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3281. It was narrated that 'Adiyy bin Hātim said: "Two men recited a Tashahhud before the Prophet ﷺ and one of them said: 'Whoever obeys Allāh and His Messenger has been guided aright and whoever disobeys them has gone astray.' The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: 'What a bad speaker you are!'" (Sahīh)
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"What a bad speaker you are:" The Prophet's ﷺ rebuke was because the man mentioned Allāh, Most High, and His Messenger ﷺ in one pronoun (Ya'sihimā), "disobeys", which creates the notion that Allāh and His Messenger ﷺ are equivalent in rank, while there is absolutely no comparison between the Creator and the created. As for the Messenger ﷺ saying "them" in reference to himself and Allāh, this can only be said by him. This is because in such cases he is not saying 'us' but speaking about himself in the third person. And this is not the case if others say "them" regarding Allāh and His Messenger ﷺ.