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'It is Ahmed, stunning on 'one chord to two bows' (qasida 19:10) This is the motto of this section, which is for talking about our beloved prophet Mohammad [PPBUH]. You can find all special expressions in the Glossary. We need your comments to develop this site for you.
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Sunna of Glorifying the Prophet [PPBUH]
The glorification of the esteem of the Prophet [PPBUH] is a case that was made a thorny one by some people without any necessity. They fabricated and invented questions to prove what they alleged. Some say: is glorification possible for someone other than Allah?!! The answer is, simply: Yes, rather it is a certain Sunna confirmed by Hadith and Qur'an.
So let's
study that with a condition that you can be rational, seeking
knowledge, impartial and fair. If you are like that, you would ask
us, how is that? We would say, seeking the success granted by Allah,
that if this glorification was according to Allah's command, just as
the Almighty commanded the angels to prostrate to someone other than
Him, so they prostrated to Adam [PBUH].
Not only that, but He also expelled whoever contradicted with this
command!! We also say: a rational one who seeks useful knowledge
should understand the language of the Arabs and their speech, as
glorifying Allah, Almighty, is as deity and no one but Him is so… on
the other hand, glorifying anyone other than Him is as His being a
slave [a servant] with all the real and right meaning of this word…
not everyone can be a real slave of Allah, not just a figure of
speech… in this word [Slave], there is praising that is not hidden
from any rational knowledgeable skilful one. It is the highest word
Allah, Almighty, praised His
The verse of al-Fath: our Lord, Almighty, says [Indeed We have sent you as a witness and a bearer of good tidings and a warner ¤ that you may believe in Allah and His Messenger, and that you may support him, revere him, and glorify Him at early dawn and evening] al-Fath 48:8-9. Alqurtubi [AAH] said: [support him] is; glorifying and exalting him. Al-Hasan and al-Kalbi said that Honoring is: the glorification and veneration. Ibn Kathir said: [In order to believe in Allah and his Messenger, to support him] ibn Abbas and others said: it is glorifying him and [to revere Him] from the venerating which is respecting, exalting and extolling him, [and to glorify Him] that is; glorify Allah [Dhikr and praising the name of Allah] [early dawn and evening] that is; in the morning and afternoon… and this is like a verbal unanimity of the people of interpretation. Even with those who said that the pronouns in the three words [to support him, to revere him and to glorify Him] relate to "Allah", like the author of the liberation and luminous, said: And the three pronouns relate to His Majesty’s name, as singling out the pronouns with mentioning two names before it, indicates to that the intended is one of them. However joining [and His Messenger] to the word of His Majesty is a significance that the belief in the Messenger [PPBUH] is a belief in Allah, so the intended is the belief in Allah. For that, ibn Abbas [AAH] said in some narrations that the pronoun in [support him and revere him] refers to His Messenger [PPBUH]. I say: the most beautiful saying, regarding the reference of the pronoun in [to honor him and revere him] to the Prophet [PPBUH] is what al-Ashmoni, author of "light Stand of Guidance in the stopping and beginning", when he indicated to the reading stop at the word of [revere him] and said: Abo-Hatem as-Segestani stopped in reading on [and A warner] and [revere him] to show the difference between what is attributed to Allah and what is attributed to the Prophet [PPBUH]. He marked it with "a complete stop" and said: for the honoring and revering is to the Prophet [PPBUH] and the glorification [Dhikr and praising His name] only for Allah Almighty and the pronoun "him" in [to revere him] refers to the Prophet [PPBUH]. So the speech is undivided and connected, but the metaphor is different as you see. And who wants to read and know more about this, can read the article of "those who pledged allegiance to you".
Qatadah said: Allah commanded to respect and fear His Prophet [PPBUH], and to exalt, glorify, and make as a master". Ibn Kathir continued: Imam ibn al-Gazri, author of "the utmost of the end in the Readers' levels", said about Qatadah: he is Qatadah ibn Du'ama Abo-al-Khattab as-Sedousi al-Basri, the blind, the interpreter, one of the Imams in Qur'an's letters. He mentioned the reading from Abo-al-Aleyah and Anas ibn Malik, and heard from Anas ibn Malik, Abo-at-Tufail, sa'id ibn al-Musaiab and others. Aban ibn Yazid al-Attar narrated from him [Qutadah], also Abo-Ayyob, Su'bah, and Abo-Awanah and others narrated from him. He was an example with his memorizing, he passed away in 117H. Imam Ahmed ibn Hanbal [AAH] said about him: Qutadah is the most knowledgeable in the interpretation and the scholars' difference, he described him in his Fiqh and memorizing and expatiated about him, saying "seldom we find who exceeds him. once, I read on him the sheet of Gaber, so he memorized it. So we say that his words in interpreting the mentioned verse are worthy to be written with the gold water and be engraved in the hearts of the people of love and good manners. And this is so as what was shown from Qur'an, but it is a certain Sunna from the Messenger of Allah [PPBUH] especially that the Hadith, of the Bringer of good tiding, the Warner, the Luminous Light, are assisting in pushing us rightly to the necessity of glorifying, revering, and being polite with Him [PPBUH]. That is nothing but a high wisdom and pleasant precept that Allah, Almighty, and His Messenger [PPBUH] intended: which it is the good manners with Him [PPBUH], revering, honoring, glorifying and exalting Him are matters that Allah love so do His Honorable angels. So no wonder if He, Almighty, guides us to that in order for us to benefit from it, and so that it all becomes one of the most certain Sunna. What do you think about who is used to do these merits and becomes addicted to it then his manners would be affected by it, how would not he be from the people of closeness to the Majesty of the Creator the Almighty?
We say that it is as if He [PPBUH] dedicated this blessed ascending on His platform, that He [PPBUH] did not do except for something great and important, to turn the attention of nation to this fact, to say with his chaste disinfected tongue that he is the master of Adam's sons, with no pride, but as a fact, truth, and a real matter and position He [PPBUH] deserved. Rather he corrected on whom defined Him [PPBUH] with His description and name that they did not find and touch the purpose and did not answer the question of the Messenger of Allah [PPBUH], as the Messenger of Allah taught us and them that His being the Messenger of Allah and His being Muhammad ibn Abdullah must be bound, obligated, correlated and interrelated with our firm belief that He is the Master of Adam's sons without pride. So, the case of making Him our Master, glorifying Him, exalting Him and revering Him [PPBUH] became a necessity on which the acceptance of Al-Mawla, the Almighty, is built. As the true right saying of Allah [If you two repent unto Allah, for your hearts have been inclined, and if aid one another against Him then Allah is His Patron, so Gabriel, the righteous believers and angels will be after that the helpers] at-Tahrim: 4. So what do you think of whom Allah is His patron and helper, so Gabriel, the righteous believers and the honorable angels. Indeed, What A best ultimate Mawla and what A best Helper and supporter!... To be continued ISA…
Written by Dr. Ibrahim ad-Desouqi. Translated by Aseya al-Khouly
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