The Reality of the Belief of the Prophet (SAW)' Noor (Light) being created before the Pen and everything else:
Abu Uthman Saeed bin Muhammad bin Muhammad bin Ibrahim Al-Adl told us (Trustworthy) , he said : Abu Al-Hasan Muhammad bin Mansour Al-Wa’iz told us (not known much) , he said: Abu Amr Muhammad bin Abdul Wahid Al-Zahid told us (Trustworthy) , he said: Muhammad bin Yunus Al-Kadimi told us (Not strong so weak) , he said: Ubaidullah bin A’ishah told us (Trustworthy) , he said: Hammad bin Salamah told us (Trustworthy) , on the authority of Thabit (Trusthworthy) , on the authority of Anas - may God be pleased with him - he said:
The Messenger of God - may God bless him and grant him peace - said: “God Almighty created me from light and created Abu Bakr from my light, and created Umar and A’ishah from the light of Abu Bakr, and created the believing men of my nation from the light of Umar, [and created the believing women of my nation from the light of A’ishah]. So whoever does not love me and does not love Abu Bakr and Umar And Aisha, he has no light, so the following was revealed to him :
“And he for whom Allah does not appoint light - for him there is no light.”
and in other Hadiths :
“I was a light in the hands of my Lord fourteen thousand years before the creation of Adam . ”
In Another hadith: “When God Almighty created Adam, He made that light revolve in his back, so it would shine in his forehead, and it would overpower the rest of his light.”
''He used to pray a lot that God Almighty would make all of his senses, limbs, and body light, to show that this would happen.''
Ibn Hajar Al Haythami said:
”What supports the fact that he - may God bless him and grant him peace - became light is that when he walked in the sun or moon, no shadow would appear to him, because it only appears to dense things. God distinguished him - may God bless him and grant him peace - from all other bodily densities, and made him pure light, from which no shadow would appear at all, in violation of the norm, just as a hole was made in the cleft of his chest and heart, and he was not affected by that.”
And in many Narrations its narrated that he his Light was created and in some we have read that the Light was added inside Adam (AS) and it kept going from one Prophet to another till our Prophet (SAW) was born.
And when the Mother of Our Prophet (SAW) was pregneant she saw Light appearing which illuminated the east and the west and she saw brightest of Light
And this is narrated in a very authentic narration (Musnad Ahmad) so this belief that his Light was Created before Adam (AS) is true and this story is actually supporting the view that his Light was something which was created even before the Pen or the Throne as in some narrations its recorded even in one authentic narration (in Al Bazzar and Musnad Ahmad and some in Musnad Abu Ya'la with good isnads not weak ones).
And this Belief is not like that he is not A Human its rather that his Light was created by Allah (SWT) and its a special thing and it was added inside Adam (AS) and then was with everyone (Descendants of our Prophet SAW) till our Prophet (SAW) came to this World so this is how this Light is not that he is not a Human because that belief of not being human will take one away from the Truth and will end up getting on kufr (Not gonna happen if someone doesn't adds divinity).
And In Many Tafsirs the Scholars of the Tafsir have used the Hadith which i quoted at the top of the message,
Like Imam Al Qurtubi (rh) and other Scholars have quoted that one aswell in their tafsirs but some scholars call it weak and it is also with another chain of transmission and that isnad is from Abu Hurayah (RA) and it is also without fabricators in the insad.
And Scholars throughout History have been using the Hadiths of his Noor Being created even before Adam (AS) for example Imam Ibn Rajab used these narrations in Lati'f Mar'if (74) and said: "There is reality in these Narrations as they are proved by other similar narrations."
And one of the Greatest of Scholars Imam Al Baghawi (rh) even he used the Hadith (which i used above) and considered it fine to use and in his tafsir he says the same that he is created from The Light as his Soul was even before Adam (AS)
And the Scholars of the Ahlus Sunnah have been using this Belief since years that the Prophet (SAW)' Noor was created before Adam (AS) and it was added inside him and thus our Prophet (SAW) is special not like other Ordinary Humans like HE (SAW) did not even had a Shadow but we have it and even in Night it was as he was shining bright so such stories about our Prophet (SAW) confirm such beliefs rather than rejecting them.
And one intresting thing which Imam Suyuti (rh) mentioned in his fatwa:
"As it is mentioned in Narrations that the Light of the Prophet (SAW) was contained in a jewel and when it was taken out that Jewel turned into a grain of rice. And this is why its recommended to send more Salawat upon the Prophet (SAW) while eating rice."
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In the Holy Quran in Surah Nur its stated:
"Allah is the Light of the Heavens and O Prophet you are his Light on the Earth." (This is how a group of the Companions used to recite this verse tafsir tabari)
And The Light here meant that He is the One through whom Allah guides his people.
Ibn Hajar Al Haythami (rh) explained the saying of Imam Al Busiri (rh):
“Every virtue in the worlds is from the virtue of the Prophet, which the virtuous have borrowed . ”
“Every virtue found in the worlds of mankind, angels and jinn is due to the virtue of that most honorable prophet to his Lord, from all the prophets and messengers, and the angels brought near. The virtuous ones borrowed it because he - may God bless him and grant him peace - is the one who extends it to them, since he is the one through which we reach the divine, and the He is the one who derives it without an intermediary, without anyone else.“
And he further added:
“Those who carried him in their Loins got a sign of his Light, inside them it was as if it was the Sun and they derived from that Light as the Planets do. The Creations followed one another until the time of the emergence of his noble body, and when he emerged he was like the sun, and every light was included in his blessed Personality, and every sign of other prophets was folded under the spread of his signs.“
(Sharh Al Burda 36)
And the authentic narrations in Al Bidayah of Ibn Kathir (rh):
"That every Prophet and all the descendants of our Prophet (SAW) were extremely Beautiful and Handsome Men of their time and All had bright and shining faces as if it was a light shining in their faces and the Father of our Prophet (SAW) whenever he used to walk through the Streets of Mecca there would be a pleaseant smell that would remain at the place which he used to pass from."
And this saying of Ibn Kathir is based on historical evidence and its proved that the Light which Allah (SWT) created was carried from Prophets until the Birth of our Beloved Prophet (SAW).
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