[2] Adherence to proofs
In The Name of Allah, The Most Merciful, The Bestower of Mercy.
Allah, The Most High, said in Surah Aal Imran Ayah 31:
قُلۡ إِن كُنتُمۡ تُحِبُّونَ ٱللَّهَ فَٱتَّبِعُونِى يُحۡبِبۡكُمُ ٱللَّهُ وَيَغۡفِرۡ لَكُمۡ ذُنُوبَكُمۡۗ وَٱللَّهُ غَفُورٌ۬ رَّحِيمٌ۬
Say (O Muhammad to mankind): “If you (really) love Allah then follow me, Allah will love you and forgive you of your sins. And Allah is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.
This Ayah is conveyed to everyone who claims to love Allah, while he is not one who truly follows Allah’s Prophet, Muhammad, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him- neither obeys the Prophet’s command nor keeps away from what the Prophet has forbidden. Thus, unless he truly follows the Messenger, he is not truthful in his claim. [1]
Allah, The Most High, said in Surah Al-Hujurat:
يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا لَا تُقَدِّمُوا بَيْنَ يَدَيِ اللَّهِ وَرَسُولِهِ ۖ وَاتَّقُوا اللَّهَ ۚ إِنَّ اللَّهَ سَمِيعٌ عَلِيمٌ
O you who believe! Do not put (yourselves) forward before Allah and His Messenger, and fear Allah. Verily! Allah is All-Hearing, All-Knowing.
يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا لَا تَرْفَعُوا أَصْوَاتَكُمْ فَوْقَ صَوْتِ النَّبِيِّ
O you who believe! Raise not your voices above the voice of the Prophet…
When it is the case that Allah forbade (them) from giving precedence to (themselves) over the Messenger, then which type of giving precedence to oneself over the Messenger, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, can be more severe than giving precedence to one’s intellect over the revelation he was sent with? Many of the Salaf have stated:
“Neither say anything (related to the religion) until the Messenger speaks nor act until he commands you”.
The most disobedient amongst the people and the most severe with regards to giving precedence to himself over the Messenger is that one who gives precedence to his intellect or the intellect of another person over the revelation the Messenger was sent with. And when it is the case that Allah has indeed forbidden them from raising their voices above the voice of the Messenger, then how about raising their intellects above the statements of the Messenger and the revelation he came with? [2]
[1] Tafseer Al-Muyassar.
[2] Al-Wabil as-Sayyib page 21- by Imam Ibn Al-Qayyim, may Allah have mercy upon him.