What is the meaning of the hadith, “The prophets are brothers through their fathers, and their mothers are different”?
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The questioner:
What is the meaning of what is mentioned in the hadithSahih Ibn Hibban 62:700
The Shaykh:
It means that brothers through their fathers are brothers from the father, and their mothers are different. That is, a father has several wives, and each one has a son. What are they? They are brothers from the father, and their mothers are multiple. This is like the prophets: their religion is one, which is tawhid (the oneness of Allah), and their laws are multiple. Yes, their laws are multiple. Yes.
The presenter:
Honorable Shaykh.
The Shaykh:
[Al-Ma'idah 5:48]. Yes. Until the Shari'ah of Islam came, with which Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) was sent, and it became the only Shari'ah for the world. For the jinn and the humans, until the Hour occurs. Yes.
What is the meaning of what is mentioned in the hadith
The prophets are brothers through their fathers, and their mothers are different?
الأَنْبِيَاءُ إِِخْوَةٌ لِعَلاتٍ وَأُمَّهَاتُهُمْ شَتَّى؟The Shaykh:
It means that brothers through their fathers are brothers from the father, and their mothers are different. That is, a father has several wives, and each one has a son. What are they? They are brothers from the father, and their mothers are multiple. This is like the prophets: their religion is one, which is tawhid (the oneness of Allah), and their laws are multiple. Yes, their laws are multiple. Yes.
The presenter:
Honorable Shaykh.
The Shaykh:
To each of you We prescribed a law and a method
جَعَلْنَا مِنكُمْ شِرْعَةً وَمِنْهَاجًا
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، ما معنى حديث «الأنبياء إخوة لعلات وأمّهاتهم شتّى»؟ لمعالي الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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