THE TREMENDOUS VALUE OF THE PROPHET HERE AND IN THE HEREAFTER Extracted from The Cure SAHIH-SHEFA by Supreme Justice Abulfadl Eyad, died (1123CE - Islamic Year 544H) Reported by Grand Muhaddith Habib Hafiz Abdullah Ben Sadek Revised by Muhaddith Abdullah Talidi An adaptation by Servant of Hadith, Shaykh Ahmad Darwish (Arabic) Khadeijah A. Stephens (English) Ayesha Nadriya (Indonesian) Copyright © 1984-2011 Allah.com Muhammad.com. All rights reserved. Terms of Service - Copyright/IP Policy – Guidelines The Prophet’s Tremendous Value Here and in the Hereafter The authentic and well known news narrating the esteemed value Allah has placed upon His Prophet together with his exalted position and nobility in this life and the Everlasting life. There is no room to dispute that Prophet Muhammad is by far the most noble of all mankind, and that he is the Master of the children of Adam. Nor is there any doubt that he is in the Sight of Allah the one who is elevated to the highest station and rank, and the one who is nearest to Him. You should know dear reader the quotations that have reached us are innumerable and that we have limited ourselves to those that are authentic and well-known. The Rank of the Prophet with his Lord The reports of the rank of the Prophet with his Lord, the Mighty, the Glorified, His choice, raising his remembrance, most favored rank, mastery of the children of Adam, the specialty of his rank in this life and the blessing of his excellent name The Prophet was asked when the prophethood was bestowed upon him and Abu Hurayrah tells us that he replied, "When Adam was between the status of body and spirit." With regard to the excellence of the Prophet's lineage we are told by Al Asqa's son, Wathla that, the Messenger of Allah told them, "Allah chose Ishmael from the children of Abraham, and from the children of Ishmael He chose the children of Kinanah. From the children of Kinanah He chose the children of Hashim, and from the children of Hashim He chose the Koraysh, and He chose me from the children of Hashim." In the following quotation Anas tells us that the Prophet spoke of his honored position saying, "I am the most honored of the children of Adam with my Lord, and I am not boasting." Abbas' son reports the Prophet saying, "I am the most noble of the first and the last, and I am not boasting." Lady Ayesha, Mother of Believers, may Allah be pleased with her, tells us that the Prophet said, "Gabriel came to me and said, 'I searched the east and the west of the earth and saw no man better than Muhammad, neither did I see a tribe better than the children of Hashim.'" On the "Night Journey" Burak, (the heavenly white winged mount) was brought for the Prophet to ride and Anas tells us that it became frisky upon seeing the Prophet whereupon Gabriel said to Burak, "Would you do this to Muhammad? No one who has ever ridden you is more honorable to Allah than he." Upon hearing this Burak broke into a sweat. (Shaykh Darwish added: It is well known that Burak was the heavenly mount of the prophets, however, it had been centuries since he was last ridden. Burak was also aware of the esteemed rank of the Prophet, and it was this that caused him to become frisky, then when Gabriel spoke to him about it, he broke out in a sweat.) Abu Hurayrah, together with several other Companions tells us that the Prophet said, "Five things have been given to me that no other prophet before me was given. Through terror being cast into the hearts of my enemies I was given help a month before I arrived. The earth has been made a mosque for me and a place of purity, therefore when the time for prayer arrives, any man of my nation is able to pray. The spoils of war which were unlawful to all previous prophets have been made lawful to me. I have been sent for all peoples. I have been given the intercession (on the Day of Judgement)." In reference to the entire world, the Prophet said, "I was sent for all races, the fair and the dark." This last statement has been explained in two ways, the first is that "the dark" refers to the Arabs and "the fair" non-Arabs. The second explanation is that "the fair" refers to mankind and "the dark" to jinn who were created from fire and live in remote areas but there are also those who live among humans. Abu Hurayrah also tells us that the Prophet said, "Through terror being cast into the hearts of my enemies, I was given victory, and I have been given the eloquences of all the words. While I slept, I had a vision in which the keys of the treasures of the earth were brought to me, and placed in my hands." In addition to this in another transmission is, "The rank of prophethood was sealed for all time by me." Amir, Ukba's son narrates that the Prophet said, "On your behalf, I will go in advance before you, and I will be a witness for you. By Allah, I am looking at my Pool now. I have been given the keys to the treasures of the earth. By Allah, I do not fear that you will associate (another with Allah) after me, rather, I fear you will vie with one another for worldly gain." Amr's son, Abdullah tells us that the Messenger of Allah said, "I am Muhammad, the unlettered Prophet, there is no prophet after me. I was given all the eloquences of words and their final meaning." Omar's son tells us that the Prophet spoke of the end of the world saying, "I have been sent not long before the arrival of the Last Hour." Abu Hurayrah tells us that, the Prophet spoke of the signs of prophethood given to previous prophets, saying, "Every prophet was given signs by which people would believe him, and I have been given the Revelation which Allah has sent down to me, and it is my hope that I will have the greatest number of followers on the Day of Resurrection." Scholars of Islam have explained the meaning of the preceding quotation saying that it is the Koran, the greatest miracle given to Prophet Muhammad because it is unlike all the miracles of other noble prophets and it will remain as long as the world remains. The miracles of previous prophets appeared but did not remain and were present only during their life time. The Koran will remain generation after generation up until the Day of Resurrection. Due to the enormity of this subject we have presented the explanation to the reader in a simplified manner and inshaAllah it will be addressed in greater detail in the book relating to miracles. Our attention is drawn by Imam Ali, may Allah be pleased with him, that, every prophet was given seven noble persons, ministers, companions from his nation However, our Prophet was given fourteen and include, Abu Bakr, Omar Masood's son, and Ammar. Furthermore, ten of the Companions of the Prophet were guaranteed Paradise (Hamza, Jaffar, Ali, Hasan, Hussain, Al Miqdad, Abu Dharr, Hudhayfa, Salman and Bilal). The Prophet said, "Allah protected Mecca from the elephant and gave His Messenger and the believers control over it. Such will not be permitted to anyone after me and it was made lawful for me for only one hour of one day." (Shaykh Darwish added: The elephants were brought to Mecca by Abraha to destroy the Ka'ba. The Prophet was permitted to fight in the Holy precinct of Mecca for just one hour on the day he Opened Mecca.) Sairia, Al Irbad's son, said that the Messenger of Allah said, "Indeed, I am the worshipper of Allah, and the Seal of the prophets since Adam was set in clay. I will inform you about this: I am the supplication of my father Abraham, the glad tidings of Jesus, and the vision of my mother and as such, the mothers of the prophets see – and know that the mother of the Messenger of Allah saw as she gave birth to me, a light emitting from her that lit the palaces of Syria, till she saw them." (Narrated by Ahmad son of Hanbal, Bazar and Al Byhaqi who judged this hadith to be authentic as did ibn Hibban, Al Hakim and confirmed by Hafiz ibn Hajar. Reported by Hafiz Abdullah Bin Siddique Al Ghumari, may Allah have mercy on them). (To this Shaykh Darwish added: this negates the opinion of those who consider Lady Aminah to be merely among the people of an upright nature before Islam, and as such their "charity" is sent back to them. This prophetic saying is proof that, she is the first among the close friends of Allah (awlia) in Islam, and that she is the honorable mother of the family of the Prophet's house, since she saw with the eye of the close friends of Allah (awlia). Such high ranking status is referenced in the Divine hadith, "I will be his sight with which he sees". This means that she saw the palaces, not with her regular eyesight but with her son's light. Therefore, she endowed him with her best honor and milk, and he lit her before lighting the world. Grammatically, the Prophet referred to himself as the second person with his mother, and bore witness that she saw the whole light, whereas others heard about it thereafter. The Prophet honored her and called her "Mother of the Messenger of Allah". Her light, honor and happiness was inherited by Lady Khadijah, then her daughter Lady Fatima, may Allah be pleased with them). Hafiz ibn Kathir in his Sahih (authentic) Seerah reported that Lady Aminah also saw the same light when she conceived the Prophet . He also mentioned in the same reference the blessing of the Prophet . Before his death, Shaykh Al Bani adhered to this and abandoned the Wahabi sect. Shaykh Al Bani became highly critical of the professed belief of the major Wahabi clerics - ibn Baz and Twigry - who maintain a similarity between human beings and Allah. This is, in brief, the blessing of Allah to us of the understanding of this hadith. It is the undisputable authentic reference to the light of the prophethood, and no one should consider the false narration that says, "O Jabir, the first creation by Allah is the light of your Prophet", which its fabricator claimed to be reported in the Musannaf of Abdul Razzaq. There is no such saying in that reference or anywhere else, it is totally false). Abbas' son spoke to his companions about the position of the Prophet saying, "Allah preferred Muhammad to the inhabitants of the heavens and all the other noble prophets." Whereupon his companions inquired about his excellence over the inhabitants of the heavens, so Abbas told them, "Allah says to the inhabitants of the heavens, 'If any one of them says: I am a god other than Him, We will recompense him with Gehenna (Hell). As such We recompense the harm doers'" (21:29). Whereas Allah said to Prophet Muhammad "Indeed, We have opened for you a clear opening that, Allah forgives your past and future sins, and completes His Favor to you, and guides you on a Straight Path" (48:1-2). Abbas’ companions then inquired about the Prophet’s excellence over the other noble prophets whereupon Abbas reminded them of the verse, "Allah says, 'We have sent no Messenger except in the tongue of his own nation, so that he might make everything plain to them. But Allah leads astray whom He will and guides whom He will. He is the Almighty, the Wise" (14:4) whereas Allah said to Prophet Muhammad "We did not send you for all mankind except to bring them glad tidings and to warn" (34:28). One day when Khalid, Madan's son was amongst the Companions they asked the Messenger of Allah to tell them more about himself, so the Prophet told them, "I am the answer to the supplication of my father Abraham, when he supplicated 'Our Lord, send among them a Messenger from them' (2:129). Jesus also gave the good news about me." The Prophet said, "When my mother conceived me, she had a vision in which a light came from her that illumined the castles of Basra in Syria." Then he spoke of his suckling saying, "I was suckled by the tribe of Saad Bakr's son". Then the Prophet told them of the second occasion when his chest was opened, "I was herding some animals with my foster-brothers behind our tents when two men wearing white robes came to me. They held me tightly and split open my chest, from my throat down to my belly. Then they removed my heart and split it open. Then they washed my heart and chest with snow until they had cleansed it." One of the angels said to the other, "Weigh him with ten people of his nation," but I outweighed them. So he said, "Weigh him with one hundred of his nation," but I still outweighed them. Then he said, "Weigh him with one thousand of his nation," but once again I outweighed them. Whereupon the angel said, "If you were to weigh him with all his nation he would still outweigh them all!" Anas tells of the first time the Prophet's chest was opened saying, "Gabriel came to the Messenger of Allah as he was playing with some children. Gabriel took him and after having laid him down, he split open his chest to his heart and removed it. Then, he removed a clot saying, 'This is the would-be share of satan in you.’ Thereafter, he washed his heart with the water of Zam-Zam from a golden vessel and resealed it, and restored it to its place. The children went to his suckling mother saying, 'Muhammad has been killed!' Then he returned to them and they welcomed him, while his color still remained drained." Anas added, "I would see the marks of the stitching on his chest." Abdullah, Masood's son said, "Allah looked into the hearts of His worshipers, and from among them chose the heart of (Prophet) Muhammad . Allah chose him for Himself and sent him with His Message."