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