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Jami at-Tirmidhi 3613 (Book 49, Hadith 9) #29271
The Last Brick in the House of Prophets

SUMMARY: The Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) compared himself to a brick in a house, saying that he is the last of the Prophets and will be their leader on the Day of Judgement.

Narrated At-Tufail bin Ubayy bin Ka'b: from his father that the Messenger of Allah said: "The parable of me and the Prophets is that of a man who built a house, and he built it well, completing it, and beautifying it, but he left a space for one brick. So the people began going around the house amazed at it, saying "If only the space for that brick was filled'. And I am, with regards to the Prophets, in the position of that brick". And with this chain, from the Prophet that he said: "Upon the Day of Judgement I will be the leader of the Prophets and their spokesman, and the bearer of their intercession, without bragging".
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَامِرٍ الْعَقَدِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا زُهَيْرُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَقِيلٍ، عَنِ الطُّفَيْلِ بْنِ أُبَىِّ بْنِ كَعْبٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ قَالَ ‏"‏ مَثَلِي فِي النَّبِيِّينَ كَمَثَلِ رَجُلٍ بَنَى دَارًا فَأَحْسَنَهَا وَأَكْمَلَهَا وَأَجْمَلَهَا وَتَرَكَ مِنْهَا مَوْضِعَ لَبِنَةٍ فَجَعَلَ النَّاسُ يَطُوفُونَ بِالْبِنَاءِ وَيَعْجَبُونَ مِنْهُ وَيَقُولُونَ لَوْ تَمَّ مَوْضِعُ تِلْكَ اللَّبِنَةِ وَأَنَا فِي النَّبِيِّينَ مَوْضِعُ تِلْكَ اللَّبِنَةِ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ وَبِهَذَا الإِسْنَادِ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ قَالَ ‏"‏ إِذَا كَانَ يَوْمُ الْقِيَامَةِ كُنْتُ إِمَامَ النَّبِيِّينَ وَخَطِيبَهُمْ وَصَاحِبَ شَفَاعَتِهِمْ غَيْرُ فَخْرٍ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ غَرِيبٌ

TOPICS
prophet  *  house  *  brick  *  completion  *  intercession

QUICK LESSONS:
Respect other prophets and show humility towards them.

EXPLANATIONS:
In this hadith, Prophet Muhammad compares himself to a brick in a house. He explains that he is like the last brick needed to complete and beautify the house. This metaphor implies that all prophets before him were necessary for completing God's message, but it was only with his arrival that it was perfected and completed. On Judgement Day, he will be their leader and spokesman as well as their intercessor before God without any boasting or pride.

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