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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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The ruling on calling Musa our Prophet and the wisdom behind the repeated mention of him

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The questioner:
May Allah bless you. The questioner, Abu Ahmad, says: Honorable Shaykh, through my reading of the Book of Allah the Exalted, I have noticed that our Prophet Musa (peace be upon him) is mentioned in several places in the Noble Qur'an, unlike the other prophets (peace be upon them). What is the wisdom behind this, as I read, for example, in Surat al-Baqarah and other surahs, the frequent mention of our Prophet Musa (peace be upon him)?

The Shaykh:
In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds, and may Allah send prayers and blessings upon our Prophet Muhammad, and upon his family and all his Companions. First, your saying "our Prophet Musa" is not correct, because Musa (peace be upon him) is a prophet for the Children of Israel, a prophet
And [mention, O Muhammad], when Moses said to his people, "O my people, why do you harm me while you certainly know that I am the messenger of Allah to you?"وَإِذْ قَالَ مُوسَىٰ لِقَوْمِهِ يَا قَوْمِ لِمَ تُؤْذُونَنِي وَقَد تَّعْلَمُونَ أَنِّي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ إِلَيْكُمْ
[As-Saf 61:5]
so he is a prophet for the Children of Israel (peace be upon him). Every nation has a prophet, but our Prophet is Muhammad (peace be upon him). It is obligatory to believe in all the prophets, from the first to the last. This is a pillar of faith.
We make no distinction between any of themلَا نُفَرِّقُ بَيْنَ أَحَدٍ مِّنْهُمْ
[Al-Baqarah 2:136]
In faith, this is a pillar of faith. But we do not say "our Prophet Musa"; we say "our Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him)." The repeated mention of Musa (peace be upon him) in the Qur'an is because he is the prophet of the Children of Israel, and Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) is the prophet of all creation, sent to all people. Since the time of Musa was close to the time of Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him), his mention was repeated in the Qur'an, and because of the similarity between the two noble messengers; there is much similarity between them. Yes.
Source نور على الدرب - الفوزان - 03/130 — archive.org (0:54)

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