Is it true that the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) was the first of Allah’s creation among humans, and is it true of what is said about the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), “If Satan had seen the radiance of his light in Adam’s face, he would have been the first to prostrate”?
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The Shaykh : Is it true that the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) was the first of Allah’s creation among humans, and is it true of what is said about the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), “If Satan had seen the radiance of his light in Adam’s face, he would have been the first to prostrate”? This is the first time I have heard this misguidance. The questioner said, “This is what I heard from the chanters.” What is the ruling on this chanting and praise?
As for the first question, the answer is that it is not true that the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) was the first of what Allah created among humans. This is because this is among the unseen matters in which it is not permissible for a Muslim to speak based on conjecture, for Allah (Mighty and Majestic) says in His Book: [Surat al-Najm: 28], and the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Jami` at-Tirmidhi 1988Sahih (Darussalam). So if a person claims that the first thing Allah (Mighty and Majestic) created was the person of Muhammad, or rather, as they claim, the light of Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him), we say that Allah (Blessed and Exalted is He) said: [Surat al-Kahf: 51]. So how does this claimant, who guesses about the unseen, know that the Messenger (peace be upon him) was the first thing Allah created, namely his light? He will say, “The famous hadith: .” We say that this hadith has no basis in the six famous mother books, nor in the sixty known among the people of hadith, nor in any other of the hundreds of books. So this hadith has no basis except in the minds of the ignorant among those who have made praising the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) with truth and falsehood a profession from which they earn their living.
So it is not permissible, according to many scholars, to establish a belief based on an authentic hadith. These scholars stipulate that for establishing a belief, the hadith must be mass-transmitted (mutawatir); it is not sufficient for it to be merely authentic, meaning even if it has two or three chains. It must have come from twenty chains, meaning twenty Companions, for the belief to be established by that hadith. We do not adopt this opinion because we do not distinguish between what came to us from the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) regarding belief and what came from him regarding rulings; all of this must be followed and submitted to. However, we remind you that many scholars stipulated, or when they stipulated, mass transmission (tawatur) for the hadith intended to establish a belief, they did not stipulate this except out of concern that a Muslim might believe in something in which some of the narrators may have erred.
So, unfortunately, we find that the masses of people today believe in beliefs based on weak hadiths, or even fabricated hadiths, like this hadith:. Therefore, it is not permissible for a Muslim to believe in such a belief because it is not found in any of the authentic hadiths.
As for the verse mentioned, there is no doubt that it is misguidance, and it is not permissible to chant it, let alone praise the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) with it. This is because praising a man with falsehood is actually a criticism of him, whether the chanter intends it or not. Because if you praise a person with what is not in him, it is as if you mean that he does not possess the true praises that exist in him, so that we could praise him with them. Therefore, we fabricate things from ourselves to praise him with. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) is not like that. Allah (Mighty and Majestic) chose him for his prophethood and messengership and created him with perfect character, so He said:. So he (peace and blessings be upon him) does not need to be praised with such falsehoods, especially since in the authentic Sunnah there is a portion that is mass-transmitted and a portion that is not, and all of it is authentic. A Muslim can praise the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) with all of that.
As for coming to such false praise, this is exaggeration in religion. Allah (Mighty and Majestic) has warned us by warning the People of the Book against exaggeration in religion. He said: [Surat al-Nisa: 171]. And he (peace and blessings be upon him) directed this same meaning to us, the Muslims, directly, when he was near Mina and ordered Abdullah ibn Abbas to pick up pebbles for him, and he indicated that they should be small pebbles, the size of a wheat grain. And he said: As-Sunan al-Kubra lil-Nasa'i 16:460. So this exaggeration in religion is not permissible at all, especially what is related to belief and unseen matters, like this claim made by this chanter.
If Satan had seen the radiance of his light *** in Adam’s face, he would have been the first to prostrate.
This is, meaning, from the words of a poet whom the misguided follow.
So such chanting is not permissible, absolutely, because speaking, uttering, and vocalizing it is not permissible because it is false. Therefore, the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) warned the Muslims not to be carried away in praising the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), even within the bounds of reality, fearing that it would lead them to such false speech. And he (peace and blessings be upon him) said:Ash-Shama'il Al-Muhammadiyah 329Sahih (Zubair `Aliza'i). “Do not praise me” means do not praise me as the Christians praised Jesus, the son of Mary. On this occasion, it must be remembered that the meaning of this hadith, as some commentators mention, is not “Do not exaggerate in praising me.” No, rather, it means “Do not praise me at all,” because he does not need to be praised. This is because the Christians went astray and reached the point of making Jesus the son of Allah because they opened the door to praising Jesus (peace be upon him). We all know that most of the fire comes from the smallest sparks. Satan, in his cunning toward the children of Adam, does not surprise them with great calamities and major matters, because that would alert his enemy, man, so he would not fall into the trap of Iblis. Rather, he comes to him step by step. So, to block the means to harm, he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: . “Do not praise me at all” Musnad Ahmad 164Sahih (Darussalam). It is sufficient for you to say, “The servant of Allah and His Messenger.” And the evidence for what I said is that the scholars of hadith, including Imam al-Tirmidhi, included this hadith in his book “Al-Shama’il al-Nabawiyyah”. He included it under the chapter “The Humility of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)”. If Imam al-Tirmidhi had understood this hadith to mean “Do not exaggerate in praising me,” this meaning would not have connected with the chapter, meaning the hadith would not have been a heading for the chapter. Because this does not indicate humility. It is obligatory for any person to tell people, “Do not praise me with falsehood.” This is not humility. But humility is when the hadith is understood on its apparent meaning: “Do not praise me at all.” This is humility. Why, O Messenger of Allah, when you are worthy of being praised? Because opening this door may lead you to falling into what the Christians fell into, which is associating partners with Allah. And this is actually observed today among Muslims. This is the verse of poetry before you, from many, many verses of the poem by al-Busiri and others.
From your generosity, the world and its counterpart *** And from your knowledge, the knowledge of the Tablet and the Pen.
This is praise, but this is disbelief, because the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) heard a slave girl in his time saying:
And among us is a Prophet who knows what is in tomorrow.
So he said: لا يعلم الغيب إلا الله دعي هذا No one knows the unseen except Allah. Leave this.. So how would it be if the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) heard al-Busiri say: “And from your knowledge, the knowledge of the Tablet and the Pen”? There is no doubt this is misguidance that the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) would not approve of, because it contradicts the Book, the Sunnah, and the consensus of the Ummah.
So, cutting off the root of these exaggerations is that the Muslim does not open the door to praise, especially in these chants, and is content with reading what is established in the biography regarding the character of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), his miracles, and his conduct, by which these hearts were opened, which were blind hearts.
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As for the first question, the answer is that it is not true that the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) was the first of what Allah created among humans. This is because this is among the unseen matters in which it is not permissible for a Muslim to speak based on conjecture, for Allah (Mighty and Majestic) says in His Book:
Indeed, assumption avails not against the truth at all
إِنَّ الظَّنَّ لا يُغْنِي مِن الْحَقِّ شَيْئًاBeware of Zann (suspicion), for indeed Zann is the falsest of speech.
إياكم والظن فإن الظن أكذب الحديثI did not make them witness to the creation of the heavens and the earth or to the creation of themselves, and I would not have taken the misguiders as assistants.
مَا أَشْهَدْتُهُمْ خَلْقَ السَّمَوَاتِ وَالأَرْضِ وَلا خَلْقَ أَنفُسِهِمْ وَمَا كُنتُ مُتَّخِذَ الْمُضِلِّينَ عَضُدًاO Jabir, the first thing Allah created was the light of your Prophet
يا جابر أول ما خلق الله نور نبيكSo it is not permissible, according to many scholars, to establish a belief based on an authentic hadith. These scholars stipulate that for establishing a belief, the hadith must be mass-transmitted (mutawatir); it is not sufficient for it to be merely authentic, meaning even if it has two or three chains. It must have come from twenty chains, meaning twenty Companions, for the belief to be established by that hadith. We do not adopt this opinion because we do not distinguish between what came to us from the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) regarding belief and what came from him regarding rulings; all of this must be followed and submitted to. However, we remind you that many scholars stipulated, or when they stipulated, mass transmission (tawatur) for the hadith intended to establish a belief, they did not stipulate this except out of concern that a Muslim might believe in something in which some of the narrators may have erred.
So, unfortunately, we find that the masses of people today believe in beliefs based on weak hadiths, or even fabricated hadiths, like this hadith:
The first thing Allah created was the light of your Prophet, O Jabir
أول ما خلق الله نور نبيك يا جابرAs for the verse mentioned, there is no doubt that it is misguidance, and it is not permissible to chant it, let alone praise the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) with it. This is because praising a man with falsehood is actually a criticism of him, whether the chanter intends it or not. Because if you praise a person with what is not in him, it is as if you mean that he does not possess the true praises that exist in him, so that we could praise him with them. Therefore, we fabricate things from ourselves to praise him with. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) is not like that. Allah (Mighty and Majestic) chose him for his prophethood and messengership and created him with perfect character, so He said:
And indeed, you are of an exalted character
وإنك لعلي خلق عظيمAs for coming to such false praise, this is exaggeration in religion. Allah (Mighty and Majestic) has warned us by warning the People of the Book against exaggeration in religion. He said:
O People of the Scripture, do not commit excess in your religion or say about Allah except the truth.
يَا أَهْلَ الْكِتَابِ لا تَغْلُوا فِي دِينِكُمْ وَلا تَقُولُوا عَلَى اللَّهِ إِلَّا الْحَقَّLike this, and beware of exaggeration in religion, for indeed, those before you were destroyed by their exaggeration in their religion.
مثل هذه وإياكم والغلو في الدين فإنما أهلك من قبلكم غلوهم في دينهمIf Satan had seen the radiance of his light *** in Adam’s face, he would have been the first to prostrate.
This is, meaning, from the words of a poet whom the misguided follow.
So such chanting is not permissible, absolutely, because speaking, uttering, and vocalizing it is not permissible because it is false. Therefore, the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) warned the Muslims not to be carried away in praising the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), even within the bounds of reality, fearing that it would lead them to such false speech. And he (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
Do not extol me as the Christians extolled [Jesus] the son of Mary. I am merely a servant,’ so say: '[He is] Allah’s servant and His Messenger.’
لا تطروني كما أطرت النصارى عيسى ابن مريم إنما أنا عبد فقولوا عبد الله ورسولهDo not praise me
لا تطرونيDo not praise me as the Christians praised 'Eesa ibn Maryam عليه السلام. I am no more than a slave
لا تطروني كما أطرت النصارى عيسى ابن مريم إنما أنا عبدDo not praise me
لا تطرونيFrom your generosity, the world and its counterpart *** And from your knowledge, the knowledge of the Tablet and the Pen.
This is praise, but this is disbelief, because the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) heard a slave girl in his time saying:
And among us is a Prophet who knows what is in tomorrow.
So he said: لا يعلم الغيب إلا الله دعي هذا No one knows the unseen except Allah. Leave this.. So how would it be if the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) heard al-Busiri say: “And from your knowledge, the knowledge of the Tablet and the Pen”? There is no doubt this is misguidance that the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) would not approve of, because it contradicts the Book, the Sunnah, and the consensus of the Ummah.
So, cutting off the root of these exaggerations is that the Muslim does not open the door to praise, especially in these chants, and is content with reading what is established in the biography regarding the character of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), his miracles, and his conduct, by which these hearts were opened, which were blind hearts.