“…When his Lord tested Abraham with certain commands and he fulfilled them, He said, ‘I am making you a leader for all people.’ Abraham asked, ‘And what of my descendants?’ He answered, ‘My covenant does not extend to the wrongdoers.’” 1.

The Exalted also says, “Abraham was, indeed, a community unto himself—devout to Allah, upright—and he was never one of the idolaters.” 2.

And He says further, “Then We revealed to you: Follow the creed of Abraham, who was upright, for he was not of those who associate others with Allah.” 3.

The Prophet ﷺ used to teach his community to say each morning: “We have entered this morning upon the fiṭrah (natural disposition) of Islam, upon the word of sincerity, upon the religion of our Prophet Muhammad ﷺ, and upon the way of our father Abraham—upright, submitting, and never among the idolaters.” 4.

He ﷺ also said, “Truly, I have been given the Book and something like it together with it. Let me not find one of you reclining on his couch, his stomach full, saying, ‘Between us and you is only this Quran: whatever we find in it declared lawful, we will deem lawful, and whatever we find in it declared unlawful, we will deem unlawful.’ Indeed, I have been given the Book and something like it along with it.” 5.

This hadith is perfectly in accord with the Book of Allah, for He has stated in His Scripture that he ﷺ … 6