The Preference Among the Prophets and the Hadith: “I am the Master of the Children of Adam”

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The questioner:
And how did Allah inform you that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) is among the prophets, but how do we distinguish between his saying “ignorant” and his saying (peace and blessings be upon him) “I am the noblest of creation and I am the master,” and there is no disagreement on this?

The Shaykh:
“I am the noblest of creation” is something we have not heard, but

I am the leader of the sons of Adam, and it is no boast

أنا سيد ولد آدم ولا فخر

Sunan Ibn Majah 4308Sahih (Darussalam)

No, it is said at the end of the hadith, “and there is no boasting.” We mentioned this during the discussion. We said that preference among the prophets, if it is in the category of seeking guidance or belittling the one preferred over, then it is not permissible. But if it is in the category of speaking of Allah’s blessing, then there is no harm in it. So Allah (Exalted and Majestic is He) says:

Those messengers - some of them We caused to exceed others. Among them were those to whom Allah spoke, and He raised some of them in degree. And We gave Jesus, the Son of Mary, clear proofs, and We supported him with the Pure Spirit.

تِلْكَ الرُّسُلُ فَضَّلْنَا بَعْضَهُمْ عَلَىٰ بَعْضٍ مِّنْهُم مَّن كَلَّمَ اللَّهُ وَرَفَعَ بَعْضَهُمْ دَرَجَاتٍ وَآتَيْنَا عِيسَى ابْنَ مَرْيَمَ الْبَيِّنَاتِ وَأَيَّدْنَاهُ بِرُوحِ الْقُدُسِ

[Al-Baqarah 2:253]

Yes, and each of them has a distinction (peace and blessings be upon him). Yes.

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