What is the authenticity of the hadith of Abu Dharr regarding the number of prophets and messengers?
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The Shaykh: All praise is due to Allah; we praise Him, seek His help, and seek His forgiveness. We seek refuge in Allah from the evil of our own souls and from the evil of our deeds. Whoever Allah guides, no one can mislead, and whoever He misleads, no one can guide. And I bear witness that there is no god but Allah alone, with no partner, and I bear witness that Muhammad is His slave and His Messenger.
[Ali 'Imran 3:102] , [An-Nisa 4:1] , [Al-Ahzab 33:70-71] , As for what follows:
So ask whatever you wish, organize your questions, and avoid chaos as much as you can; for it destroys the benefit.
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The questioner: There is a hadith narrated by Imam Ahmad from Abu Umamah, in which Abu Dharr said: "I said: O Messenger of Allah, how many are the prophets in total?" He said: ; Is this hadith authentic? And was a specific number given with the names of the messengers?
The Shaykh: This hadith is authentic. As for the second part of the question, which is whether a specific number of messengers was mentioned; that is something we do not have knowledge of.
Other than that?
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O you who have believed, fear Allah as He should be feared and do not die except as Muslims [in submission to Him].
يا أيها الذين آمنوا اتقوا الله حق تقاته ولا تموتن إلا وأنتم مسلمونO mankind, fear your Lord, who created you from one soul and created from it its mate and dispersed from both of them many men and women. And fear Allah, through whom you ask one another, and the wombs. Indeed Allah is ever, over you, an Observer.
يا أيها الناس اتقوا ربكم الذي خلقكم من نفس واحدة وخلق منها زوجها وبث منهما رجالًا كثيرًا ونساءً واتقوا الله الذي تساءلون به و الأرحام إن الله كان عليكم رقيبًا(70) O you who have believed, fear Allah and speak words of appropriate justice. (71) He will [then] amend for you your deeds and forgive you your sins. And whoever obeys Allah and His Messenger has certainly attained a great attainment.
يا أيها الذين آمنوا اتقوا الله وقولوا قولًا سديدًا يصلح لكم أعمالكم ويغفر لكم ذنوبكم ومن يطع الله ورسوله فقد فاز فوزًا عظيمًاSo ask whatever you wish, organize your questions, and avoid chaos as much as you can; for it destroys the benefit.
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The questioner: There is a hadith narrated by Imam Ahmad from Abu Umamah, in which Abu Dharr said: "I said: O Messenger of Allah, how many are the prophets in total?" He said:
One hundred thousand and twenty-four thousand messengers, of whom three hundred and fifteen were eminent and numerous.
مائة ألف وأربع وعشرون ألفًا الرسل ، من ذلك ثلاثمائة وخمس عشرة جمًّا غفيرًاThe Shaykh: This hadith is authentic. As for the second part of the question, which is whether a specific number of messengers was mentioned; that is something we do not have knowledge of.
Other than that?
Please proceed.
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