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did not grant to any human immortality before you (O
Muhammad ) then if you die, would they live for ever.” 190
Soul: Soul is a creation (Makhlooq) of Allah. It remains in contact
with the body throughout the worldly life and causes the body to
have life. Death occurs when the soul departs. Allah says about
the soul in the Qur’aan: “They ask you concerning the soul. Say
that the soul is from Allah and you have not been given
knowledge of it except a little.” 191
Is the Soul of Allah’s Messenger present
everywhere?
Some believe that the soul of Allah’s Messenger is omnipresent.
Mulla Alee Qaree, a famous Hanafee theologian says, “… the Ruh
(spirit) of Rasoolullah is present in the house of every Muslim.” 192
This is an erroneous view because the abode of righteous souls
after death is Paradise, as mentioned in the following Ahaadeeth,
Ka’ab Ibn Malik related that the Messenger of Allah said: “The
believer’s soul is a bird which feeds upon the fruits of the trees
of Paradise, until Allah returns it to its body on the Day he is
Resurrected.” 193
190 Soorah al-Ambiya (21): 34.
191 Soorah al-Isra (17): 85.
Many Soofis hold the incorrect belief that soul is a part of Allah.
“Abu Bakr al-Kalabadhi mentions, “It (the soul) never entered under
the humiliation of ‘Be’ … (the soul’s) only function is to produce life
and being alive, as well as producing life, is the attribute of Him,
Who causes life, just as shaping and creating are an attribute of the
Creator. [The Doctrine of the Soofis (Kitab al-Ta’arruf li-madhhab ahl al-
Tasawwuf) (Eng. Trans.) p.50-51]
This argument is false, since the soul does not produce life on its
own, it is only a creation of Allah and comparing the creation to the
Creator is falsehood.
192 Naseem ar-Riyadh fee Sharah Shifaa Qadee Iyaaz, vol. 3, p.464.
193 Collected by an-Nasa’ee, Ibn Majah and Malik and authenticated
by Shaikh al-Albanee in Sharh al-Aqeedah at-Tahaawiyyah, p.455, and
footnote no. 1.
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