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From these verses it is made known to the individual that there is an obligation to believe in Prophet Muhammad . Without it, belief is incomplete because one's belief is only valid with the belief in the Oneness of Allah and the acceptance and belief in Prophet Muhammad . Allah warns, "Whosoever disbelieves in Allah and His Messenger; We have prepared a Blazing Fire for the unbelievers" (48:13).
Abu Hurayrah heard the Messenger of Allah say, ”I have been ordered to fight (the idolatry of) people until they bear witness that there is no god except Allah, and believe in me, and what I have brought. When they do this, their blood and property are protected from me, except when an Islamic right is violated. Their reckoning is with Allah."
The meaning of belief in the Prophet is that one bears witness to his prophethood, the Message Allah entrusted to him, being supportive of all that he brought and said. What is in one's heart is then born witness by the tongue that, he is indeed the Messenger of Allah .
This meaning of belief is ratified by the hadith in which the Archangel Gabriel came to the Prophet and said, "Tell me about Islam." The Prophet replied, "It is that you bear witness that there is no god except Allah and that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah …." Then Gabriel asked the Prophet about the meaning of belief to which he replied, "It is that you believe in Allah, His Angels, His Books and His Messenger..."
Belief in the Prophet implies the acceptance of the heart whereas Islam only demands its verbalization. However, if the testimony is simply upon the tongue without the confirmation of the heart that, is tantamount to hypocrisy. Allah speaks of the hypocrites saying, "When the hypocrites come to you they say, 'We bear witness that you are the Messenger of Allah.' Allah knows that you (Prophet Muhammad) are indeed His Messenger, and Allah bears witness that the hypocrites are truly liars!" (63:1). Such people lie with their tongues concealing what is really in their hearts and such testimony has no benefit in the Everlasting Life because their witnessing is incomplete and they will join the unbelievers. As for their punishment it will be in the deepest part of the Fire, below that of the unbelievers. However, in this life because they uttered the verbal testimony such people are determined by Muslim judges to be Muslims, because judges do not have access to see the reality of what is in the heart.
Judges have been forbidden to investigate the reality of a person's witnessing because the Prophet censured the actions of a certain person by asking him, "Did you split open his heart?" Verbal testimony is part of Islam and confirmation with the heart is part of belief.
The Obligation to Obey the Prophet
There is an obligation upon all Muslims that requires obedience to the Prophet
Abu Hurayrah heard the Messenger of Allah say, ”I have been ordered to fight (the idolatry of) people until they bear witness that there is no god except Allah, and believe in me, and what I have brought. When they do this, their blood and property are protected from me, except when an Islamic right is violated. Their reckoning is with Allah."
The meaning of belief in the Prophet is that one bears witness to his prophethood, the Message Allah entrusted to him, being supportive of all that he brought and said. What is in one's heart is then born witness by the tongue that, he is indeed the Messenger of Allah .
This meaning of belief is ratified by the hadith in which the Archangel Gabriel came to the Prophet and said, "Tell me about Islam." The Prophet replied, "It is that you bear witness that there is no god except Allah and that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah …." Then Gabriel asked the Prophet about the meaning of belief to which he replied, "It is that you believe in Allah, His Angels, His Books and His Messenger..."
Belief in the Prophet implies the acceptance of the heart whereas Islam only demands its verbalization. However, if the testimony is simply upon the tongue without the confirmation of the heart that, is tantamount to hypocrisy. Allah speaks of the hypocrites saying, "When the hypocrites come to you they say, 'We bear witness that you are the Messenger of Allah.' Allah knows that you (Prophet Muhammad) are indeed His Messenger, and Allah bears witness that the hypocrites are truly liars!" (63:1). Such people lie with their tongues concealing what is really in their hearts and such testimony has no benefit in the Everlasting Life because their witnessing is incomplete and they will join the unbelievers. As for their punishment it will be in the deepest part of the Fire, below that of the unbelievers. However, in this life because they uttered the verbal testimony such people are determined by Muslim judges to be Muslims, because judges do not have access to see the reality of what is in the heart.
Judges have been forbidden to investigate the reality of a person's witnessing because the Prophet censured the actions of a certain person by asking him, "Did you split open his heart?" Verbal testimony is part of Islam and confirmation with the heart is part of belief.
The Obligation to Obey the Prophet
There is an obligation upon all Muslims that requires obedience to the Prophet