What is the difference between a Nabi and a Rasul?
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The questioner:
What is the difference between a nabi (prophet) and a rasul (messenger)? Because some say that a nabi is one to whom a shari'ah (Islamic sacred law) was revealed but he was not commanded to convey it. If that is the case, what is the reason for his prophethood?
The Shaykh:
Yes, if
The questioner:
If that is the case, what is the reason for his prophethood?
The Shaykh:
Teaching the people; the reason for his prophethood is teaching the people and judging between them. The prophets who submitted judge by it[Al-Ma'idah 5:44]. He judges between the people and teaches them, but no independent law is revealed to him; rather, he judges by the law of those before him. This prophet may receive specific revelation, but he is not revealed an independent law; rather, he follows what came before him. The prophet judges by the law of the messengers before him, unlike the messenger, who brings a law, as Musa brought, as 'Isa brought, and as Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) brought. Yes.
What is the difference between a nabi (prophet) and a rasul (messenger)? Because some say that a nabi is one to whom a shari'ah (Islamic sacred law) was revealed but he was not commanded to convey it. If that is the case, what is the reason for his prophethood?
The Shaykh:
Yes, if
The questioner:
If that is the case, what is the reason for his prophethood?
The Shaykh:
Teaching the people; the reason for his prophethood is teaching the people and judging between them. The prophets who submitted judge by it
Indeed, We sent down the Torah, in which was guidance and light. The prophets who submitted
إِنَّا أَنزَلْنَا التَّوْرَاةَ فِيهَا هُدًى وَنُورٌ يَحْكُمُ بِهَا النَّبِيُّونَ الَّذِينَ أَسْلَمُوا
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 396 - ما الفرق بين النبي والرسول؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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