 As-salamu alaykum, dearest respected brothers and sisters, dearest viewers wherever you may be. From Adam alayhi as-salam to the Prophet Muhammad peace be upon him and his family, and a thrilling month ahead of us as we delve into the lives of the prophets mentioned in the Quran. What lessons can we take from their lives and how do we apply those lessons into our lives? Who was Prophet Adam? Who was Prophet Ibrahim? Ishaq Ya'qo, and lastly the Prophet Muhammad peace be upon him and his family. Now before I introduce our dearest esteemed guest, I'd like to remind the viewers that if you do want to call in to ask the Sayyida question, you can call in on 0203-515-0109 or alternatively texting your questions to the number down below. Without further ado, Sayyidina, as-salamu alaykum. Wa alaykum as-salam wa rahmatullah. How are you doing today? Alhamdulillah, I'm buzzing, I'm very well. Thank you. Alhamdulillah, you seem very excited. I am, I am. I wonder why. Two congratulations are in order, firstly, congratulations on Ramadan and secondly I see that Liverpool shirt down there. You Scouts did your thing yesterday, how was it? You know I'm going to be taking this t-shirt off very soon to be wearing the customary white shirt that would go with this black suit but I just had to wear the Liverpool shirt. I think it was most amazing performance. We went to the game and you're thinking, I've seen some great nights at Anfield and I'm going to keep talking until this rubs into all the Manx out there who find it difficult to listen to this but the Manx have big games against Huddersfield and Cardiff so really huge games compared to ours with Barcelona and whoever we're going to play but it was just a wonderful experience, Liverpool were unbelievable. To be Messi's Barcelona, I don't care about no white suit shirts anymore, the Liverpool t-shirt has to come out today. I will get changed very soon however this was just testimony to the outstanding performance of Jurgen Klopp and his boys, they were unbelievable, shout out to Fabinho who I thought was out of this world getting a yellow card after ten minutes and still producing one of the best performances anyone has ever produced against the likes of Messi and the other rejects who are playing alongside Messi. Well you know I'm hoping that if we can't get the Premier ship, you know when Vincent company scores from 30 yards maybe not your year but hopefully the Champions League so you know it's the holy month of Ramadan, the day of Khafaj, this is a great month, we're going to have some wonderful nights coming up and I'm really looking forward to this introductory first night before we delve into the lives of the Prophets. Now let's kick this off as you said this introductory first night. Now just to get a bit of a background of because there are many topics you could have chosen to discuss in these 30 nights so what made you choose this specific topic? Yeah you know people write into me all the time asking me you know what's your series for the holy month of Ramadan and I think you as well had said to me how much the Imam Ali Aleyhi Salam series affected you about six years ago and others were affected by the Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him, his family biography and others by the Quran series and others you know by the Imam Mahdi A.S. series but I just felt that the lives of the Prophet's peace be upon them in the Quran has not really been discussed within our communities with the depth that deserves there are many people out there if you ask them about the likes of the Al-Kif or you ask them about Idris or Hud or Saleh you find that sadly there is a lack of knowledge on their lives even though Ad and Thamud and all these nations are mentioned alongside those prophets on numerous occasions so I felt on the first level that there was a need for us to build our relationship with these personalities who form part of a central pillar of the religion of Islam that being Nubu'ah as in you know when when we look at the As-Solid Dean of all the schools of the religion of Islam after monotheism there is this belief in prophethood and there is this belief placed alongside the belief in the Quran and the angels and the day of judgment now to believe in these prophets of God there is no way that I can understand the Lord or the secrets of the cosmos or the secrets of the universe without studying the lives of these prophets of God so it's a shame when you ask Muslims in the world today about the prophets mentioned in the Quran and you'll find that there are many Muslims out there who don't know much about you know the likes as I said of of Idris and of Hud and of Saleh then likewise there are names which we mention often in our communities but you find that these names people are still uncertain about certain aspects of their life as in tomorrow we begin with Nabi Adam and every single place I've ever lectured where God has blessed me to be able to lecture people have always asked me did Adam commit a sin wherever I've gone in the world people have asked me about the flood of Noah was it local was it global why would God cause a flood to happen what was happening at the time with Nabi Noah alayhi salam so you've got this issue as well with Nabi Noah then you've got others who ask questions related to David and Solomon for example David and Solomon their story very much is important in relation to the Middle East today you know what is the what is the Temple Mount what is this issue related for example to magic Harut Marut the angels Babylon you know so there are these wonderful stories of prophets in the Holy Qur'an which I don't think we've given the attention that they deserve Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala is not just going to include any story in the Holy Qur'an he's going to include parts of a story which are going to be beneficial for all of us and so I sincerely wanted us to understand Nubuwa generally okay the philosophy behind Nubuwa the philosophy behind prophethood the philosophy behind you know the resale that came with different prophets but also at the same time understand the lives of these individual prophets what do they go through in their lives I'm living for example in London in 2019 some of the viewers are living in the States and you know in the Indo-Pac subcontinent the Middle East in Australia and Europe what even South America what can they say that you know what that particular prophet peace be upon his family I can relate to with the imams alaykum as-salam the imams their biographies we can all relate to one of the imams true so you'll have some people will say I can relate to the the the patience of Amir al-Mu'mineen or the bravery of Imam al-Hussain or the diplomacy of Imam al-Hassan or the al-Mu'mal al-Sadaq but I don't see that same relationship sometimes with prophets of Allah subhanu wa ta'ala even though you know Nubuwa is the central tenant within Shi'a belief I still find that there are many people out there who may even be experts on Islam but when it comes to the lives of the prophets peace be upon them there isn't much knowledge there even though there was a you know some of the greatest ulama across the schools in the religion of Islam used to pride themselves on writing works known as qasas al-anbiya you know qasas al-anbiya these were works which if you look at the likes of for example you know Qutb ad-Din al-Ra Wendi or the likes of Ibn Qutair they used to pride themselves on talking of the stories of the prophets of Allah subhanu wa ta'ala you know Majlisi Bukhari Al-Kafi different works exist which sought to talk about the lives of prophets from renowned authors like I mentioned Ibn Qutair like I mentioned Ta'alabi as an example so the first reason is understanding Nubuwa the second reason there's over three and a half billion people in the world who believe in these prophets yeah we're not the only ones who believe in for example Nabi Adam or Nabi Nuhs flood or Abraham sacrifice or Moses and Pharaoh or David and Solomon or the story of you know Shiba one of the only ones the Jewish community a huge community in London the Christian community a huge community in London yep Jewish community a huge community for example the States the Christian community a huge community worldwide I want us to seek to delve in this holy month to look at what are the similarities and differences to compare and to contrast yeah the Adam of the Bible the Adam of the Quran David and Solomon in the scriptures of the Jewish community and in the Quran Christ in Christianity Christ in the Quran yeah looking at Noah and his relationship with his for example family in the Bible and Noah and his relationship with his family in the Quran looking at lot prophet Lord and Sodom and Gomorrah and how that affects the Jewish and the Christian community today and their understanding of same gender relations you see we need the scriptural reasoning alongside the interfaith dialogue the interfaith dialogue is great sitting but not sitting and opening the scriptures to seek to understand what we all believe is something which I feel is a hindrance to the growth of peace and prosperity in the lands within which we live which brings me to my third point there is something which has been escalating now for more than 15 20 years and that is this myth which is permeating in our societies which the young grow up listening to and that is Islam versus the West and the West versus Islam yep many youngsters in the world today are growing up listening to this that Islam and the West are diametrically opposed to each other that there is a major problem between the two never shall they meet there are no similarities and sometimes when you look at certain people in who represent Islam I don't blame some of the Western mind for thinking this however I believe that when we're looking at the lives of the prophets of God who many non-Muslims many non-Muslims don't know that we believe in Adam and Noah and Abraham and Moses they think it's Mohammed is some random guy from Arabia who these guys worship and I do believe that if we're gonna move to a world where this whole you know this dichotomy between Islam and the West this clash of civilizations it's not a clash of civilizations on the contrary there are billions in the world who admire these names and so do we so we need to remove this idea that Islam in the West their morality is not the morality is a morality that goes back to Noah looks at the patience of a you looks at the knowledge of Idris wants to understand the search for the mystical transcendent world as well as the material world of the likes of Moses and his story with Khidr it's a shame that the world we live in today has become a world of Islam versus the West now we need to find a solution to that because otherwise now what you have in the world is people who are like listen Islam is the reason for our backwardness Islam is the reason for you know humanity's lack of progress and Muslims are terrorists Muslims are fundamentalist no no hold on a minute there's a need for us to reassess those figures who play a pivotal role and can continue to play a pivotal role there are many Christians Jews and Muslims out there who admire Prophet Abraham alaihi salam what can we learn from the sacrifice of Abraham from the closest to God of Abraham from the softness and the justice of Abraham the generosity of Abraham why was he called the Khalil so this clash that exists which some would say the likes of Huntington predicted that you know there is a clash between Islam and the West one of the ways to alleviate this is by having a topic which billions can relate to what I want is that when viewers hear these discussions I want the viewers to be able to say that here my non-Muslim friend this is night two on Nebbe Adam tomorrow did you know about sheath do you know about Noah have you heard of Idris let me tell you about Abraham Isaac Ishmael David Solomon job Zachariah Jesus Mary Moses and then hopefully our kids can grow up in environment where these sickening wars hatred sectarian escalation fundamentalism is removed when we're able to respect each other's heritage yep well say that's all beneficial for you know as you mentioned 3.5 billion people believe in those prophets but as we know the world population is nearly nearly at 8 billion now these things are beneficial for those who believe but how about the atheists how about the Hindus who don't believe in the prophets of Allah who have never actually come across the prophets of Allah how is that beneficial for a person doesn't have to be a Muslim or Christian or Jewish for them to a seek knowledge so if you have an atheist friend who wants to watch this program doesn't have to believe in Abraham as a man of God or Noah as a man of God or David or Solomon as man of God they can look at them for the morality they espouse they can look at them for certain trials and tribulations they can relate to I've got many atheists colleagues out there who will tell you that we may not necessarily believe in the God of so-and-so a mystic but we admire their words and we'll have a coffee table book which will be with their quotes there are people out there who don't believe in God but may revere for example somebody like Buddha and his words so therefore just saying that somebody is an atheist how would the lives of the prophets benefit them we need to remember that all of us at the end day in our basic humanity are seeking to understand the lives of people who influence the world you may call him Nebi Ayyub you may call him Nebi Musa you know you may call them Job or Moses if I was to remove the title of Nebi from them Prophet from them are there lessons from their life that any human can learn yeah there are human beings out there who are facing moments where they're you know they're suffering they have trials they correlate to Nebi Ayyub alaihi salam you mentioned for example the Hindus and you said well how would some of this benefit the Hindus I think in our discussions you're gonna realize Hindus Sikhs Buddhists Muslims Christians Jews a lot of them have more prophets in common than you imagine whether I call that particular person a prophet or whether they call him a prophet or whether they have deified somebody I think there's a basic understanding that there were certain great humans on this earth who's awareness of the material and the unseen and their consciousness of the mystical realm was far above those who surrounded them I've met Hindus and I met Sikhs who may not believe in my prophet but they're still wonderful spiritual lessons you can gain from them you know I used to get freaked out sometimes when I'd walk for example in central London and a Sikh man comes up to me and he's like to me listen brother there's good days ahead for you and I'm like really he's like I'll tell you your day of birth it tells me my days of birth he tells me everything about me what's my favorite color now that person has a certain mystical intuition yeah it's our arrogance that has stopped us from studying the works of the greats of the Sikh world or the Hindu world or the Buddhist world the heritage of the great Sikhs and Buddhists there are men of those paths I would even say there are you know woman of those paths as well who were great spiritual figures who were above the mundane so I think this series can help bring a closeness in those lovers of the spiritual world now say you know we believe that from the beginning of time until the end there will always be a guide now as we know the earth's exist has existed for thousands and thousands of years according to the Islamic view how many prophets were sent down as a guidance since the beginning of human creation until now there's this figure that's normally given and can be seen in works such as Bihar al-Anwar of an Majlis scene and man la yadah al-faqih of Saduk of 124,000 now this is not restricted by the Quran by the way we have certain traditions from one of the most important sources in understanding the lives of these prophets this month and that is the family of the Prophet Muhammad peace be upon him there's nobody who can provide you with knowledge of the world of the prophets like Imam al-Baqarah and Imam al-Sadaq especially now all the imams alaykum salam will provide us with great knowledge but Imam al-Baqarah and Imam al-Sadaq alaykum salam living in the earliest part of the second century they were the ones who were able to elaborate for us to understand the covenants that had taken place before the Prophet Muhammad peace be upon him the lives of Noah the lives of Ayub the lives of Idris the lives of Samuel the lives and so on so I would say 124,000 is the figure that's normally mentioned as a guidance both in the Shia school and in other schools in Islam yeah now 124,000 as per as per Hadith how many of those are actually mentioned in the Quran well we're looking at in the Quran 2526 listen if it if there was more than 2526 we're struggling this holy month of Ramadan because can you imagine we've got 124,000 mentioned the Quran then by the time you know by by the time we would finish all of them even the angel that blows the trumpet for the day of judgment will be like listen guys you know what I think now it's time because you know 124,000 but 2526 are mentioned in the holy Quran and and during these nights I will explain why there's a difference about whether it's 25 or 26 and so those prophets you'll find the first of them is Adam and the last of them is the holy prophet peace be upon him and his family yeah but you know but 25 or 26 let's say 26 let's get foggy and say 26 to 124,000 it's pretty big it's a pretty big gap yeah you know why didn't Allah Subh'anaHu Wa Ta-A'la include some others in the Quran that there are been number of reasons posited while Allah Subh'anaHu Wa Ta-A'la doesn't mention all of them and I think one of the main reasons is that the Quran is not a history book okay yeah some might say for example you look at other religious scriptures that exist out there they're their books which give you a timeline of the development of human societies human communities and the relationship between the messengers of God with those particular nations the Quran is not a book of history the Quran seeks to provide us with certain certain epochs certain you know kernels certain moments in the development of humanity with certain figures now that doesn't mean that in the world of hadith we don't have certain prophets which are mentioned yeah but in the Quran Allah Subh'anaHu Wa Ta-A'la has decided that these prophets especially the arch prophets these prophets and what preceded them and what follows them deserves the most attention that doesn't mean Allah Subh'anaHu Wa Ta-A'la doesn't mention the likes of for example Luqman and Khidr where there's a debate or the Qarnain whether there's a debate as to whether they are prophets of God or not but generally speaking it seems that these are the main figures for the Quran preceding the Quran we have the Torah preceding the Quran we have the Injil we have the Zabur as well there's a possibility that there are other prophets which are mentioned as we can see in those books until today but what's the point what's the point of sending prophets you know what's the what's the whole philosophy behind a prophet being sent down from God as in aren't we humans able to think for ourselves aren't we able to find our own way to God there's no doubt that we can think for ourselves you know tomorrow in the story of Adam we'll see what happens when he is offered intellect decency and devotion and which one he takes the intellect plays a major role in our lives but on the first level when I recognize that God exists it would be unjust of that Lord not to provide me with a guide to help my growth and my progress in knowing my Lord you know you can't if I was to talk to my Lord as Iqbal done in his famous Shakwa I would say my Lord how could you leave me on this earth telling me to worship you but you didn't provide me with anyone as a guide the internal proof of God is my intellect what ensures that my intellect matches my intrinsic nature my fitrah is the presence of a prophetic figure on the earth in Islamic theology they talk of qa'id at a lot of lot for meaning grace and God's grace is that he sent us wonderful personalities who are able to provide us with an understanding of how to balance hope and fear with a reminder of God's bounties when we sometimes forget and allowing our intrinsic nature to always be in a state of equilibrium Imam Ali alaihi salam answers this he says I mean he says wonderfully the prophets were sent to allow us to be at one with our intrinsic nature and to remind us and ensure that we don't forget Allah's bounties I recognize myself as a human being I'm imperfect there are many areas I'm limited I look at someone above me I find that they are more perfect but still with limitations there's some above them more perfect but we're still limited limitations there's some above them who are still searching for godly knowledge then there are those personalities who when they walked on the earth they were inspired with a God-given knowledge as if they were part of a pre-eternal covenant and so on the one hand you've got qa'id at a lot in Islamic theology in mysticism there is this recognition there's always a perfect man on the earth who ensures that the earth doesn't swallow its inhabitants or for other words for other words which one can use that there is a purpose for our existence that perfect man the Incarnal Kamil is somebody who is discussed in all schools in Islam it's Adam at one point it's excelled maybe by Noah Abraham Moses Jesus the Prophet Muhammad peace be upon his family not only are they people who show me how to get closer to the Lord but they are also those who allow me to see what is the path towards felicity rather than transgression I as a human can either enjoy a path of transgression or I enjoy a path where it's been mapped out by their special characters even there are non-muslims out there who admire the characteristics of these personalities so when someone asks me why do I need a prophet yeah my intellect has helped me but it's moments when I see their behaviors their principles and their guidance that I recognize which choice to make in a certain difficult situation yeah now before we go to the break just quickly sometimes there are there's a reference to Nebi sometimes there's a reference to Rasul now how do we distinguish between the two you know what's the difference yeah I mean theologians have sought to ask answer this question at what Nebi Rasul one thing we could tell from the word you know if you're breaking the word Nebi you could break it into two one is referring to somebody in a very important position another is a piece of great news so a Nebi is somebody of important position who brings great news yeah a Rasul is a messenger normally seen as unique because they have a particular Risaleh a particular message which they are giving their people others have commented on what type of methods God uses to communicate to a Nebi or Rasul is it in dreams only some will have dreams as well as the site of the angel Gabriel there are theological debates about this what's the vice for us is that every that there is an opinion that every Rasul is a Nebi but not every Nebi is a Rasul thank you very much Sayed and then thank you to the dearest viewers watching at home I'll get changed now yeah say they will get changed he will get rid of his little pressure I am a goon I said don't like the view of that but I'd like to remind the viewers that if you do want to call in us to say the question you can call in on 0203 515 0109 or what's up in your questions down below please stay tuned for the second part after the short break thank you for joining us again wherever you may be worldwide as we discuss the lives of the Prophet in the Quran and the lessons we can take from their lives this episode is just an introductory episode just for the viewers joining us now and inshallah we will discuss Prophet Adam alaihi salam tomorrow but back to our discussion with Dr. Sayed Amman al Qashawani since I'm sure you can notice a change with him when as he appears on your screen he's gone rid of that Liverpool shirt and he's dressed quite smartly looking like I could go back to the Liverpool shirt but looking like you're about to get married I have to I have to come into this formal way otherwise the producers will not be too happy with me considering the producers at the back none of them are Liverpool fans oh okay that creates a problem for you sadly sadly you look like you're about to get married thank you thank you so much now say that we hear about the prophets of Allah some of them we discussed Nabi and Rasul now we hear the word Ulil Azim now are they the same rank are they different ranks in the eyes of Allah if you could shed light on that yeah we'll come to the Ulil Azim prophets when we start with Nabi Nooh alaihi salam and again there are different opinions as to these prophets let's make something very clear the Quran there is a verse that makes clear not all prophets of Allah are at the same level just in case there are people out there who think that every prophet of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala is on the same level as the other no when the Quran talks of a particular tafdil that exists a particular exalted position that some favor over others that some have over others in Surah 2 verse 253 in Surah al-Baqarah there are messengers we have exalted some above the others some we have raised them in ranks and clearly if you're looking at the traditions there is a difference between the number of Nbiya mentioned and the number of Rasul mentioned sometimes you hear that there's a hundred and twenty four thousand prophets yeah 313 messengers okay so as we said that the Rasul are for example seen as being Nbiya as well as Rasul whereas not every Nabi is a Rasul so when we're now looking at the Rasul these are the ones who have come according to some opinions to the whole of mankind and the whole of the jinn there are Nbiya who have come just for their local area Quran sometimes refers to some prophets where it says and remember their brother who came to them they may have come just to that local area that Rasul has come and the Ulul Azim Noah Abraham Moses Jesus and the Prophet Muhammad peace be upon his family they have come where they have come to the whole of mankind and the whole of the world of the jinn because the Quran says we did not create the jinn or the humans except to worship me Allah says so the jinn believe in prophets the humans believe in prophets the jinn have had Rasul because when Surat al jinn was revealed the jinn had interestingly mentioned that they had heard the message before this one of Prophet Moses alaihi salam okay so that goes to show us that Prophet Moses alaihi salam is seen as being one of the Ulul Azim who has come for the human has come for the jinn has come for the east and has come for the people of the west unlike those Nbiya who may have come for example to a local area or a local vicinity and those Ulul Azim may have come with a NG with a Torah with a we're going to come inshallah in a couple of nights to the life of Nabi Nuh alaihi salam and we're gonna look at the Noahide Lord and when you're looking at the Noahide laws you're going to find that this is the beginning of these scriptures you're later gonna have the Suhof of Ibrahim the Torah of Moses the ng love Jesus and the Quran of Muhammad sallallahu alaihi wa sallam so what we have is that the Ulul Azim part of the eye of the Quran which mentions that we have given excellence for some above others they are the ones who have come to the whole of mankind the whole of the jinn the east and the west and they have come with a particular message which continues the previous message for different reasons it's interesting that you mentioned the 313 Russell 313 Russell now if they came down with messages and they were Rasulullah you mentioned the Ulul Azim are the ones bringing down the books did they follow the books until the next Ulul Azim Prophet came or was it that they came down with a different book themselves well if we're looking at there are many different nations in the world many different countries you know it's a shame that we only know about the Middle East you know we always know about which Prophet went to Iraq or who went to Jerusalem you know or who went for example to let's say the Hijaz area it seems that there are Russell who have gone far and wide and whether they actually have a Suhof or they have a revealed text or they have a set of commandments there is a difference of opinion about but certainly you'll find that there are many prophets out there who sadly people have not dissected their lives maybe the lack of information sometimes it's also critical this I'll tell you something and I say this to the viewers extremely difficult process in in preparing these discussions is finding information sometimes information is very scarce yeah about certain nations about certain areas and so you know clearly when we're saying there's 124 thousand NBR there's 313 Russell it clearly means that there was a continuation of testaments covenants yeah tablets relics yeah you know when we come to Nabi Adam alayhi salam and when we go towards Nabi Nooh there is a continuation of relics which are passed from one prophet towards another yeah because the taboot comes later on exactly the story of if you look at the story of Nabi Musa alayhi salam al-Baqarah and with David as well prophet Dawood there's this there's this tablet that continues one may argue if you look at the red jafar and the white jafar and discussions concerning that which comes later in Imamology there is a continuation of holding on to the hair of so-and-so the stone of so-and-so the shield of so-and-so on what was the Feeqar before the sword of Imam alayhi salam did it belong to previous nations so there are different relics there's different forms of knowledge there's different revelations there's different tablets which are passed from one community to another because you look at somewhere like Japan the Japanese the Greek the Chinese even the Indians they have some of the oldest civilizations in the world so one would question whether they had prophets sent down to them or not I think they did you think the Quran makes it clear that they did okay on the first level the Qarnayn some called him Alexander the Great some called him Cyrus different opinions but you read his story in Sura 18 of the holy Quran he's traveling wide far he's meeting different nations I think there's a clear hint you know if you were to believe that tradition attributed to the prophet you know seek knowledge even if you have to go as far as China you know there's an indication there okay you know you mentioned interestingly Japan I would say there are countries in the world today which are amongst the most you know which are ancient states founded years before some of these big nations which are found only a couple hundred years ago you're looking at places like San Marino place like Japan places like India Armenia you know Iraq where we come to a very important point when we're gonna look at the graves of Nabi Adam and Nabi Noah in the next couple of days and so what you have is that there are prophets as the Quran mentioned Sura 35 verse 24 there wasn't an area without us sending a warna every area had a warna otherwise that area could turn around and say hold on God you want me to come towards your path but where was where was your guide why did you send everybody to Iraq what is it something nice about Iraqi food you know you're sending everyone to Iraq is it because the food's great why are you sending everyone to Mecca money were their profits in Japan were their profits in India were their profits in Greece were their profits in Armenia were their profits in San Marino I think they were profits in all these areas okay bro 124,000 is no joke no definitely 124,000 is a huge number and there's no doubt that what's the central message of these prophets central message of belief in the oneness of God monotheism and so on and so they've gone to nations you know of different areas now I'm not going to deny that some of these prophets may have been deified some of them may have been made to become God with a statue okay that doesn't deny that God God upon himself he would have ensured that every single area as the Quran mentions that there wasn't an area but that we sent a warna for every nation there is a warna and there are guides there are NBR Russell oh yeah yes yeah so so I think those countries that you mentioned you'll find that some of their greatest figures are prophets of Allah swt yep there are prophets like Daniel you know I've got I've got look after the name Daniel because I've attacked a couple of times in our communities and I've got good friends called Daniel and they say why did you attack the name Daniel so I'm gonna say good things about Daniel but the name Daniel is the name of a prophet a prophet who told us about the coming of the Holy Prophet peace be upon him but it's not in the Quran yeah yes in the next 20 odd nights we're gonna be looking at the lives of the prophets mentioned in the Quran but there are Buddha Krishna Aristotle and others these are prophets who may not be mentioned in the Quran yeah but can anyone deny that they're one of the hundred twenty four thousand yeah see just just before you mentioned that in my head those four historical personalities yeah literally just historical personalities that were revered by that are revered by cultures and different religions other than mine I thought that you know they have nothing to do with me and my religion but sounds like they do they certainly do yeah now you mentioned Prophet Daniel alaihi salam and you mentioned other prophets that are not mentioned in the Quran are those prophets mentioned in other sources where do we find those sources I still think that the Torah and the angel or the Old Testament and useless I still think these are all valuable sources for us and providing us with the Old Testament does go into a lot of intricacies which the Quran's not interested in the Quran may not be interested in it for a number of reasons either it's speaking to a Jewish community in Medina already know all of this so there's no need to say that this person's married to that person and there was eight people there and they're nine people there and there was this guy's uncle and so on so I think that what you're finding is that those those prophets and their family is mentioned in the in the Bible mentioned in the Jewish scriptures possibly mentioned in Hindu Sikh scriptures I definitely wouldn't deny that those personalities when when you're hearing names I'm not gonna say prophets but there are certain people in history who had a mystical edge to them they don't have to be prophets but like you know you look at the likes of Guru Nanak you study Sikhism has Sikhism has a has a lot of fine spirituality which can be taken you know from Islam and they go hand-in-hand with one another so I do believe that the sources of other religions are helpful in providing us with indications of great personalities who may have been those prophets as well now let's not say that also in our books such as Al-Kafi such as the Bihar there are mentions of personalities who may not be mentioned directly in the Quran you know you have for example we're gonna come to Nabi Sheeth alaihi salam and you know Nabi Sheeth has a grave some say in Lebanon and some say in Mosul and other places this is a personality whose name is not directly mentioned in the Quran there's no I am mentioning Sheeth but can still be counted as a source for our knowledge okay say it net just a quick question from one of our dear viewers Zahrat from Scotland says good evening I have a question did the prophets have financial aspirations thank you well what you have is that we're gonna see inshallah in the show on Nabi Nooh alaihi salam is he begins this trend of prophets who say that you know I don't ask for any recompense my recompense is with Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala and the only prophet peace be upon him and his family the holy prophet Muhammad is the one who said that I don't ask from you anything except love for my family otherwise the rest say I was with Allah someone asks why because it's a sign of their intellectual honesty that I have not come here to deliver this message on the basis of a bribe that you're gonna give me or money you're gonna give me rather I have come here with a basic message and that is to bring all of us closer to our path of God consciousness yeah so in terms of them doing this had it been and they always tell their people look have we asked for a penny from you guys for you to doubt us we could have easily did that and we'll see what the people of Nuh that many mocked him because his followers were poor okay yeah now back to our discussion you know the latest story we see with the prophets of Allah is goes back to 1400 years to the Prophet Muhammad peace be upon him and his family the earliest some tens of thousands of years with Prophet Adam alaihi salam you know what sources should we use and how do you verify sources that we will use it's it's it's a huge challenge to be able to rewrite or reevaluate the biographies of the prophets in the holy Quran you know it's they it takes a while to come and do this and you know if I there are there are five six books in my head as I mentioned earlier which are purely Qasas al Anbiya you know the works of Ibn Qutair the works of a Thalabi the works of Qutb al Rawandi the works of in majlis these these are pure pure you know pieces of literature looking at the biographies of the prophets but then you see major differences in the way they look at prophets some are very happy to ascribe fallibility and sin to those prophets Moses punching the angel of death a stone running away with his clothes you know David committing adultery Abraham worshipping idols and so but we're all Muslims we all believe in the prophets of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala how then can one group of Muslims be ready to happily say that amongst the reasons Abraham cannot do intercession or cannot intercede on their judgments because he committed a sin or that Adam sinned or that Moses killed someone sinned or that you know Moses punches the angel of death and then you come to another group of Muslims who believe in the infallibility of prophets clearly there's difference which is a challenge when we look at the sources and that's why I always say there is nobody who can explain to us the teachings of the prophets and the lives of the prophets and the lessons from those lives of the prophets in the Quran like Muhammad and I'll Muhammad salawat allah was salamu alaykum the ehlul bayt alaykum was salam imam al baqan imam salam there's a book out there if you guys want to read it it's called Jesus Jesus through Shi'a generations or Jesus in Shi'a generations by legion housing it's a fantastic work and it shows you just how much knowledge the ehlul bayt had about the biographies of the prophets now why did we need the ehlul bayt because we have so many when we look at the biographies of prophets there's so many hadith which are known as israeliyat now israeliyat is that there was a sudden rise of a sudden rise of ex-Jews and Christians Allah knows their intention who suddenly started to ascribe stories of prophets preceding the Prophet Muhammad peace be upon his family and put them into the genre of Islamic narrative and literature in the world of hadith sometimes you look at these israeliyat I'll give you a famous example the Prophet went into a mahraj and supposedly you know you've got this story about him you know him going and asking about Salat first Salat was 50 said make it easier for my people comes down comes down comes nine till five you know you got these traditions which suddenly start coming in Ka'bel Ahbar amongst others who start bringing israeliyat in yeah someone may argue that well sometimes in Shi'a literature you may have an israeli tradition narrated from an Imam firstly not everything in Shi'a literature is to be taken but secondly there are stages where the imams lived under tyrannical rulers where taqiyyah was fundamental at that time however if you were to compare them with other discussions on the same area you'll find that another Imam in another period is able to dissect this topic more freely so what we have is that from the Ahlul Bayt alaym as-salam especially I tell you somebody who's a wonderful source of understanding the prophetic mission and the lives of the prophets and that's Imam alayhi salam within Nehj al-Balaghah there are brilliant discussions right from the outset that creation of Adam tomorrow we're going to look at Adam's creation yep and the creation of Adam alayhi salam you look at Imam alayhi salam talks about it right from the beginning of Nehj al-Balagh and he always brings stories of the prophets who came before him and I think he's a wonderful source Nehj al-Balaghah is a great source Bihar al-Anwar Majesty that you know I think there's the English which is known as Hayat al-Qulub which seeks to discuss prophetic stories that can be used as well I don't discount and I haven't discounted the usage of archaeology you know to try and look at the understanding of structures and buildings in the lives of prophets proceeding the Prophet Muhammad peace family we might discuss that with the Ark of Noah how did they build the Ark of Noah how many days that it takes to build the Ark of Noah you know what happened with the building of the Ark of Noah maybe someone also we can't deny the usage of the Torah of the Bible you know I think their great sources to compare and contrast to see you know what's Noah saying to his people before the flood what's Abraham's discussion with the sacrifice you know what's happening with the angels how to maraud who's enough or do we call him Idris you know so I think those are sources as well that we can use but ultimately you look at Hadith of the Qalain I leave behind for you two weighty things the Quran and my Ahlul Bayt and the Quran ultimately is the best source you know what you got the verses of the Quran they're discussing these prophets some sorrows are called after named after prophets such as Noah and Abraham others have the stories of the prophets at different places that's ultimately your best sources which you can use just a few questions coming in from what's up this one here no name I am looking to overturn a conviction in the UK I spent five years and ten months in jail and wish to be exonerated what would be the best practice to get mercy from Allah I became a Shia in 2016 after seeing the 12 imams in a dream whilst in jail God's door of forgiveness is open for everybody as long you know you ask the Lord for forgiveness you've regretted what you've done you'll never do it again God's doors open for you another question here saying Salam Sayyid Ammar mentioned the prophets came for the for the Jinn as well as human beings please ask him how was there no prophets sent down to the Jinn prior to Prophet Adam alaihi salam because history suggests that the Jinn existed on the planet before human beings were sent down sure we're going to be discussing that in the story of Adam alaihi salam tomorrow and his interaction with the one who is named Iblis before he leaves the garden and who later is known as shaitan so we will discuss that inshallah tomorrow okay now you know you mentioned the different books that mentioned the prophets of Allah you know such as Bukhari, Bihar al-Anwar, Nihj al-Balaghah you know although all Muslims believe in prophets what's the difference between Sunni and Shia the sources is the difference Quran we both agree on after that it's completely opposite if you're looking at the main sources of knowledge about the lives of prophets of God apart from the Quran in the world of other schools in Islam you know they take the companions as being the main source of knowledge for us it's the imams of Ahlul Bayt alaihi salam as the main source of knowledge after the Quran for them to tell us what the Prophet peace be upon him and his family taught about those prophets that came before him so while we have thousands of hadiths from Imam al-Baqar and Imam al-Sadiq about Ayyub, about Nuh, about Musa, about Idris, about Isa, about Dilqif, about Al-Yasa, about Samuel, about you know all these prophets alaihi salam and they're the ones that we rely on you know with all due respect to other schools in Islam I don't take their sources as a guide for my understanding of the Seerah of the Nbiya and one more question there are plenty plenty coming in but one more question from Noor from Canada Salam to both of you I'd like to start off by sending my heartfelt salutations to Dr. Sayyid Ahmad. Thank you Noor thank you an absolute legend my question is who was made first I have heard in Majlis that Imam Ali alaihi salam was the individual to make Nabi Adam alaihi salam is this true thank you well you know there's no doubt that the two greatest creations of God are the Prophet Muhammad peace be upon his family and Imam Ali alaihi salam their light was created years before Nabi Adam alaihi salam and we'll see in tomorrow's show that when Nabi Adam alaihi salam talks to his lord there are certain names who he mentions in his dua who we as Muslims all have to mention when asking for our supplications to be answered okay also we have there's a lot there's a hasen from Dearborn he says salams to the studio hope everyone's fast is going well I was wondering Sayyid could you please comment briefly on the status of the Prophet and their ability to sin or disobey Allah are they infallible what is the term that is used if not infallible? Tune in every night as we go through the lives of every Prophet Allah swt especially in answering the questions about the asma and looking at different terminologies such as Tarkh al-Ola you know and what is the meaning of istighfar and them and so on we'll look at all of these you know every night but so far as for us to look at the shia important position that is that the prophets of Allah swt are guides for mankind and they are all error-free individuals linking to hasen's point actually you know talking about if a prophet wasn't infallible you know couldn't someone just randomly one day say look I'm gonna go in a cave I'm gonna sit there for a few hours come out tell the people I am a messenger of God I was sent by God firstly look at his character before he went into the cave yep if he's known as sadaq and ameen and not just the Prophet Muhammad peace be upon his family many prophets were known as ameen or known as sadaq never told a lie always trustworthy with their intellect there's two types of aman ameen intellectual honesty economic honesty okay and they never ever withered on both so number one if somebody just comes out and tells you I'm a prophet firstly you know his past character secondly you look at his behavior after that day what is he espousing I'm your prophet make sure you give me a million dollars every day and I'll guarantee you a place in jannah no I don't want anything I'm even willing in some cases to live in the Shi'ab of Abu Talib in poverty yeah I'm willing to see my family drown while I beg them to come on the ark I'm willing to sacrifice my son for my lord number three there is also miracles that some can perform it's not just anyone number four I believe people have a mystical consciousness why rationally can you deny that there isn't one figure on the earth who god has decided to give a level of mystical consciousness higher than others abdel kudus of ganja was a mystic and they asked him what's the difference between you and Muhammad peace be upon his family he said if I had gone on mahraj I wouldn't have come back I would have enjoyed where I was whereas Muhammad peace be upon his family came back the difference between a mystic and a prophet a mystic enjoys that world of the realm of being in god's divine grace a prophet knows he has a mission on behalf of the lord that he wants to fulfill and so if I can see there are people in the world today in my own family who are very righteous in the community who are righteous and the ulama circles who are righteous what's there to deny that god couldn't pick 124 000 to be the most right this is true Sayyidina we are being bombarded alhamdulillah with questions on what's up so just uh I'm just gonna pick a few here uh says salamu alaykum brothers salamu alaykum Dr Sayyidina Ammar was prophet prophet Abraham's father a monotheist prophet Abraham prayed for his parents my dear my dear brethren I will answer all your questions every night but you're asking me about nabi ibrahim nabi ibrahim is in a few nights time nabi ibrahim's father was a monotheist we should have left that for that but we will discuss that in a few nights yeah but because he was raised by his uncle and we'll discuss the difference between ebb and valid in that discussion okay okay which is coming when ibrahim refers to him as abi rather than to the valid and what's the difference between the two but his uncle was a polytheist whereas nabi ibrahim and his father were monotheists we go back these fathers they are all monotheists on the path of god yeah but I will discuss that inshallah in a few nights time this question Ramadan kareem my name is teslim i'm from panama where we have a majority catholic population my question is in regards to the mentioning of the firmament in the bible is there any correlation in the it's coming inshallah we're gonna look at the firmament we're gonna look at the different aspects of it as well and what's the relation to the islamic discussion thank you very much my pleasure i'm absolutely starving but you know it's great seven it's time we'll try and find a loophole to make it in one minute time and inshallah we will continue tomorrow with nabi adam alayhi salam inshallah join us tomorrow for an exciting new episode starting from nabi adam alayhi salam as you know this was only an introductory episode but inshallah we won't see a level pusher tomorrow and inshallah stay tuned for dua al istiftah istitah and dua al istiftah that's a legendary dua is that a new one i love you i love you i love you i love you i love you i love you don't do that okay and inshallah join us tomorrow for the new episode on prophet adam alayhi salam as we dive into his life and the lessons we can take as-salamu alaykum wa rahmatullah