This has closed all doors that lead to sin for me.’ After this, he repented from each and every sin he was previously involved in.^[1]

Dear Islamic brothers, from all the narrations we have just heard concerning the absolute authority of the Prophet صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم , the unmatchable rank and unimaginably high status given to him by Allah shines distinctly clear! Complete authority over all rulings, laws and legislations of sharia was given to the leader of all Prophets, the master of all Messengers, the mercy for all worlds, Sayyidunā Muhammad صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم .

The hadith scholar, ‘Abd al-Haq Dehlawi رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَلَيْه once wonderfully said:

The most correct and widely adopted opinion is that Islamic laws are all under the control of the Messenger of Allah صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم . He ordains as he wills upon whomever he wills. He may declare something haram for one person, and halal for another.

After establishing the laws of sharia, Allah gave control over all of them to His beloved Messenger صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم (who is able change or add to it as he wills).^[2]

Alongside wholeheartedly believing in all faultless excellences and miraculous qualities of the Prophet صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم , we should also fully believe him to have been vested with total authority by Allah.

Some people think that something is halal only if the Quran declares it to be halal, and something is haram only if the Quran declares it to be haram. Do not fall prey to this misunderstanding. Our belief should be the Quran and the sacred hadith of the Prophet صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم  are both proof and evidence of what is halal or haram.