ANOTHER HADITH WHICH INCLUDES THE ADMITTANCE OF THE JEWS THAT HE IS THE MESSENGER OF ALLAH (PBUH)
They planned between them that if he ruled with what was in accordance to their desires (then) they would follow him, and if not then they would reject it. And Allah dispraised them in His Book due to this intention.
Narrated by Abu Hurairah,he said: A man and a woman from Jews committed adultery. One of them said to the other, “Take us to this Prophet (Peace and Blessings of Allah be upon him) because he is a Prophet sent with ease. So if he gives us a verdict other than stoning then we will accept it and we shall use it as an argument with Allah we will say a verdict from a Prophet from your Prophets.” The narrator said: They came to the Prophet (Peace and Blessings of Allah be upon him) while he was sitting in the Mosque with his Companions. They said, “O Abul-Qasim, what do you say with regard to a man and a woman who committed adultery?” He didn’t say a word to them until he came to the house of their learned. He stood at the door and said, “I ask you by Allah, the One Who revealed the Tawrah upon Moosa; what do you find in the Tawrah with regard to the one who fornicates while he is married?” They said, “His face is painted black and At-Tajbiyah is performed on him and he is whipped. And At-Tajbiyah is to place the two adulterers on a donkey back to back and then they are ridden around.” The narrator said: A youth from them remained silent. When the Prophet (Peace and Blessings of Allah be upon him) saw that he remained quiet he persuaded him to talk. He said, “O Allah, as you have asked us to speak then we find in the Tawrah stoning.” The Prophet (Peace and Blessings of Allah be upon him) said, “What made you make the command of Allah lessened?” He said, “One of our kings’ cousins. He delayed the stoning of him. A royal man fornicated with a family member of the ordinary people and he wanted to stone him. But his people intervened and said: Our companion won’t be stoned until you bring your companion (his cousin) and stone him. And they agreed upon this punishment between them.” The Prophet (Peace and Blessings of Allah be upon him) said, “I shall judge between you with what is in the Tawrah,” so he ordered and then they were stoned.
Az-Zuhri said: It has reached me that this Verse was revealed about them: Verily, We did send down the Tawrah (to Moosa), therein was guidance and light, by which the Prophets, who submitted themselves to Allah’s Will, judged for the Jews. (Soorah Al-Ma’idah: 44). And it has supporting evidence in the Saheehain from Ibn Umar.
We have mentioned earlier the Ahadith that have been narrated in this context (while commentating) on Allah’s statement: O Messenger (Muhammad)! Let not those who hurry to fall into disbelief grieve you, of such who say: “We believe” with their mouths but their hearts have no faith. And of the Jews are men who listen much and eagerly to lies – listen to others who have not come to you. They change the words from their places; they say, “If you are given this, take it, but if you are not given this, then beware!” (Soorah Al-Ma’idah: 41), i.e., flogging and painting the faces which they agreed upon and invented by themselves, i.e., if Muhammad rules with this, then accept it: But if you are not given this, then beware!” (Soorah Al-Ma’idah: 41), i.e., if Allah doesn’t rule with that for you then beware of his statement. Allah says: And whomsoever Allah wants to put in error, you can do nothing for him against Allah. Those are the ones whose hearts Allah does not want to purify; for them there is a disgrace in this world, and in the Hereafter a great torment. (They like to) listen to falsehood, to devour anything forbidden. So if they come to you (O Muhammad), either judge between them, or turn away from them. If you turn away from them, they cannot hurt you in the least. And if you judge, judge with justice between them. Verily, Allah loves those who act justly. Till he said: But how do they come to you for decision while they have the Tawrah, in which is the (plain) Decision of Allah; yet even after that, they turn away. (Soorah AlMa’idah:41-43). Allah rebuked him due to their evil intention with regards their belief in their book while therein is Allah’s clear ruling of stoning. They also knew its authenticity, but they turned away from it to what they invented from flogging, blackening of the face and Tajbiyah.
Another Hadith
The Prophet (Peace and Blessings of Allah be upon him) stood in front of the learned Jews and said: “O Jews, accept Islam. By the One besides Whom there is no god except Him, you know that I am the Messenger of Allah sent to you.” They said: “You have conveyed your message, O Abul-Qasim.” He said, “That is what I want (to convey the message.”)
That which is certain from the Book of Allah and the Sunnah of his Messenger (Peace and Blessings of Allah be upon him) and also from the meaning is that the Prophets before the Messenger of Allah (Peace and Blessings of Allah be upon him) gave news about him and the followers of the Prophets know that. However, most of them conceal and hide that fact. Allah, the Most High, says: Those who follow the Messenger, the Prophet, who can neither read nor write (i.e. Muhammad) whom they find written with them in the Tawrah (Deut, xviii, 15) and the Injeel (Gospel) (John xiv, 16), – he commands them for AlMa’roof (i.e. Islamic Monotheism and all that Islam has ordained); and forbids them from Al-Munkar (i.e. disbelief, polytheism of all kinds, and all that Islam has forbidden); he allows them as lawful At-Taiyyibat ((i.e. all good and lawful) as regards things, deeds, beliefs, persons, foods, etc.), and prohibits them as unlawful Al-Khaba’ith (i.e. all evil and unlawful as regards things, deeds, beliefs, persons, foods, etc.), he releases them from their heavy burdens (of Allah’s Covenant), and from the fetters (bindings) that were upon them. So those who believe in him (Muhammad), honor him, help him, and follow the Light (the Qur’an) which has been sent down with him, it is they who will be successful. Say (O Muhammad): “O mankind! Verily, I am sent to you all as the Messenger of Allah – to Whom belongs the dominion of the heavens and the Earth. La ilaha illa Huwa (none has the right to be worshipped but He); It is He Who gives life and causes death. So believe in Allah and His Messenger (Muhammad), the Prophet, who can neither read nor write (i.e., Muhammad) who believes in Allah and His Words ((this Qur’an), the Tawrah and the Injeel and also Allah’s Word: “Be!” – and he was, i.e. ‘Eesa son of Maryam and follow him so that you may be guided.) (Soorah Al-A‘raf: 157-158) He says: Those unto whom We gave the Scripture (the Tawrah and the Injeel) know that it is revealed from your Lord in truth. (Soorah Al-An‘am: 114) He says: Those to whom We gave the Scripture (Jews and Christians) recognize him (Muhammad or the Ka’bah at Makkah) as they recognize their sons. But verily, a party of them conceals the truth while they know it – (i.e., the qualities of Muhammad (Peace and Blessings of Allah be upon him) which are written in the Tawrah and Injeel). (Soorah Al-Baqarah: 146) He says: And say to those who were given the Scripture (Jews and Christians) and to those who are illiterates (Arab pagans): “Do you (also) submit yourselves (to Allah in Islam)? If they do, they are rightly guided; but if they turn away, your duty is only to convey the Message. (Soorah Aal Imran: 20) He says: This (Qur’an) is a Message for mankind (and a clear proof against them), in order that they may be warned thereby. (Soorah Ibraheem: 52) He says: That I may therewith warn you and whomsoever it may reach (Soorah Al-An‘am: 19) He says: But those of the sects (Jews, Christians and all the other non-Muslim nations) that reject it (the Qur’an), the Fire will be their promised meeting-place. (Soorah Hood: 17) He says: That he or it (Muhammad or the Qur’an) may give warning to him who is living (a healthy minded the believer), and that Word (charge) may be justified against the disbelievers (dead, as they reject the warnings). (Soorah Yaseen: 70) Allah mentioned his dispatch to the illiterate, the People of the Book and the rest of the creation from the Arabs and the non-Arabs. Everyone who the Qur’an has reached He is a warner to them. The Prophet said, “By the One in Whose Hands is my soul, no Jew or Christian shall hear about me from this Ummah and then doesn’t believe in me except that he shall enter the fire.” Narrated by Muslim.
In the Saheehain it is said, “I have been given 5 matters, none from the Prophets before me have been given; I have been assisted with fear (in the hearts of the enemy) for the distance of one month journey, the war booty has been made permissible for me, the ground has been made suitable for worship and the soil a means of purification for me (for the prayer known as Tayammum when water can’t be used for purification), and I have been given the right of intercession, and the Prophets used to be sent to his people and I have been sent to all the people.” And also narrated in the Saheehain, “I have been sent to the black and red people.” It has been explained as Arabs and non-Arabs.
The point is that the news of his arrival are in the books that have been inherited from the Prophets before him until the Prophethood reached the last of the Prophets of the Children of Isra’eel, and that was ‘Eesa and he mentioned this news to the Children of Isra’eel. Allah told the story of that news, so He says: And (remember) when ‘Eesa, son of Maryam, said: “O Children of Isra’eel! I am the Messenger of Allah unto you confirming the Tawrah (which came) before me, and giving glad tidings of a Messenger to come after me, whose name shall be Ahmad. (Soorah As-Saff: 6) So Muhammad’s informing that his mention is in the previous books in that which he brought from the Qur’an and that which has been narrated from him in the authentic Ahadith as was mentioned earlier, and on top of that he was the most intelligent of the creation by agreement of those who followed and those who opposed is a clear evidence that proves his truthfulness. Because if he wasn’t certain of that which he spoke about then that would have been the greatest repellent from following him and no sane person would embark upon that. The point being that he was from most intelligent of the creation even with those who opposed him; rather he was the most intelligent of them at the same time. His call (Da‘wah) spread to the East and the West and it encompassed the state of his Ummah, the countries of the horizons of the world in general which hadn’t occurred to a nation from the nations before him. If Muhammad (Peace and Blessings of Allah be upon him) wasn’t a Prophet then his harm would have been greater than anyone else and if the matter was likewise then the Prophets would have warned against him in the most severe manner and they would have caused the nations to flee from him in the most severe manner. Verily, all of them warned against the callers to misguidance in their books and forbade their nations following and adopting their way. They mentioned the (False Messiah) Dajjal, the one with one defective eye, the liar. Even Nooh (Peace be upon him) warned his people and he was the first of the Messengers and it is known that none of the Prophets warned against Muhammad nor did they discourage the people away from him nor any news about him other than praise, news of his arrival, the order to follow him, prohibition against opposing him and disobeying him. Allah says: And (remember) when Allah took the Covenant of the Prophets, saying: “Take whatever I gave you from the Book and Hikmah (understanding of the Laws of Allah, etc.), and afterward there will come to you a Messenger (Muhammad) confirming what is with you; you must, then, believe in him and help him.” Allah said: “Do you agree (to it) and will you take up My Covenant (which I conclude with you)?” They said: “We agree.” He said: “Then bear witness; and I am with you among the witnesses (for this). Then whoever turns away after this, they are the Fasiqoon (rebellious). (Soorah Aal Imran: 81-82) Ibn Abbas (May Allah be pleased with him) said: Allah didn’t send a Prophet except that he took a covenant from him that if Muhammad was sent when they were alive then they shall believe in him and follow him. Narrated by Al-Bukhari.
I found the news of his arrival in the previous books and they are more famous than to be mentioned and more than can be restricted. We mentioned earlier before his birth a good portion from that. We established in the book, Tafseer under the verses that indicate that, many narrations. We shall narrate here some of what is found in their books which they admit their authenticity and accept as worship by reciting them from that which the scholars have compiled, both recent and ancient from those who believed from them and researched from the books that are in their hands. In the first genesis of the Tawrah which is in their hands in the story of Ibraheem Al-Khaleel (Peace be upon him) what the meaning and translation is: Allah inspired to Ibraheem (Peace be upon him) after he saved him from the fire of Numrood: Stand and travel the Earth, its East and West for your son. When he informed Sarah of this she wished that would be her son from him and she tried to make Hajar and her son distant. Al-Khaleel took them to the land of Hijaz and the mountains of Faran. Ibraheem thought that this glad tiding would be for his son Ishaq until Allah inspired to him that which its meaning is: As for your son Ishaq, then he shall be provided with a great offspring. And as for your son Isma‘eel then I have blessed him, made him great, increased his offspring and made from his offspring Madha Madha, i.e., Muhammad (Peace and Blessings of Allah be upon him). I have made 12 leaders (Imams) from his offspring and he shall have a big Ummah and similarly I have given Hajar the glad tidings when Al-Khaleel left her at the house (Ka‘bah). Then she became thirsty and felt worried for her son, and the angel came and made Zam Zam sprout (from the earth), and he commanded her to look after this child because a great man shall be born from him. He shall have an offspring like the number of the stars in the sky.
It is well-known that nobody was born from the descendants of Isma‘eel; rather the descendants of Adam greater in standing, nor more wider in authority, nor higher in station, nor mightier in position than Muhammad (Peace and Blessings of Allah be upon him).
Similarly, in the story of Isma‘eel from the first exodus: The son of Isma‘eel shall have his hand over all the nations and all the nations are under his hand. He lives with all the households of his brothers. This isn’t in conformity with anyone except Muhammad (Peace and Blessings of Allah be upon him).
Also in the fourth exodus is the story of Moosa. Allah inspired to Moosa (Peace be upon him): Say to the Children of Isra’eel: I shall send to them a Prophet from their relations similar to you, O Moosa, and I shall make My Revelation with his mouth and you shall listen to him.
In the fifth exodus which is the exodus of the resurrection: Moosa (Peace be upon him) addressed the Children of Isra’eel toward the end of his life and that is in 39th year of their banishment. He reminded them of the days of Allah and his assistance of them and his goodness toward them. From what he said to them was: Know, that Allah shall send a Prophet to you from your cousins similar to whom he sent to you. He shall command you with good and forbid you from evil. He shall make good things permissible for you and make evil matters impermissible for you. So whoever disobeys shall have disgrace in this life and a punishment in the Hereafter.
Also in the end of the fifth exodus and that is the end of the Tawrah which is in their hands: Allah came from the Mount Sinai and (a light) shone from Sa‘eer and became visible from the mountains of Faran: It became apparent from the hills of the Quds (Jerusalem). On the right of him was a light, and on the left of him was a light. Upon it the nations will gather and upon it the people shall unite, i.e., the command of Allah and his Shari‘ah came from Mount Sinai which is the mountain at the place where Allah spoke to Moosa (Peace be upon him) and it shone from Sa‘eer which is the mountain range of the sacred land where ‘Eesa (Peace be upon him) was. His command became apparent from the mountains of Faran which are the mountains of Al-Hijaz (in Saudi Arabia without any difference of opinion among the people of knowledge) and that was not in the language of anyone except Muhammad (Peace and Blessings of Allah be upon him). Then He mentioned these three places based upon the order of events; He mentioned the place of Moosa, then ‘Eesa and then the country of Muhammad (Peace and Blessings of Allah be upon him). When Allah swore by these places He mentioned the most virtuous of them first, then the next best and then the next virtuous based on the rule of the oath, so He said: By the fig and the olive (Soorah At-Teen: 1). And the meaning of it is the area of the Sacred Land where ‘Eesa (Peace be upon him) was (then he said): by Mount Sinai. (Soorah At-Teen: 2) And that is the mountain that Allah spoke to Moosa on (then he said): And by this city of security (Makkah) (Soorah At-Teen: 3) And that is the country that Muhammad (Peace and Blessings of Allah be upon him) was sent from (as) more than one of the commentators of the Qur’an mentioned in explaining these noble Verses.
In the Psalms of Dawood (Peace be upon him) is the description of this Ummah with (making) Al-Jihad and worship. And therein is a proverb for Muhammad (Peace and Blessings of Allah be upon him) that he is the sealing wax of the constructed dome just as has been mentioned in the Hadith in the Saheehain, “My example and the example of the Prophets before me is like the example of a man who built a house and completed it except for the place of one brick. Then the people passed by it and said: “Only if that brick was placed?”Allah’s statement is a testimony to that: But he is the Messenger of Allah and the last (end) of the Prophets. (Soorah Al-Ahzab: 40) Also in the Psalms is the description of Muhammad (Peace and Blessings of Allah be upon him) that his Prophethood and call (Da‘wah) shall spread and his word shall reach from sea to sea. And kings from all the countries shall come voluntarily with gifts and presents, and that he shall save the compelled and remove the harm from the Ummahs, and he shall save the weak that has no helper and prayers will be made for him always, and Allah shall bless him every day and his mention shall remain forever. This is only in suitable to be mentioned about Muhammad (Peace and Blessings of Allah be upon him).
In the scriptures of Sha‘ya in a lengthy statement therein is a rebuking of the Children of Isra’eel and from it: Verily, I shall send to you and the Ummahs an illiterate Prophet. He is neither severe nor harsh hearted, nor the one who shouts in the market. I shall enable him to do every beautiful act and grant to him every noble manner. Then I shall make tranquillity his clothing, and goodness his moto, and Taqwa his heart, and wisdom his thought, and fulfilling his nature, and justice his way, and truth his Shari‘ah, and guidance his path, and Islam his religion, and the Qur’an his book, his name is Ahmad. I shall guide with him away from misguidance, and raise with him after lowliness, and unite with him after disunity, and make harmony between the different hearts with him, and make his Ummah the best nation raised up for mankind, their sacrifices are their blood, their Gospels are in their hearts, monks in the night, lions during the day. That is the grace of Allah, He gives it to whom He wills. Allah is the owner of the great bounty.
In the 10th section from the words of Sha‘ya: He shall tread on the nations like the treading of the Bayadirs (container used to hold dates till they dry) and he shall send misfortune to the polytheist Arabs and they shall be defeated in front of him.
In the 26th section from it: The barren thirsty land shall become happy and Ahmad shall be given the goodness of Lebanon and they shall see the majesty of Allah in his heart.
In the scriptures of Ilyas (Peace be upon him): He exited with a group from his Companions on a trip and when he saw the Arabs in the land of Hijaz, he said to those who were with him, “Look at them, for indeed they are the ones who shall own your great fortress.” Then they said, “O Prophet of Allah, what shall be their God.” He said, “They venerate the Lord of Honor above every high hill.”
In the scriptures of Hizqeel: Verily, my slave is my best (slave), I shall reveal to him my revelation, he shall show my justice in the Ummahs. I have chosen him and preferred him for myself and I have sent him to the nations with truthful regulations.
From the book, An-Nubuwwat by Ibn Taimiyyah: A Prophet from the Prophets traveled to Madinah. When Banu Quraizah and An-Nadeer tribes invited him (to their dwellings), and when he saw them he wept. So they said to him, “What causes you to weep, O Prophet of Allah?” He said, “A Prophet shall be sent from the Sacred place (Haram of Makkah), he shall destroy your houses and capture your women.” The narrator said: Then the Jews wished to kill him so he fled from them.
From the words of Hizqeel (Peace be upon him): Allah says: Before I formed you in the womb I made you sacred and made you a Prophet and sent you to all the nations.
In the scriptures of Sha‘ya also is a proverb mentioned about Makkah: Be pleased, O barren, with this child that your Lord shall bestow upon you. For by his blessing the places shall be widened and your pegs shall be fortified in the earth and the doors of your dwellings shall be raised. The kings of the Earth shall come to you from the right and left of you with presents and gifts and this child of yours shall inherit all the nations and conquer all the cities and districts. Do not fear and do not worry, because no harm shall ever afflict you from an enemy and all the days cause you to become a widow you shall forget them. All of this only occurred upon the hands of Muhammad (Peace and Blessings of Allah be upon him) and the meaning of barren is restricted to Makkah and it became as mentioned in these words without a doubt. And whoever from the People of the Book wants to interpret it as the Holy Land (Jerusalem) then this doesn’t match with it from every angle. And Allah (SWT) knows best.
In the scriptures of Armiya: A star became apparent from the south, its rays are bolts of lightning, its arrows penetrating mountains are made powder by it. And the intended meaning of this is Muhammad (Peace and Blessings of Allah be upon him).
In the Bible ‘Eesa (Peace be upon him) says: I am going to be raised to the highest levels in Paradise and I shall send to you the criterion between right and wrong, the spirit of the Truth (Truth; one of Allah’s Names). He shall teach you everything and he shall not say anything from his own desires. The meaning of the criterion is Muhammad (Peace and Blessings of Allah be upon him) and this is like what was mentioned earlier from ‘Eesa that he when he said: And giving glad tidings of a Messenger to come after me, whose name shall be Ahmad. (Soorah As-Saff: 6)
This is a very long chapter, if we were to mention everything which the people have said it would be a very long section.
A Hadith about the Prophet (Peace and Blessings of Allah be upon him) answering the question before hearing the questioner ask
Narrated from Wabisah Al-Asadi, he said: I came to the Messenger of Allah (Peace and Blessings of Allah be upon him) and I wanted to not leave anything from righteousness and sin except that I asked him about it while a group from Muslims were around him asking him questions. I began to walk through them and they said to me, “Stay away from the Messenger of Allah.” I said, “Leave me, so that I can come close to him, for he is the most beloved of people to me that I should come close to.” The Prophet said, “Leave Wabisah, come close, O Wabisah.” He said that twice or thrice. The narrator said: I came close to him until I sat in front of him. Then he said, “O Wabisah, shall I inform you or do you want to ask?” I said, “No, rather you inform me.” He said, “You came asking about righteousness and sin.” I said, “Yes.” He closed his fingers and began to poke them in my chest and say, “O Wabisah, ask your heart and ask your soul – three times – righteousness is what your soul feels tranquil with and sin is what creates restlessness in the soul and moves to and fro in the chest, even though people give you their opinion (in your favour) and continue to do so.”
By Ibn Katheer
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