Superiority of the Prophet, upon him peace
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I feel that our Prophet IS superior but I wonder about this hadith, also there is an ayat in the Quran I believe in Surah Baqara re choosing one Prophet over another or something to that extent. HADITH OF THE DAY: THE PROPHETS ARE EQUALS Once when two people, one Muslim and the other Jewish, quarreled over the relative status of the Prophets Moses and Muhammad (peace be upon them both), Prophet Muhammad told them: "Do not give one prophet superiority over another." Sahih Al-Bukhari, Volume 3, Hadith 595 Wa `alaykum as-Salam: Ibn kathir said there are many explanations, among them: (1) That the Prophet, upon him blessings and peace, said this before he was informed that some were superior to others; (2) He spoke out of humbleness; (3) He meant do not make comparisons of superiority part of your arguments; (4) He meant do not fuel partisanship with such comparisons; (5) He meant that such comparison belongs to Allah alone. There is no verse in the Qur'an that states that Prophets are equal. Rather, the penultimate verse of Surat al-Baqara and other verses state that we should not make any differences in our belief in the Prophets but believe in all of them without excluding any. As for the superiority of the Prophet Muhammad, upon him blessings and peace, over all others then no Muslim denies it and it is a matter of mass transmission. Hajj Gibril Related Questions
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