What is the ruling on imagining the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, among us when in doubt about the permissibility or prohibition of a certain action, and is it permissible to imagine him to estimate the extent of his pleasure or displeasure with this action, especially since some preachers call for this idea?
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Imagining the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, and recalling his image to help oneself perform a commanded act or abstain from a forbidden one is permissible. However, the best approach is to be conscious of Allah Almighty. As for imagining him to determine the permissibility of actions, this is not a way to ascertain Islamic rulings. Rather, rulings are known through evidence or by asking people of knowledge.
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