How do we harmonize worshiping Allah and glorifying His prophet?
كيف نجمع بين عبادة الله وتعظيم رسوله صلى الله عليه وسلم؟
Allah sent His Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) to deliver the message of Islam and His book the Holy Quran. Following the Sunnah of the Messenger is part of Iman (faith): and whoever does not follow it: his faith will remain incomplete. In many Verses of the Holy Quran: Allah the Almighty orders us to follow the Messenger.
أرسل الله رسوله محمداً ﷺ برسالة الإسلام وبكتابه القرآن. إن اتباع الرسول عليه الصلاة والسلام من الإيمان: ومن لا يتبع سنته فلا يكمل إيمانه. وقد وردت الكثير من الآيات في القرآن الكريم التي يأمرنا الله تعالى فيها باتباع الرسول.
Evidence from the Holy Quran | الأدلة من القرآن الكريم
By worshiping Allah: (And if you obey him: you will be rightly guided.) [An-Nur 24:54]: bearing in mind that His Messenger (PBUH) legislated things for us and taught us acts of worship.
بأن نعبد الله: (وَإِن تُطِيعُوهُ تَهْتَدُوا ۚ): كما شرع لنا رسوله ﷺ وعلمنا من العبادات. [النور 24: 54]
(Whatever the Messenger gives you, take it. And whatever he forbids you from, leave it.) [Al-Hashr 59:7]
(وَمَا آتَاكُمُ الرَّسُولُ فَخُذُوهُ وَمَا نَهَاكُمْ عَنْهُ فَانتَهُوا ۚ) [الحشر 59: 7]
An-Nisa 4:59: (O believers! Obey Allah and obey the Messenger and those in authority among you. Should you disagree on anything, then refer it to Allah and His Messenger, if you truly believe in Allah and the Last Day. This is the best and fairest resolution.)
النساء 4: 59: (يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا أَطِيعُوا اللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُوا الرَّسُولَ وَأُولِي الْأَمْرِ مِنكُمْ ۖ فَإِن تَنَازَعْتُمْ فِي شَيْءٍ فَرُدُّوهُ إِلَى اللَّهِ وَالرَّسُولِ إِن كُنتُمْ تُؤْمِنُونَ بِاللَّهِ وَالْيَوْمِ الْآخِرِ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ خَيْرٌ وَأَحْسَنُ تَأْوِيلًا)
An-Nisa 4:69: (And whoever obeys Allah and the Messenger will be in the company of those blessed by Allah: the prophets, the people of truth, the martyrs, and the righteous: what honourable company!)
النساء 4: 69: (وَمَن يُطِعِ اللَّهَ وَالرَّسُولَ فَأُولَٰئِكَ مَعَ الَّذِينَ أَنْعَمَ اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِم مِّنَ النَّبِيِّينَ وَالصِّدِّيقِينَ وَالشُّهَدَاءِ وَالصَّالِحِينَ ۚ وَحَسُنَ أُولَٰئِكَ رَفِيقًا)
An-Nisa 4:80: (Whoever obeys the Messenger has truly obeyed Allah. But whoever turns away, then know that We have not sent you O Prophet as a keeper over them.)
النساء 4: 80: (مَّن يُطِعِ الرَّسُولَ فَقَدْ أَطَاعَ اللَّهَ ۖ وَمَن تَوَلَّىٰ فَمَا أَرْسَلْنَاكَ عَلَيْهِمْ حَفِيظًا)
An-Nur 24:51: (The only response of the true believers, when they are called to Allah and His Messenger so he may judge between them, is to say, "We hear and obey." It is they who will truly succeed.)
النور 24: 51: (إِنَّمَا كَانَ قَوْلَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ إِذَا دُعُوا إِلَى اللَّهِ وَرَسُولِهِ لِيَحْكُمَ بَيْنَهُمْ أَن يَقُولُوا سَمِعْنَا وَأَطَعْنَا ۚ وَأُولَٰئِكَ هُمُ الْمُفْلِحُونَ)