I WANT TO KNOW HOW MANY PROPHETS (PBAH)ARE CAME
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I WANT TO KNOW HOW MANY PROPHETS (PBAH)ARE CAME, FROM THE BEGINIG
OF THE WORLD. OR FROM THE BEGINING OF ISLAM,
Please let me know the details
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Answer:
How
many prophets came to earth?
In the
name of Allah, We praise Him, seek His help and ask for His forgiveness.
Whoever Allah guides none can misguide, and whoever He allows to fall astray,
none can guide them aright. We bear witness that there is no one (no idol, no
person, no grave, no prophet, no imam,
no dai, nobody!) worthy of
worship but Allah Alone, and we bear witness that Muhammad (saws) is His
slave-servant and the seal of His Messengers.
Beloved
brother, although there is a narration found in Musnad Ahmad and Tabarani that
in excess of 124,000 Prophets were sent to this earth, the majority of the good
scholars in Islam have classified this hadith as a weak or daeef narration.
None of
the respected and eminent recorders and scholars of ahaadith like Bukhari, or
Muslim, or Tirmidhi, or Abu Dawood, or Ibn Maajah, etc. have made mention of
the exact number of Prophets that came unto mankind.
In light
of the guidance of the Quran and the Sunnah, what we do know for sure is that
Allah Subhanah sent His Prophets to every community and Ummah through all times
and ages, starting with the first man on earth, Prophet Adam (a.s.) and ending
with the Last and Final Prophet and the Seal of Allahs Messengers, Prophet
Mohamed ibn Abdullah (saws).
Allah Says in the Holy Quran Chapter 40 Surah Mumin verse 78:
78 We did aforetime send Prophets before thee (O Mohamed (saws)): of them there are some whose story We have related to thee, and
some whose story We have not related to thee.
Allah Says in the Holy Quran Chapter 13 Surah Raad verse 7:
7 And the Unbelievers say! "Why is not a Sign sent down to him
(Prophet Mohamed (saws)) from his Lord?"
But thou (O Prophet (saws)) art truly a warner, and to every people (We have sent) a
Guide.
Thus it
should suffice for us to believe that to every people Allah Subhanah has sent
His Guides to guide them to the Right Path; and since the Glorious Quran and
the authentic Sunnah are silent on the exact number of the Prophets that came
unto mankind, we must believe with conviction that the number is neither
important nor necessary for ones guidance to the Straight Path; for if it was,
Allah and His Messenger (saws) would have made us aware of that number!
Whatever
written of Truth and benefit is only due to Allahs Assistance and Guidance,
and whatever of error is of me. Allah
Alone Knows Best and He is the Only Source of Strength.
Your Brother in Islam,
Burhan
Wister