Obeying The Messenger
I thought of this analogy: If my mum tells my sister to teach me how to make tea for her- my sister will come and I want to obey my mother and I will do it through her teaching me how to do so. I think this simple analogy fixes the issue. I have heard some opinions that obeying the messenger was actually for the sahabah specifically and it meant obeying him in a political sense as a community leader- is that also true or is that a part of the ruling rather than its essence?