RASÛLULLAH’S (sall-Allâhu ’alaihi wa sallam) PARENTS, HIS GRANDPARENTS WERE ALL BELIEVERS (I)

_{A letter by Sayyid ’Abd-ul-Hakîm bin Mustafâ Arwâsî ‘rahmatullâhi ta’âlâ ’alaih’:}

_{Imâm-i Busayrî ‘rahmatullâhi ta’âlâ ’alaih’, the greatest of the Awliyâ educated by Shaikh Abul-’Abbâs Mursî ‘rahmatullâhi ta’âlâ alaih’, a man of karâmats and a disciple of shaikh Abul-Hasan-i Shâzilî ‘rahmatullâhi ta’âlâ ’alaih’, who in turn was one of the greater ones of the Sôfiyya-i aliyya}^[1]_{, wrote a book entitled Qasîda-i hamziyya, which was read by Islamic savants with enthusiasm. In this book he praises our Prophet and says: “The mothers and fathers of the Best of Mankind were all good people. Allâhu ta’âlâ, of His human beings, picked out the best fathers and mothers for him.”}

_{In all the books of Mawlid written in various Islamic languages, it is written that his parents were extremely innocent. (Poems describing the Prophet’s life are called ‘Mawlid.’)}

None of the ancestors (fathers and mothers) of our Prophet ‘sall Allâhu ’alaihi wa sallam’, or of any other Prophet, was a disbeliever or a lowly person. ‘’alaihimussalâm’. The following are the âyat-i-kerîmas and hadîth-i-sherîfs proving our statement true:

_{1 – In a hadîh-i-sherîf in Bukhârî-i sherîf, the most valuable and the most correct book after the Qur’ân al-kerîm, our Prophet states: “I was born from the distinguished, the best ones of people living in every century, in every era.”}

_{2 – In a hadîth in the book of Imâm-i Muslim, which has, of the thousands of hadîth books, won second place, Rasûlullah states: “Of the descendants of Hadrat Ismâil ‘’alaihis-salâm’, Allâhu ta’âlâ selected a person named Quraish. And of the descendants of Quraish, He selected the Hâshim Family. And among them He placed me.”}

_{3 – In a hadîth quoted by Tirmuzî, he states: “Allâhu ta’âlâ created people. He made me from the best group of people. Then He created the best of these groups in Arabia. He made me from them. Then, choosing the best of homes, the best of families, He created me from them. Then, my soul and body are the best of creatures. My ancestors are the best people.”}

_{[1] Great scholars and men of Tasavvuf; that is, the Awliyâ}