Is it permissible to prefer some messengers over others?
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The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: In His saying, the Exalted:[Al-Baqarah 2:285], what is the meaning of His saying, the Exalted: "We make no distinction between any of His messengers"? Is the intention to prohibit preferring one over the others?
The Shaykh:
Preferring one in a way that belittles the one being preferred is not permissible. However, preferring one as a way of thanking Allah the Exalted and clarifying the superiority of some messengers over others is permissible, yes, provided that the one being preferred is not belittled, yes.
The presenter:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, this questioner says: What is the meaning of what was mentioned?
The Shaykh:
(Peace and blessings be upon him) said, "Do not prefer me over Yunus ibn Matta." Therefore, it is never permissible to belittle the one being preferred, yes, whether among the messengers or among the scholars and people of virtue, yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: In His saying, the Exalted:
The Messenger has believed in what was revealed to him from his Lord, and [so have] the believers. All of them have believed in Allah and His angels and His books and His messengers, [saying], "We make no distinction between any of His messengers."
آمَنَ الرَّسُولُ بِمَا أُنزِلَ إِلَيْهِ مِن رَّبِّهِ وَالْمُؤْمِنُونَ كُلٌّ آمَنَ بِاللَّهِ وَمَلَائِكَتِهِ وَكُتُبِهِ وَرُسُلِهِ لَا نُفَرِّقُ بَيْنَ أَحَدٍ مِّن رُّسُلِهِThe Shaykh:
Preferring one in a way that belittles the one being preferred is not permissible. However, preferring one as a way of thanking Allah the Exalted and clarifying the superiority of some messengers over others is permissible, yes, provided that the one being preferred is not belittled, yes.
The presenter:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, this questioner says: What is the meaning of what was mentioned?
The Shaykh:
(Peace and blessings be upon him) said, "Do not prefer me over Yunus ibn Matta." Therefore, it is never permissible to belittle the one being preferred, yes, whether among the messengers or among the scholars and people of virtue, yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 256- هل يجوز تفضيل بعض الرسل على بعض؟ - صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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