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We Hear and we Obey
the honest muslim receives the order of allah (the almighty)
and hastens to manifest his love to islam into action and
listens to and obeys the sunnah of the prophet (pbuh). he
does not give attention to the lost and misleading ways of the
masses of human beings who do not realize their awaiting
destiny. allah (the almighty) negated the existence of belief in those
who turn away from him and from his messenger (pbuh)
saying:
} ويَقُولُونَ آمَنَّا بِاللَّهِ وَبِالرَّسُولِ وَأَطَعْنَا ثُمَّ يَتَوَلَّى
فَرِيقٌ مِنْهُمْ مِنْ بَعْدِ ذَلِكَ وَمَا أُولَئِكَ بِالْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَإِذَا
دُعُوا إِلَى اللَّهِ وَرَسُولِهِ لِيَحْكُمَ بَيْنَهُمْ إِذَا فَرِيقٌ مِنْهُمْ
مُعْرِضُونَ { [النور،47- 48]
"they (hypocrites) say: "we have
believed in allah and in the messenger
(muhammad-pbuh), and we obey",
then a party of them turn away
thereafter, such are not believers. and
when they are called to allah (i.e. his
words-the qur'an) and his messenger
to judge between them, lo! a party of
them refuse to come and turn away."
(qur'an 24: 47-48 )
on the other hand:
} إِنَّمَا كَانَ قَوْلَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ إِذَا دُعُوا إِلَى اللَّهِ وَرَسُولِهِ
لِيَحْكُمَ بَيْنَهُمْ أَنْ يَقُولُوا سَمِعْنَا وَأَطَعْنَا { [النور،51]
"the saying of the faithful believers
when they are called to allah (his
words-the qur'an) and his messenger
(pbuh) to judge between them is only
that they say: 'we hear and we obey.'
and such are the successful (who will
live for ever in aj-jannah)." (qur'an 24: 51-52)
safyeeyah, the daughter of shayebah, said:
عن صفية بنت شيبة قالت:
بينما نَحْنُ عِندَ عائِشة رضي الله عنها قالت: فّذكَرتْ نِساءَ قُريش وفَضلِهِنَّ،
فقالت عائشة رضي الله عنها: "إنَّ لِنساءِ قُريش لَفضلاً، وإنَّي والله ما رأيتُ
أفضل من نساء الأنصار أشدَّ تصديقاً لِكتابِ اللهِ، ولا إيماناً بالتنزيل، لقد أنزِلَت
سورة النور:} ولِيَضْرِبنَ بِخُمرِهِنَّ... { الآية، فانقلب رجالُهُنَّ إليهِنَّ يتلونَ عليهِنَّ
ما أُنزل الله إليهِم فيها، ويتلو الرجل على إمرأته، وابنته، واخته، وعلى كل ذي
قرابته، فما منهُنَّ إمرأة إلاَّ قامت إلى مِرْطِها المُرَحَّلِ فاعتَجَرَت به- تصديقا وإيماناً بما
أنزل الله من كتابه، فأصبَحْنَ وراء رسول الله- صلى الله عليه وسلم- معتجرات
كأنَّ على رُؤوسِهِنَّ الغُربان."
"while we were at a'isha's (may allah be pleased with her) we mentioned the women of
quraish and their good favors, then a'isha said: "indeed the
women of quraish have a good favor and by allah i have not
seen better than the women of al-ansar in their strength of
acceptance of the book of allah and in the belief in the
revelation: at the time when surat an-nur was sent down
(and in it allah says): الآية { ولِيَضْرِبنَ بِخُمرِهِنَّ على جُيوبِهِنَّ }
"let them (believing women) draw their veils over juyubihinna."
soon their husbands turned to them reciting what allah had
sent down to them (i.e. the above ayah), the man recites to his
wife, his daughter, his sister and to every female relative. all women took up their engraved (wrapper) and covered their heads and face in
acceptance and belief in what allah had sent down from his
book. the next morning they were behind the prophet
(pbuh), covered as if black crows were on top of their heads.(1)
therefore, there is no choice but to submit the order of allah
and no hesitation should exist in following the ruling of allah.
so come for repentance, o my muslim sister, and watch for
words like "i will repent, i will pray, i will cover with hijab",
because delaying the repentance is a sin that you must repent
from! say as allah (the almighty) said on the tongue of mussa (may
allah's peace be upon him) :
الآية [طه، 84] { وعَجِلتُ إليكَ ربَّ لِتَرضى }
"i hastened to you, o my lord,
to please you"
(qur'an 20:84)
and say as the believing men and women said:
الآية [البقرة،258] { سَمِعنا وأطَعنا غُفرانك ربَّنا وإليكَ المَصير }
"we hear and we obey. (we seek) your
forgiveness, our lord, and to you is the
return" (qur'an 2: 285)
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(1) reported in the tafseer of al-qur'an al-ath'eem by ibin katheer
(arabic)5:90
