Refuting Shaykh 'Abd al-Hamid Kashk, Shaykh al-Sha'rawi, and others who claim that Muhammad (peace be upon him) is the origin of existence.
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The questioner : A response by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Jamil Zaynu in the book *The Pillars of Islam and Faith* regarding this topic.
The Shaykh : How?
The questioner : Shaykh Muhammad ibn Jamil Zaynu responded to him.
The Shaykh : Yes, it is one of their beliefs. He says that Muhammad (peace be upon him) is the origin of existence as Allah the Exalted said in the Noble Qur'an [Ali 'Imran 3:144] to the end of the verse. They say—and perhaps you have heard this—that Muhammad was created from the light of Allah. Have you heard this or not?
The questioner : No, I have not heard it.
The Shaykh : Yes, it exists in Syria and it exists in Jordan, and they even narrate a hadith that says: Have you not heard this hadith?
The questioner : I heard this from al-Sha'rawi.
The Shaykh : It comes just as they say about her legs, do you see? And this is part of refuting falsehood. How did Allah create Muhammad from His light, when the first thing Allah created was the light of your Prophet, O Jabir, and the authentic hadith as I mentioned earlier is?!
Then, we know that the Prophet's lineage is Muhammad ibn 'Abd Allah ibn 'Abd al-Muttalib, and so on, and then the chain of lineage is broken, but he knows in any case who his first grandfather is?!
Adam (peace be upon him), because as he (peace be upon him) said in the authentic hadith:Jami` at-Tirmidhi 3956Hasan (Darussalam) So how is it that Muhammad, between him and Adam—Allah knows how many grandfathers there are—was his light created before them?!
This requires faith, it requires a large brain that does not exist in this universe, to believe in such myths. As for the general Muslims and some of the specific ones among them, and you are a witness, including Shaykh al-Sha'rawi, they believe in this myth. This hadith is not in al-Bukhari, nor in Muslim, nor in the four Sunan, nor in the Forty, nor in the Four Hundred. There is no basis for this hadith at all, except if we use the expression: it exists in the brains of the delusional, and that is all. Is this Islam?!
Islam is: Allah said, and His Messenger said, and the Companions said. It is not deception, to the end of what Ibn al-Qayyim (may Allah have mercy on him) said.
The Shaykh : How?
The questioner : Shaykh Muhammad ibn Jamil Zaynu responded to him.
The Shaykh : Yes, it is one of their beliefs. He says that Muhammad (peace be upon him) is the origin of existence
And Muhammad is
وما محمدٌnot but a messenger. [Other] messengers have passed on before him. So if he was to die or be killed, would you turn back on your heels
إلا رسول قد خلت من قبله الرسول أفإن مات أو قتل انقلبتم على أعقابكمThe questioner : No, I have not heard it.
The Shaykh : Yes, it exists in Syria and it exists in Jordan, and they even narrate a hadith that says:
The first thing Allah created was the light of your Prophet, O Jabir
أول ما خلق الله نور نبيك يا جابرThe questioner : I heard this from al-Sha'rawi.
The Shaykh : It comes just as they say about her legs, do you see? And this is part of refuting falsehood. How did Allah create Muhammad from His light, when the first thing Allah created was the light of your Prophet, O Jabir, and the authentic hadith as I mentioned earlier is
The first thing Allah created was the Pen, and He said to it: Write. It said: What shall I write? He said: Write what is destined to happen until the Day of Resurrection.
أول ما خلق الله القلم فقال له: اكتب قال: ما أكتب ؟ قال: اكتب ما هو كائن إلى يوم القيامةThen, we know that the Prophet's lineage is Muhammad ibn 'Abd Allah ibn 'Abd al-Muttalib, and so on, and then the chain of lineage is broken, but he knows in any case who his first grandfather is?!
Adam (peace be upon him), because as he (peace be upon him) said in the authentic hadith:
and the people are the children of Adam, and Adam is from dirt
كلكم من آدم وآدم من ترابThis requires faith, it requires a large brain that does not exist in this universe, to believe in such myths. As for the general Muslims and some of the specific ones among them, and you are a witness, including Shaykh al-Sha'rawi, they believe in this myth. This hadith is not in al-Bukhari, nor in Muslim, nor in the four Sunan, nor in the Forty, nor in the Four Hundred. There is no basis for this hadith at all, except if we use the expression: it exists in the brains of the delusional, and that is all. Is this Islam?!
Islam is: Allah said, and His Messenger said, and the Companions said. It is not deception, to the end of what Ibn al-Qayyim (may Allah have mercy on him) said.