The Number of Prophets and Messengers and the Difference Between Them
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Question:
He asks Your Eminence—may Allah preserve you—about the number of prophets and messengers, and about the difference between them?
Answer:
No authentic hadith has been established regarding their number. No authentic hadith has been established regarding the number of messengers and prophets. It is narrated that the messengers were three hundred and a few more, and the prophets were one hundred thousand and twenty-four thousand, but the hadith is not established; it is weak. Yes, but the prophets are numerous, and the messengers are more specific, fewer in number. Yes.
The presenter : May Allah reward you with good. He asks about the difference? May Allah preserve you.
The Shaykh : The messenger is the one who is commanded to convey the message; revelation is sent to him, and he is commanded to convey it. He is sent to the nation to convey the message to them. The prophet is the one to whom revelation is sent for himself, but he is not commanded to convey it to the people. This is one of the definitions.
The second definition according to the scholars is: the messenger is the one who is sent to the nation independently, and the prophet is the one who is sent as a follower of another, like the prophets of the Children of Israel after Musa, who were followers of him.
The correct view in this matter is that the scope is broad. The prophet is called a messenger, and the messenger is called a messenger; even the prophet is called a messenger. Allah (Exalted and Majestic is He) said: [Surah al-Hajj: 52] He named both of them messengers. [Surah al-Hajj: 52] The verse from Surah al-Hajj named them all messengers. So the prophet is called a messenger, and the messenger who is sent to the people is called a messenger; because the prophet to whom revelation is sent has been sent to himself if he was not commanded to convey the message to the people. He has been sent to himself to command it and prohibit it. Yes.
The presenter : May Allah reward you with good, and may He do you good.
He asks Your Eminence—may Allah preserve you—about the number of prophets and messengers, and about the difference between them?
Answer:
No authentic hadith has been established regarding their number. No authentic hadith has been established regarding the number of messengers and prophets. It is narrated that the messengers were three hundred and a few more, and the prophets were one hundred thousand and twenty-four thousand, but the hadith is not established; it is weak. Yes, but the prophets are numerous, and the messengers are more specific, fewer in number. Yes.
The presenter : May Allah reward you with good. He asks about the difference? May Allah preserve you.
The Shaykh : The messenger is the one who is commanded to convey the message; revelation is sent to him, and he is commanded to convey it. He is sent to the nation to convey the message to them. The prophet is the one to whom revelation is sent for himself, but he is not commanded to convey it to the people. This is one of the definitions.
The second definition according to the scholars is: the messenger is the one who is sent to the nation independently, and the prophet is the one who is sent as a follower of another, like the prophets of the Children of Israel after Musa, who were followers of him.
The correct view in this matter is that the scope is broad. The prophet is called a messenger, and the messenger is called a messenger; even the prophet is called a messenger. Allah (Exalted and Majestic is He) said:
And We did not send before you any messenger or prophet except that when he spoke
وَمَا أَرْسَلْنَا مِنْ قَبْلِكَ مِنْ رَسُولٍ وَلا نَبِيٍّ إِلَّا إِذَا تَمَنَّىAnd We did not send before you any messenger or prophet except that when he spoke [or recited], Satan threw into it
وَمَا أَرْسَلْنَا مِنْ قَبْلِكَ مِنْ رَسُولٍ وَلا نَبِيٍّ إِلَّا إِذَا تَمَنَّى أَلْقَى الشَّيْطَانُ فِي أُمْنِيَّتِهِThe presenter : May Allah reward you with good, and may He do you good.
Source
binbaz.org.sa
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