What is the authenticity of the claim that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was created from light?

Question:
We hear in some of our Friday sermons that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) was created from light, not from clay like the rest of mankind. What is the authenticity of this statement?

Answer:
This statement is invalid and has no basis. Allah created our Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) just as He created the rest of humanity from a lowly fluid, from the fluid of his father Abdullah and his mother Aminah, as Allah (Mighty and Majestic) said in His great Book: [Surat al-Sajdah: 8]. Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) is from the lineage of Adam, and all of Adam’s descendants are from a lineage of lowly fluid.
As for those who believe he was created from light, this has no basis. It is a fabricated, false, and invalid hadith with no basis. Some attribute it to Musnad Ahmad from Jabir, which has no basis, and some attribute it to the Musnad of Abd al-Razzaq, which also has no basis.
However, Allah made him (peace and blessings be upon him) a light for people through the guidance He revealed to him from the Noble Book and the pure Sunnah, as Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He) said: : [Al-Ma'idah: 15]. This light is Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him). And as He (Mighty and Majestic) said in the other verse: and a caller to Allah by His permission and a guiding lamp [Al-Ahzab: 45-46]. The guiding lamp is the light of what Allah gave him of the great revelation from the Noble Qur'an and the Sunnah. Indeed, Allah illuminated the path with them, clarified the straight path with them, and guided the community to good with them. So he is a light, and he brought the light, (peace and blessings be upon him). It does not mean that he was created from light.