—and forbid what is wrong, and you believe in Allah” (Āl ʿImrān 3:110).

He, Exalted is He, also said: “Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah, and those who are with him are firm against the disbelievers, compassionate among themselves. You see them bowing and prostrating, seeking bounty from Allah and His good pleasure. Their sign is on their faces from the trace of prostration. Such is their description in the Torah, and their description in the Gospel is like a crop that puts forth its shoot, then strengthens it, so it becomes thick and stands upright upon its stalk, delighting the farmers—so that through them He may enrage the disbelievers. Allah has promised those of them who believe and do righteous deeds forgiveness and a mighty reward” (al-Fath 48:29).

And He, Most High, said: “O you who believe, fear Allah and be with the truthful” (al-Tawbah 9:119)—meaning Muhammad and his Companions.

It is authentically reported from him ﷺ that he said, “You will be completed as seventy nations; you are the best of them and the most honored before Allah.” (1)

He, Exalted, also said (2): “The foremost, the first of the Emigrants and the Helpers, and those who followed them with excellence—Allah is pleased with them and they are pleased with Him. He has prepared for them gardens beneath which rivers flow, to dwell therein forever; that is the supreme triumph” (al-Tawbah 9:100).

Mālik narrated from Nāfiʿ: “Ibn ʿAbbās and Ibn ʿUmar used to sit for the people when the pilgrims arrived. I would sit with this one one day and with the other the next. Ibn ʿAbbās would answer and give legal opinions regarding everything he was asked about, whereas Ibn ʿUmar would turn down most…"