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- Some persons believe that the Holy Prophet Muhammad (sallal laahu alaihi wasallam) is only a human being and not Noor
(light). They say so based on the reason that the Holy Prophet (sallal laahu
alaihi wasallam) had wives, had children, and he used to eat and drink.
- The Aqeeda of the Ahle Sunnat Wa Jama'at is that he is
both Noor and a human being.
- The being and existence of the Holy Prophet (sallal
laahu alaihi wasallam) is even before that of human beings, but when he came
into this world he came in the garb of a human being.
- The Sahaba of the Holy Prophet (sallal laahu alaihi
wasallam) lived with him and observed him with his wives and children. They
saw him eating, drinking, talking, etc. but still accepted him to be Noor.
- We know that Hazrat Jibraeel (alaihis salaam) is
made of Noor but when he used to appear before Hazrat Maryam (radi Allahu
anha) he used to appear in the form of a human being. Allah Ta'ala states in
the Holy Quran: "Thus he used to appear before her in the form of a healthy
(well-built) man." (Part 16, Ruku 5)
- Hazrat Umar Farouk (radi Allahu anhu) narrates that
once a person came before them. The Holy Prophet Muhammad (sallal laahu
alaihi wasallam) asked him if he knew who that person was, he replied: "Allah Ta'ala and His beloved Rasool (sallal laahu alaihi wasallam) know
better." The Prophet (sallal laahu alaihi wasallam) said that it was
Jibraeel (alaihis salaam). (Mishkaat; Bukhari Shareef) This Hadith proves
that although the Sahaba referred to Hazrat Jibraeel (alaihis salaam) as
a man since they saw him in the form of a human being, yet they accepted that he
was in actual fact an Angel made from Noor. On many instances, he came in the
form of Sahabi-e-Rasool named Hazrat Wahia Kalbi (radi Allahu anhu).
- The Holy Prophet Muhammad (sallal laahu alaihi
wasallam) has stated, "The very first thing which Almighty Allah created
was my Noor." (Tafseer Roohul Bayaan; Madarijun Nabuiwat)
- Once Hazrat Jaabir (radi Allahu anhu) asked the
Holy Prophet (sallal laahu alaihi wasallam) whom Allah Ta'ala created
before anything else. The Holy Prophet Muhammad (sallal laahu alaihi
wasallam) stated: "O Jaabir! Verily, before the creation of anything
else, Almighty Allah created the Noor of your Nabi from His Noor." (Muwahibul
Laduniya; Zirkani Shareef)
- Sayyida Halima Sa'adiya (radi Allahu anha), the
wet-nurse of the Holy Prophet (sallal laahu alaihi wasallam), believed
the Holy Prophet (sallal laahu alaihi wasallam) to be Noor. She said that
when she used to feed the Holy Prophet (sallal laahu alaihi wasallam)
milk in his infancy, she never felt the need for a light in her house. (Bayaanul Miladun Nabwi; Tafseer Mazhari).
- Sayyida Safiya (radi Allahu anha), the aunt of the
Holy Prophet Muhammad (sallal laahu alaihi wasallam) states that on the
eve of the birth of the Holy Prophet Muhammad (sallal laahu alaihi wasallam)
she was present in his house. She said that she saw his Noor became more
powerful than the light from the lamp. (Shawaahidun Nubuiwat)
- Hazrat Ali Murtuza (radi Allahu anhu) said that
when the Beloved of Allah (sallal laahu alaihi wasallam) spoke, Noor
(light) used to be seen emerging from between his blessed teeth. (Muwahibul
Laduniya; Anwaarul Muhammadiyah)
- Hazrat Abu Hurairah (radi Allahu anhu) states that
when the beloved Prophet (sallal laahu alaihi wasallam) smiled, then the
walls use to glow with his Noor. (Muwahibul Laduniya; Shifa Shareef)
- Hazrat Anas (radi Allahu anhu) states that the day
in which the Prophet (sallal laahu alaihi wasallam) arrived in Madinatul
Munawwarah, everything in Madinatul Munawwarah became bright through his Noor.
(Tirmizi Shareef; Ibn Majah)
- Ummul Mo'mineen, Sayyida Aisha Siddiqa (radi Allahu
anha) is recorded to have said: "In total dark nights, I used to put the
thread into a needle with the help of the Noor of the Holy Prophet (sallal laahu
alaihi wasallam)." (Shara Shifa Bar Hashia Naseemur Riaz)
- Hazrat Imam-e-Azam Abu Hanifa (radi Allahu anhu) praises the Holy Prophet
(sallal laahu alaihi wasallam) in the
following poem: "You are that Noor that the full Moon is brightened by your
Noor and you are with your beauty and elegance a shining sun." (Qasidaul
Nu'maan)
- Hazrat Jabir bin Abdullah Ansari (radi Allahu anhu)
reports: I asked: "O Prophet of Allah (sallal laahu alaihi wasallam), What
did the Almighty Allah first create?" The Prophet (sallal laahu alaihi
wasallam) replied: "Allah first created my Noor (Light) of His Noor. This
Noor travelled about according to the Will of Allah. At that time, there was no
Heaven, Hell, Lawh (Divine Tablet), Pen, Earth, Skies, Sun, Moon, Jinn or Human
Beings. When He decided to create, He divided that Noor into four parts. From
one part He created the Pen, from the second, the Lawh and from the third, he
made the Arsh (Throne).
"He divided the fourth part into a further four parts.
From one, He created those Angels who carry the Arsh, from the second, the Kursi
(Divine Chair) and from the third, He created the Angels.
"He again divided the remaining parts into a further four
parts. From one, He created the skies. The second was used in creating the
planets. From the third, Heaven and Earth were created.
"Once again, He divided the fourth part into a further
four parts. From one part He created the power with which the believers see.
From the second, He created in the hearts of the Believers the Noor of Marifat.
From the third, He created in the tongues of the Believers, Noor, so that they
can read the Kalima of Tauheed". (Dalaa'il-un-Nubuwwat, Imam Baihaqi)
- This astonishing Hadith Shareef proves that Sayyiduna
Rasoolullah (sallal laahu alaihi wasallam) is the life of this world and
everything in it. When he is the life of this world, then everything that
happens in it is clear to him and nothing is concealed from him. Who then can
deny that he is not Noor (light)?
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