“The scholars of my nation are like the Prophets of the Children of Israel”

27-11-2011 | IslamWeb

Question:

Sir, I would like to ask about one question I heard from my friend that One Hadith related to Our Beloved Hazrat Muhammad s.a.w that He s.a.w told to his companion In my whole Ummah Some Teachers/Scholars/Alim/Shaikh will have been Respect/Fazeelat/Greatness more than Bani Israel Messenger Still I did`t find to this Hadith I just need Ref from you about the same and need your views with details about the same question. Thanks. JAZAKUMALLAH KHAIR.

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Answer:

All perfect praise be to Allaah, The Lord of the Worlds. I testify that there is none worthy of worship except Allaah, and that Muhammad is His slave and Messenger.

There is a consensus among the Muslim nation that the Prophets are superior to all other people from among the children of Aadam, and that there is no one equal to them in excellence. Indeed, many scholars reported this consensus.

However, if the Hadeeth that you referred to in the question is the Hadeeth whose wording is: “The scholars of my nation are like the Prophets of the Children of Israel.”, then, it is a baseless Hadeeth. Ash-Shawkaani said in his book: Al-Fawaa-id Al-Majmoo’ah: “Ibn Hajar and Az-Zarkashi said: this Hadeeth is baseless.”

Allaah Knows best.