Saheeh Seerah Al Albaanee English

In another narration it is: ❝When Aadam was still in the form of clay.❞ 86
It is also reported from the Ḥadeeth of Ibn `Abbaas رضي ‏ُاهلل ‏ُعنهما that he asked: O
ﷺ “When was the Prophethood established for you?” He ‏!ﷺ Messenger of Allaah
said: ❝While Aadam was between (being) soul and body.❞ 87
85 I (al-Albaanee) say: This was also reported by Ibn Ḥibbaan, and al-Ḥaakim in al-Mustadrak (4210). See the
previous comment.
[TN: al-Tirmidhee also reported this from Abu Hurairah رضي ‏ُاهلل ‏ُعنه in his Sunan (3609) but with the wording: ❝
While Aadam was between (being) soul and body❞, and graded as “Ṣaḥeeḥ” by Shaikh al-Albaanee.]
86 [TN: Musnad Aḥmad (17150, 17163) and al-Ḥaakim (3566, 4175) and said the chain of this narration is
“Ṣaḥeeḥ” and al-Dhahabee agreed with him.]
87 See “al-Ṣaḥeeḥah” (1856)
[TN: A few fabricated or weak Aḥaadeeth which are widespread among the people:
A) It is attributed to the Prophet ﷺ that he is supposed to have said: ❝I was a Prophet while Aadam was
between clay and water.❞ and in another narration attributed to him: ❝I was a Prophet when there was no
Aadam, no water or clay.❞ [Shaikh al-Albaanee graded both these narrations as “Mawḍhoo`” (Fabricated);
Shaikh al-Islaam Ibn Taymiyyah said: “It is baseless, neither from the point of view of transmission nor intellect,
and not a single scholar of Ḥadeeth reported it, and its meaning is invalid. For Aadam was never in a state in
which he was between clay and water, for clay consists of water and mud, rather he was in a state between the
spirit and body. Moreover, these misguided people think that the Prophet ﷺ was physically present at that
time and that his person was created before all persons, and they support this with Aḥaadeeth which are lies
(against the Prophet ‏,(ﷺ for example, the Ḥadeeth that he ﷺ used to be light surrounding the Throne, and
he ﷺ said: ❝O Jibreel! I was that light.❞ And other claims that he ﷺ had memorized the Qur’aan even
before Jibreel had brought it to him.” Al-Suyooṭee also recorded this in his book “al-Aḥaadeeth al-Mawḍhoo`ah”
(fabricated narrations). See “al-Ḍha`eefah” (302, 303)]
B) It is attributed that he ﷺ is supposed to have said: ❝I was the first Prophet to be created and the last to be
sent, He (Allaah) began with me before others.❞ [Shaikh al-Albaanee graded it as “Ḍha`eef” in “al-Ḍha`eefah”
(661)]
C) It was said to the Prophet ‏:ﷺ “When was the Prophethood established for you?” He ﷺ is supposed to
have said: ❝When Allaah created the earth, then He Istawa (rose over) towards the heaven and made them
seven heavens, and He created the `Arsh (Throne), and wrote on (one of) the pillars (or leg) of the Throne:
‘Muḥammad is the Messenger of Allaah, and the Seal of the Prophets.’ And Allaah (then) created the Jannah in
which Aadam and Hawwaa’ (Eve) dwelled. Then He ‏(تعالى)‏ wrote my name on the gates, the tree-leaves, the
houses, and tents, while Aadam was still between the spirit and the body. When Allaah تعالى brought him
(Aadam) to life, he looked at the Throne and saw my name, whereupon Allaah ‏(تعالى)‏ informed him: {He is the
Chief of your offspring.} When Shaiṭaan deceived them, they repented and sought intercession with my name
from Him.❞ [Shaikh al-Albaanee graded it as “Munkar” (Rejected) in “al-Ḍha`eefah” (5709). He further said: The
calamity in this narration is Muḥammad Ibn Ṣaaleh who is unknown to me, nor did al-Khateeb (al-Baghdaadee)
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