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QADI IYAD & THE

STRANGE ATHAR OF
IBN ABBAS ABOUT
THE NOOR (LIGHT)
OF THE PROPHET
MOHAMMED

BY ABDUL KAREEM
IBN OZZIE
The Sufi Ashari Maturidis claim the prophet Mohammed is noor
(light) from Allah and human. To back this strange believe they often
quote athar and hadeeth to support their view from the book as Shifa
of Qadi Iyad because it is many fabricated hadeeth in it.

Imam ad-Dhahabi said regarding Qadi Iyad in Siyar Alam al-

Nubala. In his biographical entry on al-Qadi Iyad Vol 20 Page 216, he
writes: “His (Qadi Iyad) writings are valuable and one of his best
works would have been his book as-Shifa had it not been filled with
fabricated hadeeth.”

The often quote an athar (narration of a sahabi) of Ibn Abbas from as

Shifa of Qadi Iyad, that Ibn Abbas said “that the spirit of the
Prophet was a light in the hands of Allah two thousand
years before he created Adam. That light glorified Him
and the angels glorified by his glorification. When Allah
created Adam he caste, that light into his loins. The
Messenger of Allah then said, “Allah brought me down to
earth in the loins of Adam, placed me in the loins of Nuh
and then cast me into the loins of Ibraheem Allah
continued to move me from noble loins and pure wombs
until he brought me out from my parents. None of them
were ever joined together in fornication.”

There is no isnad (chain of narration) to this athar, Qadi Iyad brings

no isnad (chain of narration) and even the Sufi Ashari Maturidis who
use this athar bring no chain of narration fro this athar. Hadeeth and
athar with no isnad (chain of narration) are grade as fabricated by the
scholars of hadeeth and this is a well known fact. This just another
fabricated athar and Imam ad-Dhahabi said, “one of his best
works would have been his book as-Shifa had it not been filled with
fabricated a hadeeth.” (Quote reference already given)

Qadi Iyad contradicts this athar in the same book as he said, “We
have mentioned before that prophet (Mohammed) and all the
prophets and messengers are human being and that there body and
apparent things are pure manly.” As shifa of Qadi Iyad Vol 2 Section
3, chapter 2

In As Shifa of Qadi Iyad Vol 2 SECTION 3: The Prophet's states with

respect to worldly matters, he brings a hadeeth from Saheeh Muslim
where the prophet states clearly he is a human being. So it is strange
that the Sufi Ashari Matrurids report this athar of Ibn Abbas from his
book which has no insand (chain of narration) regarding the prophet
Mohammed being noor (light).

The hadeeth he narrates in his book from Saheeh Muslim was

reported from Rafi' ibn Khadij who said that “Allah's Messenger
came to Medina and the people had been grafting the trees. He said:
What are you doing? They said: We are grafting them, whereupon
he said: It may perhaps be good for you if you do not do that, so
they abandoned this practice (and the date-palms) began to yield
less fruit. They made a mention of it (to the Prophet), whereupon he
said: I am a human being, so when I command you about a thing
pertaining to religion, do accept it, and when I command you about
a thing out of my personal opinion, keep it in mind that I am a
human being.”

Qadi Iyad also brings a supporting hadeeth from Ibn Abbas which
affirms the hadeeth in Saheeh Muslim because in the hadeeth from
Ibn Abbas the prophet said he was a man. However it contradicts the
athar of Ibn Abbas about the prophet being noor (light).

In As Shifa of Qadi Iyad Vol 2 SECTION 3: The Prophet's states with

respect to worldly matters, he says “(in) the hadeeth from Ibn Abbas
we find, "I am a man. What I tell you from Allah is true. In what I
say from myself, I am but a man. I can err and I can be right." This
is what he said about himself regarding his opinions about the
affairs of this world. That is not the case with any words which
came from him or his ijtihad when laying down the Shariah or
making a Sunnah.
The Standing Committee for Issuing Fatwa’s agree with Qadi
Iyads t statement that the prophet Mohammed was a human they
said, “The Quran and the saheeh Sunnah indicate that the Prophet
was a human and did not differ in his human make-up from other
people. He had a shadow like any other human. The Prophethood
with which Allah honoured him did not alter the fact that he was
human as Allah created him, with a father and mother.” Fataawa al-
Lajnah al-Daa’imah, 1/464

Shaykh Uthaymeen also agrees with Qadi Iyads statement that the
prophet Mohammed was a human, as Shaykh Uthaymeen said, “With
regard to Muhammad, like all other human beings, he was created
from the water (semen) of his father, Abd-Allaah ibn Abd al-Muttalib.
He is no different from other human beings in the manner in which
he was created, as he said about himself, “…I am a human being
like you and liable to forget like you… (Saheeh Bukhari).”
He felt fear, got thirsty, felt cold, suffered from the heat, got sick and
died.

Everything that humans go through as a part of human nature, he

also went through, but he is distinguished by the fact that he received
revelation and he was qualified to bear the Message, as Allah said,
“Allah knows best with whom to place His Message” al-An’aam
6:124. Majmoo’ Fataawa wa Rasaa’il Fadeelat al-, vol. 1, p. 62-63
Even if the Sufi Ashari Maturidis claim the athar from Qadi Iyads
book about the prophet Mohammed being noor (light) is saheeh or
hasan, it contradicts the authentic hadeeth of the prophet in which he
states the angels are made from light and does not say he was made
from light or part light and part man (human).

The Prophet said: “The angels were created from light…”

Muslim, 2996.
Shaykh Albaani said “This indicates that the well known hadeeth
that is in circulation among people, “The first thing that Allah created
was the light of your Prophet, O Jabir” is false (Shaykh Abdullah
Al-Ghumari, in his “Murshid Al-Hair li Bayan Wad’ Hadeeth
Jabir” and he said, “this is a fabricated hadeeth that has no basis in
the books of Sunnah”), and so are other similar ahaadeeth which say
that the Prophet was created from light. This hadeeth clearly
indicates that the angels are the only ones who are created from light,
not Adam and his sons, so pay heed and do not be negligent.” Taken
from al-Silsilah al-Saheehah (458).