Is it permissible to call the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) "al-Mufarriq" (the Divider)?
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The questioner : May Allah reward you, O Shaykh. In the hadith in al-Bukhari, when the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) saw the angels in a dream, they said: Is it permissible for us to call the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) al-Mufarriq (the Divider)?
The Shaykh : No, because division in an absolute sense is a term of blame. In fact, the Messenger gathered the people, and Allah gathered them through him after their division, united them through him after their enmity, honored them through him after their humiliation, and gave them victory through him after their abandonment:[Ad-Duhaa 93:6-8] The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said to the Ansar when he gathered them: Sahih Muslim 1061 And I think he said: "And you were enemies, so Allah united you through me." Therefore, it is not possible to call him al-Mufarriq (the Divider).
The questioner : Not in an absolute sense, O Shaykh?
The Shaykh : It is not said in an absolute sense.
The questioner : Or should we say he divided between the truth and falsehood?
The Shaykh : Yes, just as Allah named the Qur'an al-Furqan (the Criterion), because it distinguishes between the truth and falsehood.
Strike for him a parable - and it is mentioned at the end of the hadith - he said: And Muhammad, the Messenger of Allah, divided between the people
اضربوا له مثلاً -وجاء في آخر الحديث- قال: ومحمد رسول الله فرق بين الناسThe Shaykh : No, because division in an absolute sense is a term of blame. In fact, the Messenger gathered the people, and Allah gathered them through him after their division, united them through him after their enmity, honored them through him after their humiliation, and gave them victory through him after their 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 فَأَغْنَىdid I not find you erring and Allah guided you aright through me, and (in the state of) being destitute and Allah made you free from want through me, and in a state of disunity and Allah united you through me
ألم أجدكم ضلالاً فهداكم الله بي، وعالة فأغناكم الله بي، وكنتم متفرقين فجمعكم الله بيThe questioner : Not in an absolute sense, O Shaykh?
The Shaykh : It is not said in an absolute sense.
The questioner : Or should we say he divided between the truth and falsehood?
The Shaykh : Yes, just as Allah named the Qur'an al-Furqan (the Criterion), because it distinguishes between the truth and falsehood.