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and accept his prophethood as well as what he relayed from
Allah’s (swt) presence, whether or not they are mentioned in
the Qur’an. Such verses state that opposing the Prophet (saas)
and refusing to recognize his stipulations are incompatible with
belief:
So believe in Allah and His Messenger, and in the Light
We have sent down. Allah is aware of what you do.
(Surat at-Taghabun, 8)
Say: “O humanity, I am the Messenger of Allah to all of
you, of Him to Whom the kingdom of the heavens and
Earth belongs. There is no deity but Him. He gives life
and causes to die.” So believe in Allah and His
Messenger, the unlettered Prophet, who believes in
Allah and His words, and follow him so that, hopefully,
you will be guided. (Surat al-A‘raf, 158)
Al-Qadi `Iyad (544/1149) said: “Belief in Prophet
Muhammad (saas) is specifically obligatory; no belief is com-
plete without it.” (Al-Qadi `Iyad, Al-Shifa', 2:1)
Imam al-Shafi`i (204/819) said: “Allah has made the comple-
tion of the beginning of belief - to which everything else is
subordinate - belief in Allah and then in His Messenger. So if
a person believes in Him but not in His Messenger, the des-
ignation denoting completion of belief does not apply to
him until he believes in Him and His Messenger." (al-Shafi`i,
Al-Risalah, p. 75)
Ibn al-Qayyim al-Jawziyyah (751/1350) said: “The verse
incorporates, among the requisites of belief, that they do
not go anywhere - when they are with him - except with his
permission. It is all the more fitting that they do not adopt
any position or enter any path of knowledge except after his

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