Al-Risālah by Imām al-Shāfi’ī
A Summary on Chapter V: The Authority of the Prophet
By: Edi Kurniawan
(Master Candidate at Centre for Advanced Studies on Islam,
Science and civilization (CASIS) – University Technology Malaysia)
Allah SWT has
placed the Prophet Muhammad SAW as an Apostle in relation to His religion, His
Command and his Book, so that we have to follow his sunna and to be prohibited
to deny it. He has made His merits evident by associating belief in His Apostle
with the belief in Him. He has explained it in Q.S an-Nisā’: 171 and Q.S al-Nūr:
62. Thus, for if a person believes only in Him, not in His Apostle, the perfect
faith will never apply to him until he believes in His Apostle together with
Him.