Comments on: Sole Authoritative Source http://mjaga.muslimblogz.com/2010/01/14/sole-authoritative-source/ The blog is about the Qur'aan, Allah's Book of Guidance for mankind. Thu, 29 Jul 2010 15:40:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Muneer Ahmad http://mjaga.muslimblogz.com/2010/01/14/sole-authoritative-source/#comment-9569 Muneer Ahmad Tue, 19 Jan 2010 00:06:33 +0000 http://mjaga.muslimblogz.com/2010/01/14/sole-authoritative-source/#comment-9569 The true Muslims - those that adamantly cling to the Sunnah - will have the reward of fifty Companions. When the Prophet (peace be upon him) was asked about the verse, "O you who believe! Take care of your own selves. If you follow right guidance, no harm can come to you from those who err" (al-Maidah 105), he said, "Nay indeed, order good and forbid evil until you see stinginess being obeyed, and desires being followed, and this world preferred [over the next], and each person being deluded by his own opinions. Then take care of yourself and leave the common people. For indeed, after you there will be days of patience, where patience will be like holding on to glowing embers. Whoever is able to do this will have the reward of fifty people that do like him." They asked, "O Messenger of Allah, the reward of fifty of them?" He replied, "The reward of fifty of you" [Recorded by al-Tirmidhi and Abu Dawud with a weak chain but it has supporting evidence. Al-Albani calls it sahih. See al-Sahiha, #957]. This reward is due to his strangeness among the people. <strong>Mohammad Shafi responds: True Muslims are those that adamantly cling to the Qur'aan - those that do not consider <em>ahaadeeth</em> to be as sacrosanct as the Qur'aanic Verses.</strong> The true Muslims - those that adamantly cling to the Sunnah - will have the reward of fifty Companions. When the Prophet (peace be upon him) was asked about the verse, “O you who believe! Take care of your own selves. If you follow right guidance, no harm can come to you from those who err” (al-Maidah 105), he said, “Nay indeed, order good and forbid evil until you see stinginess being obeyed, and desires being followed, and this world preferred [over the next], and each person being deluded by his own opinions. Then take care of yourself and leave the common people. For indeed, after you there will be days of patience, where patience will be like holding on to glowing embers. Whoever is able to do this will have the reward of fifty people that do like him.” They asked, “O Messenger of Allah, the reward of fifty of them?” He replied, “The reward of fifty of you” [Recorded by al-Tirmidhi and Abu Dawud with a weak chain but it has supporting evidence. Al-Albani calls it sahih. See al-Sahiha, #957]. This reward is due to his strangeness among the people.

Mohammad Shafi responds:
True Muslims are those that adamantly cling to the Qur’aan - those that do not consider ahaadeeth to be as sacrosanct as the Qur’aanic Verses.

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