Understanding Sahih Bukharee ( Hadith No 2 )
Hadith no 2:
Narrated
'Aisha: (the mother of the faithful believers) Al-Harith bin Hisham
asked Allah's Apostle "O Allah's Apostle! How is the Divine Inspiration
revealed to you?" Allah's Apostle replied, "Sometimes it is (revealed)
like the ringing of a bell, this form of Inspiration is the hardest of
all and then this state passes ' off after I have grasped what is
inspired. Sometimes the Angel comes in the form of a man and talks to me
and I grasp whatever he says." 'Aisha added: Verily I saw the Prophet
being inspired Divinely on a very cold day and noticed the Sweat
dropping from his forehead (as the Inspiration was over).
Commentary by Ibtisam Elahi Zaheer
Allah
swt teaches and guides His prophets through divine inspiration.All the
prophets were inspired by Allah in the following forms:
It
is not given to any human being that Allâh should speak to him unless
(it be) by Inspiration, or from behind a veil, or (that) He sends a
Messenger to reveal what He wills by His Leave. Verily, He is Most High,
Most Wise. (Ash-Shura 42:51)
In the same manner prophet Muhammad salal laho aliehi wasalam was inspired by Allah swt .
Allah swt says:
And
thus We have sent to you (O Muhammad SAW) Ruhan (an Inspiration, and a
Mercy) of Our Command. You knew not what is the Book, nor what is Faith?
But We have made it (this Qur'ân) a light wherewith We guide whosoever
of Our slaves We will. And verily, you (O Muhammad SAW) are indeed
guiding (mankind) to the Straight Path (i.e. Allâh's religion of Islâmic
Monotheism). (Ash-Shura 42:52)
On
another instance Allah swt says that all the divine messengers of Allah
swt were inspired by Allah swt in the same manner.Allah swt says:
Verily,
We have inspired you (O Muhammad SAW) as We inspired Nûh (Noah) and the
Prophets after him; We (also) inspired Ibrâhim (Abraham), Ismâ'il
(Ishmael), Ishâque (Isaac), Ya'qûb (Jacob), and Al¬Asbât [the twelve
sons of Ya'qûb (Jacob)], 'Iesa (Jesus), Ayub (Job), Yûnus (Jonah), Hârûn
(Aaron), and Sulaimân (Solomon), and to Dawûd (David) We gave the Zabûr
(Psalms). (An-Nisa 4:163)
It should however be born in mind that prophet Muhammad salal laho aliehi wasalam is the last messenger of Allah swt .
Allah swt says:
Muhammad
(SAW) is not the father of any man among you, but he is the Messenger
of Allâh and the last (end) of the Prophets. And Allâh is Ever All¬Aware
of everything. (Al-Ahzab 33:40)
So
this chain of divine inspiration has finished with him .And who soever
claims that he is also inspired by divine inspiration should keep this
saying of Allah swt in his mind:
And
who can be more unjust than he who invents a lie against Allâh, or
says: "I have received inspiration," whereas he is not inspired in
anything; and who says, "I will reveal the like of what Allâh has
revealed." And if you could but see when the Zâlimûn (polytheists and
wrong¬doers, etc.) are in the agonies of death, while the angels are
stretching forth their hands (saying): "Deliver your souls! This day you
shall be recompensed with the torment of degradation because of what
you used to utter against Allâh other than the truth. And you used to
reject His Ayât (proofs, evidences, verses, lessons, signs, revelations,
etc.) with disrespect!" (Al-An'am 6:93)
Prophet
Muhammad salal laho aliehi wasalam told in this hadith that the most
intense way in which he was inspired was the way in which he used to
listen bell type sound and in that state he was facing alot of burden
and mother of believers Ayesha radi Allahu anha stated that on a very
cold day the drop of sweat were dropping from his forehead due to this
burden.But after he had grasped the inspiration and inspiration had
finished he was relaxed.
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