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RIYADH AS-SALIHIN 43 that the Holy Prophet had forbidden such a shot and yet you repeated it. I shall never speak to you again. 168. 'Abis ibn Rabi'a relates: I saw Umar ibn Khattab kissing the Black. Stone and I heard him say: I know well thou art but a piece of rock and hast no power to confer a benefit or to do harm. Had I not seen the Holy Prophet kiss thee I would never have kissed thee (Bokhari and Muslim). 17. . On the Obligation to obey the Commands of Allah. Allah, the Exalted, has said: 69. By thy Lord, they will not truly believe until they make thee judge in all that is in dispute between them and then find not in their hearts any demur concerning that which thou dost decide and submit with full submission (4. 66). 70. The response of the believers, when they are called to. Allah and His Messenger that he may judge between them is:. We have heard and we obey. It is they who will prosper (24. 52). 169. Abu Hurairah relates that when the following verse was revealed to the Holy Prophet: To Allah belongs whatever is in the heavens and whatever is in the earth. Whether you disclose that which is in your minds or keep it hidden,. Allah will call you to account for it (2. 285); his companions were distressed and went to him and, falling down on their knees, said to him: Messenger of Allah, we have been charged with that which is within our capacity, salat, striving, fasting and charity. Now this verse has been revealed to you and what it charges us with is beyond our capacity. He said: Do you wish to say, as said the People of the two Books: We have heard, but we shall disobey? Rather should you say: We have heard and we shall obey; we implore Thy forgiveness, Lord, and unto Thee is our return. When they had recited this and their tongues had adapted themselves to it, Allah revealed: The Messenger has full faith in that which has been sent down to him from his Lord and so have the believers; all of them believe in Allah, and in His angels, and in His Books and in His Messengers, affirming: We make no distinction between any of His Messengers. They say:. We have heard and we shall obey. We implore They forgiveness, Lord, and to. Thee is our return (2. 286). When they had carried this out, Allah, the Lord of honour and glory, revealed: Allah requires not of anyone that which is beyond his capacity; each shall have the benefit of the good he does and shall suffer the consequences of the ill he works. Supplicate, therefore: Lord, take us not to task if we forget or fall into error; Lord, place us not under responsibility in the manner of those whom Thou didst place under responsibility before us; Lord, burden us not with that which we have not the strength to bear; overlook our