[45]. Surah Al-Jathiyah [The Kneeling]: Ayat 08

১৮. এরপর আমি আপনাকে রেখেছি ধর্মের এক বিশেষ শরীয়তের উপর।  অতএব, আপনি এর অনুসরণ করুন এবং অজ্ঞানদের খেয়াল-খুশীর অনুসরণ করবেন না।

Ayat 18. Then Allah have put you (O Muhammad  [SAWW](PBUH) on a plain way of (Allah’s) commandment [Shari'ah, like the one which We commanded Our Messengers before you (i.e. legal ways and laws of the Islamic Monotheism)]. So follow you that (Islamic Monotheism and its laws), and follow not the desires of those who know not.

Tafseer of Surah Al-Jathiyah Ayat 18. Then Allah put thee on the (right) Way of Religion: so follow thou that (Way), and follow not the desires of those who know not. Shari'ah is best translated the "right Way of Religion", which is wider than the mere formal rites and legal provisions, which mostly came in the Madinah period, long after this Makkan verse had been revealed.

Hazrat Anas (May Allah be pleased with him) reported: Three men came to the houses of the wives of the Messenger of Allah  [SAWW](PBUH) to inquire about the worship of The Messenger of Allah  [SAWW](PBUH). When they were informed, they considered their worship insignificant and said: "Where are we in comparison with The Messenger of Allah  [SAWW](PBUH) while Allah has forgiven his past sins and future sins". One of them said: "As for me, I shall offer Salat all night long.'' Another said: "I shall observe Saum (fasting) continuously and shall not break it". Another said: "I shall abstain from women and shall never marry". The Messenger of Allah  [SAWW](PBUH) came to them and said, "Are you the people who said such and such things? By Allah, I fear Allah more than you do, and I am most obedient and dutiful among you to Him, but still I observe fast and break it; perform Salat and sleep at night and get married and take wives. So whoever turns away from my Sunnah does not belong to me".  [Al-Bukhari Book 7, Chapter 62, Hadith # 001] 

Lesson: as mentioned above in Surah Al-Jathiyah Ayat 18. Then Allah have put you (O Muhammad  [SAWW](PBUH) on a plain way of (Allah’s) commandment Shari’ah, and also in Surah Al-Ahzab Ayat 21. “Indeed in the Messenger of Allah (Muhammad  [SAWW](PBUH) you have a good example to follow”

1. This Hadith deals with the following five points:

a) Moderation in worship.

b) Obligation to marry.

c) Inducement for following in the Prophet's footsteps.

d) Prohibition from observing Saum (fasts) all the time.

e) Prohibition of keeping awake all the night for Nawafil prayers.

2. There is neither virtue nor reward for making innovations in religion. All the blessings and rewards lie only in the obedience and following the conduct of the Prophet  (PBUH).