he said, “There is no obedience in disobedience to Allah.” He has thus made clear that his words, “Whoever obeys my appointed commander,” mean obeying him in acts of obedience—namely, deeds that Allah and His Messenger command. The commander therefore carries out that command, just as Umar ibn Abd al-Azīz used to say: “O people, there is no Scripture after your Scripture and no prophet after your Prophet. Your Scripture is the last of the Scriptures, and your Prophet is the last of the prophets.