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السنن الكبرى للبيهقي
Sunan al-Kubra al-Bayhaqi
كتاب السير
Book of Military Expeditions
باب: مبتدأ الخلق
Chapter: The beginning of creation
Bayhaqi 17717 — The beginning of creation
اُردوEn
أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو طَاهِرٍ الْفَقِيهُ، أنبأ أَبُو حَامِدِ بْنُ بِلَالٍ، ثنا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ، ⦗٩⦘ أنبأ يَزِيدُ بْنُ هَارُونَ، أنبأ بَهْزُ بْنُ حَكِيمِ بْنِ مُعَاوِيَةَ الْقُشَيْرِيُّ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ جَدِّهِ، قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ: " إِنَّكُمْ تُوفُونَ سَبْعِينَ أُمَّةً أَنْتُمْ خَيْرُهَا وَأَكْرَمُهَا عَلَى اللهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ " قَالَ الشَّافِعِيُّ: ثُمَّ أَخْبَرَ جَلَّ ثَنَاؤُهُ أَنَّهُ جَعَلَهُ فَاتِحَ رَحْمَتِهِ عِنْدَ فَتْرَةِ رُسُلِهِ، فَقَالَ: {يَا أَهْلَ الْكِتَابِ قَدْ جَاءَكُمْ رَسُولُنَا يُبَيِّنُ لَكُمْ عَلَى فَتْرَةٍ مِنَ الرُّسُلِ أَنْ تَقُولُوا مَا جَاءَنَا مِنْ بَشِيرٍ وَلَا نَذِيرٍ فَقَدْ جَاءَكُمْ بَشِيرٌ وَنَذِيرٌ} [المائدة: ١٩]، وَقَالَ: {هُوَ الَّذِي بَعَثَ فِي الْأُمِّيِّينَ رَسُولًا مِنْهُمْ} [الجمعة: ٢]، وَكَانَ فِي ذَلِكَ مَا دَلَّ عَلَى أَنَّهُ بَعَثَهُ إِلَى خَلْقِهِ لِأَنَّهُمْ كَانُوا أَهْلَ الْكِتَابِ وَالْأُمِّيِّينَ، وَأَنَّهُ فَتَحَ بِهِ رَحْمَتَهُ وَخَتَمَ بِهِ نُبُوَّتَهُ، فَقَالَ: {مَا كَانَ مُحَمَّدٌ أَبَا أَحَدٍ مِنْ رِجَالِكُمْ، وَلَكِنْ رَسُولَ اللهِ وَخَاتَمَ النَّبِيِّينَ} [الأحزاب: ٤٠].
Bahz bin Hakim bin Mu'awiyah al-Qushayri narrates from his father, and he from his grandfather (may Allah be pleased with him), who said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) saying: "You complete seventy nations; you are the best of them and the most honoured of them before Allah, the Mighty and Majestic."
Imam al-Shafi'i (may Allah have mercy on him) said: After the message of the earlier messengers had been interrupted, Allah Almighty made him (his message) and his person the opener of His mercy. So He said: "O People of the Book! Our Messenger has indeed come to you after an interval (in the succession) of messengers, making things clear to you, so that you cannot say: 'No one came to us to give glad tidings or to warn.' So now a bearer of glad tidings and a warner has certainly come to you" [Surah al-Ma'idah: 19]. Likewise is this statement of Allah Almighty: "It is He who sent among the unlettered people a Messenger from among themselves" [Surah al-Jumu'ah: 2]. In these verses it is made clear that Allah Almighty sent him to all His creation, because among them were both the People of the Book and the unlettered; through him Allah Almighty opened His mercy and sealed the chain of prophethood, and He also issued a declaration about this: "(O people!) Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) is not the father of any of your men, but he (peace and blessings be upon him) is the Messenger of Allah and the Seal of all the prophets" [Surah al-Ahzab: 40].
Imam al-Shafi'i (may Allah have mercy on him) said: After the message of the earlier messengers had been interrupted, Allah Almighty made him (his message) and his person the opener of His mercy. So He said: "O People of the Book! Our Messenger has indeed come to you after an interval (in the succession) of messengers, making things clear to you, so that you cannot say: 'No one came to us to give glad tidings or to warn.' So now a bearer of glad tidings and a warner has certainly come to you" [Surah al-Ma'idah: 19]. Likewise is this statement of Allah Almighty: "It is He who sent among the unlettered people a Messenger from among themselves" [Surah al-Jumu'ah: 2]. In these verses it is made clear that Allah Almighty sent him to all His creation, because among them were both the People of the Book and the unlettered; through him Allah Almighty opened His mercy and sealed the chain of prophethood, and He also issued a declaration about this: "(O people!) Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) is not the father of any of your men, but he (peace and blessings be upon him) is the Messenger of Allah and the Seal of all the prophets" [Surah al-Ahzab: 40].
