The position of Rasoolullahﷺ

Auto-generated transcript:Bismillahirrahmanirrahim. My brothers, sisters, elders, 1500 years ago, a window opened in the heavens and God spoke to man. Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala spoke to us. Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala sent Jibreel alayhi salam with his message, which was spoken to Rasulullah sallallahu alayhi salam.
And he recited that to his sahaba. In a way, he recited that to us and we believed it because we believed him. The message of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala was later on written down.
As we know the Kitabullah, the book of Allah, but what was sent was the actual kalam of Allah, the speech of Allah.
It was the spoken word that came. It was heard, remembered, conveyed by the one who was known as As-Sadiq al-Ameen, the truthful and the trustworthy.
We believed it to be the word, the speech of Allah, not because Allah spoke to us, but because Muhammad sallallahu alayhi salam said so.
We believed in Muhammad sallallahu alayhi salam first, then we believed what Muhammad sallallahu alayhi salam told us.
The foundation of Islam is the truthfulness of Rasulullah sallallahu alayhi salam.
Every single thing in Islam is constructed on this foundation.
And that is why Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala deliberately gave the orders for his worship.
The five things we know as the Arkan of Islam, the pillars of Islam.
He gave the commands, but he left it to his messenger sallallahu alayhi salam to explain and teach us how.
To do this.
Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala could have obviously very easily explained all of this in detail in the Quran.
He did not do that.
Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala said very clearly, for example, the first of the Arkan of Shahada of how do you enter Islam.
Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala said,
وَمَنْ يَبْتَغِي غَيْرَ إِسْلَامِ دِينًا فَلَنْ يُقْبَلَ مِنْهُ وَهُوَ فِي الْآخِرَةِ مِنَ الْخَاسِرِينَ
Allah said, whoever seeks a religion.
Okay.
Or comes with a religion other than Islam, it will never be accepted from him.
And in the hereafter, he will be one of the losers.
And then he left it to Rasulullah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam to tell us how to enter Islam.
And it was Rasulullah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam who said to the people,
قُلُوا لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ تُفْلِهُ
Say, لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ بَحَمَّدُ رَسُولَ اللَّهُ
And become successful.
Because if you don't do that, you will be unsuccessful.
Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala made Rasulullah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam
not only the teacher of the way to enter Islam,
but made him the door through which one enters this religion.
Belief in Muhammad sallallahu alayhi wa sallam as the Rasul of Allah,
as the Messenger of Allah, and as the final Messenger of Allah,
as the last Nabi and Rasul is intrinsic to Islam.
It is intrinsic to the faith.
Without believing in Muhammad sallallahu alayhi wa sallam,
you cannot be a Muslim.
Without believing that Muhammad sallallahu alayhi wa sallam
was the last and final Messenger,
the final Nabi, the final Rasul,
without believing that,
and instead believing that there was somebody else
or there is somebody else who can, who has come or will come after him,
renders us out of, renders that person who believes that out of Islam.
Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala, the next pillar,
commanded us to pray.
Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala said,
Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala said,
Nobody has the right to be worshipped except me.
So worship me and establish as-salah, iqawati salah, for my remembrance.
And then he left it to Muhammad sallallahu alayhi wa sallam
to teach us.
He taught us how to do it.
The method of the salah was left to Rasulullah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam
who taught the Sahaba,
رضوان الله عليهم أجمعين
and he said to them,
صلوا كما رأيتموني أسلّي
He said, pray as you have seen me pray.
He did not say pray as Allah told you to pray.
He said, no, pray as you have seen me pray.
Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala ordered us to fast in Ramadan.
And he said,
يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا
كُوتِبَ عَلَيْكُمُ الصِّيَامُ كَمَا كُوتِبَ عَلَى الَّذِينَ مِنْ قَبْلِكُمْ لَعَلَّك...