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PROPHET MUHAMMED
SIGNS OF PROPHETHOOD
Since Prophethood is a means by which the noblest of all knowledge can
be acquired and the greatest and most honourable deeds can be carried
out; it is of
Allaah's mercy to give these Prophets the signs by which they could be
known and through which they could be identified, though, every one of
those who claimed to have a mission has some signs and conditions that
could indicate his truthfulness if he is truthful or otherwise if he
is a liar. Theses signs are many, the most important of which are:
1. The Messenger should call to the worship of Allaah alone and to the
abandonment of worshipping others besides Him. For this is the purpose
for which Allaah created the creation.
2. The Messenger should call people to believe in him, and put his
message into practice. Allaah commands His messenger, Muhammad to say,
"O mankind! Verily, I am sent to you all as the Messenger of
Allaah."[1]
3. Allaah strengthens him with various kinds of signs of prophethood.
Among these signs are the verses that the Prophet Muhammad brought
from Allaah and which his people could not repudiate or produce its
like. Another example is the sign of Prophet Moosaa when his rod
turned to a snake; the sign of Prophet Eesaa who healed the blind and
the leper by the permission of Allaah, and the sign of Muhammad which
is the Great Qur'aan, in spite of the fact that he was an illiterate
who could neither read nor write among many other signs of the
Prophets.Among these signs is the clear and vivid truth which the
Prophets and Messengers brought and which their opponents could not
disprove or deny. Rather, their opponents knew that what the Prophets
had brought was the truth that could not be resisted. Among the signs
also are perfect conditions, beautiful traits and magnanimous conduct
with which Allaah distinguished the Prophets.
4. His message should agree in fundamentals with the fundamentals to
which all Messengers and Prophets called.[2]
5. He should not call others to the worship of himself or to direct
any act of worship to him. He should also not call to the
glorification of his tribe or clan. Allaah commands His Prophet
Muhammad to tell people, "Say: I do not tell you that with me is the
treasure of Allaah, nor (that) I know the Unseen; nor I tell you that
I am an angel. I but follow what is revealed to me."[3]
6. He should not ask from people any of the things of this world as a
wage for his mission. Allaah says, informing us about His Prophets
Noah, Hood, Saalih, Loot and Shuaib, that they told their people, "No
reward do I ask of you for it (my message of Islaamic Monotheism); my
reward is only from the Lord of all that exists."[4]Prophet Muhammad
also told his people, "No wage do I ask of you for this (the Qur'aan),
nor am I of those who pretend and fabricate things."[5]These Prophets
and Messengers whom I have told you something of their qualities and
signs of their prophethood, are many. Allaah says, "And verily, We
have sent among every nation a Messenger (proclaiming): Worship Allaah
(alone) and avoid all false deities."[6]
These Messengers have made mankind happy; the history recorded their
stories and the injunctions of their religion were repeatedly
transmitted, that they are the truth and just. Likewise, repeatedly
narrated is the victory with which Allaah honoured them and
destruction of their enemies, like the destruction of the people of
Noah with flood, drowning of Pharaoh, punishment for the people of
Loot; and the victory of Muhammad over his enemies and the spread of
his religion. Whoever knows this will know certainly that they brought
for mankind good and guidance; that they directed them to all that
could benefit them and warn them against all that could be harmful.
The first of them is Adam and the last is Muhammad.
ByDr. Muhammad bin Abdullaah As-SuhaymTranslated byAbdur-Raafi
Adewale Imaam
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[1] Al-A'raaf 7:158.
[2] See: Majmoo' Fataawa Ibn Taymiyyah Vol. 4 p. 212-213.
[3] Al-An'aam 6:50.
[4] Ash-Shu'araa 26:109, 127, 145, 164, 180.
[5] Saad 38:86.
[6] An-Nahl 16:36.
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