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Fatwa ID: 05105<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Answered by: Maulana Naieem Mohammad<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Question<\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Was there a civilization of different species before Hazrat Adam<\/span><\/p>\n

As we are now we know that he was the first human that Allah had created and put upon the world.<\/span><\/p>\n

And glaciers that have frozen eukaryotes<\/span><\/p>\n

You know how they have fossils and remains of different fish and bacteria from millions of years ago<\/span><\/p>\n

For example dinosaurs<\/span><\/p>\n

Could animals and bacteria have existed before the prophet was created?<\/span><\/p>\n

After Allah created the world, was there a certain period of time of which he did not do anything to if, and in that period of time could evolution have occurred with the process of geological change?<\/span><\/p>\n

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In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful<\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Answer:<\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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The above is a very simple matter. Our father Adam (a.s.) was indeed the first man, but the Earth and the Universe were created before him to serve him.<\/span><\/p>\n

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There is a narration by Abu Huraira (r.a.) that once the Prophet (s.a.w.) took hold of his hand and said,\u201d Allah created the Earth on Saturday, then He created the Mountains on Sunday, then He created the trees on Monday, He created Evil on Tuesday and He created Light on Wednesday, He spread the animals throughout the Earth on Thursday and He created Adam after Asr on Friday as the last creation, he was created in the last moment from the hours of Friday between Asr and nightfall.\u201d[1]<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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This Hadeeth tells us a few important facts:<\/span><\/p>\n