Book Name:Itaa'at e Mustafa صَلَّی اللّٰہ تعالٰی علیہ واٰلہ وسلَّم

Did not pick up the ring?

Sayyiduna ‘Abdullah Bin ‘Abbas رَضِىَ اللهُ تَعَالٰی عَـنْهُمَا has narrated: The Beloved and Blessed Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم once saw a person who was wearing a gold ring. Removing that ring, he صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم threw it away, saying, ‘Does anyone keep a flame in his hand?’ After the Greatest and Holiest Prophet     صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم left, someone said to that person, ‘Pick up your ring and use it in some other way (instead of wearing it).’ He said, ‘By Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ! I will never take it, while the Beloved and Blessed Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم has thrown it away.’ (Mishkat-ul-Masabih, vol. 2, pp. 123, Hadees 4358)

 

Dear Islamic brothers! Have you seen how obedient the blessed companions رَضِىَ الـلّٰـهُ تَعَالٰی عَـنْهُم were to the Beloved Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم! If that companion رَضِىَ اللهُ تَعَالٰی عَـنْهُ had wanted, he could have picked up the ring and used it, but his perfect passion for obeying the Beloved Rasool صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم did not like that the thing which was disliked by the Beloved Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم and was thrown away by him, should be touched again. Surely, every Muslim should be obedient to the Beloved Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم like that blessed companion رَضِىَ اللهُ تَعَالٰی عَـنْهُ. Those things from which our Beloved and Blessed Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم has forbidden us should be avoided and the things for which we have been commanded to do, should always be done because obedience to Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ and His Beloved Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم is Wajib for all Muslims. It is stated in verse 1 of Surah Al-Anfaal, part 9:

 

وَ  اَطِیۡعُو ا  اللّٰہَ   وَ  رَسُوۡ لَہٗۤ    اِنۡ    کُنۡتُمۡ    مُّؤۡ مِنِیۡنَ    ﴿۱﴾

Translation from Kanz-ul-Iman: And obey Allah and His Noble Rasool, if you have faith. (Part 9, Surah Al-Anfaal, verse 1)

 

Hakeem-ul-Ummat, Mufti Ahmad Yar Khan عَـلَيْهِ رَحْـمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ الْـحَـنَّان has said: The difference between obedience to Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ and His Rasool صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم is this that Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ is obeyed only in His commandments, not in His acts, but the Beloved Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم must be obeyed in three things: The acts which were performed by him, in his mentioned sayings and the acts