed understanding of the Deen, in a time when ignorance and heedlessness dominate.

al-Allāmah As-Sa'dī in his Treatise of Tafsīr of Sūrah Yūsuf dedicated entire chapters to interpretation of dreams according to the Qur'an and Sunnah, and he clearly stated that this is a beach of 'ilm - knowledge ash-Shar'ī (of the Shari'a).

DEATH IS AN HONOUR FOR EVERY MUSLIM WHO DIES UPON THE AUTHENTIC SUNNAH’ BY IBNUL MUBAARAK.

Written by The Salafi Centre of Manchester on January 10, 2016. Posted in Brotherhood, Da'wah - Calling To Islam, Scholars of Islam, The Salaf - Pious Predecessors

Imaam Ibnul Mubaarak (rahimahullaah) said:

Know O my brother that indeed death is an honour for every Muslim who meets Allaah whilst being upon the Sunnah, and truly to Allaah we belong and truly to Him we shall return.

And to Allaah do we complain about our loneliness, the passing away of the brothers, the scarcity of helpers and the emergence of bidah. And to Allaah do we complain about the magnitude of what has occurred to this Ummah due to the passing away of the scholars and Ahlus Sunnah, and the emergence of bidah.

And I say as Ibraaheem At-Taymiy said: “O Allaah! Protect me through your religion and the Sunnah of your Prophet. (Protect me) from differing about truth; from following desires and the paths of misguidance and the Shubuhaat Al Umoor (i.e. those affairs that appear to be the truth but are falsehood in reality); from deviation and (blameworthy) argumentation.”

By Shaykhul Islaam Ibn Taymiyyah (rahimahullaah)

Allaah subhanahu wa ta'aala said (Translation of the Meaning),

“Those who were given the Scriptures did not differ except out of mutual jealousy and hatred (bagyan) after Knowledge had come to them.”

(Soorah Ale Imran, 3:19)

Informing that their differing arose after the coming of Knowledge that made clear to them what they should steer clear of — for indeed Allaah subhanahu wa ta'aala does not let a people become misguided after He guided them except after telling them what they should steer clear of. And informing that they differed only due to the reason of mutual jealousy and hatred.

Al-Bagy means to exceed the proper bounds as was indicated by Ibn ‘Umar (radiallaahu 'anhuma) (in his commentary to this word): 'arrogance and jealousy’ — this arising due to differing ijtihaads that were not based upon Knowledge. What is not meant by al-Bagy is the permissible difference that arises between the scholars, for al-Bagy is either the neglect or omission of the Truth, or exceeding the proper bounds. Exceeding the proper bounds either by leaving an obligatory action or by performing a forbidden action — and it is known that splitting and disunity is the outcome of this.

An example of this lies in what He subhanahu wa ta'aala said about the People of the Book (Translation of the Meaning),

“And from those who call themselves Christians, We took their covenant but they abandoned (or forgot) a portion of the Message that was sent to them. So we planted enmity and hatred till the Day of Resurrection.”

(Soorah al Ma'idah, 5:14)

So He informed us that in their forgetting/abandoning a portion of the Message — meaning leaving a portion of that which they were commanded with — lay the reason for their enmity and hatred.

This is what is occurring amongst the adherents of our Religion and it can be found amongst the various parties that differ with regards to their principles and many subsidiary matters — found amongst the scholars and the worshippers — to the point that one finds a resemblance to the two nations about whom one says concerning the other:

'They are upon nothing.’

This is like what we find amongst the legal jurists who stick to the outward actions of the Religion, and those who take to the path of tasawwuf who stick to the inward actions of the Religion, for each one of these negates the path of the other and claims that they are not from the People of the Religion, or they oppose the other in a way of opposing of those who do not consider the other to be part of the Religion. There occurs between them enmity and hatred.

This is because Allaah subhanahu wa ta'aala has ordered that the heart be purified just as He has ordered that the body be purified. Both these aspects of purification are from the Religion that Allaah subhanahu wa ta'aala has commanded and made obligatory. Allaah subhanahu wa ta'aala has said (Translation of the Meaning),

“Allaah does not want to place you in difficulty, but He wants to purify you and to complete His Favour on you that you may be thankful.”

(Soorah al Ma'idah, 5:6 - the verse pertaining to wudu)

“In it (the masjid) are men who love to purify themselves and Allah loves those who purify themselves.”

(Soorah at-Tawbah, 9:108)

“Indeed Allaah Loves those who turn to Him in repentance and He loves those who purify themselves.”

(Soorah al Baqarah, 2:222)

“Take charity from their wealth in order to purify and sanctify them.”

(Soorah at-Tawbah, 9:103)

“They are the ones whose hearts Allaah does not wish to purify.”

(Soorah al Ma'idah, 5:41)

“Indeed the polytheists are impure and filthy.”

(Soorah at-Tawbah, 9:28)

So we find that the concern of many of the legal jurists and the worshipper is only the purification of the body, and he goes beyond the requirement of the Sharee'ah with respect to his concern and action. He leaves what he has been commanded and recommended with respect to the purification of the heart, and we find that he does not understand purification except in this bodily aspect. And we find that the concern of many of the sufis is the purification of the heart only, to the extent that he will go beyond the requirement of the Sharee'ah with respect to his concern and action while leaving what he has been commanded and recommended with respect to the purification of the body.

So the first group go to the extreme of wasting water and considering to be impure that which is not impure, and staying away from that which has not been legislated to stay away from, this despite their hearts containing different shades of jealousy, arrogance and hatred towards their Brothers. In this there is a clear resemblance to the Jews.

The other group goes to the extreme of negligence, they go to great extents to safeguard the heart to the point that they consider ignorance of that which is obligatory to know - such as the evil from which it is obligatory to steer clear of - from those things that safeguard the heart (from actually desiring that evil). In this they do not differentiate between safeguarding the heart from desiring evil, and safeguarding the heart through its knowing the evil and its knowing that with which it has been commanded. Then alongside this negligence and ignorance they do not preserve themselves from the impure things and hence establish the obligatory purification. In this there is a clear resemblance to the way of the Christians. So enmity has occurred between these two groups due to their leaving a portion of what they have been commanded with, and due to their bagy - which is to exceed the correct bounds, either by ignoring or omitting the Truth, or by enmity and oppression. Bagy sometimes occurs amongst some people, or sometimes with regards to the rights of Allaah subhanahu wa ta'aala - both of these are implied. This is why He subhanahu wa ta'aala said, “out of mutual jealousy and hatred,” for each group was displaying bagy to the other by not acknowledging the others right and not refraining from showing enmity to the other. Allaah subhanahu wa ta'aala said (Translation of the Meaning),

“Nor were the People of the Book divided until the clear proof came to them.”

(Soorah al Bayyinah 98:4)

“Mankind was one nation and Allaah sent Messengers as bringers of glad-tidings and warners. And He revealed with them the Book in Truth so that they may judge amongst mankind in that which they differed. And only those to whom it was given differed concerning it after clear proofs came to them through hatred, one to another.”

(Soorah al Baqarah, 2:213)

“Indeed those who divide their Religion into sects, you have no concern in them in the least.”

(Soorah al An'aam, 6:159)

“(Always) turning in repentance to Him, and be afraid and dutiful to Him: and establish the prayers and do not be of the polytheists - of those who split up their Religion and became sects, each sect rejoicing in that which is with it.”

(Soorah Ar Room, 30:31-32)

This is because each party of the polytheists used to worship whatsoever god their desires dictated as Allaah subhanahu wa ta'aala said (Translation of the Meaning), “…what you call the polytheists too is hard upon them.”

“O Messengers! Eat of the goodly things and do righteous deeds. Indeed I am Well-Acquainted with what you do. And Verily! This, your Religion, is one Religion and I am your Lord, so keep your duty to Me. But they have broken their Religion into sects, each group rejoicing in what it has.”

(Soorah al Mu'minoon, 23:51-52)

So it becomes clear that the way of unity is by means of gathering all of the Religion, and acting upon it in its entirety - that is worshipping Allaah subhanahu wa ta'aala Alone without any partners in the way that He ordered, inwardly and outwardly. The way to disunity is by leaving a portion of that which the servant has been commanded with, and by al-bagy.

The result of unity is: the Mercy and Pleasure of Allaah subhanahu wa ta'aala, His sending salaah upon the servants, and happiness in this world and in the hereafter, and white faces (on the Day of Judgement) The result of disunity is: the Punishment of Allaah subhanahu wa ta'aala, His Curse, and black faces, and the Messenger (salallaahu 'alayhee wa sallam) declaring himself free of them. This is one of the proofs that consensus is a definitive proof, for when the Muslims unite then they are all obeying Allaah subhanahu wa ta'aala in this and have Mercy showered on them. And there cannot be obedience to Allaah subhanahu wa ta'aala and His Mercy by way of an action that He has not commanded, in either Belief, saying or action. For if there were to be a saying or action upon which they agreed that had not been commanded by Allaah subhanahu wa ta'aala, then this would not be obedience to Allaah subhanahu wa ta'aala and neither would it be a means of His Mercy.