{"id":6469,"date":"2024-07-10T07:43:17","date_gmt":"2024-07-10T07:43:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/al-mawrid.org\/questions-en\/2024\/07\/10\/obligation-to-obey-the-holy-prophet-sws\/"},"modified":"2024-07-10T13:36:37","modified_gmt":"2024-07-10T13:36:37","slug":"obligation-to-obey-the-holy-prophet-sws","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/al-mawrid.org\/questions-en\/obligation-to-obey-the-holy-prophet-sws\/","title":{"rendered":"Obligation To Obey The Holy Prophet (sws)"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Question<\/h3>\n<p>Is it obligatory for the Muslims to imitate and follow each and every action of the Holy Prophet (sws)? <\/p>\n<h3>Answer<\/h3>\n<div>The  person of the Holy Prophet (sws) has two aspects. He was a member of a  specific society and culture in a given period of history as well as a  religious guide. As an individual he followed the cultural traditions of  his society and time. In this respect we are not bound to follow the  culture of the Prophet and follow him in things which he did or said as  member of a particular society and culture. In religious realm, he  performed his religious duties as a true servant of God and each of his  action is a best exemplar for us. As for his being the divine messenger,  we are bound to follow everything that he taught us. <\/div>\n<div><em>(Translated into English by Abid Mahmood)<\/em><\/div>\n<p><strong>Answered by:<\/strong> Talib Mohsin<\/p>\n<p><strong>Date:<\/strong> 2015-01-30<\/p>\n<button class=\"simplefavorite-button\" data-postid=\"6469\" data-siteid=\"1\" data-groupid=\"1\" data-favoritecount=\"0\" style=\"\">Favorite <i class=\"sf-icon-star-empty\"><\/i><\/button>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Is it obligatory for the Muslims to imitate and follow each and every action of the Holy Prophet (sws)? <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":14147,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1222],"tags":[2341,1375,1698],"class_list":["post-6469","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hadith-sunnah","tag-imitation","tag-sunnah","tag-taqleed"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Obligation To Obey The Holy Prophet (sws) - Al-Mawrid Queries<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/al-mawrid.org\/questions-en\/obligation-to-obey-the-holy-prophet-sws\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Obligation To Obey The Holy Prophet (sws) - Al-Mawrid Queries\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Is it obligatory for the Muslims to imitate and follow each and every action of the Holy Prophet (sws)?\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/al-mawrid.org\/questions-en\/obligation-to-obey-the-holy-prophet-sws\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Al-Mawrid Queries\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/almawridofficial\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-07-10T07:43:17+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-07-10T13:36:37+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Talib Mohsin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@AlMawridOffice\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@AlMawridOffice\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Talib Mohsin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/al-mawrid.org\\\/questions-en\\\/obligation-to-obey-the-holy-prophet-sws\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/al-mawrid.org\\\/questions-en\\\/obligation-to-obey-the-holy-prophet-sws\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Talib Mohsin\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/al-mawrid.org\\\/questions-en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/a851b00485c46cd6cbf13df475644ecf\"},\"headline\":\"Obligation To Obey The Holy Prophet (sws)\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-07-10T07:43:17+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-07-10T13:36:37+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/al-mawrid.org\\\/questions-en\\\/obligation-to-obey-the-holy-prophet-sws\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":160,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/al-mawrid.org\\\/questions-en\\\/obligation-to-obey-the-holy-prophet-sws\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/al-mawrid.org\\\/questions-en\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/03\\\/Queries.png\",\"keywords\":[\"imitation\",\"sunnah\",\"taqleed\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Hadith &amp; 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