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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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"Or His Messengers"

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The Shaykh : He becomes a disbeliever and an apostate from Islam, because it is obligatory for us to ... with all the messengers (peace be upon them), whether we know of them ...
Among them are those [whose stories] We have related to you, and among them are those [whose stories] We have not related to you. منهم من قصصنا عليك ومنهم من لم نقصص عليك
[Ghafir 40:78]
And as for those whose stories were not related to us, then we ... and His messengers
We make no distinction between any of His messengers لا نفرق بين أحد من رسله
[Al-Baqarah 2:285]
in terms of faith, we believe in them ... and Noah ... the last of them is Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him), we believe ...
as We revealed to Noah and the prophets كما أوحينا إلى نوح والنبيين
[An-Nisa 4:163]
... messengers, as indicated by the phrase at the end of the verse:
[We sent] messengers as bringers of good tidings and warners so that mankind will have no argument against Allah after the messengers رسلا مبشرين ومنذرين لئلا يكون للناس على الله حجة بعد الرسل
[An-Nisa 4:165]
And the evidence ...
he was the first Apostle, Allah sent to the inhabitants of the earth أنت أول رسول بعثه الله إلى أهل الأرض
Sahih al-Bukhari 4476
And the evidence ...
Mankind was [of] one religion [before their deviation]; then Allah sent the prophets as bringers of good tidings and warners and sent down with them the Scripture in truth to judge between the people concerning that in which they differed. كَانَ النَّاسُ أُمَّةً وَاحِدَةً فَبَعَثَ اللَّهُ النَّبِيِّينَ مُبَشِّرِينَ وَمُنْذِرِينَ وَأَنْزَلَ مَعَهُمُ الْكِتَابَ بِالْحَقِّ لِيَحْكُمَ بَيْنَ النَّاسِ فِيمَا اخْتَلَفُوا فِيهِ
[Al-Baqarah 2:213]
The important point is that the evidence that the first messenger sent to the people of the earth is Noah is numerous in the Qur'an and the Sunnah ... and the last of the messengers and prophets is also
but [he is] the Messenger of Allah and last of the prophets ولكن رسول الله وخاتم النبيين
[Al-Ahzab 33:40]
and the Seal of the Prophets وخاتم النبيين
to make it clear that no prophet or messenger will come after him. So whoever claims prophethood after the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) is a disbeliever, because he is denying the Qur'an. This is also indicated by another verse, such as His saying:
And We have not sent you, [O Muhammad], except as a mercy to the worlds. وما أرسلناك إلا رحمة للعالمين
[Al-Anbya 21:107]
And His saying:
Say, [O Muhammad], "O mankind, indeed I am the Messenger of Allah to you all قل يا أيها الناس إني رسول الله إليكم جميعا
[Al-A'raf 7:158]
and similar verses indicating that he is a messenger until the Day of Resurrection. This indicates that people do not need a prophet or messenger after him, because his Shari'ah will remain. Therefore, Allah (Mighty and Majestic) said:
Indeed, it is We who sent down the Qur'an and indeed, We will be its guardian. إنا نحن نزلنا الذكر وإنا له لحافظون
[Al-Hijr 15:9]
Now, regarding these messengers, it is obligatory for us to believe in their specific identities, those of whom we know, and as for those we do not know, we believe in them in a general and comprehensive sense. Then, faith in the books and faith in the messengers is divided into two categories. First, the matters of information: it is obligatory to believe in them and accept them without detailing them. Whatever comes, or whatever is authentic from the previous books or from the previous messengers, in the form of information, it is obligatory for us to accept it in general and in detail. Why? Because information cannot be abrogated. What the messengers before or the books reported cannot be abrogated by the Qur'an, because it is information about Allah (Mighty and Majestic), and the information of Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He) cannot be abrogated. Pay attention, why? If the abrogation of information were permissible, one of the two pieces of information would be a lie, and lying is impossible. Except if a request comes in the wording of information, it may be abrogated, because in that case it is a request. And you know that sometimes the informational form is used to mean a request. Now, this is what has been mentioned regarding the previous books and messengers.
Source alathar.net

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