The republishing of this translation
The chapter on the
uniqueness of the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, in being the first prophet
created, the last one sent, and the taking of the covenant from him. [1]
Ibn
Abī Ḥātim has narrated in his tafsīr, as well as Abū Nuʿaym in Ad-Dalāʾil
from various paths, from Qatādah, from al-Ḥasan, from Abū Hurayrah, from
the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, regarding the saying of
the Exalted One: “And
when we exacted a covenant from the prophets, and from you (O Muḥammad) and
from Noah and Abraham and Moses and Jesus, son of Mary. We took from them a
solemn covenant,” [al-Aḥzāb 33:7] that he said, “I was the first of the Prophets in creation,
and the last one sent, so it began before them.”
Abū
Sahl al-Qaṭṭān has narrated in a part of his Amālī, from Sahl ibn Ṣāliḥ
al-Hamdānī who said, ‘I asked Abū Jaʿfar Muhammad ibn ʿAlī how Muḥammad, may
Allah bless him and grant him peace, preceded the Prophets when he was last one
sent. He said, “Indeed Allah the Exalted, when he took from the Children of
Adam their offspring from their backs and made them testify against themselves,
saying, “Am I not
your Lord?” Muḥammad, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, was the first one
to say “Indeed”,[2] and for
that reason he preceded the Prophets even though he was the last one sent.”’
Aḥmad
has narrated, as well al-Bukhārī in his Tārīkh along with at-Ṭabarāni,
al-Ḥākim, al-Bayhaqī and Abū Nuʿaym, from Maysarat al-Fajr, who said, ‘I said,
“O Messenger of Allah, when were you a prophet?” He said, “When Adam was between spirit and
body.”’
Aḥmad,
al-Ḥākim and al-Bayhaqī have narrated from al-ʿArbāḍ ibn Sāriyah, who said, ‘I
heard the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, saying,
“I am, according to
Allah in the Umm al-Kitāb, the Seal of the Prophets while Adam was
tightened in his clay.”’
Al-Ḥākim,
al-Bayhaqī and Abū Nuʿaym have narrated from Abū Hurayrah, may Allah be pleased
with him, that it was said to the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him
peace, ‘When was prophethood enjoined upon you?’ He said, ‘Between the creation of Adam and
the blowing of the spirit into him.’
Al-Bazzār
has narrated, as well at-Ṭabarānī in al-Awsaṭ along with Abū Nuʿaym from
the chain of ash-Shaʿbī, from Ibn ʿAbbās, may Allah be pleased with him, who
said, ‘It was said, “O Messenger of Allah, when were you a prophet?” He said, “When Adam was between spirit and
body.”’
Abū Nuʿaym
has narrated from as-Ṣanājī, who said, ‘ʿUmar, may Allah be pleased with him, said,
“When were you made a prophet?” He said, “When Adam was tightened in clay.”’ Mursal.[3]
Ibn
Saʿd has narrated from Ibn Abī al-Judaʿā, who said, ‘I said, “O Messenger of
Allah, when were you a prophet?” He said, “When Adam was between spirit and body.”’
Ibn
Saʿd has narrated from Maṭraf ibn ʿAbdullah ibn ash-Shakhīr, that a man asked
the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, ‘When were you
a prophet?’ He said, ‘When
Adam was between spirit and clay.’
Ibn
Saʿd has narrated from ʿĀmir, who said, ‘A man said to the Prophet, may Allah
bless him and grant him peace, “When were you made a prophet?” He said, “Adam was between spirit and body
when the covenant was taken from me.”
At-Ṭabarānī and Abū Nuʿaym have
narrated from Abū Maryam al-Ghassānī that a Bedouin said to the
Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, ‘What was the first thing from
your prophethood?’ He said, ‘Allah taking from me the covenant as he took
from the other prophets their covenant, the call of my father Ibrāhīm, the glad
tiding of ʿĪsā and my mother seeing in her sleep a light emanating from between
her legs that illuminated the palaces of Shām.’
[1] (tn): Translated from the book Al-Khaṣāʾiṣ
al-Kubrā (Beirut: Dār al-Kutub al-ʿIlmiyyah,
1424/2003) by Imām Jalāl ud-Dīn As-Suyūṭī, p.7-8
[2] (tn): Please see Sūrat al-ʾAʿrāf
7:172
[3] |(tn): i.e. in the chain of transmission someone
is missing after the level of Follower (tābiʿ)
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