Islam

Mawla Álī raĎīyAllāhu ánhu narrated,

The beloved Prophet sall Allahu ‘alayhi wa sallam said, “I was a noor (light) in front of Allah subḥānahu wa ta’ala 14000 years prior to the creation of Sayyiduna Adam álayhis salam.”[1]

Abu Hurayra raĎīyAllāhu ánhu said,

The blessed companions raĎīyAllāhu ánhum said, “Ya RasūlAllah sall Allahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, when did nabuwwa (prophet hood) become compulsory for you?” The beloved Messenger sall Allahu ‘alayhi wa sallam said, “When Adam was between rūh (soul) and jism (body).”[2]

Maysarah radiyAllahu ánhu narrates that he said,

“Ya RasulAllah sall Allahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, from when were you a Nabi?” The beloved Messenger sall Allahu ‘alayhi wa sallam said, “I was a Nabi even then, when Adam was betweenrūh and jism.”[3]

Ibn Abī Asim has stated that the sanad is Ṣaḥīḥ, and all the narrators are Sahih and thiqqa (trustworthy).

The beloved Messenger sall Allahu ‘alayhi wa sallam said,

“O Abu Bakr! I swear by the Lord who sent me with the truth, no one knows my ḥaqīqa, aside from my Lord.”[4]

The beloved Messenger sall Allahu ‘alayhi wa sallam said,

Every Nabi was sent to a specific nation, whilst I have been sent to all nations.[5]

The beloved Messenger sall Allahu ‘alayhi wa sallam said,

I have been sent as a Rasul to the entire creation.[6]

Írbād bin Sāriya raĎīyAllāhu ánhu narrates that the beloved Messenger sall Allahu ‘alayhi wa sallam said,

I am the supplication of my father Ibrahim, and the glad tidings of Isa.[7]

Thawbān raĎīyAllāhu ánhu narrates that the Master of Creation sall Allahu ‘alayhi wa sallam said,

There shall be thirty imposters in my Ummah, each one of them shall claim himself to be a Nabi, however I am the Khātim an-Nabiyyīn (the Seal of Prophets) and there shall be no Nabi after me.[8]

Abu Imamah raĎīyAllāhu ánhu narrates that the beloved Messenger sall Allahu ‘alayhi wa sallam said,

I am the last of the Prophets and you are the last Ummah.[9]

Upon the occasion of Ḥajjat al-Wada’ the blessed Messenger sall Allahu ‘alayhi wa sallam said,

There shall be no Prophet after me, and there will be no Ummah after you.[10]

Another narration states,

There is no Nabi after me, and there is no Ummah after my Ummah.[11]

Amir Muáwiya raĎīyAllāhu ánhu narrates that the beloved Messenger sall Allahu ‘alayhi wa sallam said,

Indeed, I am the one who distributes, and Allah bestows to me.[12]

Jabir bin Ábdullah raĎīyAllāhu ánhu narrates that the Master of Creation sall Allahu ‘alayhi wa sallam said,

I have been made the distributor; I am the one who distributes amongst you.[13]

The beloved Messenger sall Allahu ‘alayhi wa sallam said,

I am al-Qasim, I am the one who distributes amongst you.[14]

Úqba raĎīyAllāhu ánhu narrates that the beloved Messenger śallAllāhu álayhi wa sallam said,

Indeed, I have been given the keys to the treasures of the world.[15]

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[1] Ahmad al-Qastalānī, al-Mawāhib Ladunniya, vol. 1

Ábd al-Bāqī al-Zurqānī, Sharh al-Mawāhib Ladunniya, vol. 1

Halabī, Sīrah, vol. 1

[2] Tirmidhī, Jāmí as-Ṣaḥīḥ, vol. 5

Bayhaqī, Dalāýil al-Nabuwwa, vol. 2

[3] Ahmad bin Hanbal, Musnad, vol. 5

Ibn Abī Shayba, al-Musannaf, vol. 7

Maqdisī, al-Hadith al-Mukhtara, vol. 9

[4] Mahdī al-Fāsī, Mutālé al-Musarrāt, pp. 129

[5] Bukhari, Sahih, vol. 1

Nisā’i, Sunan, vol. 1

[6] Muslim, Sahih, vol. 1

Tirmidhī, Sunan, vol. 4

Ibn Ḥibbān, Sahih, vol. 6

Ahmad bin Hanbal, Musnad, vol. 2

[7] Hākim, al-Mustadrak, vol. 2

Bukhari, Tārīkh al-Kabīr, vol. 6

Abu Nuáym, Hilya al-Awliya, vol. 6

[8] Tirmidhī, Jāmí as-Sahih, vol. 4

Abu Dāwud, Sunan, vol. 4

Hakim, al-Mustadrak, vol. 4

[9] Ibn Majah, Sunan, vol. 2

Hākim, al-Mustadrak, vol. 4

Tabarānī, Mújam al-Kabīr, vol. 8

[10] Tabarānī, Mújam al-Kabīr, vol. 8

Ibn Hibbān, Sahih, vol. 15

Haythamī, Majmá az-Zawāíd, vol. 3

[11] Tabarānī, Mújam al-Kabīr, vol. 8

Haythamī, Majmá az-Zawā’íd, vol. 7

[12] Bukhari, Sahih, Kitab al-‘Ilm, vol. 1

Muslim, Sahih, Kitab al-Zakah, vol. 2

Ahmad bin Hanbal, Musnad, vol. 2

Tabarānī, Mújam al-Kabīr, vol. 19

[13] Bukhari, Ṣaḥīḥ, vol. 3

Ahmad bin Hanbal, Musnad, vol. 3

Tahāwī, Sharh Maánī al-Athār, vol. 4

[14] Muslim, Sahih, vol. 3

Bayhaqī, Sunan al-Kubra, vol. 9

[15] Bukhari, Sahih, vol. 5

Ibn Hibbān, Sahih, vol. 7