Saheeh Seerah Al Albaanee English

ﷺ From this, we learn that all the Prophets gave the glad tidings of the Prophet’s
advent and instructed their people to obey and follow him.
Ibraaheem عليهُالسالم in his supplication for the people of Makkah said:
‏﴿رَبَّنَاُوَاب عَث ‏ُُفِيهِم ‏ُُرَس وّل ‏ُُمِّن ه م ‏ُُيَت ل وُعَلَي هِم ‏ُُآيَاتِكَُُوَي عَلِّم ه مُُال كِتَابَُُوَاحل ‏ِك مَةَُُوَي زَكِّيهِم ‏ُُُۖإِنَّكَُُأَنتَُُ‏
ال عَزِيز ‏ُُاحل ‏َكِيمُ﴾‏
{“Our Lord! Send amongst them a Messenger of theirs, who shall recite unto them
Your Aayaat and teach them the Book and al-Hikmah (wisdom), and purify them.
Verily! You are the All-Mighty, the All-Wise.”} [Surah al-Baqarah (2): 129]
Imaam Aḥmad reported from the Ḥadeeth of Abu Umaamah ‏ُاهلل ‏ُعنه ‏:رضي I said: O
Messenger of Allaah ‏!ﷺ How was the beginning of your affair? He ﷺ said: ❝I am
the answer to the prayer of my father, Ibraaheem (
`Eesa (
عليه السالم
عليه السالم
), and the glad tidings of
), and when my mother became pregnant with me, she saw something
as if a light came out of her and illuminated the palaces in the land of Syria.❞ 81
Imaam Aḥmad and Ibn Is-ḥaaq also reported from a different chain that the
Companions of the Messenger of Allaah ﷺ asked him something similar… 82
And the meaning of this is that he ﷺ referred to the beginning of his mission among
his people which was famously known and widespread among the men. So he (first)
mentioned that he was the answer to prayers of Ibraaheem عليه ‏ُالسالم – to whom the
عليهُالسالم Arabs traced their ancestry; then he mentioned about the glad tidings of `Eesaa
but without mentioning the source. Ibn Jareer and Ibn Abee Ḥaatim also reported this in their respective ‏,عنهم
Tafseer, but as a statement of al-Suddiyy (instead of Ibn `Abbaas).
81 Musnad Aḥmad (22261), the chain of this narration is “Jayyid” (excellent) and it has supporting chains. The next
Ḥadeeth strengthens this Ḥadeeth.
82 (Shaikh al-Albaanee said): The author (Ibn Katheer) mentioned this Ḥadeeth in its entirety in the earlier
chapters.
[TN: Refer to chapter 2 and 5 for the complete Aḥaadeeth]
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