Difference between Nabi and Rasool

[ZeeshanParvez]

Re: Difference between Nabi and Rasool

@smooth_guy

I don’t know the reason why this is even discussed here. What are we going to achieve by this? Brother, the Ummah is already divided, why bring less important and almost irrelevent information to put controversy steam into a dead engine?

What benefit Ummah is going to gain from this discussion where as majority (and you can see the posts here that almost everyone is compelled to the second opinion). I really want to know your motive of posting it here. What part of Imaan of ours is incomplete without knowing the other less famous definition.

First the very reason this Ummah is divided is because of adherence to ones belief and rejection of other views. Second its a Religious forum. If you don’t know the basic difference between Nabi and Rasool then I wonder what a person will understand when he/she reads the Quran and sees the two words.

Finally I need an explanation from vroom for his accusations which stem from adhering to one view so vehemently that when another is presented he starts accusing people.

And just for your information,*** the view you were unaware of, is the popular one among the scholars***. The only reason few people know of it is because our Maulvis never tell us the full story.

And for my English speaking audience here is another clarification of my position and a blow to those accusing me of spreading misinformation

*In his commentary on the famous text of Sunni creed Jawhara al-Tawhid, Imam al-Bajuri provides useful definitions of the terms you asked about in your first question.

He defines a prophet (nabi) as a human being who is “free from all repulsive qualities, [and] given a revealed law that he enacts, even if he was not commanded to spread it.”

In contrast, Imam al-Bajuri defines a messenger (rasul) as someone who has the qualities of a prophet “but with the additional stipulation [of him being] commanded to spread [his message].”

In other words, the main difference between a prophet and a messenger pertains to spreading the revealed message (tabligh): messengers only include those commanded to spread the revelation they receive, while prophets include both those who received that command and those who didn’t. This means, as Imam al-Bajuri explains, that “every messenger is a prophet, but not vice-versa.”

[Bajuri, Tuhfat al-Murid `ala Jawharat at-Tawhid]*

The book Al-Jawhara at-Tawhid is written by a Maliki known as Imam Ibrahim al-Laqani al-Maliki.

So now we have scholars from three schools, of Suni thought, affirming this position.

I wonder where the misinformation is?
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