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The Prophets (Peace be upon them)
Nabi (Prophet) and Rasul (Prophetic Messenger)
Hadrat Abu Dharr al-Ghifari (may Allah be pleased with him) said that he asked Allah's Messenger (may Allah's blessings and peace be upon him) who was the first of the prophets and he replied that it was Nabi Adam (peace be upon him). He asked if he was really a prophet and he replied, "Yes, he was a Prophet to whom a message was given." He asked Allah's Messenger (may Allah's blessings and peace be upon him) how many Prophetic Messengers there had been, and he replied, "There have been three hundred and between ten and twenty in all." In a version on the authority of Hadrat Abu Umama, (may Allah be pleased with him), Hadrat Abu Dharr (may Allah be pleased with him) said that he had asked Allah's Messenger (may Allah's blessings and peace be upon him) the number of all the prophets, and he replied, "A hundred and twenty-four thousand among whom were three hundred and fifteen Prophetic Messengers in all." (Ahmad)
Sayyidina Muhammad-ur-Rasulullah (may Allah's blessings and peace be upon him)
Sayyidina Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said that the Prophet (may Allah's blessings and peace be upon him) said: "Do not exceed bounds in praising me as do the Christians in praising Jesus, son of Mary. I am only a servant of Allah, then call me servant of Allah and His Messenger." (Bukhari, Muslim)
Sayyidina Muhammad (may Allah's blessings and peace be upon him): The Seal of the Prophets
Narrated Hadrat Abu Huraira (may Allah be pleased with him): Allah's Messenger (may Allah's blessings and peace be upon him) said, "My similitude in comparison with the other prophets before me is that of a man who has built a house nicely and beautifully, except for a place of one brick in a corner. The people go about it and wonder at its beauty, but say: 'Would that this brick be put in its place!' So I am that brick and I am the last of the Prophets". (Bukhari)
The merit of Prophet Muhammad (may Allah's blessings and peace be upon him)
It is related that after the passing away of Allah's Messenger (may Allah's blessings and peace be upon him) Sayyidina 'Umar ibn al-Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him) was heard weeping and saying:
'You are more to me than my father and mother, O Messenger of Allah! There was once a palm tree stump on which you used to stand when you addressed the people.But when the people grew in number, you adopted a pulpit to let them all hear you. The tree stump then mourned your separation, until you laid your hand upon it and it was reassured. Still greater right has your Community to pine for you now you have parted from them.
'You are more to me than my father and mother, O Messenger of Allah! So great is your merit in His sight that He has equated obedience to you with obedience to Himself: for He said, Great and Glorious is He: "Whoever obeys the Messenger, obeys Allah." (al-Nisa', 4:80)
'You are more to me than my father and mother, O Messenger of Allah! So great is your merit in His sight that He told you that you were pardoned before He told you the offence, for He said, Great and Glorious is He: "Allah has pardoned you-- why did you grant them leave (of absence from military duty)?" (al-Tawbah, 9:43)
'You are more to me than my father and mother, O Messenger of Allah! So great is your merit in His sight that He sent you as the last of the Prophets, yet mentioned you among the first of them, for He said, Great and Glorious is He: "And when We exacted a covenant from the Prophets--from you and from Nuh (Noah), and Ibrahim (Abraham) and Musa (Moses) and Isa (Jesus) son of Mary..." (al-Ahzab, 33:7).
'You are more to me than my father and mother, O Messenger of Allah! So great is your merit in His sight that the people of Hell dearly wish they had obeyed you; as they suffer torment among its layers, they say: "If only we had obeyed Allah, and had obeyed the Messenger!" (al-Ahzab, 33:66).
'You are more to me than my father and mother, O Messenger of Allah! While Allah gave Nabi Musa (peace be uopn him) son of 'Imran, a rock from which streams gushed forth, this is not more miraculous than when water welled from your fingers, Allah bless you.
'Your are more to me than my father and mother, O Messenger of Allah! It is true that Allah gave Nabi Sulaiman (peace be upon him) son of Nabi Dawud (peace be upon him) "the wind whose morning course was a month's journey and its evening course a month's jouney." (Saba', 34:12) Yet this was not so miraculous as Buraq, on which you ascended to the seventh heaven, then ended your night by performing the morning Prayer in the valley bed--Allah bless you.
'You are more to me than my father and mother, O Messenger of Allah! Allah did indeed grant Jesus, (may peace be upon him) Mary's son, the power to bring the dead to life. Yet this is no greater miracle than when the poisoned sheep spoke to you, roasted as it was; for its leg said to you: "Do not eat me! I am poisoned."
'You are more to me than my father and mother, O Messenger of Allah! Nabi Nuh (peace be upon him) once cursed his people, saying: "My Lord, leave none of the unbelievers on the earth!" (Nuh, 71:26) Had you cursed us like that, we should have perished. Yet, though your back was trampled, your face bloodied and your teeth broken, you refused to say anything but good; your words were: 'O Allah forgive my people, for they do not know."
'You are more to me than my father and mother, O Messenger of Allah! Though your years were few and your life-span short, you were followed by many more than followed Nabi Nuh (peace be upon him) for all his great age and longevity. Many believed in you, but only a few believed along with him.
'You are more to me than my father and mother, O Messenger of Allah! If you had sat with none but your peer, you would not have sat with us; if you had married only your equal, you would not have trusted us. And yet, by Allah, you did sit with us, marry among us and trust us. You dressed in wool; you rode the donkey and I rode behind you; you set your food on the ground; you licked your fingers in all humility--Allah bless you and give you peace.' (Ihya Ulum al-Din)
The superiority of Prophet Muhammad (may Allah's blessings and peace be upon him)
Hadrat Abu Huraira (may Allah be pleased with him) reported Allah's Messenger (may Allah's blessings and peace be upon him) as saying, "I have been given superiority over the prophets in six respects: I have been given words which are concise but comprehensive in meaning; I have been helped by terror (in the hearts of enemies), spoils have been made lawful to me; the earth has been made for me a place of worship and ceremonially pure; I have been sent to all mankind, and the line of prophets is closed with me." (Muslim)
Sayyidina Ibrahim (peace be upon him)
Narrated Hadrat Ibn 'Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him): 'Allah is Sufficient for us and He is the best Disposer of affairs," was said by Sayyidina Ibraham (peace be upon him) when he was thrown into the fire; and it was said by Sayyidina Muhammad (may Allah's blessings and peace be upon him) when they (i.e. hypocrites) said, "A great army is gathering against you, therefore, fear them," but it only increased their faith and they said: 'Allah is Sufficient for us, and He is the Best Disposer (of affairs, for us). (3:173) (Bukhari)
Sayyidina Ismail (peace be upon him)
Narrated Hadrat Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him): The Prophet (may Allah's blessings and peace be upon him) said; "May Allah bestow His Mercy on the mother of Nabi Ismail (peace be upon him). Had she not hastened (to fill her water-skin with water from the Zam-zam well), Zam-Zam would have been a stream flowing on the surface of the earth." Hadrat Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him) further added, "(The Prophet) Abraham brought Nabi Ismail and his mother (to Makkah) and she was suckling Ismail and she had a water-skin with her." (Bukhari)
Sayyidina Yusuf, Sayyidina Yaqub, Sayyidina Ishaq and Sayyidina Ibrahim (peace be upon them)
Hadrat Ibn 'Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) reported Allah's Messenger (may Allah's blessings and peace be upon him) as saying "The noble one, son of the noble one, son of the noble one, son of the noble one, Joseph, son of Jacob, son of Isaac, son of Abraham." (Bukhari)
Sayyidina Musa and Al-Khadir (peace be upon them)
Narrated Hadrat Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him) that he differed with Al-Hur bin Qais Al-Fazari regarding the companion of Nabi Musa (peace be upon him). Hadrat Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him) said that he was Al-Khadir (peace be upon him). Meanwhile Hadrat Ubai bin Ka'b (may Allah be pleased with him) passed by them and Hadrat Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him) called him saying, "My friend and I have differed regarding Moses' companion whom Moses (peace be upon him) asked the way to meet. Have you heard Allah's Messenger (may Allah's blessings and peace be upon him) mentioning something about him?" He said, "Yes, I heard Allah's Messenger (may Allah's blessings and peace be upon him) saying that while Moses (peace be upon him) was sitting in the company of some Israelities, a man came and asked (him), 'Do you know anyone, who is more learned than you? Moses (peace be upon him) replied, 'No'. So, Allah (The Glorified and the Exalted) sent the Divine Inspiration to Moses (peace be upon him): "Yes, our slave Khadir (is more learned than you)." (Bukhari)
Sayyidina Dawud (peace be upon him)
Narrated Hadrat 'Abdullah ibn 'Amr ibn Al-'As (may Allah be pleased with him): Allah's Messenger (may Allah's blessings and peace be upon him) told me, "The most beloved prayer to Allah is that of David (peace be upon him), and the most beloved fasts to Allah are those of David (peace be upon him). He used to sleep for half the night and then pray for one third of the night and again sleep for its sixth part and used to fast on alternate days." (Bukhari)
Hadrat Abu Huraira (may Allah be pleased with him) relates that the Holy Prophet (may Allah's blessings and peace be upon him) said, "Prophet David (peace be upon him) (earned his living and) fed himself only from his earnings through his labour." (Bukhari)
Sayyidina Isa (peace be upon him)
Hadrat Abdallah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) reported Allah's Messenger (may Allah's blessings and peace be upon him) as saying, "Last night I found myself in a vision at the Ka'ba and saw a ruddy man like the most good-looking of the type that you can see with the most beautiful lock of hair you can see. He had combed it out, and it was dripping with water. He was leaning on the shoulders of two men and going round the House. When I asked who he was, I was told that he was the Messaiah, son of Mary..." (Bukhari and Muslim)
The Profession of the Prophets (peace be upon them)
Hadrat Abu Huraira (may Allah be pleased with him) relates that the Holy Prophet (may Allah's blessings and peace be upon him) said, "All Prophets appointed by Allah (The Glorified and the Exalted) have had the profession of grazing goats." He was asked by his companions, "And even you?." He answered, "Yes, I too grazed them on wages of some qirat for the people of Makkah." (Bukhari)