Why Patience with the Prophet Matters

Out of respect and out of exaltation for the messenger of Allah Those are the ones whom Allah has prepared and found suitable their hearts for a taqwa. For righteousness. For those individuals, for them is a forgiveness, And a general forgiveness and a great reward. In this verse, Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala mentions those who lower their voices in the presence of the prophet and what is meant by lowering their voices in the presence of the prophet obviously in his lifetime, in his presence physically. And that is out of respect for him. However, after he has passed away, how is it that we may attain this reward? Well, the spirit of the verse is at a person tailor behavior that a person tailor his behavior exalt the prophet and that can be because he is physically there. Because a person is to and be could be because the prophet is physically there and the person is is wishing to articulate his his good manners and his exaltation of him to him or that a person is respectful to the of the prophet and also the people the son of the prophet those who are carriers of that sunnah, those who are scholars of that sunnah. and so, exalt thee companions of the prophet not because of their inherent being but because of their position to the prophet Muhammad likewise, those who are most acquainted and most closely follow the prophet he says in the following verse, indeed those who call to you from behind the walls of your rooms, the majority of them do not understand end. Meaning, they do not understand properly how they are too conduct themselves with the prophet and these verses were revealed regarding an incident in which the prophet was sleeping and some people came to see him and they started to yell for him from behind the walls of his wives homes. And he came out to them and obviously this was an inappropriate way to This was an inappropriate way to initiate their contact with the prophet Allah then says in the fifth verse and if they had only been patient and waited for you to come out to to meet them, it would have been better for them. Better for them, We know that it was bad that they called to the prophet in this way. So, how can this be better? Because the word better articulates that that was good but this is better. That's sometimes what it means in the Quran but often times, the word better in the Quran can be the opposite and mean the opposite of that which is bad. So, Allah will mention the people of the Hellfire and then say the people of paradise are any better position. Doesn't mean that the people of hell are in a good position and the people of paradise are in a better position. It means that better here in this context is the opposite of that which is worse, right? So, he says and if they had only been patient until you had emerged to meet them, that would have been better for them. Meaning, that would have been the correct course of action. And Allah is off forgiving, most merciful. Meaning, in spite of people and their the distress they cause others and the lack of empathy that people have and inappropriate behavior that people often have. Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala overlooks a lot of this and we understand from this that Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala's when he holds someone to account. When he holds someone to account for what they've done, It's very deliberate. It's very deliber it and there is absolutely no excuse this person can have. There is no such thing in front of Allah as I didn't know. There is no such thing as I didn't think so. A person once they have been reprimanded by Allah At that point, everyone and at the top of those people, the person being reprimanded himself, all agree that it was long overdue And so, the essential nature of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala is one of pardoning, one of forgiveness, one of mercy.