What is the validity of the statement: The difference between a messenger (rasul) and a prophet (nabi) is that the prophet is one to whom a law was revealed but he was not commanded to convey it?

Question:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner asks: What is the validity of the distinction that says the difference between a prophet and a messenger is that the prophet is one to whom a law was revealed but he was not commanded to convey it, while the messenger is one to whom a law was revealed and he was commanded to convey it?

Answer:
When it is said that a law was revealed to him, it means a specific law regarding a specific issue, not a general law. A messenger is revealed a general law. As for a prophet, a specific law is revealed to him regarding specific issues, completing and completing what came before him, but not establishing new foundations. Yes. The expression is acceptable. This was mentioned by the Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah in his book on Prophethood. He mentioned this definition. Yes.