The Best Creation Of Allah, Muhammad (Peace Be Upon Him)

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The Best Creation of Allah

Narrated Anas ibn Malik:

While I was walking with the Prophet ﷺ, who was wearing a Najrani outer garment with a thick hem, a Bedouin came upon the Prophet ﷺ and pulled his garment so violently that I could recognize the impress of the hem on his shoulder caused by the force of the pull. Then the Bedouin said, “Order for me something from Allah’s bounty which you have.” The Prophet ﷺ turned to him, smiled, and ordered that a gift be given to him.
(Sahih al-Bukhari 3149)

You can’t match this character ever! Can you imagine someone speaking to leaders today in this manner? They would likely be punished or even killed. Yet the Prophet ﷺ, despite holding a position of immense authority, not only listened to him but also gave him a gift. He could have easily ordered punishment or worse, but he chose compassion instead, demonstrating his exceptional character as the best of creation. Read what the scholars said about this topic.

  1. Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyah said:

أما نفس محمد صلى الله عليه وسلم فما خلق الله خلقا أكرم عليه منه
As for Muhammad (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) himself, Allah has not created anything nobler than him.
(Al-Fataawa al-Kubra 4/411, Majmoo’ al-Fataawa 27/38)

  1. Ibn al-Qayyim said:

قال ابن عقيل: سألني سائل أيما أفضل حجرة النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم الكعبة فقلت: إن أردت مجرد الحجرة فالكعبة أفضل وإن أردت وهو فيها فلا والله ولا العرش وحملته ولا جنه عدن ولا الأفلاك الدائرة لأن بالحجرة جسدا لو وزن بالكونين لرجح

Ibn Aqil said:

A questioner asked whether the hujrah (room) of the Prophet ﷺ is better or the Kaaba. He said:

“If you mean only the room, then the Kaaba is better. But if you mean what is in it (i.e., the Prophet ﷺ himself), then by Allah, neither the Throne (al-‘Arsh) nor its angels, nor Paradise, nor the entire universe are better. If the hujrah and the body of the Prophet ﷺ were weighed against the entire cosmos, the Prophet ﷺ would outweigh them.”

(Bada’i‘ al-Fawa’id, Ibn al-Qayyim, vol. 3, p. 1065)

  1. The Standing Committee of Scholars was asked the same question.

The committee consisted of:

  • Shaykh ‘Abd al-‘Azeez ibn ‘Abd-Allaah Aal al-Shaykh

  • Shaykh ‘Abd-Allaah ibn Ghadyaan

  • Shaykh Saalih al-Fawzaan

  • Shaykh Bakr Abu Zayd

They said:

جاء في نصوص كثيرة من الكتاب والسنة بيان عظم قـدر نبينا محمد صلى الله عليه وسلم ورفعة مكانته عند ربه تعالى من خلال الفضائل الجليلـة والخصائص الكريمة التي خصه الله بها ، مما يدل على أنه أفضل الخلق وأكرمهم على الله وأعظمهم جاها عنده سبحانه
Many texts in the Qur’an and Sunnah speak of the greatness of our Prophet Muhammad ﷺ and his sublime status before his Lord, may He be exalted, through the noble attributes and unique characteristics that Allah bestowed only upon him. This indicates that he is the best of creation, the most honored by Allah, and the greatest in status before Him.

(Fataawa al-Lajnah al-Daa’imah, 26/35)

  1. IslamQA stated:

The scholars unanimously describe the Prophet ﷺ as the best of creation. It is sufficient to refer to a few of them here to avoid making this article too lengthy:

  • Imam al-Shaafa’i, al-Umm (4/167)

  • Imam ‘Abd al-Razzaaq al-San’aani, al-Musannaf (2/419)

  • Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyah, Majmoo’ al-Fataawa (1/313; 5/127, 468)

  • Ibn al-Qayyim, Tahdheeb al-Sunan, Hadith no. 1787, quoting from ‘Awn al-Ma’bood

  • Ibn Hajar, Fath al-Baari, commentary on Hadith no. 6229

  • Al-Mardaawi, al-Insaaf (11/422)

  • Al-Aloosi, Rooh al-Ma’aani (4/284)

  • Al-Taahir ibn ‘Ashoor, Tafseer (2/420)

  • Al-Sa’di, Tafseer (51, 185, 699)

  • Muhammad al-Ameen al-Shanqeeti, Adwa’ al-Bayaan (9/215)

  • Shaykh ‘Abd al-‘Azeez ibn Baaz, Majmoo’ al-Fataawa (2/76, 383)

(IslamQA fatwa no. 97384)

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