Prophet Muhammad (saw) Alive ???

[ansari]

:salam2: brothers and sisters...hope u all doing well in best of health n iman inshallah

there are some people who say that Prophet Muhammad (saw) is alive but he(saw) is hidden from us. they come up with this hadith

The Holy Prophet (sallal laahu alaihi wasallam) said

“Recite Durood upon me in abundance on a Friday since it is a respected day. On that day the Angels are present and whosoever sends Durood upon me on that day, then his Durood is placed before me till the time when they have completed sending Durood and Salaam”. (Sayyiduna Abu Dardah radi Allahu anhu says),

“I asked, ‘Huzoor! Will you even hear (the Salaam) after your demise?’”

The Prophet (sallal laahu alaii wasallam) said, “Verily Almighty Allah has made it Haraam upon the earth to devour the bodies of the Ambiya (alaihimus salaam). Thus, all the Nabis of Allah are alive and they are given sustenance.” (Ibn Majah; Jame Sahgeer; Mishkaat Shareef)

there is a guy in my class who tell all these i just leave it, dont debate.

I WANT ANYBODY WITH PROPER AUTHENTIC KNOWLEDGE TO EXPLAIN THIS.

JAZAKALLAH KHAIR

 

[daywalker]

:salam2: brothers and sisters...hope u all doing well in best of health n iman inshallah

there are some people who say that Prophet Muhammad (saw) is alive but he(saw) is hidden from us. they come up with this hadith

Prophet(sw) died as every normal person, and he is alive now in his grave in sense of barzakh. Barzakh life is not like this life. as you know people never die, its just changing place of earthly world and barzakhi world.

so all are dead and all are alive, but not in the sense of Earthly but barzakhi.

 

[~Ali_]

Walaikumasalam - well it does makes sense - since we will all be either punished or not be punished (and be all joyous and happy in the grave)

so in that sense - arent we all "alive"? because you need to be "alive" to feel the punishment dont you?

concerning the bodies of the prophets (pbut) - perhaps that hadith means that the bodies wont decompose or something?

(because doesnt it say somewhere that the earth knows that these are the bodies of the prophets and it wont decompose them?)


LOL reading the above I guess I dont fall into " I WANT ANYBODY WITH PROPER AUTHENTIC KNOWLEDGE TO EXPLAIN THIS"

 

[BinteShafi]

:salam2:

The Messenger (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) is the best and most perfect of creation, and the most beloved to Allaah and the most honoured by Him. But this does not mean that his human characteristics are to be denied, or that any of the duties of worship which are due only to Allaah should be directed to him. The Messenger (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) was a human being who suffered from sickness and real death the same as any other human being. Allaah said (interpretation of the meaning):

“Verily, you (O Muhammad) will die, and verily, they (too) will die” [al-Zumar 39:30]

“And We granted not to any human being immortality before you (O Muhammad); then if you die, would they live forever?” [al-Anbiyaa’ 21:34]

The Messenger (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) died and was buried in his grave, hence al-Siddeeq Abu Bakr (may Allaah be pleased with him) said: “Whoever used to worship Muhammad, Muhammad has died, but whoever used to worship Allaah, Allaah is alive and will never die.”

The fact that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) was a witness, a bringer of glad tidings and a warner, and that he will be a witness on the Day of Resurrection, does not mean that he is present among all nations, or that he (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) will remain alive until the Day of Resurrection, or that he sees and witnesses whilst he is in his grave. Witnessing does not only mean seeing. Rather he will testify against the nations by means of what Allaah tells him, for he does not know the unseen. Allaah says (interpretation of the meaning):

“… and If I had the knowledge of the Ghaib (Unseen), I should have secured for myself an abundance of wealth…”[al-A’raaf 7:188]

The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) does not have the ability to be present in numerous places; he is in only one place, which is his grave, and this is according to the consensus of the Muslims.

Shaykh ‘Abd al-Kareem al-Khudayr

Source: IslamQA