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followed, ( obedi ent to I\lIah ) . That is, subm iss ive to Him in

( I) Narrated by Al-Bukhari (3352).

(2) Narrnted by AI-Bukhari ( 160 1).

290 The S/f)lY of /hraJwem ~

a ll hi s affa irs and all hi s doi ngs. ( }-IOllijclll ) mea ns sincere ly

devoted, whil e being informed . ( And he was not one orlhase

who were al-l1Il1sJrrikool1. (I-Ie was) thankful fo r Hi s (A llah 's)

Graces ) (SoO/·ail AII-Nald 16: 120, 12 1). That is, he expressed

hi s gratit ude to All ah w ith all of hi s bod ily orga ns, incl ud ing

his heart, hi s longuc and the ac ti ons of hi s limbs. ( li e (A llah)

chose him ) . T haI is, All ah chose him for Him se lf, se lected him

to be a Messe nge r and took hi m as 1-1 is Klw!eel. He combi ned for

him the good ness orlhe life of this wo rl d and orlhe Hereafter.

And He, Most High, says, ( And who ca n be better in religion

than one who submits his face (himself) \0 Alla h (i.c. fo llows

Allah 's Relig io n of Islamic Monothe ism) ; and he is a A/lIhs ill

(one who does good). And follows the Relig io n of Ibrahcclll

lIal1iftm. And All ah did ta ke Ibraheem (Ibrahcl.!m) as a Kha/ee/

(an intimat e fri end) ) (500mll AI/-Nisa' 4: 125) . A ll ah , Most

High , encourages li S to obcy Ibrahecm ~\ beca use hc was

lI pon the correc t Re li gion and the Straight Pat h and he fulfill cd

all that was enj oined upon him by his Lord a nd He, Mos t High

pra ised him in I-li s Word s: ( A nd of Ibrahccm who fulfilled (or

conveyed) all that (what All ah ordered him to do or convey) )

(SoO/'all All -Nojill 53:37). T his is why A ll ah lOok him as His

Kilo/eel. And klllll/all (from which the wo rd kho /eel is de ri ved)

mea ns grea t love, as someone sa id,

}Oll have permeated (tokhalla/ta) mJI SO Il/.

Alld tllis is wily fhe klloleel is called kilo/eel.

Likew ise, thc Seal of the Prophets an d the Master o f thc

Messe ngcrs, Muhamm ad ~ a lso anaincd th is hi gh rank,

as confirmcd in thc Soheehoill and in ot her co ll ect ions, in

th e /wdeefli of Jund ub AI-Bajal ;, 'A bd ull ah Ibn 'AmI' and

' Abdullah Ibn Mas' ood, who rcported from th e Messenger of

rile Siorr of Ihm/welll ~ 291

A ll ah ~ that he said , "0, people! Veril y, A ll ah has taken me as

a Klloleel, jusl as I-Ie too k Ibrahecm as a Klloleel." ( 1) A nd he

a lso said in the last sermo n tha i he gavc: "0 , people! If I were

10 lake a Kilo/eel from among th e people o f the Ea rth , I would

have take n Abu Bakr as a Klwleel, but ( I,) your Companion,

am A ll ah 's Klloleel." (2) They bot h narrated it from the Iwdeelh

of Abu Sa'eed A I -Khud ri ~.

AI-H aki m narrated in hi s j\lfllsrodrak, on the authority of

Qa tadah , w ho reported on the authori ty of ' Ik rimah, who in

turn reported on the authority o f ' Abdu lla h Ibn ' Abbas ~ Ihat

he said , "Do you reject thaI AI-KII/f/loh shou ld have been for

Ibraheel11 ;,,;g, Ihal A/-Ka/alll (A lla h's Speec h) shou ld have

been for Moosa ~ and the vision for Muhammad ~?" ill

Allah mentioned him in many places in the Qur'a n, praising

him and lauding him ; it was sa id that he was menti o ned in thirty-

fi ve places, including fift een me nli ons in 500rah AI-Boqamh

a lone. He is one Ih e fi ve UIIII- 'AZIII, (4) whose names ha ve been

specified from amo ng th e Proph ets in two Verses in 500rah

AI-Allzob and Soora" Ash-Slloom; and th ey arc the Words

of A llah , Most Hi gh: ( And (remember) whe n We took from

the Prophets their covcnant. and from yo u (0. Muhammad),

and from Nooh. Ibrahecm. Moosa and 'Ecsa, so n of Ma ryam

(Mary). We took from them a strong covenant ) (Soomh AI-

Ahzab 33:7) and Hi s Word s: ( li e (A lla h) h,1S o rdained for you

the same Relig ion ( Islam) which I-Ie ordained for Nooh. and

(1 ) Narr.l!ed by Muslim (532. no. 2383). A1-T imlidh i (3655), Ibn Majah (9])

and Ah mad (41 to),

(2) Narmtcd by AI8 ukha ri (3654) and tvluslim (2382).

(3) This is an aU1hCIl1ic hadeelh, I1tlrr.11cd by A I-Hakim in Al·Mustadrnk

(4) UIIII- '..1:111: The Five Greatest Prophets: Noah. lbraheem. Moosa. 'Eesa

and Muhammad (peace be upon (hem all).

292 "/11(' SlOn' oj"Jhrtllll'l'lIl ~

that wh ich We have insp ired in yo u (0. Muhammad), and th at

which We ordained lor Ibrahcclll, Moos<l and' Ecsa sayi ng you

should establ ish the Rel igion (i.e, to do what it orders YOll to

do pract ica lly) and make no di visions in it (th e Re lig ion) (i.e.

var iolls relig ious sec ts). ) (Soora l1 Ash-Shoora 42: 13) I-Ie is

also the noblest of Ullfl- 'AzlII after Muhamm<ld :;I:( a nd it is he

whom he mct in thc seventh heave n, resting his back ag<linst

AI-Baitul-Ma'l11oor, wh ich is ente red by sevent y thollS<lnd

angels every day, after whic h they never renlnl to it again.

It is reported on the <.Iulh ority orAbl! I-Iurairah .-t;o that he sa id:

Someone sa id, "0 , Messenger of All ah! Who is the nob lest of

people?" He said , "The 1110st piolls and God-reari ng of YOll ,"

J-Ie (the questioner) sa id, " It is nOI about thi s that we ask you,"

'-Ie sa id, "Thell it is Yoosuf, the Prop het of Alla h, and the son

of a Prophet of A lIah , the son o f a Prophet of A lI ah, the son of

All ah's Khaleel." They sa id, " It is not about this that we ask

YOll." He sa id, 'Then you are asking about the descent of the

Ara bs. Th ose who were the best in the pre-Islamic period of

ignorance wi ll be Ihe best in Islam provided th ey co mprehend

the re ligious know ledge." I L)

AI-B ukha ri narratcd on thc aut hority of' Abdullah Ibn' Umar

~ th at the Prophet ~ sa id, ''The honorab le, the son o f the

honorable, the son the honorab le, the SOil of is Yoosuf, the son

o f Ya ' qoob, the son or Ishaq , th e son of Ibraheclll," (2 )

All ah, Most Hi gh, says, ( And of lbrahccm w ho rulfilled (o r

co nvcyed) a l1l ha t (w ha t A ll ah ordercd him to do or co nvey) .)

(Sool'Clh AII-Najlll 53:37) T hcy sc ho la rs said tha t hc fulfil led

all th at he was co mmanded 10 do a nd practiced all e lemcnts

and bran c hes of fait h and he did not allow th e pursuit of

(t) Narrated by At-Buklmri (3353).

(2) Narratl'd by AI-Bukhari (3390).

hi ghly important ma tte rs to ca usc th c m to neg lec t mi nor

matters, a nd und ertak ing grea t ob liga tio ns did not cause him

to forget small o nes .

•Abdur-Razzaq report ed on the a uthority of •Abdu ll ah Ibn

. Abba s ~ that he sa id regarding the Words of A lla h, Mostl-l igh:

( And (remem ber) when th e Lord of Ibrahecll1 (i,e, A llah) tri ed

him wi th (ce rtai n) Com mands, whi c h he fulfill ed .) (Soorolllll-

Bo({orall 2: 124), "A ll ah tri ed him with (act s o f) purification:

five (acts) in th e head and fi ve in the body, As for th ose in the

head, they we re: trim ming th e mous tache, rins ing the mouth ,

the shmk, (I) snimng water into the nose and parting the hai r;

and in the body they were: c lippin g th e nail s, sha ving the pu bic

region , c irc um c ision, plu ckin g the annpit hair and washing

away the traces o f feces <111(1 urine wit h wa ter," Ibn Abi Hatim

I say: And in the Soiree/will it is re port ed on the autho ri ty of

Abu Hurairah ~~ that he said. " Fi ve practi ces arc c hara cte risti cs

of thefitrall: c ircumc ision, sha vin g the pubic regio n. c lipping

the nails, c utting thc mOllstac he short and plucking the hair

A/-Hafi:: Abu Bakr A I-Bazza r said: It was reported on the

auth ority of Abu I-I urairah ...;., that he said: The Messenger

of Allah ~ sa id, "Verily, in Parad ise the re is a palace," The

(l) Siwak: A naluml loOlhbmsh made from the roo t of the arak Iree,

(2) Nan-dted by tbn r\bi 1-I;lIim ill the 1iifw!('" ( t/359),

(3) Narrated by AI-I3t1khari (58R9) and Muslim (257).

294 The Simy oj Ihraheem ~

narrator said, " I think that he said it is made from pearl." I-Ie

said: " In it th ere is no cfrlck in it and no weakness. Allah ha s

preparcd it fo r Hi s Klloleel, Ibra h eclll ~ , to enjoy." A IBazzar

sa id, "And Ah mad Ibn Jamee l AI -Marwazi told us that An-

Nad r Ibn Shul1lail told him that Hamad Ibn Salamah sa id th at

he repo rted it on th e authority of Simak, who reported it on

the authority of ' Ikrimah, who reported it on the authori ty of

Abu I-Iurairah 4 ." And he sa id, "We are unaware of anyon e

narrating thi s hadeetll on the authority of I-Iamad Ibn Salamah

except Yazeed Ibn Haroon, An-Nad r Ibn Shu mail and others

and he narrated it in a mOlVqooj fonn. I say that were it not