@ Islame
The most *painful* email I sent to my friends, for which I received a lot of responses was this one:
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So? who is the best of prophets?
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Although the Quran does say that God made some prophets on higher levels than other prophets:
Al-Baqara: 253
تِلْكَ الرُّسُلُ فَضَّلْنَا بَعْضَهُمْ عَلَى بَعْضٍ مِنْهُمْ مَنْ كَلَّمَ اللَّهُ وَرَفَعَ بَعْضَهُمْ دَرَجَاتٍ وَآَتَيْنَا عِيسَى ابْنَ مَرْيَمَ الْبَيِّنَاتِ وَأَيَّدْنَاهُ بِرُوحِ الْقُدُسِ
still, according to Quran, we, the slaves of God, should not differentiate between the prophets:
Al-Baqara: 136
قُولُواْ آمَنَّا بِاللّهِ وَمَآ أُنزِلَ إِلَيْنَا وَمَا أُنزِلَ إِلَى إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَإِسْمَاعِيلَ وَإِسْحَقَ وَيَعْقُوبَ وَالأسْبَاطِ وَمَا أُوتِيَ مُوسَى وَعِيسَى وَمَا أُوتِيَ النَّبِيُّونَ مِن رَّبِّهِمْ لاَ نُفَرِّقُ بَيْنَ أَحَدٍ مِّنْهُمْ وَنَحْنُ لَهُ مُسْلِمُونَ
Al-Baqara: 285
آمَنَ الرَّسُولُ بِمَا أُنزِلَ إِلَيْهِ مِن رَّبِّهِ وَالْمُؤْمِنُونَ كُلٌّ آمَنَ بِاللّهِ وَمَلآئِكَتِهِ وَكُتُبِهِ وَرُسُلِهِ لاَ نُفَرِّقُ بَيْنَ أَحَدٍ مِّن رُّسُلِهِ وَقَالُواْ سَمِعْنَا وَأَطَعْنَا غُفْرَانَكَ رَبَّنَا وَإِلَيْكَ الْمَصِيرُ
Al-Imran: 84
قُلْ آمَنَّا بِاللّهِ وَمَا أُنزِلَ عَلَيْنَا وَمَا أُنزِلَ عَلَى إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَإِسْمَاعِيلَ وَإِسْحَقَ وَيَعْقُوبَ وَالأَسْبَاطِ وَمَا أُوتِيَ مُوسَى وَعِيسَى وَالنَّبِيُّونَ مِن رَّبِّهِمْ لاَ نُفَرِّقُ بَيْنَ أَحَدٍ مِّنْهُمْ وَنَحْنُ لَهُ مُسْلِمُونَ
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And some Sahih Hadiths agree, e.g.
1- "Don't prefer one prophet to another"
عن النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم قال لا تخيروا بين الأنبياء
http://hadith.al-islam.com/Display/Display.asp?Doc=0&Rec=103022- "Don't prefer me to any prophet"
لا تخيروني من بين الأنبياء
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Yet another Sahih Hadith disagrees and claims that prophet Muhammed is the best:
"I'll be the (best?/leader?/master?) of men in the hereafter"
قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم أنا سيد ولد آدم يوم القيامة
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But another Sahih Hadith says it's prophet Abraham:
"A man came to the prophet and addressed him as the best of men, upon which the prophet replied: that's Abraham! (i.e. Abraham is the best of men, not Muhammed)"
جاء رجل إلى رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم فقال يا خير البرية فقال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم ذاك إبراهيم عليه السلام
http://hadith.al-islam.com/Display/Display.asp?Doc=1&Rec=5615So which of these "Sahih" Hadiths should we accept? How about we stick to the clear message in the Quran regarding this?
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This email was the most disturbing one i sent to my Muhammedan (Muhammed worshipping) friends.
Topic: What mohammad said vs what "Allah" Said