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Sahih al-Bukhari 6917 (Book 87, Hadith 55) #6649
Preference for Prophets

SUMMARY: The hadith is about the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) teaching that no one should give preference to any other prophet over him, and that Moses will be found holding one of the pillars of Allah's throne on the Day of Resurrection.

Narrated Abu Sa'id Al-Khudri: A Jew whose face had been slapped (by someone), came to the Prophet ﷺ and said, "O Muhammad! A man from your Ansari companions slapped me". The Prophet ﷺ said, "Call him". They called him and the Prophet ﷺ asked him, "Why did you slap his face?" He said, "O Allah's Messenger ﷺ! While I was passing by the Jews, I heard him saying, 'By Him Who chose Moses above all the human beings'. I said (protestingly), 'Even above Muhammad?' So I became furious and slapped him". The Prophet ﷺ said, "Do not give me preference to other prophets, for the people will become unconscious on the Day of Resurrection and I will be the first to gain conscious, and behold, I will Find Moses holding one of the pillars of the Throne (of Allah). Then I will not know whether he has become conscious before me or he has been exempted because of his unconsciousness at the mountain (during his worldly life) which he received".
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يُوسُفَ، حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ، عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ يَحْيَى الْمَازِنِيِّ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ، قَالَ جَاءَ رَجُلٌ مِنَ الْيَهُودِ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَدْ لُطِمَ وَجْهُهُ فَقَالَ يَا مُحَمَّدُ إِنَّ رَجُلاً مِنْ أَصْحَابِكَ مِنَ الأَنْصَارِ لَطَمَ فِي وَجْهِي‏.‏ قَالَ ‏"‏ ادْعُوهُ ‏"‏‏.‏ فَدَعَوْهُ‏.‏ قَالَ ‏"‏ لِمَ لَطَمْتَ وَجْهَهُ ‏"‏‏.‏ قَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنِّي مَرَرْتُ بِالْيَهُودِ فَسَمِعْتُهُ يَقُولُ وَالَّذِي اصْطَفَى مُوسَى عَلَى الْبَشَرِ‏.‏ قَالَ قُلْتُ وَعَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ ﷺ قَالَ فَأَخَذَتْنِي غَضْبَةٌ فَلَطَمْتُهُ‏.‏ قَالَ ‏"‏ لاَ تُخَيِّرُونِي مِنْ بَيْنِ الأَنْبِيَاءِ فَإِنَّ النَّاسَ يَصْعَقُونَ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ فَأَكُونُ أَوَّلَ مَنْ يُفِيقُ، فَإِذَا أَنَا بِمُوسَى آخِذٌ بِقَائِمَةٍ مِنْ قَوَائِمِ الْعَرْشِ، فَلاَ أَدْرِي أَفَاقَ قَبْلِي أَمْ جُزِيَ بِصَعْقَةِ الطُّورِ
TOPICS
preference  *  prophets  *  resurrection  *  consciousness  *  istihbab  *  anbiya  *  qiyamah  *  tawajjuh

QUICK LESSONS:
Respect all prophets equally without showing favoritism towards anyone in particular

EXPLANATIONS:
This hadith speaks about how no one should give preference to any other prophet over Prophet Muhammad ﷺ. It is narrated by Abu Sa'id Al-Khudri who was a companion of the Prophet ﷺ. In this hadith, a Jew was slapped by an Ansari companion after he said something disrespectful about Prophet Muhammad ﷺ. When asked why he did it, he said it was because he heard the Jew say something disrespectful about him. The Prophet ﷺ then taught them not to give preference to any other prophets over him as they will all be unconscious on the Day of Resurrection and he will be first to gain consciousness and find Moses holding one of Allah's throne pillars. This teaches us that we must respect all prophets equally and not show favoritism towards anyone in particular as they are all equal in God's eyes. We must also remember that on Judgment Day we will all be judged according to our deeds so we must strive for good deeds now in order to receive God's mercy then.

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