Yasir Qadhi – Aspects Unique To Only The Prophet Muhammad
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The speaker discusses various genres of Islam, including the title of Sira, Shamaal, DalaGeneration, and Fada serving. They also provide examples of famous books and people on the topic. The discussion then focuses on the genre of Islam, which is a subset of the fadawa, and the importance of the Prophet's shia--like nature. The speaker emphasizes the exclusivity of certain events and the success of the Prophet's water haud in shape.AI: Transcript ©
Our Prophet, salallahu alaihi wasallam,
is the most beloved person in all of
human history. And when he left this earth,
the Sahaba and Tabi'un and the later generations
began
writing about him. The first book of Sira,
the first treaties of Sira was actually written
by the sons of the Sahaba. They wrote
it for their own records. And eventually, ibn
Hisham comes along, ibn Ishaq comes along, and
he takes it from the sons and the
grandsons of the Sahaba.
But it wasn't just the life and times
that our scholars wrote about. And today, I'm
gonna introduce you to one
genre,
one subset of the writings that our scholars
have done and talk a little bit about
that. So to give you a brief overview,
Seera is, of course, the chronological
incidence of what happened to the Prophet sallallahu
alaihi wasallam.
But it wasn't the only subject that our
scholars were interested in.
And very early on, they began writing in
other subjects and fields about our prophet, salaam,
as well. So for example,
one of the genres
of about of writing about the process is
called Shama'il.
And the most famous book of Shama'il is
by Imam Atir Midi. So Imam Atirmidhi, who
wrote the famous sunan, he wrote a book
as Shamal. And there are over a dozen
books about Shamal. What is Shamal?
Shamail
are the physical
characteristics of the prophet, salaam, and his akhlaq
and mannerisms,
and his possessions.
Shamal will talk about his plate.
We'll talk about his clothes. We'll talk about
his ring. We'll talk about his sword. This
is the genre of shama'il.
So many books written.
Another genre that's not our genre today, another
genre
that scholars wrote about. It is called dala'il.
Dala'il and Nabuwa.
Dala'il and Nabuwa, the proofs of prophethood.
How do you know he's a prophet? So
people began writing
treatises
called Dala'ilun
Naboo'ah. And the largest and most famous position
by Imam al Bayhaqqi, he died 458
hijrah, it is in 12 volumes.
Dalahilun Nubuwa. How do you know he's a
prophet, salallahu alayhi wa sallam?
Of every single miracle in the whole sirrah.
So the water coming from his hands, small
amount of food being made, a lot,
the Shaqal Qamar incident. All of these things
are reported in these books called
dala'il.
But that too is not our talk for
today. I wanna introduce to all these genres
so that you know. Right? So we talked
about how many genres so far?
No. Number 1 is?
Sira. The number 1 sira, the many books
of Sira. Number 2?
Shamail. Number 3?
Dalail. Okay. Number 4, and that's still not
our topic.
Number 2 4,
Fada'ilunubuwa.
Fada'ilunubuwa
means
what are the blessings our Prophet, salallahu alayhi
wa sallam, has?
What are the things that Allah gave him
that makes him fadilah,
that makes him blessed? And this is another
genre. We have so many books in this.
And perhaps the most famous one is Ashifa
by Al Khad Iyal. Maybe you have heard
of it, and it is translated to English.
But that's also our also our genre for
today. We're gonna jump to another one, and
that will be our genre for today. And
that is a very
rare book to be written about. There's probably
less than half a dozen in all of
early and medieval Islam, but in our times
people have raised the topic more because it
is a subset
of the fada'il.
It's a subset,
and that is
hasa isunnubuwa.
That's our topic for today.
Hasa isunnuwa.
And what is hasa is sunnabooah?
Hasa is sunnabooah
is
those aspects
that are unique
to our Prophet salallahu alayhi wasallam.
Nobody else has them.
That's not the same as fada'il. Fadila, there's
lots of fadilas he has and other prophets
have. Right? Khasa is,
unique.
Hasa is only he has it. And this
genre,
it took a while to start writing about
because it's actually
the earliest scholars didn't have full treaties on
it. Perhaps the first one to write a
treatise is,
Al Izz, Al Izz Abdulsalam who died 660
hijra. He was one of the first to
write, and in fact, the book is literally
like 50 pages. It's a treatise. It's not
a massive book. But once the idea
was created, subhanAllah, it's like a domino effect.
Once al-'izz wrote the book, then people became
eager, and they began writing and began researching
that what are the khasa'is of Nabuwa. So
we have ibn Muraqin,
right, to bigger treaties. Al Hafid ibn Hajjjad
at 840 Hijra. He wrote an even bigger
volume until finally the great polymath and the
great author, perhaps the author who has written
the most volumes in all of Islamic history,
Jalaluddin al Suyuti, who died 911,
Hijra, 9 11 Hijra. So Jalaluddin al Suyuti,
he wrote a massive book called Al Khasa'is
Al Kubra,
the big Khasa'is book. In all of early
Islam, nobody wrote a book larger than Imam
al Suyuti. And then after him, recent times,
people have written PhDs, dissertations, whatnot. So this
is the genre I wanna share some light
on. Because obviously, you know, we all love
the sierra. I love the sierra. I love
to research. I love to read, and I
love to conceptualize what the past has been
done and what we can do. So we
can divide
by the way, this is a quick lecture.
The reality is, kasa'is would take many hours.
We cannot do all of them. I wanna
introduce you the idea.
We can divide
the khasa'is of the prophet, salaam, into 3
large categories, and I'll give you examples from
all 3. But, again, I'm making the disclaimer
this is not a full list because it's
just a khatir rafter isham. Okay? So we
can divide the hasa'is of the prophet, salaam,
into 3 categories.
Category number 1,
those things that out of his ummah,
only he was allowed and not the rest
of his ummah. So a privilege for him,
and we're not comparing him with the other
prophets.
Just for him,
amongst the rest of the ummah. He has
kasa'is.
This is category 1. And some of these
are fiqhi kasa'is, and some of these are
theological kasa'is.
So for example,
of the khassa'is
nubuwa, that is in category 1. Remember there's
3 categories, so don't lose track. Category 1
of the khassa'is.
This microphone keeps on falling off. Of the
kasa'is, number 1.
Allah has said to him,
you don't need any protection.
I will protect you.
Wallahu youasimu kaminan
nas. It is said in Sunanat Tirmidi that,
in fact, the the Sahaba would volunteer to
bodyguard the Prophet, salallahu alaihi wa sallam, in
Makkah. When Allah revealed this verse,
the Prophet salallahu alayhi wa sallam lifted his
curtain, his house, and there was Abu Ayyub
and other standing, not Abu yub, Abu Sa'id.
And he said to them, don't worry,
Allah has said he will protect me. I
don't need you anymore. No need to volunteer
as bodyguards.
So the prophet salallahu alaihi wasalam has been
divinely protected.
In that. What does it mean? Nobody can
hurt him? Nobody can abuse him? Nobody can
physically pain him? No. Nobody can kill him.
This is what the protection is. He will
never
be assassinated
by anybody in this dunya. Allah will protect
him. And throughout the Sirah, he was physically
harmed.
He was pushed. Astaghfirullah, people spat on him.
The Quraysh threw the animal on him. He
was hurt.
But anytime
somebody actually tried to kill him, what happened?
Miracle.
Anytime
somebody
move beyond physical
to assassination
and there's at least 4 or 5 assassination
attempts,
every single time, unscathed.
Never, not a hair on his head touched
when the assassination attempt was done. This is
a khasa'is, khasisa.
Another khasisa, another khausting
is that
the prophet shalallahu alaihi wa sallam's shaitan embraced
Islam.
Kaleen. The Prophet salallahu alayhi wa sallam shaitan,
you know, everyone's born in a shaitan kaleen.
Right?
When they ask, You Rasulullah, you also have
a kaleen? He goes, Yes, I have a
kaleen too. I also have a kareen, but
my kareen embraced Islam. This is a khas
for him. Another thing, khas for him, for
our Prophet salallahu alayhi wasalam,
is that
because he is, his kareen has embraced Islam,
and because the shayateen cannot imitate him, whoever
sees him in a dream has seen him
as if in real. No
Shaytan can pretend to be him. This is
kas to him. Whereas if you see anybody
else, maybe you saw that person, maybe it's
your imagination, you didn't actually see him, or
maybe it's saqfrola, impersonation, not for the prophet,
salallahu alayhi wasalam. Another khaz for the prophet,
salallahu alayhi wa sallam, the fiqh issue. You're
not allowed to call him by his name
or his kunya. It's not allowed.
Right? Allah says in the Quran,
latajalu du'aar, suribaneikungkaduAAaba'oodukumba'ooda.
Don't call the prophet, salallahu alayhi wa sallam,
like you call each other. So it is
not
allowed for any Muslim
to say astaghfirullah in front of his face.
You Muhammad or You abal Qasim. Not allowed.
We say, You Rasulullah,
You Nabi Yalla. We call him by his
title. So it is not allowed.
Another khas of the Prophet salallahu alayhi wasalam,
and there's many examples here, is the status
of our mothers.
So he was allowed more than any other
person is allowed. Those wives that become his
wives, they have a special status of hijab,
they have a special status of idah, they
have a special status of not getting married.
So overall,
our mothers have a special khas that no
one else has. Another khasa'is of the Prophet,
salallahu alayhi wasalam, that no other person has
is that the Angel of death has to
ask permission to take his life.
The angel of death has to ask his
permission. Another khasa'is is that he will be
buried where he passes away.
And another khasa'is, we'll conclude with this, move
on to the second one. Another khasa'is
is the earth will not,
will not
eat his body. You all know this one.
So did some of the khasa is that
belong to him without his ummah. The second
category.
The second category, the khasa is given to
him alone
in, above all the other prophets that are
related to this world. In this world, what
is unique to him? And the 3rd category,
in the akhira, what is unique to him?
Okay. So the 2nd and third category are
higher than the first one. So what is
unique to him that no other prophet before
him was given? Number 1,
Allah promised to protect his revelation.
Inna nahunulazalazikra
wa innalahu
the hafidun. The Quran is protected,
cover to cover. The Quran is preserved beginning
to end. This is a fundamental aspect of
our aqidah. Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala promised to
protect it. As for other books,
Allah did not promise to protect them. And
Allah says in the Quran, warrabani walalahbaroo
bimastuhhfildoomin
kitabilahi.
The rabbis and the priests, they were the
ones who
attempted to protect the book that Allah gave
them.
Rabbaniunawalahbarbi mastuhfiduminkitabilah. Rabbanis and Ahbars were the ones
who protected Allah's book, and they failed. As
for the Quran,
So this is another,
khasisa only given to him. Another, yani khasiyya
given to him is that the Quran itself,
we can say, has many unique things, and
there are many ahadith under this. Again, I'm
gonna be very quick here. So for example,
the prophet said
that Surat al Fatiha has not given been
given to any other prophet. There's nothing like
Surat al Fatiha. For example, the prophet salallahu
alayhi wa sallam said that kawateem, Surat Al
Baqarah, is coming straight from the arshah of
ar Rahman, and no other revelation has kawateem,
surat Al Baqarah. For example, the prophet shalallahu
alaihi wa sallam said that I have been
given the 7 long surahs instead of the
tawra, and I have been given the mien
surahs instead of the zabur, and I have
been given the mathani instead of the injeel,
and I have been preferred with the mufasa,
this is a deep hadith here. In other
words, in the Quran, you have the tawra,
zabud, injeel, and you have more. You have
all that is needed, and you have more.
This is a Khasa for our Prophet Sallallahu
Alaihi Wasallam. Of the specialties given to him
is that he is obviously
khatamulambiya.
No other Prophet is khatamulambiya.
Of the specialities given to him
is that he has been sent to jinn
and ins. No prophet has been sent to
both of them. Of the khasiyya given to
him is that he has been called Rahmatal
lil aalameen,
and no prophet before him has been called
Rahmatalilalameen.
Of the specialities that has been he has
been blessed with and no other prophet is
that Allah
allowed all of the prophets to meet because
of him.
Never before has this occurred, and that is
of course in Islam Mi'raj. And the prophet
sallallahu alaihi wa sallam then led them in
salah. This is a khasiyyah
that there is no comparison with any other
imam of all of the rusl. How can
this not be a kasiya
given to him? So all of these are
kasiya given to him in this world. And
then the final category,
are khasiyyah given to him in the next
life? Things that only he has and no
other prophet has. And again, this is not
a comprehensive list. Number 1, the prophet salallahu
alaihi wa sallam said,
I shall be the first person that the
earth will cleft asunder and be resurrected.
Awalumaniushaqalihlqabr.
The first qadr to be
cracked open, and the first person to come
up, it shall be me. So judgment day
will begin
with the resurrection of the Prophet salallahu alayhi
wasalam. It will begin with his resurrection.
So he is the one that is starting
the whole resurrection on that day. Of the
specialties
given to him, the prophet sallallahu alaihi wasallam
said that, on that day, Allah will hand
me the flag for mankind.
So it looks like all of the species,
and I went over this in detail when
I had my lectures in this masjid when
I first came here 5 years ago, went
over the series of, the day of judgment,
and the signs of day of judgment, and
the actual day of judgment, went over all
of that. So it appears that species will
be resurrected,
and there will be a representative for every
species. And our Prophet salallahu alayhi wa sallam
will be holding the flag of praise, liwaalhamd.
He is representing
mankind.
Allah will give him that flag. Of the
khasiyyah, specialties on that day, as we know
from the hadith, that all of mankind will
be
so worried. They're gonna hunt for somebody to
beg Allah to get the day of judgment
over with. Let's just start and get it
done with. And they're gonna go to all
the prophets. Eventually, they will go to the
prophet,
sallallahu alaihi wasallam, and this is called Maqamal
Mahmood.
One person
shall signal the
the request to begin actual judgment, and that
will be our prophet, salaam, the maqam al
Mahmood. What is it? The maqam al Mahmood
is
one person
will signal to Allah, subhanahu wa ta'ala, ask
Allah, I should say, beg Allah to start
the day of judgment,
to begin it all, because people are getting
worried, and people are getting very panicked and
whatnot. So they're gonna make shafa'a to Adam,
to Nuhr, to Ibrahim, to Musa, to Isa.
Each one will say, I don't wanna do
it, I don't wanna do it, until they
come to the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam. And
that is the maqamal Mahmood. He said, I
will go to the throne of Allah, and
I will prostrate in front of the throne.
So he will be the only person upfront
representing mankind, and that will be the initiation
of the hisaab. When the prophetessasim lifts his
head, then the mizan will come down, then
the scales will come, and the actual hisaab
will begin. This is unique only to him.
Of the khasiyyah given to him
is that jannah, well, we before we get
to jannah, even the sirat, is that he
shall be the first to cross over the
sirat. When Anas ibn Malik said, it's a
very, very beautiful hadith, it's a very loving
hadith, very, nice hadith. When Anas ibn Malik
said, You Rasulullah, on the day of judgment,
there's gonna be so many people, how will
I find you? Look where his mind is
going. He was just a kid at the
time. Where will I how will I find
you? So the Prophet salallahu alayhi wasalam said,
you will find me at the haud, at
the at the at the, the the,
cistern, at the pool. By the way, is
the haud unique to the prophet said, Is
it from his
khassiyyah? We went over this in detail
5 years ago.
5 years ago, right here. But you've all
forgotten.
Every Prophet is given a helt.
Every Prophet is given a helt.
But our Prophet salallahu alaihi wa sallam will
have the largest hault. That's gonna be his
kasiya. As for the hault, every Prophet will
be given it, and they're going to be
calling their ummas. But our prophet has given
the largest hauls. So hauls is not kasiya.
So Anas al Malik said that you will
find me at the, he told the prophet,
he told Anas, you will find me at
the haud. He goes, what if I don't
find you there? He goes, then I'll be
waiting for you at the sirats, making dua
for my ummah as they cross over. So
he's gonna be waiting at the sirats,
waiting for his ummah, making du'a for his
ummah, what to cross over on the other
side. And he shall be the 1st to
cross over the sirat, and he will stop
there waiting for the rest of his ummah
to come. So this is a khasiyyah of
our Prophet sallallahu alaihi wasallam.
We can add here the haud is not
unique, but one thing is unique, and that
is the water of his haud will be
unique.
The haud is not unique. Every prophet is
gonna have a haud, but the water
in the haud of the prophet salallahu alaihi
wa sallam, where will it come from?
Where will it come from?
Al Qathar.
And Al Qathar is one of his unique
blessings. One of the hasi of the prophet,
salallam,
Inna ataynaka
al Qathar. And what is al Qathar? Al
Qathar is the primary
river and tributary of Jannah.
All of the other rivers, or there's an
ikhilaf here, some scholars say there's 3 main
rivers, some say there's 4 main rivers, and
some say there's one main river and the
other 3, you know, branch into them. You
know, we don't have a geographic map of
map of Jannah. InshaAllah, when we get there,
we can draw one out insha Allahu Ta'ala.
But without a doubt, the largest
fountain, and the large not fountain, the largest
river, and the most blessed river is Al
Kawthah. And that river
is gifted to the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam,
and the haud on the qiyama
is gonna get a tap from the heavens,
and the kawthar will be feeding into the
haud. Understand this point, The Qathar is not
on the day of judgment. The Qathar is
in Jannah. But the Prophet salallahu alayhi wa
sallam said,
Allah will tap in to the Qathar. There's
gonna be mizabs,
there's gonna be spouts from Jannah, and those
spouts will be above my haud.
So the haud will get the water from
the kothar.
That is khasiya,
not the hawud. You get the point? The
water of the hawud and the source of
the hawud, that is unique to the Prophet
salallahu alayhi wasalam. And then let's finish up
here, 2 more things, then we're done, inshaAllah.
One of the last things that were mentioned
here, the kasi of the prophet, salalahu alaihi
wa sallam, the prophet, salalahu alaihi wa sallam
said, I shall be the first to knock
on the doors of Jannah,
and I shall be the first because of
whom the doors are open, and then he
said, and I will be awwaluman yad khululjan,
obviously.
The first person to enter Jannah out of
all of mankind
will be our prophet salallahu alaihi wa sallam,
that is without a doubt, a khasiya to
him. And then of course, the final kasiya
that we mentioned, and without a doubt, the
greatest one of all, it is
alwaseelah.
Alwaseelah.
Allahummarabahadihidaawtatamma
wassalatulqaimahati
Muhammadanalwaseelata
walfadeelah.
Waba'athhu
on the day of judgment, maqamal Mahmood. Maqamal
Mahmood waba'athhu.
Maqamal Mahmood yomal qiyama.
Waseelah. What is the waseelah? Our prophet salallahu
alayhi wasallam said, al wasilatuh
darajatunfiljannah.
Wasilah
is one entire
level of jannah.
And it is aalaaljannah.
And it is aalaal firdaus. And it is
underneath the throne of Ar Rahman,
and it's an entire level,
a whole
floor or a whole
earth if you like, and it is meant
for 1 person.
And then the prophet salallahu alayhi wasalam said,
arju.
I hope I am that
person. Arju. I hope that I am that
person. And of course, we know he is
that person because there is nobody else that
is gonna get the waseel. And his modesty,
he said, arju aana kulaminu, but in reality,
we know it is him, and that's why
we make dua for him to get the
waseelah,
the highest level of jannah, which is
above everybody else, understandably,
and that is called al waseelah. And al
waseelah means the connection to Allah. That's because
it's a connection. It's so close to Allah,
and that is without a doubt the biggest
blessing that our prophet salallahu alaihi wa sallam
has to be the highest in Jannah. And
these are just some of the khasa'is of
the prophet salallahu alaihi wa sallam. In reality,
there are many more than these, but wanna
conclude on this point. Every khasa is giving
to him.
It is also a blessing for us because
we are his ummah. So when he is
raised, then if we love him and if
we attach ourselves to him, we will also
be raised. So love the prophet, salallahu alayhi
wa sallam. Read his seerah, follow as much
as you can of his instructions and sunnah
perchance, insha Allahu ta'ala, his blessings will trickle
down no matter how small to me and
you, and that is gonna be more than
enough for us. May Allah Subhanahu wa ta'ala
resurrect us with the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi wasalam.
May he allow us to drink from the
howod. May he allow us to be sheltered
under the shade of Allah. May he allow
us to have the shafa'ah of the Prophet
Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam and be with him in
Janatuf Fidhusillahala
wa sallallahu as salamu barakal Muhammadunu aaliwasahibijmain, was
salamu alayhi wa
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