Question

Hazrat Hakimul Ummah, Maulana Ashraf Ali Thanwi has mentioned a Hadith in his book نشر الطیب فی ذکر النبی الحبیب صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم with reference of Ahkam bin Al-Qattan that Hazrat Ali bin Al-Hussain (Zainul Abdeen) narrated from his father Hazrat Hussain (رضی اللہ عنہ) and he narrated from his father (Hazrat Ali رضی اللہ عنہ) that the Prophet (صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم) said: I was a noor (light) in front of my Lord some forty thousand years before the birth of Hazrat Adam (علیہ السلام), is it hadith? if yes what is the level of hadith interms of snad & maton (text)?

Answer 1

Ref. No. 41/1013

In the name of Allah the most gracious the most merciful

The answer to your question is as follows:

The hadith mentioned ‘fourteen thousand years’ instead of ‘forty thousand years’. The wording “fourteen thousand years” is mentioned in the book of Hazrat Thanvi. This hadith is reported in several books with the reference of Ahkam ibne Qattan, but we found no remark on the status of the above mentioned hadith. ۔ کنت نورا بین یدی ربی عزوجل قبل ان یخلق باربعۃ عشر الف عام نقلہ العجلونی فی الخفاء عن العلقمی عن علی بن الحسین عن ابیہ عن جدہ مرفوعا فی ھذا الاسناد علی وابنہ صحابیان  وسبطہ علی بن الحسین الملقب بزین العابدین  تابعی واوردہ القسطلانی فی باب اول المخلوقات عن مرزوق عن علی بن الحسین عن ابیہ عن جدہ۔ (فرحۃ اللبیب بتخریج احادیث نشرالطیب ص 69)۔

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