Is al-Khidr a prophet or a righteous man?
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Question:
The questioner says: Is al-Khidr a prophet or a righteous man?
Answer:
The correct view is that he is a righteous man and not a prophet, but Allah granted him miracles, He granted him the miracles of the awliya (close friends of Allah), but Shaykh Ibn Baz (may Allah have mercy on him) holds that he is a prophet, and he holds that what occurred through his hands were prophetic miracles, but the majority view is that he is a righteous man, because Allah said:[Al-Kahf 18:65] and He did not say "they found a prophet," but rather He said "they found a servant from among Our servants." Yes.
The questioner says: Is al-Khidr a prophet or a righteous man?
Answer:
The correct view is that he is a righteous man and not a prophet, but Allah granted him miracles, He granted him the miracles of the awliya (close friends of Allah), but Shaykh Ibn Baz (may Allah have mercy on him) holds that he is a prophet, and he holds that what occurred through his hands were prophetic miracles, but the majority view is that he is a righteous man, because Allah said:
And they found a servant from among Our servants to whom we had given mercy from us and had taught him from Us a [certain] knowledge.
فَوَجَدَا عَبْدًا مِّنْ عِبَادِنَا آتَيْنَاهُ رَحْمَةً مِّنْ عِندِنَا وَعَلَّمْنَاهُ مِن لَّدُنَّا عِلْمًا
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [876 -1024] هل الخضر نبي أو رجل صالح؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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