A whole sura about the Prophet neglecting a poor blind man shows that we obey Muhammad only in his Quranic utterances, ruling out hadith and sunna as legitimate religious sources.1, 2, 3
Obeying the messenger is conditional: the believing women pledged not to disobey him when he is right, meaning obedience applies only to what he uttered as Quran.1, 2, 3
Obeying the messenger is obeying God because the messenger utters the words of God, the Quran; the messenger is not God, but in uttering the Quran he makes no mistake.1, 2, 3
The Prophet Muhammad is represented one hundred percent by the Quran alone, and he was commanded to judge only by the book God sent down.1, 2, 3
Muhammad's personal opinion could be wrong and could cause bad things to happen.1
Verse 7 of Sura 59, telling us to take whatever the messenger gives, is one of the most abused verses; it concerns the spoils of war, yet both Sunnis and Shiites abuse it.1, 2, 3
Believers must not place their opinion above that of God and His messenger, nor raise their voices above the messenger's voice, lest their works be nullified.1, 2, 3
Shouting at the messenger or contradicting him nullifies one's works because an outsider who sees it may leave and disbelieve, and the offender carries that person's sins.1, 2, 3, 4
People who refused to follow humans like themselves erred, because messengers are not followed; God's instructions are followed, and the messenger himself must follow them.1, 2, 3
Changing the Qiblah was a test from God to distinguish those who follow the messenger from those who turn back on their heels.1, 2, 3
The temporary prayer direction toward Jerusalem was a test to distinguish those who follow the messenger from those who turn back.1, 2, 3
God in His mercy corrected the many wrong things the believers were doing, and this is where obeying and trusting the messenger comes in.1, 2, 3
Sura 81 describes an honorable messenger, authorized by the Possessor of the Throne, who shall be obeyed and trusted.1, 2, 3
The Quran says whoever obeys the messenger obeys God, which matches the Bible, since God puts His words in the messenger's mouth and disobeying those words is disobeying God.1, 2, 3
Believers who confer secretly must not confer to commit sin, transgression, or disobedience to the messenger, but only to work righteousness and piety.1, 2
Obeying the messenger means obeying God in the information that comes from God, not personal obedience to the messenger.1, 2, 3
The messenger is to be obeyed and trusted not because of his person but because through him we receive information from God, which is why the Quran pairs obeying God and obeying the messenger.1, 2, 3, 4
Much trouble comes from not taking a firm stand on God's side, and those who say we hear and obey from the start save themselves time and effort.1, 2, 3, 4
One may question and discuss a rule God gives, such as the age of forty, but only after first accepting it, because God has said so.1, 2, 3
The messenger is obeyed because he conveys the word of God, and his duty is to deliver the message.1, 2, 3
When someone conveys God's command, absolute obedience is required, and obeying it is worshiping God alone, not the person who conveyed it.1, 2, 3
Believers do not follow Muhammad, Rashad Khalifa or any human being; they follow God and the words of God.1, 2, 3, 4
Following any religious source besides the Quran, such as hadith, Sunna, and books invented by tradition, is disobeying both God and Muhammad.1, 2, 3
Those who add steps to ablution think they follow the Prophet, but the Prophet could never disobey God, so the four steps God gave are the ablution.1, 2
Every human pledged to God to believe in and support a messenger who comes confirming existing scripture, so messengers after Muhammad are possible.1, 2, 3
Believers follow God's information, not the person, and as sura 3 verse 164 says, sending a messenger from among us to recite God's revelations is a blessing from God.1, 2
On the Day of Judgment many people will beg God to send them back so they can believe in the messengers and follow them.1, 2
Upholding the Quran is the biggest proclamation that Muhammad is God's messenger.1
People are not believers until they seek the messenger's judgment in their disputes, find no hesitation about it, and submit completely.1, 2, 3
The only true believers are those who believe in God and His messenger and then have no doubt whatsoever.1, 2, 3
Whoever obeys the messenger obeys God, and this is not idol worship because what is followed is information coming from God.1, 2, 3
Following and obeying Muhammad means upholding the Quran alone, which came out of his mouth; following anything else disobeys the Prophet.1, 2, 3, 4
Those who truly love Muhammad should obey him, and he told them not to distinguish among messengers and that the shahada is there is no god but God.1, 2