أجزاء النبوة : دراسة عقدية

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A part linguistically: is a portion and cut of something.

And prophethood linguistically: is informing, conveying, and height.

Scientifically, a prophet is someone who receives a message from the Heavens, then he conveys what he received, and this only happens to a person of very high regard, so it encompasses both linguistic meanings.

The Prophet – peace be upon him – has informed us that: a true dream is a part of prophethood, as well as other characteristics and attributes such as: patience, good character, and moderation.

With regards to the true dream being a part of prophethood as well as these other attributes, the scholars have varied opinions, some of which are as follows: 1.

That these attributes and character traits are from the attributes of prophets.

2.

That the prophets have called to these attributes.

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That dreams are considered information of the unseen.

The scholars have tried to explain the numbers regarding the parts of prophethood, but the preferred opinion is that these explanations are all speculative, and that there is no way to find out the true meaning of these numbers, especially since the numbers vary from narration to narration with all the narrations being authentic in a way that cannot give preference to a narration over another.

As to the Prophet – peace be upon him – informing us that dreams are a part of prophethood, that indicates the seriousness of dreams, but it does not imply a Shariah ruling, nor does it signify that a dream is a source of the Shariah.

The condition of the dream that is considered a part of prophethood is that it has to be a good dream from a pious Muslim.

With regards to good character and piety that are considered parts of prophethood, they encompass outer and inner perfection.

Ta’udah or patience: is not being hasty, and this was a characteristic of all the prophets.

Iqtisad, which was mentioned by the Prophet – peace be upon him – as being a part of prophethood, means: moderation between general excessiveness and holding back in sayings and in actions.

Specifically it points to economical living and that is considered a trait of the prophets.