Ulul Azm

Here is a Muwaththaq (Reliable) ḥadīth that gives the names of the Ulul `Azm Prophets (عليهم السلام), another beneficial thing about this ḥadīth is that it says that there were prophets after Prophet `Īsa (عليه السلام). It is commonly believed that there were no prophets between Prophet `Īsa (عليه السلام) and Prophet Muḥammad (صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم).

Another great thing about this ḥadīth is that it says that the halāl of Muḥammad is halāl until the Day of Judgment, and his harām is harām until the Day of Judgment. I have given another ḥadīth that says this same thing (Click here)

«عِدَّةٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ خَالِدٍ عَنْ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنْ سَمَاعَةَ بْنِ مِهْرَانَ قَالَ قُلْتُ لِأَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَوْلَ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ فَاصْبِرْ كَما صَبَرَ أُولُوا الْعَزْمِ مِنَ الرُّسُلِ فَقَالَ نُوحٌ وَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ وَ مُوسَى وَ عِيسَى وَ مُحَمَّدٌ ص قُلْتُ كَيْفَ صَارُوا أُولِي الْعَزْمِ قَالَ لِأَنَّ نُوحاً بُعِثَ بِكِتَابٍ وَ شَرِيعَةٍ وَ كُلُّ مَنْ جَاءَ بَعْدَ نُوحٍ أَخَذَ بِكِتَابِ نُوحٍ وَ شَرِيعَتِهِ وَ مِنْهَاجِهِ حَتَّى جَاءَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ ع بِالصُّحُفِ وَ بِعَزِيمَةِ تَرْكِ كِتَابِ نُوحٍ لَا كُفْراً بِهِ فَكُلُّ نَبِيٍّ جَاءَ بَعْدَ إِبْرَاهِيمَ ع أَخَذَ بِشَرِيعَةِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَ مِنْهَاجِهِ وَ بِالصُّحُفِ حَتَّى جَاءَ مُوسَى بِالتَّوْرَاةِ وَ شَرِيعَتِهِ وَ مِنْهَاجِهِ وَ بِعَزِيمَةِ تَرْكِ الصُّحُفِ وَ كُلُّ نَبِيٍّ جَاءَ بَعْدَ مُوسَى ع أَخَذَ بِالتَّوْرَاةِ وَ شَرِيعَتِهِ وَ مِنْهَاجِهِ حَتَّى جَاءَ الْمَسِيحُ ع بِالْإِنْجِيلِ وَ بِعَزِيمَةِ تَرْكِ شَرِيعَةِ مُوسَى وَ مِنْهَاجِهِ فَكُلُّ نَبِيٍّ جَاءَ بَعْدَ الْمَسِيحِ أَخَذَ بِشَرِيعَتِهِ وَ مِنْهَاجِهِ حَتَّى جَاءَ مُحَمَّدٌ ص فَجَاءَ بِالْقُرْآنِ وَ بِشَرِيعَتِهِ وَ مِنْهَاجِهِ فَحَلَالُهُ حَلَالٌ إِلَى يَوْمِ الْقِيَامَةِ وَ حَرَامُهُ حَرَامٌ إِلَى يَوْمِ الْقِيَامَةِ فَهَؤُلَاءِ أُولُو الْعَزْمِ مِنَ الرُّسُلِ ع»

From a number of our companion[1] from Aḥmad b. Muḥammad b. Khālid[2] from `Uthmān b. `Īsa[3] from Samā`ah b. Mihrān[4] said, I asked Abī `Abd Allāh (عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ) about Allāh (عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ) saying, “Have patience like the Ulul al-`Azm had patience” (46:35). And he (عليه السلام) said, “(They are) Nūḥ, Ibrāhīm, Mūsa, `Īsa and Muḥammad (عليهم السلام)” I said, ‘How did they become Ulil al-`Azm? He (عليه السلام) said: ‘Because Nūḥ was sent with a book and a sharī`ah, and whoever came after Nūḥ took Nūḥ’s book, and his (Nūḥ’s) sharī`ah, and his manhaj (course) until

Ibrāhīm (عليه السلام) came with his suḥuf and with determination. He abandoned Nūḥ’s book, but not disbelieving in it, and every prophet that came after Ibrāhīm (عليه السلام) took by the sharī`ah of Ibrāhīm, his manhaj, and the suḥuf until

Mūsa came with the Torah and his sharī`ah, his manhaj, and with determination. He abandoned the suḥuf, and every prophet that came after Mūsa (عليه السلام) took the Torah, and his sharī`ah, and his manhaj until

al-Masīḥ (`Īsa) (عليه السلام) came with the Injīl and with determination. He abandoned the sharī`ah of Mūsa, and his manhaj, and every prophet that came after al-Masīḥ took his (`Īsa) (عليه السلام) sharī`ah, and his manhaj until

Muḥammad (صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم) came with the Qur’ān, with his sharī`ah, his manhaj, so his halāl is halāl until the Day of Judgment, and his harām is harām until the Day of Judgment, and these are the Ulul `Azm from the Messenger”[5]

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[1] When al-Kulaynī says “From a number of our companions from Aḥmad b. Muḥammad b. Khālid”, he is getting his ḥadīth from a number of people: `Alī b. Ibrāhīm al-Qummī, `Alī b. Muḥammad b. `Abd Allāh b. Udhaynah, Aḥmad b. Muḥammad b. Umayyah, `Alī b. al-Ḥussayn al-Sa`adābādī.

[2] Aḥmad b. Muḥammad b. Khālid al-Barqī is thiqah (trustworthy) according to according to al-Najāshī (See: al-Najāshī, al-Rijāl, pg. 76-77, person # 182), al-Ṭūsī (See: al-Ṭūsī, al-Fihrist, pg. 53, person # 65) and al-Ḥillī (See: al-Ḥillī, al-Khulāṣah, pg. 15, person # 7)

[3] `Uthmān b. `Īsa al-Kilābī is thiqah (trustworthy) according to al-Ṭūsī (See: al-Ṭūsī, al-Ghaybah, pg. 63-63). He is said to be a Wāqifī according to al-Ṭūsī.

[4] Samā`ah b. Mihrān is thiqah (trustworthy) according to al-Najāshī (See: al-Najāshī, al-Rijāl, pg. 193, person # 517) and al-Ḥillī (See: al-Ḥillī, al-Khulāṣah, pg. 15, person # 7). al-Ṭūsī said Samā`ah is of the Wāqifiyyah (See: al-Ṭūsī, al-Rijāl, pg. 337, person # 5021).

[5] al-Kulaynī, al-Kāfī, vol. 2, pg. 17-18, ḥadīth # 2.

Al-Majlisī grades this ḥadīth Muwaththaq (Reliable) (See: al-Majlisī, Mir’āt Al-`Uqūl, vol. 7, pg. 98)

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