The Ruling on Naming the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) as "Al-Mufarriq" (The Divider)
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[The Ruling on Naming the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) as "Al-Mufarriq" (The Divider)]
It is mentioned in a hadith in al-Bukhari that when the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) saw the angels in a dream, they said: (Strike for him a parable - and it comes at the end of the hadith -He said: and Muhammad, the Messenger of Allah, divided the people) Is it permissible for us to name the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) as Al-Mufarriq (The Divider)?
No.
Because division in the absolute sense is a blame, rather, the Messenger gathered the people, and Allah gathered them through him after their division, and reconciled them through him after their enmity, and honored them through him after their humiliation,And He gave you victory through him after abandonment: [Al-Dhuha: 6-8] And the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said to the Ansar when he gathered them: (Did I not find you lost, and Allah guided you through me? Did I not find you poor, and Allah enriched you through me? And were you not divided, and Allah gathered you through me?) So it is not possible to name him Al-Mufarriq (The Divider) in the absolute sense.
The questioner: Rather, we say: Did he divide between the truth and falsehood?The Shaykh: Just as Allah named the Qur'an Al-Furqan (The Criterion); because it divides between the truth and falsehood.
It is mentioned in a hadith in al-Bukhari that when the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) saw the angels in a dream, they said: (Strike for him a parable - and it comes at the end of the hadith -He said: and Muhammad, the Messenger of Allah, divided the people) Is it permissible for us to name the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) as Al-Mufarriq (The Divider)?
No.
Because division in the absolute sense is a blame, rather, the Messenger gathered the people, and Allah gathered them through him after their division, and reconciled them through him after their enmity, and honored them through him after their humiliation,And He gave you victory through him after abandonment:
(6) Did He not find you an orphan and give [you] refuge? (7) And He found you lost and guided [you], (8) And He found you poor and made [you] self-sufficient.
أَلَمْ يَجِدْكَ يَتِيماً فَآوَى * وَوَجَدَكَ ضَالاًّ فَهَدَى * وَوَجَدَكَ عَائِلاً فَأَغْنَىThe questioner: Rather, we say: Did he divide between the truth and falsehood?The Shaykh: Just as Allah named the Qur'an Al-Furqan (The Criterion); because it divides between the truth and falsehood.