Niblo
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These are not ʼaḥādīth, Tony. They are the words of yet another false ‘Messiah’; namely Mirzā Ghulām Aḥmad, founder of the Ahmadiyya.Here are a couple of Ahadith.
Hazrat Mirza wrote as follows:
``Of all the leaders of Tasawwuf that there have been till the present day, not even one has disagreed with the point that in this religion the path to become the likes of prophets is open, as the Holy Prophet Muhammad has given the glad tidings for spiritual and godly learned persons that `the Ulama of my nation are like the Israelite Prophets'. The words of Abu Yazid Bustami given below, which are recorded in Tazkirat al-Auliya by Farid-ud-Din Attar, and are also found in other reliable works, are on this basis, as he says: `I am Adam, I am Seth, I am Noah, I am Abraham, I am Moses, I am Jesus, I am Muhammad, peace be upon him and upon all these brothers of his.' Similarly, Sayyid Abdul Qadir Jilani, in his book Futuh al-Ghaib, refers to this point, i.e. that man, by leaving his ego and annihilating himself in God, becomes the like, rather the very form, of the prophets.'' (Izala Auham, pp. 258--260)
``The Holy Quran clearly gives this instruction, and in the opening chapter gives us the hope of becoming the likes of prophets. God exhorts us to pray to Him five times a day and beseech Him to give us guidance so that we may become the like of Adam; the like of Seth, the prophet of God; the like of Noah, the second Adam; the like of Abraham, the friend of God; the like of Moses, the recipient of God's word; the like of Jesus; and the like of the Holy Prophet Muhammad and Ahmad, and the like of every truthful and faithful one.'' (ibid., p. 257)
``Ponder over this, that all the eternal fountains of spiritual life have come into the world through the Holy Prophet Muhammad. This is the nation [i.e. Muslim nation] which, though not having any prophets (nabi) in it, has those who receive the word of God like prophets, and though not having any messengers (rasul) in it, has those who show God's clear signs like messengers. It has rivers of spiritual life flowing in it, and none can compete with it.'' (Ainah Kamalat Islam, p. 224)
``God's ancient way cannot be denied, viz., that He gives the name of one to another on account of spiritual similarity. He who has the nature of Abraham is Abraham in God's sight, he who has the nature of Moses is Moses in God's sight, and he who has the nature of Jesus is Jesus in God's sight. And he who has a share of all these has all these names applied to him.'' (Izala Auham, p. 412)
Same with your other observations Niblo. Baha'u'llah offers in the Kitab-i-iqan that it is God that tests His servants. It is up to us to find out why two passages may seem to conflict. In the end, if we search long enough, we will find the conflict is all ours, a gift to enable us to change.
Regards Tony
Ahmad references the ‘Futuh al-Ghaib (The Revelations of the Unseen)’ by Sayyid Abdul Qadir Jilani.
I have this work, and can assure you that Sayyid Jilani makes no mention of the Prophet (sallallahu 'alayhi wa sallam) having declared himself to be ‘Jesus’.
Perhaps Ahmad was confused by the Seventy-Fifth Discourse in the ‘Futuh’, in which Jilani writes:
‘Tasawwuf is based on eight qualities (l) Generosity like that of Prophet Abraham; (2) Cheerful submission like that of Prophet Isaac; (3) Patience like that of Prophet Jacob; (4) Prayer like that of Prophet Zachariah; (5) Poverty like that of Prophet John; (6) Wearing of woollen dress like that of Prophet Moses; (7) Travelling about like that of Prophet Jesus; and (8) Religious poverty like that of Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him and all the rest).’
The generous person is like Abraham. The one who cheerfully submits to the Will of Allah (subḥānahu ūta'āla) is like Isaac. The patient person is like Jacob. The prayerful person is like Zachariah; and so on.
You will have heard of the Welsh singer, Tom Jones.
I am very much like Tom, because I am also Welsh; because I also come from Glamorgan; and because – like Tom – I know the lyrics to the song ‘Delilah’.
Sooooo very alike, Tom and I.
I suspect that even a Bahai would acknowledge – albeit reluctantly – that there is a world of difference between the declaration: ‘I am like Tom Jones’; and the declaration ‘I am Tom Jones!’
Mirza writes:
`The Holy Quran clearly gives this instruction, and in the opening chapter gives us the hope of becoming the likes of prophets.’ (‘Ainah Kamalat Islam’; my emphasis).
Here is the relevant sūrah
‘In the name of Allāh, the Lord of Mercy, the Giver of Mercy! Praise belongs to Allāh, Lord of the Worlds, the Lord of Mercy, the Giver of Mercy, Master of the Day of Judgement. It is You we worship; it is You we ask for help. Guide us to the straight path: the path of those You have blessed,
those who incur no anger and who have not gone astray.’ Al-Fatiha ‘The Opening’).
This surah is very important in Islamic worship, being an obligatory part of the daily prayer, repeated several times during the day.
As you can see, it makes no mention at all about folk becoming the ‘likes of prophets.’
Mohammad Hashim Kamali – former Professor of Law at the International Islamic University of Malaysia – writes:
‘Muslim jurists and ʿulamā’ have developed elaborate methodologies for the authentification of ḥadīth with the purpose precisely to enhance the scope of scientific objectivity in their conclusions. This they have done in full awareness that in no other branch of Islamic learning has there been as much distortion and forgery as in ḥadīth.’ (‘A Textbook of Hadith Studies: Authenticity, Compilation, Classification and Criticism of Hadith’).
The Professor reminds us that: ‘The ʿulamā’ of ḥadīth and jurisprudence have laid down a variety of conditions for the authentification of ḥadīth.’ (Ibid.).
Among these conditions is that:
‘The text and message of the ḥadīth must be consistent with the Qur’ān. Should there be a clear case of conflict in such a way that no reasonable compromise and interpretation can remove it, the ḥadīth is rejected.’ (Ibid. my emphasis).
I repeat:
Nowhere in the Qur’an does Allāh (subḥānahu ūta'āla) refer to the Prophet (sallallahu 'alayhi wa sallam) as ‘Jesus’.
Nowhere in the Qur’an does the Prophet as refer to himself ‘Jesus’.
Nowhere in the ʼaḥādīth does the Prophet refer to himself as ‘Jesus’.
Here are some ʼaḥādīth for you to consider:
‘Narrated Malik bin Sasaa: That the Prophet talked to them about the night of his Ascension to the Heavens. He said, “(Then Gabriel took me) and ascended up till he reached the second heaven where he asked for the gate to be opened, but it was asked, ‘Who is it?’ Gabriel replied, ‘I am Gabriel.’ It was asked, ‘Who is accompanying you?’ He replied, ‘Muhammad.’ It was asked, ‘Has he been called?’ He said, ‘Yes.’ When we reached over the second heaven, I saw Yahya (i.e. John) and Jesus who were cousins. Gabriel said, ‘These are John (Yahya) and Jesus, so greet them.’ I greeted them and they returned the greeting saying, ‘Welcome, O Pious Brother and Pious Prophet!”’ (Sahih Bukhari Volume 4, Book 55, Number 640’).
‘Narrated Abu Huraira: I heard Allah’s Apostle saying, “I am the nearest of all the people to the son of Mary, and all the prophets are paternal brothers, and there has been no prophet between me and him (i.e. Jesus).” (Sahih Bukhari Volume 4, Book 55, Number 651).
‘It is narrated on the authority of Abu Huraira that the Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) observed: What will be your state when the son of Mary descends amongst you and there will be an Imam amongst you?’ (Sahih Muslim Book, Hadith Number 0290).
And from the ‘Al-Muwatta’ of Imam Malik Ibn Anas:
‘Yaḥyā related to me from Mālik from Nāfi‘ from ‘Abdullāh ibn ‘Umar that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, “I dreamt one night that I was at the Ka‘ba, and I saw a dark man like the most handsome of dark men you have ever seen. He had hair which reached to between his ears and his shoulders like the most excellent of such hair that you have ever seen. He had combed his hair and water was dripping from it. He was leaning on two men or on the shoulders of two men doing ṭawāf around the Ka‘ba. I asked, ‘Who is this?’ I was told, ‘The Messiah, son of Maryam.’"
‘Mālik related to me from Ibn Shihāb from Muḥammad ibn Jubayr ibn Muṭ‘im that the Prophet ﷺ said, “I have five names. I am Muḥammad. I am Aḥmad. I am al-Māḥī (the effacer) by whom Allah effaces disbelief. I am al-Ḥāshir (the gatherer) before whom people are gathered. I am al-‘Āqib (the last).”’
Whatever one makes of these ʼaḥādīth, one thing is obvious: There is a clear distinction between the persons of the Prophet (sallallahu 'alayhi wa sallam) and that of Yeshua (ʿalayhi as-salām). The former does not claim to be the latter.
Blessings.