سُـبْحٰـنَ الـلّٰــه ! May Allah Almighty grant us such love for the Messenger and such perfect affection. Perhaps we too could become true followers of our beloved Prophet صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم. Nowadays, people let their minds run wild, weighing the teachings of the noble Quran and Hadith on the scales of intellect. They are so engrossed in fashion that far from adopting the Sunnah of the Greatest Prophet صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم, they do not even acquire knowledge of the Sunnah! If only we would become true followers of the Beloved Prophet صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم.

Allah Almighty says in the Holy Quran:

یٰۤاَیُّہَا الَّذِیْنَ اٰمَنُوْا لَا  تُقَدِّمُوْا بَیْنَ یَدَیِ  اللّٰہِ  وَ رَسُوْلِہٖ وَ اتَّقُوا اللّٰہَ ؕ اِنَّ اللّٰہَ  سَمِیْعٌ عَلِیْمٌ (۱)

O you who believe! Do not proceed before Allah and His Messenger; and fear Allah—Allah is All-Hearing, All-Knowing.^[1]

It is narrated from Sayyidatunā ꜤĀˈisha al-Ṣiddīqah رَضِیَ اللهُ عَنْهَا: Some people used to start fasting one day before Ramadan. This verse was revealed regarding them, and it was ordered: "Do not precede your Prophet صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم!" ^[2]

The famous Quranic commentator, Mufti Aḥmad Yār Khān NaꜤīmī رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَـلَيْه states:

The command given in the verse is general for everyone, meaning it is forbidden to go ahead of the Merciful Prophet صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم in any matter or any action. If one is walking with the Beloved Prophet                صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم on a path, it is forbidden to walk ahead without permission. If one has the honour of eating with him صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم, it is unlawful to start before him. Similarly, to prefer one's own reasoning and opinion over the opinion of the beloved Prophet صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم  is unlawful.^[3]