A question for fellow guppies on Quran and sunnah

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Re: A question for fellow guppies on Quran and sunnah

Kaleem
Following is the translation of verses and the tafseer I got from Holy Quran…
[32:23] And 1825 Indeed gave We unto Moses the Book, so be thou* not in doubt of recieving this from Him (God) and it (torah) made We a guidance unto the Children of Israel.
[32:24] And 1825 of them made We Leaders(Imam)* to guide (the people) by(a) Our Command as they were steadfast (in the calamities); and they of Our signs were quite certain.

Verse 23…
The life history of Moses is identical with that of the Holy Prophet:

  • Moses was given Torah and the Holy Prophet was given Holy Quran.
  • Moses was under the command to fight his enemies, the Holy Prophet was also ordered to do the same.
  • Moses had prayed to God to assist him with Aaron as his Deputy, the Holy Prophet was given Ali A.S. as his deputy
  • Moses was victorious against Pharoah’s forces and the Holy Prophet was granted triumph over his enemies
  • According to the Torah there were twelve disciples of Moses and the Holy Prophet was succeeded by Twelve Imams.

a) There are several interpretations - but the most appropriate one is – "Thou O’ Prophet’ - meaning the followers - be not in doubt about Moses recieving the book - referred here
b) Faith and certainity are steadfastness are the essential considerations of the status of Imammat – none was declared an Imam without being qualified with these qualities.

Verse 24..
This is a reference to the twelve Holy Imam of Ahlul Bait the divinely comissioned guides to mankind on the path of Islam and the cutodians of the final word of God (the Holy Imams) - with whom the Holy Prophet left the Holy Book to secure it intact against any corruption or Tahreef and to give to mankind its correct interpretations as the authorized deputies of the Last Apostle of God.

Below are some hadith’s I found in references to the above…

Ahmad and Al-Hakim and others have narrated similarly from Masrooq who said: "We were sitting one evening with Abdullah (ibn Mas’ud). We were reciting the Qur’an, then a man asked him: “O Abu Abdur-Rahman, did you ask the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w.s.) how many Caliphs will rule this nation?” Abdullah said: “No one asked me about this before you from the time I arrived in Iraq.” He said: "We asked him (the Prophet s.a.w.s.), he said: “Twelve, (like) the number of the Chiefs of Bani Israel.”

References:
Ahmad b. Hanbal, Musnad, 1:398 and 406.
Al-Hakimal-Nisaburi, Mustadrak , 4:501
Al-Dhahabi, *Talkhis *, 4:501.
Ibn Hajar al-'Asqalani, Fath al-Bari 16:339.
Ali b. Abu Bakr al-Haythami, Majma’ al-Zawa’id 5:190.
Ibn Hajar al-Haythami, Al-Sawa’iq al-Muhriqa, vol 12.

Ibn Mas’ud said: "The Messenger of Allah (s.a.w.s.) said: “There will be Caliphs after me, whose number is like those of the companions of Musa.”
Ibn Kathir, Ta’rikh, 6:248.
Al-Muttaqi al-Hindi, Kanz al-'Ummal, 13:27.
Al-Haskani , Shawahid al-Tanzil, 1:455, Tradition No. 626.
Al-Suyuti, Tarikh al-Khulafa, Vol 10.
[Al-Suyuti or al-Tabarani], Jami’ al-Saghir 1:75.
Al-Muttaqi al-Hindi, Kanz al-'Ummal, 13:27.

The traditions assert that the number of authorities are twelve and all of them are from Quraysh, and, Imam Ali (peace be upon him) clarified it in his speech that they shall be from the Quraysh when he said: “Surely Imams will be from the Quraysh, they have been planted in this line through Hashim. It would not suit others nor would others be suitable as heads of affairs.”
Imam 'Ali b. Abi Talib [a], Nahjul Balagha, Sermon no. 142.
http://al-islam.org/twelve/2.htm

Holy Prophet P.B.U.H. said :
“Are you not pleased to have the position (manzilah) in relation to me as that Aaron had in relation to Moses?”

Sunni Refernces:

  1. Al Bukhari in his Sahih (al Matba’at al Khayriyyah, Egypt, 1320) in “Kitab bad’ al Khalq”, “Bab manaqib `Ali ibn Abi Talib” and “Bab ghazwat Tabuk,” in two places, records this tradition
  2. Muslim in his Sahih (Matba`at Bulaq, 1290), “Kitab fada’il al Sahabah,” through three chains;
  3. al Tirmidhi, in his Sahih, ii, 301;
    http://www.shianews.com/hi/articles/islam/0000156.php

Following are some references in Old Testament:
Ibn Kathir says:
We see the following prophecy in the Taurat which is in the hands of the Jews and the Christians: "Indeed Allah, the Exalted, has given Ibrahim (a.s.) the glad tidings of Isma’il, and he has bestowed a favour and multiplied it and placed in his progeny twelve mighty (personalities)."And he says: Ibn Taymiyya said: "And these are the same, regarding whom the Prophet (s.a.w.s.) has given the glad tidings in the tradition of Jabir bin Samurah and stated their number; indeed this is with regard to the Imams and the Hour will not come till they last. And many of those who accepted Islam from among Jews think they are the same Imams of the Rafidi sect."http://al-islam.org/twelve/3.htm#r13

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