And when He commanded - glorified and exalted is He - with justice; and encouraged it; and warned against abandoning it; He commanded obedience to those appointed for that; who carry them to be gentle with them; and to have compassion for them; He said: ﴿O you who have believed﴾; meaning: acknowledge faith; and began with what is the mainstay in urging that; He said: ﴿Obey﴾; meaning: in accordance with the command, affirming your claim of faith; ﴿Allah﴾; meaning: in what He has commanded you in His Book; being mindful of what He has of the best names; and the greatness of the rank of His Prophet, blessings and peace be upon him, by reiterating the worker; He said: ﴿And obey the Messenger﴾; in what he has defined for you in his Sunnah from Allah; and what he has clarified from His Book; because the position of Prophethood necessitates that; and for this reason, He expressed it this way; without mentioning the Prophet; ﴿And those in authority among you﴾; meaning: the rulers; for their obedience - in what is not disobedience - is as indicated by the lack of reiteration of the worker - from the obedience to the Messenger of Allah, blessings and peace be upon him; and his obedience is from the obedience to Allah - the Mighty and Majestic -; and the scholars are also from those in authority; and they are the workers; for they command by the command of Allah and His Messenger, blessings and peace be upon him.

And when this ruling clarified the three fundamentals; it followed it with analogy; so it caused what is estimated: "This is in the clear matters from the Book and the Sunnah; and which the consensus has occurred upon"; His saying: ﴿So if you disagree over something﴾; meaning: to clothe it; if your opinions differ regarding it; ﴿Then return it to Allah﴾; meaning: the All-Encompassing in knowledge; and ability; by humbling yourselves before Him; with what He has legislated for you of supplication and worship; so that He may open for you what has been closed of it; and guide you to the truth of it; ﴿and the Messenger﴾ [An-Nisa: 69]; meaning: the one who has completed the message; by searching for the traces of his message; from a text in that specifically; or from a basis of analogy; and the verse indicates the arrangement of the four fundamentals; as it is in it; and on the invalidation of what is besides it; and it is known from His (the Exalted) singling out; and the gathering of the Prophet, blessings and peace be upon him, with the leaders of his nation; that the etiquette is the oneness of Allah; even in merely mentioning Him; and He emphasized the statement for the claim of obedience by His saying: ﴿If you truly believe﴾; meaning: constantly upon faith; by renewing it at every moment; ﴿in Allah﴾; meaning: the Greatest King; who has no equal; ﴿and the Last Day﴾; which urges obedience; and prevents disobedience; then it indicated the greatness of this matter; and its vast benefit; by His saying - specifying His Messenger, blessings and peace be upon him: ﴿That﴾; meaning: the high-ranking matter; ﴿is better﴾; meaning: and other than it is evil; ﴿and has the best outcome﴾; meaning: in consequence; or (it is) a return; and a return from your return to what the sound intellect necessitates without consideration of the traces of the message from the Book and the Sunnah; for indeed in the rulings are matters that the intellect does not independently grasp; except with the assistance of the Shari'ah; Al-Bukhari narrated; in the Tafsir; from Ibn Abbas - may Allah be pleased with both of them -; he said: "This verse was revealed: 'Obey Allah' regarding Abdullah ibn Hudhafah ibn Qais ibn Adiy; when the Prophet, blessings and peace be upon him, sent him in a military expedition; meaning, he commanded them to enter the fire.