Authority Halaal and Haraam

“Bismillahir Rahmannir Raheem”Al-Hamdu Lillaahi Rabbil ‘Aalameen was Salaatu was- Salaamu ‘Alaa Sayidinaa Muhammadin wa Aalihi wa Asabihi Ajma ‘een (tauheed- risalat- ahkirat and islam-iman-ihsan)

TASARRUF AND IKHTIYAR(authority)

Allah has sent his beloved Prophet ﷺ equipped with the authority to make Halal and Haraam. And the Prophets’ declaring of an item as haraam is the same as Allah’s declaring it as haraam!

‘Take up whatever I command and refrain from whatever I prohibit.’ (Ibn Majah) .

‘Verily whatever the Prophet declares as haram is similar to whatever Allah declares haram’. (Sunan Ibn Majah)

Syeduna Abu Thalba states ‘The Prophet ﷺ declared haram the flesh of the domestic donkey’ (Bukhaari)

‘Do not drink intoxicants for without a doubt I have declared every intoxicating thing haram’ (Nisai)

‘Verily Allah and His Prophet have declared haram the sale and purchase of Wine, Carcass, Swine and Idols’(Bukhhari & Muslim)

reduction in number of  prayers (namaz/salah)

Syeduna Abdullah bin Fudaala narrates from his father who stated‘The Prophet ﷺ taught me, and as part of this teaching he taught me to safeguad the 5 prayers. I replied that I was very busy at those times so tell me of an act which will suffice for me (cover all my obligations). The Prophet ﷺ said ‘Safe guard the Asarain’. It was not clear in our language what the Asarain was, so I asked ‘What is Asarain?’ The Prophet ﷺ replied two prayers, one before sunrise and one before sunset (Fajr and Asr). (Abu Dawud)

Imam Ahmad in his Musnad states that Muhammad bin Jafar told us this hadith. He said that he was told it by Shu’ba from Qataada from Nasr Ibn Asim, from a man of their tribe who said that they presented themselves in the presence of the Prophet ﷺ and accepted Islam on the condition that they would only pray two prayers. The Prophet ﷺ accepted their condition. It is clear from this that the Prophet ﷺ exempted 3 prayers from them.

Prophet ﷺ had the authority to command whatever he wished for whoever he wished and to exempt from any obligation he wished ( Musnad Ahmad, vol 5 p25—Buzl ul Majhood fi Hallil Abi Dawud vol 1 p248)

Allah created the Shariah and granted the Prophet ﷺ authority to change and amend it. Changes made by the Prophet ﷺ are to be considered as changes by Allah Himself.

Abu Hurayra states:The Prophet ﷺ delivered a sermon in which he preached ‘O People! Hajj is made obligatory upon you so perform Hajj’. A person then asked ‘Is it every year Yaa Rasoolallah?’ The Prophet remained silent, the man repeated his question three times, the Prophet ﷺ replied ‘If I was to say yes, it would become compulsory every year!’ (Muslim, Musnad Ahmad, Sunan Kubraa, Bayhaqee, Nisai, Dar ul Qutni)

When I want to talk to allah I say prayers and when I want that he talk to me I recite quran- Hazrath Ali(ra)

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