Enjoining Right and forbidding wrong

Enjoining Right & Forbidding Wrong - 2
This illustrates the perfection of the message of the Prophet Muhammad (sallallahu `alayhi
wa sallam). He is the one on whose tongue Allah has enjoined all that is good, forbidden
all that is bad, allowed every clean thing and prohibited every unclean or harmful thing.
For this reason, it is narrated that the Prophet said:
"I have been sent to complete the qualities of good character."
And he said in the agreed-upon hadith:
"My analogy in relation to the other prophets of Allah is like the analogy of a
man who built a house. He completed and perfected everything about the
house all except for the location of a single brick. The people used to pass by
the house and express pleasure at its beauty, but they would say: "If only it
weren't for that missing brick." I am that brick, and I am the seal of the
Prophets."
Through Muhammad, Allah completed the way (deen) which includes the enjoining of all
good, the forbidding of all evil, the allowing of everything clean, and the prohibition of
everything unclean. As for the Prophets who came before him, their messages sometimes
contained the prohibition of some clean and good things, as Allah said:
[Because of some crimes committed by the Jews, we forbad to them some
clean things which had been allowed to them.] Qur'an 4/160
Also, their messages sometimes did not forbid all unclean things as Allah said:
[All food was once allowed to the children of Israel except that which they
chose to forbid themselves before the sending down of the taurat.] Qur'an
3/93.
The forbidding of unclean things is included in the meaning of forbidding wrong, just as the
allowing of all clean things is included in the meaning of enjoining right. This is because the
prohibiting of clean and good things is part of what Allah has forbidden. Thus, the enjoining
of all good and the forbidding of all bad did not reach completion except in the
Prophethood of Muhammad (sallallahu `alayhi wa sallam) by means of whom Allah
completed the qualities of good character, which includes all that is good. Allah said:
[On this day I have perfected for you your way (deen), and have completed
my favor upon you, and have accepted for you Islam as your way (deen)].
Translated by Salim Abdallah ibn Morgan