Saheeh Seerah Al Albaanee English

Chapter 14: The commissioning of the Prophethood and some of the
predictive signs thereof (Part 2)
More narrations that the Jews were aware that the Prophet’s advent was at hand:
Ibn Is-ḥaaq said: `Aaṣim Ibn `Umar Ibn Qataadah informed me that some of the men
from his tribe said: “Among the things which invited us to Islaam – by the Mercy of
Allaah and His Guidance – is that we used to hear from the Jews, during those days
when we were still Mushriks (polytheists), worshiping idols, and the people of the Book
had knowledge (about the Prophet’s advent) which we did not. There used to be a
constant quarrel between us and them, so whenever we received (an upper hand) over
them which they used to dislike, they used to say to us: ‘The time has come near and
soon a Prophet will be sent to us and we will join him in exterminating you like how
`Aad and Iram were exterminated.’ And we often used to hear that from them. So when
Allaah تعاىل sent the Messenger of Allaah ‏,ﷺ we responded positively to his call when
he invited us to (the worship) of Allaah (alone), and we realized that this is what they
(the Jews) used to promise us with. So we preceded them in reaching him, and we
believed in him while they disbelieved in him. So it is about these Jews that the following
Aayah was revealed:
‏﴿وَلَمَّاُجَاءَه م ‏ُكِتَاب ‏ُمِّن ‏ُعِندُِاللَّهُِم صَدِّق ‏ُلِّمَاُمَعَه م ‏ُوَكَان واُمِنُقَب لُيَس تَف تِح ونَُعَلَىُالَّذِينَُكَفَر واُفَلَمَُّاُ‏
جَاءَه مُمَّاُعَرَف واُكَفَر واُبِهُُِۖفَلَع نَة ‏ُاللَّهُِعَلَىُال كَافِرِينَ﴾‏
{And when there came to them (the Jews), a Book (this Qur’aan) from Allaah
confirming what is with them [the Taurah and the Injeel], although aforetime they
had invoked Allaah (for coming of Muḥammad) in order to gain victory 91 over those
who disbelieved, then when there came to them that which they had recognized,
they disbelieved in it. So let the Curse of Allaah be on the disbelievers.} [Surah al-
Baqarah (2): 89]” 92
91 I (Al-Albaanee) say: As for what has been mentioned in some of the books that the meaning of this is that they
sought Allaah’s help through the Waseelah (means of) Muḥammad ‏.ﷺ There is no basis for this as it was not
‏.”التوسلُوالوسيلة“‏ mentioned from authentic sources as Ibn Taymiyyah had mentioned in
92 I (al-Albaanee) say: The chain of this narration is “Ṣaḥeeḥ”.
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