Some deplorable individuals objected to the authority of the Prophet صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم . Reprimanding them for this, he صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم went on to say:

It is possible for someone to sit leaning against his chair, and to say after narrating one of my hadith, ‘The book of Allah is present between you and us. We will only consider whatever it says to be halal as permissible, and we will only consider what it says to be haram as impermissible.’

اَلَا وَاِنَّ مَا حَـرَّمَ رَسْوْلُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ مِثْلَ مَا حَـرَّمَ اللهُ - ‘Verily, whatever is declared haram by the Messenger of Allah is like that declared haram by Allah.’^[1]

صَلُّوۡا عَلَى الۡحَبِيۡب                 صَلَّى اللّٰهُ عَلٰى مُحَمَّد

Remember, Allah sent approximately 124,000 noble Prophets عَـلَـيْهِمُ الصَّلٰوة وَالسَّلام into this world. He blessed them with various miracles and powers of authority. For example, Prophet Isa عَـلَيْـهِ الـسَّـلَام was able revive the dead, as well as cure leprosy and vitiligo. Prophet Sulayman عَـلَيْـهِ الـسَّـلَام was granted kingdom over jinn and the wind. He was blessed with amazing faculties of hearing; he could hear the voice of an ant from 3 miles away.

But when Allah sent the leader of all Prophets, Sayyidunā Muhammad صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم , He granted him more excellences, virtues, miracles, powers of authority and status than all previous Prophets and Messengers عَـلَـيْهِمُ السَّلَام, as he is the leader of all those who came before and all those to come until the Day of Judgement. The Messenger of Allah صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم was even granted authority over the sun and moon.

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