Al Qur'an wa Sunnah wa Ijma' wa Qiyas
Muhammad ibn Ishaq has a tradition that after Abul-‘Aas bin Rabi’ bin 'Abdul-'Uzza bin Shams, who was the son of the sister of Sayyidah Khadijah, the daughter of Khuwailid, had married her daughter Zainab, whom she begat with Rasulullah, and also after Ruqayyah, the step-sister of Zainab, had been married to ‘Utbah bin Abu Lahab, a feud had broken out between the Quraish and Rasulullah, in consequence whereof the flames of envy and rancor had commenced to blaze in the furnaces of their minds. Wishing to distress and to insult that prince, some of the Quraish said to Abul-‘Aas and to ‘Utbah "Both of you have wedded daughters of Muhammad, and have thereby relieved him of the trouble to take care of them. Now you must divorce his daughters in order to cause him grief and unhappiness; and we shall give you instead of them any of the daughters of the Quraish chieftains whom you may select." Abul-’Aas replied, "I swear by Allah that I shall never separate from my wife, nor prefer any other woman to her." ‘Utbah the licentious—curses be on him—however, said, "If you try to procure for me the daughter of Sa’id Abul-’Aas, I shall divorce the daughter of Muhammad." Accordingly the Quraish married the daughter of Sa’id to ‘Utbah, although at that time he had not yet had any true connection with Ruqayyah. ‘Urwah bin Al-Zubair says: "‘Utbah came to Rasulullah, and spoke the following words: ‘This son-in-law [of yours] does not believe in the crazy star which has come down, and does not acknowledge that Jibril is visiting you.’ Then he squirted the saliva of his impure mouth towards our Master (Sall Allahu alaihi wa Aalihi wa Sallim), divorced Ruqayyah, uttered a few more unbecoming words, and departed." It is related that on the occasion when ‘Utbah—curses on him—perpetrated the above act, Rasulullah (Sall Allahu alaihi wa Aalihi wa Sallim) pronounced the following invocation: "Ya Allah, appoint over him one of Thy dogs." Abu Talib, who was present with Rasulullah, said to ‘Utbah, "O my nephew, what stratagem can save you from the sequel of this prayer?" According to another tradition, Abu Talib, being grieved at his Master’s wish, said to the Nabi, "Son of my brother, what will you gain by this evil wish?" In short, ‘Utbah returned to his house and communicated to his father, Abu Lahab, what had taken place; but the latter was, despite his idolatry and obstinacy, convinced that the wish of Rasulullah, the best of the servants of Allah, would be responded to and was grieved. Some time afterwards, Abu Lahab and ‘Utbah departed with a company of the Quraish to Syria for the purpose of trading. During their journey, however, they halted in a station where a monk informed them that many wild beasts were on the road, and advised them to be very careful. On that occasion Abu Lahab turned to his companions, and said, "Be prepared for a contest and aid each other, for I am not sure where the imprecation of Muhammad will not be responded to." Afterwards they heaped together all of their baggage, and the couch of ‘Utbah happened to be on the top of it. When the night set in, ‘Utbah reclined on his couch, and the whole caravan reposed around the property of ‘Utbah. In the middle of the night, however, a roaring lion attacked the people of the caravan, all of whom were sleeping near their baggage; he snuffed at every person, but injured no one until he mounted the heap of the merchandise where ‘Utbah slept, and sent that impudent wretch to Hell by ripping up his abdomen, thus making him a loser in this and in the next world.
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His name is Muhammad Sall Allahu 'alaihi wa Aalihi wa Sallim, the son of 'Abdullah, the son of Abdul-Muttalleb, the son of Hâshem, the son of Abd Munâf, the son of Qussai, the son of Kallâb, the son of Laovi, the son of Ghâleb, the son of Qahar, the son of Mâlak, the son of Nasser, the son of Kanatah, the son of Madrekah, the son of Alyâs, the son of Nasser, the son of Adnân.
The geneology of his exalted lordship, the prince of existances (s.a.s.) is regular as far ad Adnân, but above the latter there are discrepancies. Nevertheless, all historians agree, despite a multitude of contradictions, in placing six of the inspired prophets -- i.e. Esma'il [Ishmael], Ebrâhim [Abraham], Hud [Heber], Nuh [Noah], Edris [Enoch], and Sheth [Seth] -- into the pedigree of the ancestors of his lordship, the Seal of the Prophets, as far back as Adam, the father of mankind. The biographies of each of these, and of all the other prophets, have, according to their requiremetns, been given in the first volume, and now the musk-writing reed will, from a feeling of veneration, by way of abridgemetn, record the lives of some of the just-enumerated ancestors of his lorship. From Him comes protection and guidance!
Forty Ahadith on the Intercession of the Leader of the Lovers of Allahu ta ‘ala
[Sall Allahu ‘alaihi wa Aalihi wa sallim
Dear Readers! You already have received my email titled, "The Radiant Quranic Rays on the Intercession of the Best of Creation". In the previous email, I presented the verses of Quran al-Kareem in support to our belief that the beloved Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi wa Sallam is the Intercessor of the Sinners by the grace of Allah Almighty. AlHamduLILLAH! I have received a very warm and enthusiastic response from my brothers and sisters but unfortunately, the opponents are still not satisfied. Rather, their sheer ignorance leads them to demand for Ahadith which reflect the true meaning of the Quranic verses and their commentaries presented earlier.
Well, I am very much amazed!! Are the Ahadith regarding Intercession such that they could be hidden from anyone? Scores of Sahaba, hundreds of Tabi'een and thousands of Muhaddithin have narrated them - all books of Hadith - the Sahihs, the Musnads, the Ma'ajims, the Jawami'es and the Musannafs – are all full of them. I present here a collection of 40 Ahadith, so that the faith of Muslims may be strengthened by them, and the deniers may burn in jealousy – especially those Ahadith which shall refute the unscrupulous, deviant & wicked wrong doers who have in their writings attempted to change the very meaning of intercession and tried to hide their rejection of intercession by changing its definition.
These Ahadith will make clear that our Master is the chosen and appointed one for intercession – he only is the refuge of the sinners, from him only is the succor for the friendless – contrary to what one deviant alleges that "whomever Allah wills, He will decree as an intercessor".
These Ahadith will give the glad tidings that the intercession of our Beloved Prophet is not just for those who have accidentally sinned and are ashamed and continuously fearful of their deeds – as one wicked wrongdoer has claimed thus "The theft has been proved upon the thief, but he is not a habitual thief and he has not adopted theft as his profession – but rather the theft was committed accidentally due to his own sheer bad luck – so he is repentant and cries day and night (so for such is the intercession)". No, surely not! I swear by Allah the Supreme Who has appointed the Holy Prophet as the Intercessor of the sinners, that his intercession is for the utterly sinful, wicked and oppressive Muslims like us who are so steeped in sins that even sins are ashamed of them.
Ahadith # 1 & 2
The Holy Prophet the Intercessor of the Sinners (Peace and Blessings of Allah be Upon Him) said,
"Allah gave me the option of choosing between the power of intercession or having half of my Ummah admitted to Paradise without any reckoning. I chose the power of intercession because that is more important and will be more useful. Do you assume that my intercession is for the pious Muslims? No, on the contrary, it is for those sinners who are steeped in sins and have committed grave crimes." [Imam Ahmad in his Musnad from Sayyidinaa Abdullah ibn Umar. Ibn Maja from Sayyidinaa Abu Musa Asha'ari]
Ref: Sunan Ibn Maajah, Baab Zikr ash-Shafa'ah. Vol. 1, Page 329
Musnad AHmad bin Hanbal, Vol. 2, Page 75
O Allah - Peace and abundant blessings be upon the Holy Prophet! And all praise is to Allah, the Lord of the worlds.
