{"id":17497,"date":"2020-10-28T22:03:06","date_gmt":"2020-10-28T22:03:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/?p=17497"},"modified":"2020-10-28T22:03:06","modified_gmt":"2020-10-28T22:03:06","slug":"is-there-any-narration-regarding-nabi-saw-not-having-a-shadow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/home\/is-there-any-narration-regarding-nabi-saw-not-having-a-shadow\/","title":{"rendered":"Is There Any Narration Regarding Nabi (SAW) Not Having a Shadow"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: right;\">\n\t<span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\"><strong>Fatwa ID: 04316<\/strong><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<strong><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">Answered by:&nbsp;Maulana Naieem Mohammad <\/span><\/span><\/strong>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t&nbsp;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\"><strong><u>Question<\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t&nbsp;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">Is there any narration regarding Nabi (saw) not having a shadow<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t&nbsp;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t&nbsp;\n<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">\n\t<strong><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\"><span dir=\"RTL\">\u0628\u0650\u0633\u0652\u0645\u0650 \u0627\u0644\u0644\u0647\u0650 \u0627\u0644\u0631\u0651\u064e\u062d\u0652\u0645\u0646\u0650 \u0627\u0644\u0631\u0651\u064e\u062d\u0650\u064a\u0652\u0645<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong>\n<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">\n\t<span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\"><strong><u>In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful<\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t&nbsp;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t&nbsp;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\"><strong><u>Answer:<\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t&nbsp;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">There are a few famous narrations which mention that the Prophet (s.a.w.) did not have a shadow. However, these narrations are categorized as very weak<a href=\"#_ftn1\" name=\"_ftnref1\" title=\"\">[1]<\/a> by the experts of Hadith.<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t&nbsp;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">The following is one such example:<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">Zakwan reports that&nbsp;Rasulullah (sallallahu &rsquo;alayhi wasallam)&nbsp;never&nbsp;had a shadow.<a href=\"#_ftn2\" name=\"_ftnref2\" title=\"\">[2]<\/a><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t&nbsp;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">The narrations which attribute a shadow to the Prophet (s.a.w.) have a much more sound categorization,e.g.<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">Sayyiduna Anas ibn Malik (radiyallahu&rsquo;anhu) that Rasulullah (sallallahu &rsquo;alayhi wasallam) said (as part of a longer narration mentioning the fruits of jannat):<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">&lsquo;&hellip; and I saw my and your shadows&rsquo;.<a href=\"#_ftn3\" name=\"_ftnref3\" title=\"\">[3]<\/a><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t&nbsp;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">In addition to the stronger hadith concerning attributing a shadow to the prophet (s.a.w.) we find in the Quran that Allah mentions,<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n\t\t<span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">&rdquo;Say, &quot;If there were upon the earth angels walking securely, We would have sent down to them from the heaven an angel [as a] messenger.&quot;<a href=\"#_ftn4\" name=\"_ftnref4\" title=\"\">[4]<\/a><\/span><\/span>\n\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t<span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">&ldquo;And they say, &quot;What is this messenger that eats food and walks in the markets? Why was there not sent down to him an angel so he would be with him a warner?&rdquo;<a href=\"#_ftn5\" name=\"_ftnref5\" title=\"\">[5]<\/a><\/span><\/span>\n\t<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"margin-left:36.0pt;\">\n\t&nbsp;\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:36.0pt;\">\n\t<span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">The above verses of the Quran mention very clearly that the Prophet Muhammad (s.a.w.) was not an Angel and he possessed all human qualities and needs such as the need to eat and have a livelihood. If the Prophet (s.a.w.) was indeed from the children of Adam as we believe then it is only obvious that he would possess human attributes like having a shadow or feeling the urge to the call of nature, etc. No matter what narrations we may discover or whatever reasons we may use, as long as any evidence contradicts the meanings of the verses of the Quran and there is no possible way of reconciliation, those narrations are ignored and only the verses of the Quran are adopted.<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:36.0pt;\">\n\t&nbsp;\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:36.0pt;\">\n\t<span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">The Shariah does not give any consideration to doubtful matters or such matters whose mistakes are visible such as the narrations which speak about the shadow of the Prophet (s.a.w.)<a href=\"#_ftn6\" name=\"_ftnref6\" title=\"\">[6]<\/a><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:36.0pt;\">\n\t&nbsp;\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:36.0pt;\">\n\t<span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">Muslims should also consider that believing or disbelieving in the shadow of the Prophet (s.a.w.) is not a matter of Iman nor is it a strong point of Aqeedah which our faith depends on.<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:36.0pt;\">\n\t<span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:36.0pt;\">\n\t<span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">&nbsp; &nbsp;<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\">Only Allah knows best<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">Written by Maulana Naieem Mohammad<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">Checked and approved by Mufti Mohammed Tosir Miah<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">Darul Ifta Birmingham<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t&nbsp;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t&nbsp;\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<hr align=\"left\" size=\"1\" width=\"33%\" \/>\n<div id=\"ftn1\">\n<p>\n\t\t\t<span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\"><a href=\"#_ftnref1\" name=\"_ftn1\" title=\"\">[1]<\/a>Imdadul Ahkam vol.1 pgs.338, 340<\/span><\/span>\n\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"ftn2\">\n<p>\n\t\t\t<span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\"><a href=\"#_ftnref2\" name=\"_ftn2\" title=\"\">[2]<\/a>Khasa&rsquo;isul Kubraa As Suyuti,vol 1 pg 164<\/span><\/span>\n\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"ftn3\">\n<p>\n\t\t\t<span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\"><a href=\"#_ftnref3\" name=\"_ftn3\" title=\"\">[3]<\/a>Haadil Arwaah..Ibnu Qayyim Al Jawzi,pg 50 &amp; Masnad At Tahaawi vol 1 pg 237<\/span><\/span>\n\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"ftn4\">\n<p>\n\t\t\t<span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\"><a href=\"#_ftnref4\" name=\"_ftn4\" title=\"\">[4]<\/a>Surah Al Israa,vs 95,Tafseer Qurtubi<\/span><\/span>\n\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"ftn5\">\n<p>\n\t\t\t<span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\"><a href=\"#_ftnref5\" name=\"_ftn5\" title=\"\">[5]<\/a>Al Furqan,vs 7,Tafseer Qurtub<\/span><\/span>\n\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"ftn6\">\n<p>\n\t\t\t<span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\"><a href=\"#_ftnref6\" name=\"_ftn6\" title=\"\">[6]<\/a>Qawaaid ul Fiqhiyyah, page 5 &amp;26 &#8211; #11 &amp; 13<\/span><\/span>\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t&nbsp;\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t&nbsp;\n\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fatwa ID: 04316 Answered by:&nbsp;Maulana Naieem Mohammad &nbsp; Question &nbsp; Is there any narration regarding Nabi (saw) not having a shadow &nbsp; &nbsp; \u0628\u0650\u0633\u0652\u0645\u0650 \u0627\u0644\u0644\u0647\u0650&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[22],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17497"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17497"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17497\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17530,"href":"http:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17497\/revisions\/17530"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17497"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17497"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17497"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}