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THE LEADER OF THE PROPHETS

From the Book: We know that from the time of the creation of Aadam (Adam), may Allaah exalt

his mention, Allaah The Almighty sent many Prophets from his progeny. In fact, Muslims believe their number was about 125,000.

 Each came with the message of Islamic monotheism and specific instructions to his own people.

Some came with written instructions and a holy book, and others only carried the message.

Over time, all these messages and books were lost, corrupted and so was much of the original pristine messages. The only Divine Book preserved to this day is the Quran, unaltered with a promise by the Creator that it will be preserved forever.

Should we not think that the Preserver of this message would only choose the best of creation to carry this message with whom ends the succession of prophets as well as the messages?

Allaah The Almighty Says (what means): {…this day have I perfected your religion for you, completed My favor upon you, and have chosen for you Islam as your religion…} [Quran 5:3]

Allaah The Almighty Says (what means): {“We make no distinction between one another of His Messengers”} [Quran 2:285].

Imaam Ibn Katheer, may Allaah have mercy upon him, said in his Tafseer

(exegesis) of this Aayah (Verse),

“The believers believe in all the Prophets and Messengers, and the books revealed from heaven to the slaves of Allaah, 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

Sharee’ah (Islamic law) of Muhammad, the Seal of the Prophets and Messengers, sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, upon whose Sharee’ah the Hour will come. [Tafseer Ibn Katheer, 1/736]

With regard to the superiority of some of the Prophets over one another, may Allaah exalt their mention, Allaah The Almighty has told us of this, when He Says (what means): {“Those Messengers! We preferred some of them to others; to some of them Allaah spoke (directly); others He raised to degrees (of honor)”} [Quran 2:253]

Allaah The Almighty tells us that some of them are several degrees above others,

hence the chosen ones among the Messengers are “those of strong will”. He, The Almighty, Says (what means): {“And (remember) when We took from the Prophets their covenant, and from you (O Muhammad), and from Nooh (Noah), Ibraaheem (Abraham), Moosa (Moses), and ‘Eesa (Jesus) son of Maryam (Mary). We took from them a strong covenant”} [Quran 33:7]

Indeed, Prophet Muhammad, sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, is undoubtedly the best of them.

The excellence of Prophet Muhammad, sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, is indicated

by the fact that he was the Imaam (leader) of all the Prophets on the night of the Israa’ (night journey from Makkah to Jerusalem) and Mi’raaj (Ascension to Heaven), and led them in prayer. Certainly, no one but the best is put forward.

Greater evidence that he, sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, is the best of the Prophets and their leader comes from Abu Hurayrah, may Allaah be pleased with him, who said, “The Messenger of Allaah, sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, said: ‘I will be the leader of the sons of Aadam 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.’” [Muslim]

An-Nawawi, may Allaah have mercy upon him, said in his commentary on Saheeh Muslim,