the radiant, unambiguous path, and there is not a single matter—religious or worldly—that this nation needs except that he ﷺ explained it in detail. Any mistake, therefore, lies with the one to whom the report reaches: he may be deficient in understanding, or he may entertain an evil intention and thus be denied the right course; there may be other causes as well. Otherwise, the Messenger ﷺ delivered the message fully and flawlessly. May Allah reward him on behalf of his community with the finest reward.

The Companions, may Allah be pleased with them, likewise transmitted everything they heard from him ﷺ and concealed none of his Sunnah. They passed on all the revelation that came to him, withholding nothing. As a result, the sacred law—praise be to Allah—arrived to us complete in every respect: the Prophet ﷺ conveyed it from his Lord, the Companions conveyed it from their Prophet, the Successors from those before them, and so on, generation after generation, down to this very day. All praise and favor belong to Allah.

The Prophet ﷺ then instructed that those present should transmit his words to those who were absent, meaning that whoever witnessed his sermon must deliver it to the rest of the ummah. He ﷺ also informed us that perhaps the one to whom a report is conveyed may grasp it more thoroughly than the original hearer. This directive from the Messenger ﷺ applies to everyone who was present that day and to everyone who hears his ḥadith until the Day of Resurrection. Therefore, whenever we hear a report from the Prophet ﷺ, we are obligated to pass it on to the ummah.

We are thus charged with conveying the message and forbidden from resembling the Jews who were entrusted with the Torah yet failed to carry it out. Allah described them in the harshest terms: “The likeness of those who were entrusted with the Torah and then failed to carry it is that of a donkey laden with books” (Qur’an 62:5). A donkey loaded with books—meaning scrolls—derives no benefit from them; likewise, the one who