Is it correct to say: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) is the father of the believers?
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Question:
His statement: That the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) is the father of the believers?
Answer:
Yes.
Q: Allah says: [Al-Ahzab: 40]?
A: Meaning, in terms of negating adoption: [Al-Ahzab: 5]; therefore, in the recitation of some reciters, His saying (Exalted and Majestic is He): [Al-Ahzab: 6], some of them recited: "And he is their father" in terms of upbringing, the fatherhood of upbringing and guidance, not the fatherhood of adoption, which is negated; the fatherhood of adoption is negated; therefore, he used to say to some of his companions: "O my son."
His statement: That the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) is the father of the believers?
Answer:
Yes.
Q: Allah says:
Muhammad is not the father of [any] one of your men
مَا كَانَ مُحَمَّدٌ أَبَا أَحَدٍ مِنْ رِجَالِكُمْA: Meaning, in terms of negating adoption:
Call them by their fathers’ names
ادْعُوهُمْ لِآبَائِهِمْThe Prophet is more worthy of the believers than themselves, and his wives are [in the position of] their mothers
النَّبِيُّ أَوْلَى بِالْمُؤْمِنِينَ مِنْ أَنْفُسِهِمْ وَأَزْوَاجُهُ أُمَّهَاتُهُمْ
Source
binbaz.org.sa
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