๐๐ก๐ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐ข๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐จ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฉ๐ก๐๐ญ (๐ฉ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ฅ๐๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ ๐จ๐ ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐๐ก ๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐จ๐ง ๐ก๐ข๐ฆ) ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐จ๐ ๐๐ซ๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐ง (๐:๐๐๐) ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐ง (๐:๐๐๐)
Mohamad Mostafa Nassar
Twitter:@NassarMohamadMR
๐๐ฎ๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง
I believe for sure that Rasulu’LLah=Prophet of Allah Muhammed (swa=peace be upon him) Is the best of all the prophets(asw=peace be upon them) . But is there any envidence in the Quran or Sunnah=authentic commentary of Prophet Muhammed to support this ? There is an aya=verse in quran which says ‘we(i) don’t diffetiance (nufariq) amoung them (the prophets).
๐๐ซ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐ง๐ฒ ๐๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐๐๐ข๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐๐๐ญ๐ฐ๐๐๐ง: ๐๐ ๐ก๐๐ฏ๐ ๐๐ก๐จ๐ฌ๐๐ง ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฆ๐ ๐จ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ฌ๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ฌ๐ฌ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ซ๐ฌ ๐๐๐จ๐ฏ๐ ๐จ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ซ๐ฌ” ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐จ๐๐ฅ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐ง๐ข๐ ๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ฌ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐ง (๐:๐๐๐) ๐๐ง๐ โ๐๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ค๐ ๐ง๐จ ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐๐๐ญ๐ฐ๐๐๐ง ๐๐ง๐ฒ ๐จ๐ ๐๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฆ๐๐ฌ๐ฌ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ซ๐ฌ.โ ๐๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ง๐จ๐๐ฅ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐ง๐ข๐ ๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ฌ๐- ๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐ง (๐:๐๐๐)
(๐๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ ๐๐ง๐ฌ๐ฐ๐๐ซ ๐จ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐ญ ๐จ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ช๐ฎ๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ญ๐จ๐ฐ๐๐ซ๐๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐จ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐)
๐๐ง๐ฌ๐ฐ๐๐ซ
Praise be to Allah.
Enemies of Islam have been falsely alleging that there are contradictions between Quran (2:285) and Quran (2:253)
First of All, The Glorious Quran make it clear in the following verse Quran (2:136) which by the way precedes Quran (2:285) and Quran (2:253). Quran (2:136) is setting the solid foundation of the Islamic beliefs about messengers and Prophet of Allah as follows:
Allah Exalted He says in Quran (2:136)
Say, หนO believers,หบ โWe believe in Allah and what has been revealed to us; and what was revealed to Abraham, Ishmael, Isaac, Jacob, and his descendants; and what was given to Moses, Jesus, and other prophets from their Lord. We make no distinction between any of them. And to Allah we all submit.โ Quran (2:136)
And Allah also in the following Quranic verses confirm the meaning of the above Quranic verse
Surely those who deny Allah and His messengers and wish to make a distinction between Allah and His messengers,1 saying, โWe believe in some and disbelieve in others,โ desiring to forge a compromise,they are indeed the true disbelievers. And We have prepared for the disbelievers a humiliating punishment.
Quran (4:150-151)
Following more clarification of Quran (2:285) and Quran (2:53)
And Allah Exaled he says in The Glorious Quran:
The Messenger หนfirmlyหบ believes in what has been revealed to him from his Lord, and so do the believers. They หนallหบ believe in Allah, His angels, His Books, and His messengers. หนThey proclaim,หบ โWe make no distinction between any of His messengers.โ And they say, โWe hear and obey. หนWe seekหบ Your forgiveness, our Lord! And to You หนaloneหบ is the final return.โ Quran ( 2:285).
Ibn Katheer said in his Tafseer of this aayah=verse Quran (2:285):
The believers believe in all the Prophets and Messengers, and the books revealed from heaven to the slaves of Allah, the Messengers and Prophets; they do not differentiate between any of them, believing in some and rejecting others.
Rather they regard all of them as truthful, righteous, rightly-guided and guiding to the path of goodness, even though some of them abrogated the laws of others, until all of them were abrogated by the shareeโah of Muhammed, the Seal of the Prophets and Messengers, upon whose shareeโah the Hour will cone. (Tafseer Ibn Katheer, 1/736)
๐๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ซ๐๐ ๐๐ซ๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐ข๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐จ๐ ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฆ๐ ๐จ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฉ๐ก๐๐ญ๐ฌ ๐จ๐ฏ๐๐ซ ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐๐ง๐จ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ซ, ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐๐ก ๐ก๐๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ๐ฅ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐จ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ, ๐ฐ๐ก๐๐ง ๐๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ข๐ (๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ฉ๐ซ๐๐ญ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐จ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฆ๐๐๐ง๐ข๐ง๐ ):
We have chosen some of those messengers above others.1 Allah spoke directly to some, and raised some high in rank. To Jesus, son of Mary, We gave clear proofs and supported him with the holy spirit.2 If Allah had willed, succeeding generations would not have fought หนamong themselvesหบ after receiving the clear proofs. But they differedโsome believed while others disbelieved. Yet if Allah had willed, they would not have fought one another. But Allah does what He wills. Quran (2:253)
Allah tells us that some of them are several degrees above others, hence the chosen ones among the Messengers are โthose of strong willโ.
Allah says (interpretation of the meaning):
โAnd หนrememberหบ when We took a covenant from the prophets, as well as from you หนO Prophetหบ, and from Noah, Abraham, Moses, and Jesus, son of Mary. We did take a solemn covenant from หนall ofหบ themโ Quran (33:7)
And Muhammed (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) is the best of them. This is indicated by the fact that he was their imaam on the night of the Miโraaj, because no one but the best is put forward. More evidence that he is the best of them comes from Abu Hurayrah, who said:
โThe Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: โI will be the leader of the sons of Adam on the Day of Resurrection, and the first one for whom the grave will be opened, and the first to intercede, and the first whose intercession will be accepted.โโ
(Narrated by Muslim, al-Fadaaโil, 4223)
Al-Nawawi said in his commentary on Saheeh Muslim:
The phrase โI will be the leader of the sons of Adam on the Day of Resurrection and the first one for whom the grave will be opened, and the first to intercede, and the first whose intercession will be acceptedโ: al-Harawi said: the leader (sayyid) is the one who surpasses his people in goodness. Someone else said: He is the one to whom they turn at times of calamity and hardship, so he takes care of them, carries their burdens and protects them.
The phrase โthe Day of Resurrectionโ โ even though he is their leader in this world and in the Hereafter. The reason for this specific mention is that on the Day of Resurrection his position of leadership will become apparent to everyone, and there will no longer be anyone who disputes or stubbornly rejects it, unlike the case in this world when the kings of the kuffaar=disbelievers and the leaders of the mushrikeen=Polytheists’ competed with him.
The scholars said, he (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) did not say โโI will be the leader of the sons of Adamโ out of pride. Indeed, that is clearly stated in the famous hadeeth narrated by compilers other than Muslim: โI will be the leader of the sons of Adam, and I am not boasting.โ
Rather, he said it for two reasons. The first was in obedience to the command of Allah (interpretation of the meaning):
โAnd proclaim the Grace of your Lordโ, and the second was that it was part of the message that he was commanded to convey in totality to his ummah so that they would acknowledge his status and believe in him, and do as he commanded, and respect him (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) as required by his status and as Allah commanded them.
This hadeeth implies that he is superior to all of creation, because the view of Ahl al-Sunnah is that human beings, i.e., the people of obedience and piety, are superior to the angels, and he (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) is superior to human beings and to others.
With regard to the other hadeeth โ โDo not differentiate between the Prophetsโ โ it may be responded to in five ways. The first is that he (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said this before he knew that he was the leader of the sons of Adam; then when he came to know he spoke of it. The second is that he said it out of politeness and humility.
The third is that the prohibition refers to the kind of differentiation that leads to undermining the position of the one who is less preferred. The fourth is that the prohibition applies to the kind of differentiation that leads to dispute and fitnah (tribulation), as is well known in the reason for the hadeeth.
The fifth is that the prohibition applies only in the case of prophethood itself, not to superiority within the ranks of the Prophets; rather, it applies to superiority in characteristics and other virtues, so it is essential to believe in that.
Allah says (interpretation of the meaning):
We have chosen some of those messengers above others.1 Allah spoke directly to some, and raised some high in rank. To Jesus, son of Mary, We gave clear proofs and supported him with the holy spirit.2 If Allah had willed, succeeding generations would not have fought หนamong themselvesหบ after receiving the clear proofs. But they differedโsome believed while others disbelieved. Yet if Allah had willed, they would not have fought one another. But Allah does what He wills. Quran (2:253)
The characteristics of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) confirm that he is superior to the rest of the Messengers. We will mention some of them which are narrated in the Qurโan and Sunnah:
Allah has singled out the Quran, to the exclusion of other Books, to be preserved. Allah says (interpretation of the meaning):
โIt is certainly We Who have revealed the Reminder, and it is certainly We Who will preserve it.โ
Quran (15:9)
In the case of the other Books, Allah entrusted their protection to their people. Allah says (interpretation of the meaning]
โIndeed, We revealed the Torah, containing guidance and light, by which the prophets, who submitted themselves to Allah, made judgments for Jews. So too did the rabbis and scholars judge according to Allahโs Book, with which they were entrusted and of which they were made keepers. So do not fear the people; fear Me! Nor trade my revelations for a fleeting gain. And those who do not judge by what Allah has revealed are หนtrulyหบ the disbelievers.” Quran (5:44)
๐๐ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐๐ฅ ๐จ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฉ๐ก๐๐ญ๐ฌ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐๐ฌ๐ฌ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ซ๐ฌ. ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐๐ก ๐ฌ๐๐ฒ๐ฌ (๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ฉ๐ซ๐๐ญ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐จ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฆ๐๐๐ง๐ข๐ง๐ ):
โMuแธฅammad is not the father of any of your men,1 but is the Messenger of Allah and the seal of the prophets. And Allah has หนperfectหบ knowledge of all things.โ Quran (33:40)
He is unique in that he was sent to all of mankind. Allah says (interpretation of the meaning):
โBlessed is the One Who sent down the Standard1 to His servant,2 so that he may be a warner to the whole world.3โ Quran (25:1)
๐๐ฆ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐ช๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ก๐๐ซ๐๐๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ซ๐๐๐๐ญ๐๐ซ:
He will be the owner of the โposition of praise and glory (al-maqaam al-mahmood)โ on the Day of Resurrection. Allah says (interpretation of the meaning):
“Observe the prayer from the decline of the sun until the darkness of the night and the dawn prayer, for certainly the dawn prayer is witnessed หนby angelsหบ.1 And rise at หนthe lastหบ part of the night, offering additional prayers, so your Lord may raise you to a station of praise.1” ((a station of praise and glory, i.e., the honour of intercession on the Day of Resurrection))โ Quran (17:78-79)
Ibn Jareer said: most of the commentators said that is the position which he (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) will occupy in order to intercede for the people on the Day of Resurrection, to ask that their Lord might grant them respite from the great hardship that they are suffering on this Day.โ (Tafseer Ibn Katheer, 5/103)
๐๐ง๐ ๐ก๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฅ๐๐๐๐๐ซ ๐จ๐ ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐จ๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ค๐ข๐ง๐ ๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ฒ ๐จ๐ ๐๐๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ซ๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง, ๐๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ญ๐๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ก๐๐๐๐๐ญ๐ก ๐ช๐ฎ๐จ๐ญ๐๐ ๐๐๐จ๐ฏ๐.
He will be the first one to cross al-Siraat with his ummah=The Bridge over Hellfire with Muslim nation. Al-Bukhari narrated a lengthy hadeeth concerning that from Abu Hurayrah, in which it says, โโฆ and I will be the first one among the Messengers to lead his ummah across it.โ (al-Adhaan, 764).
Another indication that he is the best of the Prophets is the fact that they will not intercede, rather one of them will refer the people to another, until โEesa ‘Jesus” refers them to Muhammed (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him).
He will say, โI (will do it),โ then he will step forward to intercede for everyone, and the first and the last will praise him for that, the Prophets and the rest of mankind.
His unique characteristics, as mentioned in the ayaat and saheeh ahaadeeth, are too many to mention in this brief summary; entire books have been written on this topic.
See Kitaab Khasaaโis al-Mustafa (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) bayna al-Ghulw waโl-Jafaaโ by al-Saadiq ibn Muhammed, 33-79
๐๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐๐ฃ๐จ๐ซ ๐ฌ๐๐ก๐จ๐ฅ๐๐ซ๐ฌ ๐จ๐ ๐๐ฌ๐ฅ๐๐ฆ ๐๐ซ๐ ๐จ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐จ๐ฉ๐ข๐ง๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐๐ฌ๐ฅ๐๐ฆ ๐ญ๐๐๐๐ก๐๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐๐ฎ๐ก๐๐ฆ๐ฆ๐๐ ๐ฉ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐จ๐ง ๐ก๐ข๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐ข๐จ๐ซ ๐จ๐ฏ๐๐ซ ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฉ๐ก๐๐ญ๐ฌ. ๐๐จ๐๐ฌ ๐๐ก๐๐ฆ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง ๐๐ฑ๐ฉ๐๐๐ญ ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐๐ฅ๐ข๐๐ฏ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ก๐ ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐๐ซ๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ง๐๐ฌ ๐๐ฌ๐ฅ๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ ๐ญ๐๐๐๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ง ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐๐๐ฅ๐จ๐ฏ๐๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ก๐จ๐ฅ๐๐ซ๐ฌ? ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ ๐จ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ซ๐๐๐ฌ๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ก๐ฒ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ก๐จ๐ฅ๐๐ซ๐ฌ ๐ก๐๐ฏ๐ ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐ง๐๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐๐ซ๐.
– He (peace be upon him) will be the leader of all mankind (includes Prophets) on the Day of Judgment.
– No Prophet’s intercession will avail except that of Muhammad’s peace be upon him.
– He (peace be upon him) was given conciseness of speech.
– He (peace be upon him) was supported with fear cast into the hearts of his enemies.
– He (peace be upon him) was the Seal of Prophets.
– He (peace be upon him) will be the first of the Messengers to cross the Sirat on the Day of Judgment.
– He (peace be upon him) obeyed the command and followed the guidance of the Messengers who came before him, thus acquiring all the qualities of perfection that they had which made him superior to all of creation.
– He (peace be upon him) was made Imam over all the Messengers during the night of Mi’raaj.
– Allah revealed to him (peace be upon him) a book that He promised to preserve Himself, while in the past entrusted the protection of the books were entrusted to fallible human beings.
– He (peace be upon him) is sent to all mankind, while the others were meant for specific groups of people for a specific amount of time.
– If any of the Prophets were alive, they would abide by the Law sent down to Prophet Muhammad peace be upon him. This is exactly what Prophet Jesus peace be upon him will do in his second return.
– The Law revealed to Prophet Muhammad peace be upon him is superior to all of those sent in the past and abrogates them all.
– He (peace be upon him) will hold a banner of praise on the Day of Judgment.
– He (peace be upon him) is the only Prophet who was given a miracle (i.e. Qur’an) that can be witnessed by all mankind that come after him.
๐๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐๐ซ๐ฒ
๐๐๐ ๐๐ซ๐๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐ญ “๐๐ ๐ก๐๐ฏ๐ ๐๐ก๐จ๐ฌ๐๐ง ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฆ๐ ๐จ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ฌ๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ฌ๐ฌ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ซ๐ฌ ๐๐๐จ๐ฏ๐ ๐จ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ซ๐ฌ” ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐จ๐๐ฅ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐ง๐ข๐ ๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ฌ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐ง (๐:๐๐๐):-
Allah Exalted he states that he has preferred some Prophets and messengers over others which means Allah elevated the ranks of some Prophets or places or books over others.
Prophet Muhammed peace be upon is the best Prophet and Messenger of all the prophets and messengers of Allah and He is the seal of all prophet and Messengers of Allah.
Moreover, Allah Exalted he has preferred Mosques on Earth as the best places and the best of them are as follows, the sacred Mosque= Al Masjid Al-Haram in Mecca, followed by The Prophetic Mosque in Madinah, followed by the further Mosque= Al-Masjid Al Aqsa in Al Quds city= Jerusalem.
๐๐๐ ๐๐ซ๐๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐ญ โ๐๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ค๐ ๐ง๐จ ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐๐๐ญ๐ฐ๐๐๐ง ๐๐ง๐ฒ ๐จ๐ ๐๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฆ๐๐ฌ๐ฌ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ซ๐ฌ.โ ๐๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ง๐จ๐๐ฅ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐ง๐ข๐ ๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ฌ๐- ๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐ง (๐:๐๐๐):
Allah Exalted he states there make no distinction between any of His messengers as they all have delivered the same core message.
And that we are as Muslims must not make no distinction between any of Allahโs messengers and prophets, which means we must believe in all of them, because rejecting one Prophet or messenger is exactly equals t rejecting all of them.
To sum up, we prefer our Prophet Muhammed (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) over all the other Prophets and over all of mankind, because of the evidence that has been narrated concerning that, whilst also respecting the rights of the other Prophets and Messengers and believing in them and respecting them.
And Allah knows best.