“Do not ask me about anything until I myself mention it to you” is encompassed by his words:

“I will not disobey any command of yours.”

Another example is Moses’ statement to his brother:

“What prevented you, when you saw them going astray, from following me? Have you then disobeyed my command?”

Moses had told him:

“Take my place among my people, put things right, and do not follow the way of those who spread corruption.”

This includes a prohibition. Moses rebuked him for not following him, saying, “Have you then disobeyed my command?” Those who worshipped the calf were spreading corruption, yet he described all of this as a command.

Likewise, Allah says:

“Angels, stern and strong, who do not disobey Allah in what He commands them, but do what they are commanded.”

Thus, they do not disobey Him when He forbids them something. He also says concerning the Messenger:

“Let those who oppose his command beware lest a trial befall them or a painful punishment afflict them.”

Anyone who commits what he has forbidden has therefore opposed his command. Allah Most High also says:

“Adam disobeyed his Lord and went astray.”

Yet what he did was a forbidden act.

His words:

“It is not for a believing man or woman, when Allah and His Messenger have decided a matter, to have any choice in their affair”

apply even more strongly to what is forbidden than to what is commanded. For the Prophet said in an authentic hadith:

“When I forbid you something, avoid it; and when I command you to do something, do as much of it as you can.”

Allah also says:

“On that Day, those who disbelieved and disobeyed the Messenger will wish that the earth were levelled over them.”

Disobedience means acting contrary to a command. Whoever violates a prohibition is disobedient, for he has acted contrary to a command. Someone who commits a forbidden act may be more clearly disobedient than someone who neglects a commanded act.