parents and do not treat our relatives well, waste our lives in watching films, dramas, listening to songs and music and performing many other non-Shar’i acts. Is it devotion to Rasool صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم? Following the footsteps of the blessed companions عَـلَيْهِمُ الرِّضْوَانْ we should obey the Beloved Rasool صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم. We should not even go near the acts which are forbidden for us and should not delay at all in performing the acts for which we are commanded to perform because it is Wajib for a Muslim to obey Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ and His Beloved Rasool صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم. In Ayah 1 of Surah Al-Anfaal part 9, it is stated: 

وَ اَطِیْعُوا اللّٰهَ وَ رَسُوْلَهٗۤ اِنْ كُنْتُمْ مُّؤْمِنِیْنَ(۱)

And obey Allah and His Noble Messenger, if you have faith

[Translation of Quran (Kanz-ul-Iman)](Part 9, Surah Al-Anfaal, Ayah 1)

Dear Islamic brothers! Therefore we should obey Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ and His Beloved Rasool صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم at all cost and spend our lives in accordance with the Sunnah of the Beloved Rasool صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم strictly, for it is the only means of our salvation. Let’s listen to two sayings of the Beloved Rasool صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم in this regard:

The Beloved Rasool صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم has said: ‘مَنْ اَطَاعَنِیْ دَخَلَ الْجَنَّۃَ وَ مَنْ عَصَانِیْ فَقَدْ اَبیٰ’ i.e. The one who obeys my command will enter Paradise and the one who disobeys me becomes a denier. (Bukhari, vol. 4, pp. 499, Hadees 7280)

The Beloved Rasool صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم has said: No one amongst you can become a (perfect) believer until his desire becomes obedient to what I have brought. (Mishkat-ul-Masabeeh, vol. 1, pp. 54, Hadees 167)

Dear Islamic brothers! It has been understood that obedience to Rasool leads to Paradise. Remember! Obedience includes everything we have been commanded to avoid (so to avoid them is obedience) and it also includes the acts for which we have been commanded to perform. For example, it is necessary to offer Salah and perform other righteous acts. Similarly, it is also