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