Page 45 - The Importance of the Ahl Al-Sunnah

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cling to the Sunnah in this world [are also saved].” (Tafsir al-
Qurtubi, XIII/365) Imam Malik compared the Sunnah to
Noah’s (as) ark, for “whoever boards it will be saved, and
whoever does not will drown.” (al-Suyuti, Miftah al-Jannah,
pp. 53-54)
So great a vehicle of salvation is the Sunnah that in the
Qur’an our Lord reveals that the Prophet’s (saas) commands
and prohibitions “will bring people to life”:
O you who believe, respond to Allah and to the
Messenger when He calls you to what will bring you to
life. Know that Allah intervenes between a person and
his heart and that you will be gathered to Him. (Surat
al-Anfal, 24)
Islam is the totality of the Qur’an and the Prophet’s (saas)
Sunnah; there is no question of eliminating either one.
The source that conveys to us the Prophet’s (saas) exempla-
ry behavior, as well as his wisdom and judgments, is the
Sunnah, the creed of the Ahl al-Sunnah.

The prophets call believers to the
life-giving path

O you who believe, respond to Allah and to the
Messenger when He calls you to what will bring you to
life. Know that Allah intervenes between a person and
his heart and that you will be gathered to Him. (Surat
al-Anfal, 24)
Looking at human history reveals that life began with the
prophets. This is a true statement, for no religion can be com-
prehended and implemented in the absence of a prophet. For

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