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All praises are due to Allh SubHanuhu wa Ta'ala Who created His BelovedRasl Sayyidun MuHammad Sallallaho Alaihi wa Aalihi wa Sallam without ashadow. This is one of the many remarkable qualities that makes our belovedMaster unique in the entire creation of the universe. Choicest Salms andmost revered Salutations upon the dazzling manifestation of the Sublime LordSubHanuhu wa Ta'ala who is the most perfect and independent humancreated by the Real Absolute Almighty Allh SubHanuhu wa Ta'ala.

We are living in a world of uncertainty and misconceptions. Man is beginning

to question the very roots of his beliefs regarding Allah Almighty and the HolyProphet Sallallahu Alaihi wa Aalihi wa Sallam, to create doubt in the minds ofthe simple and unsuspecting Muslims. A brother in Islam provided me a linkwhere some lunatics were trying to accuse the magnificent personality ofSyeduna Rasoolullah Sallallaho Alaihi wa Sallam having a shadow like anyother human!! (Na'udhu Billahi min dhalik)


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Indeed, our Master, the selected splendid Moon and brilliant Star SallallahoAlaihi wa Aalihi wa Sallam, did not have a shadow. This is clearly proven bythe Hadith Sharf and consensus of the illustrious 'immah of Dn. Those whodispute this are not even fit to qualify as students of these great Ulam, letalone understand their works. It is recorded in authentic books fromgeneration to generation with unbroken chain sequence and consensus thatthe beloved Nab Sallallaho Alaihi wa Aalihi wa Sallam did not have a shadow.To this day it cannot be proven that any lim of Dn has ever dared to disputethis agreed fact. But how unfortunate is it that suddenly some fool is born whorejects this undisputed fact and intends to enslave himself with the chains ofNafs and ignorance. This rejection makes transparent such peoples ignorance,insolence and disrespect for our Master and compassionate Rasl SallallahoAlaihi wa Aalihi wa Sallam.

Surely, it is out of the many unique attributes of the Holy Prophet (SallallahoAlaihi wa Sallam) that HE did not possess a shadow. He didn't have a shadowin the radiance of sunlight nor did he have a shadow in the illumination of themoon. This is the `Aqeedah (Creed or belief) of the SaHaba, Tabi'een and theUlama al-Islam. We shall now proceed and contemplate upon the `Aqeedah of


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the pious predecessors.

The Àqeedah of Sayyiduna Uthman al-

Ghani and Imam Nasafi Radi ALLAHuTa'ala Anhum Ajma'een

Allamah Imam Nasafi (Radi ALLAHu Ta'ala Anho) writes that HadratUthman (Radi ALLAHu Ta'ala Anho) came to the Holy Prophet (SallallahoAlaihi wa Sallam) and said,

"Allah did not put your shadow on the Earth in case someone trod upon it".

[Tafseer-e-Madarik, Dar al-Kutb Arabi , Vol. 3, Page 135]

From this hadith it is evident that the Holy Prophet (Sallallaho Alaihi waSallam) did not possess a shadow and the Àqeedah of Hadrat Uthman (RadiALLAHu Ta'ala Anho) is vivid. The Glorious Prophet (Sallallahu'AlaihiWasallam) listened to what Uthman (Radi ALLAHu Ta'ala Anho) had said anddid not disagree with him. Also the Àqeedah of Imam Nasafi (Radi ALLAHu


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Ta'ala Anho) is seen.

The Àqeedah of Hadrat Abdullah ibn

Abbas, Son of Abdullah Ibn Abbas,Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mubarak andHafidh Allamah Ibn Jauzi Radi ALLAHu

Anhum Ajma'een

Syeduna Abdullah bin Mubarak and Allama Jauzi in his Kitab al-Wafanarrates a hadith from Hadrat Abdullah ibn Abbas (the cousin of the HolyProphet Sall Allahu alaihi wa Aalihi wa Sallim) and Son of Hadrat Abdullah

bin Abbas:

"Allah's Rasul had no shadow, not while standing in the sun, but the brillianceof his Noor surpassed the rays of the sun; nor while sitting before a burninglight, but his luminous Noor excelled the lustre of the light". [Al-Wafa,Chapter 29, Vol. 2, Page 407]

The Àqeedah of Hadrat Zakwaan Tabi'eeand Hadrat Hakeem Tirmidhi RadiALLAHu Ta'ala Anho

Hadrat Hakeem Tirmidhi narrates from Hadrat Zakwaan Tabi'ee (RadiALLAHu Ta'ala Anho):

"The shadow of the blessed Prophet (Sallallaho Alaihi wa Sallam) didn't showin the sun nor did it became apparent in the moonlight" [Khasa'is al-Kubra,Vol. 1, Page 68]

The Àqeedah of Imam Qadi Iyad al-MalikiRadi ALLAHu Ta'ala Anho


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Allamah Qadi Iyad (Radi ALLAHu Ta'ala Anho) writes:

"The narration that the Prophet (Sallallaho Alaihi wa Sallam) did not possess a

shadow in the sunlight nor the moonlight is true because the blessed Prophet(Sallallaho Alaihi wa Sallam) was made of Noor (light)." [Ash-Shifa, Dar alKutb Ilmiyah , Vol. 1, Page 225]

The `Aqeedah of Imam Jalal al-Din as-

SuyutiRadi ALLAHu Ta'ala Anho

Imam Suyuti set aside a whole chapter in `Khasaais al-Kubra' about theshadowless Prophet (Sallallaho Alaihi wa Sallam) and calls it, "In honour ofthe miracle that the shadow of the Prophet (Sallallaho Alaihi wa Sallam) wasnot seen."


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Thereafter, Allamah Suyuti (Radi ALLAHu Ta'ala Anho) quotes the hadith ofHadrat Zakwaan Tabi'ee (Radi ALLAHu Ta'ala Anho) which has beenmentioned above and then cites another hadith as follows:

"Ibn Saba' said that it is a uniqueness of the Prophet (Sallallaho Alaihi waSallam) that he did not have a shadow because he was made from Noor. Andwhen he used to walk in the light of the sun or the moon, his shadow was notapparent. Various scholars have said that this unique attribute of the Prophet(Sallallaho Alaihi wa Sallam) is clear proof of another hadith in which theProphet (Sallallaho Alaihi wa Sallam) prayed to Allah to make him Noor"[Khasais al-Kubra, Vol. 1, Page 68]

Note: When the Prophet (Sallallaho Alaihi wa Sallam) asked Allah to makehim a Noor, this does not imply that the Prophet (Sallallaho Alaihi wa Sallam)was not already a Noor. This du'a was recited so that Allah may make theblessed Prophet (sallallahu 'alahi wasallam) an even greater Noor and so thatevery one of his blessed features may became a source of light for the believersin terms of knowledge and also a Noor on the Day of Judgment. For example,when the Prophet (Sallallaho Alaihi wa Sallam) read Sure Fatiha in salah andrecited (Guide me along the straight path), this, obviously, does not mean thathe was not already upon the straight path, it is simply a means of thankingAllah for keeping him upon it. In the same way, the Du'a-e-Noor was a tokenof thanks to Allah for making the Prophet (Sallallaho Alaihi wa Sallam) noor.

From the above narration, the `Aqeedah of Imam Jalal al-Deen Suyuti (RadiALLAHu Ta'ala Anho) and Imam ibn Saba' is clear that the Prophet (SallallahoAlaihi wa Sallam) was made from Noor and was not only a mere Bashar (man)like us. He was a bashar but he was also Noor.

diamond is a stone but a stone like no other,uhammad is a man but a man like no other

The `Aqeedah of MuHammad bin Yousufal-SaliHi al-Shami Radi ALLAHu Ta'ala

Anho


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It is stated in Seerat-e-Shaami:

"Allah Almighty does not let your shadow fall on the ground, so that no foot ofman can fall on it". [Subl al-Huda wal Rishad, Chapter 20, Dar al-Kutb

Ilmiyah (Berut), Vol. 2, Page 90]

The `Aqeedah of Imam Ahmad QastalaniRadi ALLAHu Ta'ala Anho

Imam Ahmed Qastalani states in al-Mawahib al-Ladunya:

"The Holy Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi wa Aalihi wa Sallam did not possess ashadow in the brightness of the sun or moonlight is proven from the Ahadithof Tirmizi Sharief of Ibn Zakwaan and Ibn Saba that when he used to walk inthe light of the sun or the moon, his shadow was not apparent and this uniqueattribute of the Prophet (Sallallaho Alaihi wa Sallam) is clear proof of anotherhadith in which the Prophet (Sallallaho Alaihi wa Sallam) prayed to Allah tomake him Noor". [Mawahib al-Ladunya, Section 3, Chapter 1, Al-Maktab al-Islami (Berut), Vol. 2, Page 307]

The `Aqeedah of Mawlana Jalal al-DinRumi

Radi ALLAHu Ta'ala Anho

Hadrat Mawlana Jalal al-Din Rumi states in his Mathnawi Sharif:

"Let alone the Holy Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi wa Aalihi wa Sallam, even if anordinary servant of the Holy Prophet Sall Allahu alaihi wa Aalihi wa Sallimreaches the stage of inner mortality (BAQA), then like the Prophet SallallahuAlaihi wa Aalihi wa Sallam, his shadow too disappears". [Masanwi Ma'nawi,Section 5, Kutb Khana Peshwar, Page 19]


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The 'Aqeedah of Imam ibn Hajar Makki al-Haythami


Imam Haytami writes:

"He became light to the extent that if he walked in sunlight or moonlight hedid not have a shadow. The reason is that shadows pertain only to densebodies whereas he has been purified by Allah from all the bodily attributes of


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denseness and he has turned him into light unadulterated and pure, andentirely devoid of shadow." [Shahrah Umm al-Qurra, Couplet 2, Vol. 1, Page129]

The 'Aqeedah of Imam Burhan al-Din al-HalabiRadi ALLAHu Ta'ala Anho

Imam Halabi writes:

"If he walked in sunlight or in moonlight he had no shadow because he waslight." [Seerat al-Halabiyah]

The Àqeedah of Imam Rabbani MujaddidAlf Thaani


Imam Rabbani writes:

"Indeed the Prophet (Sallallaho Alaihi wa Sallam) did not have a shadow. This

is because in this world, the shadow of a being is always more fine than theactual being itself and in this universe, there is nothing more fine than theProphet (Sallallaho Alaihi wa Sallam), hence, how could it be possible that hepossessed a shadow?" [Maktubaat Imam-e-Rabbani, Vol. 3, Page 187]

From the above, the Àqeedah of Mujaddid-e-Alfi Thaani (Radi ALLAHuTa'ala Anho) is clear.

The Àqeedah of Shaykh Abd al-HaqMuhaddith al-Dehlwi


Shaikh Abdul Haq Shaikh-e-MuHaqqiq writes:


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"The shadow of the Prophet was non-existent in the rays of the sun and in themoonlight" [Madarij an-Nabuwwah, Vol. 1, Page 21]

"Noor is one of the Names of The blessed Prophet Sallallaho Alaihi wa Sallam,and Noor does not have a shadow". [Madarij an-Nabuwwah, Vol. 1, Page 21]

The `Aqeedah of Shah Abd al-Aziz

Muhaddith al-DehlwiShah Abd al-Aziz writes concerning the Shadowless Prophet (Sallallaho Alaihiwa Sallam):

"His (Sallallaho Alaihi wa Sallam) shadow did not fall upon the Earth".


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[Tafseer-e-Azeezi, Muslim Book Depot , Page 312]

The `Aqeedah of the pious individuals above is clearly evident. They believedthat the Prophet (Sallallaho Alaihi wa Sallam) was a Noor, hence, he did notpossess a shadow. This is the `Aqeedah of the Sahaba, tabi'een and all Muslim

generations.

The 'Aqeedah of Rashid Ahmad GangohiDeobandi

The following quote of Rasheed Ahmad Gangohi is presented so thatDeobandis can take a second glance at their beleifs regarding the Prophet(Sallallaho Alaihi wa Sallam) in light of their Imam's quote. Rasheed Ahmad

Gangohi writes,

"It is steadily proved that Prophet Sallallaho Alaihi wa Sallam did not possessa shadow. And it is an established fact that all things apart from Noor have ashadow." [Imdad-us-Sulook, Page 68]

The 'Aqeedah of Ashraf Ali Thanvi

DeobandiAshraf Ali Thanvi has also accepted in his Book Shukr an-Ne'mah:

It is very famous that Our Prophet Sallallaho Alaihi wa Sallam did not possessa shodow because Our Prophet Sallallaho Alaihi wa Sallam was OrbiculateNoor. [Shukr an-Ne'mah, Page 20]

The 'Aqeedah of Abid Miaan Deobandi

Abid Mian (Deobandi) says:


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The blessed body of Prophet Sallallaho Alaihi wa Sallam was Noor. Wheneverwe used to walk under the sun or the moon, his shadow was never seen.[Rahmatullil Aalameen (Dehli), Page 35]

Those Deobandis who revere and honour Rasheed Gangohi and Ashraf Ali

Thanvi should inspect their creed and thereafter alter it so that it is in linewith the above quotation of his.

Dear Muslims! In light of the aforementioned, we must not consider ourselvesto be from the minority when believing the Dear Prophet (Sallallaho Alaihi waSallam) to be Noor and shadowless. Rather, it is those who deny the light of

the Prophet (Sallallaho Alaihi wa Sallam) who are from the minority and havearisen with their beliefs recently. Our belief in the Noor-e-Muhammadi is asold as Islam whereas the belief that the Prophet (Sallallaho Alaihi wa Sallam)is a normal human being like any other is an innovation.

ay Allah Almighty give us the guidance and strength of Imaan to remainsteadfast on the Straight Path. May Allah grant us all the true love of His


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dearest and first creation (Sallallaho Alaihi wa Sallam)... Aameen!

--Almighty Allh SubHanuhu wa Ta'ala and His BelovedRasl Sallallaho Alaihi wa Aalihi wa Sallam knows the best.

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by AlaHadrat Imam aHmad Rida al-Qadiri Radi ALLAHu Ta'ala AnhuTranslated by Shaykh 'Abd al-Hadi al-Qadiri Radawi[Durban - SouthAfrica]

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