Summary of what came in the chapter on the Seal of the Prophets and not the Seal of the Messengers

A summary of what I mentioned about the invalidity of the famous rule: "Every prophet is a prophet, but not every prophet is a prophet

First of all, I emphasise that I did not want to write the book The Awaited Messages, and when I published it, I did not want to debate about what was in it, and I wanted to publish it only, but unfortunately I am slipping into battles, debates and arguments that I did not want to enter because I know that I will enter a losing battle, which in the end is not my battle, but the battle of a coming messenger who will be disbelieved by people and accused of insanity because he will tell them that he is a messenger from God. but the battle of a future messenger who will be disbelieved by people and accused of madness because he will tell them that he is a messenger from God, and they will not believe him until it is too late and after the death of millions of people as a result of the spread of the smoke, meaning that proving the validity of what is stated in my book will not happen until after the catastrophe occurs and during the reign of a future messenger whom God will support with evidence.
What is important is that I did not want to enter into battles with the scholars of Al-Azhar and repeat what happened with my grandfather Sheikh Abdul Mutaal Al-Saeedi, but unfortunately I am being dragged into this battle, but I will try as much as possible to avoid it and withdraw from it because it is not my battle, but the battle of a coming messenger.

We start here with the only verse that describes our master Muhammad as the Messenger of Allah and the Seal of the Prophets, not the Seal of the Messengers: "Muhammad was not the father of one of your men, but the Messenger of Allah and the Seal of the Prophets." Through that verse, we all agree that our master Muhammad is the Seal of the Prophets and that Islamic law is the final law until the end of the hour, so it cannot be changed or abolished until the end of the hour.
To resolve this dispute, we would like to know what is the evidence of Muslim scholars that the Prophet Muhammad is the Seal of Messengers and not only the Seal of the Prophets, as stated in the Qur'an and Sunnah.
Ibn Kathir has developed a famous rule that is in circulation among Muslim scholars: "Every messenger is a prophet, but not every prophet is a messenger." This is based on an honourable hadith (the message and prophecy have been interrupted, so there is no messenger after me and no prophet.) I have emphasised that this hadith is not mutawatir in meaning and verbal form and that one of the narrators of this hadith is classified by scholars as Sadiq and has delusions, and others have said that he is a manaker, so it is not correct to take his report and we should not come out of it with the dangerous doctrine that the Prophet (peace be upon him) is the seal of the Messengers of Allah (saw).
We come here to explain the evidence for the invalidity of the famous rule circulated by scholars that has become a rule that cannot be discussed because invalidating this rule means invalidating the belief that our Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) is the Seal of Prophets, as this rule says: "Every Messenger is a Prophet, but not every Prophet is a Messenger.
In order to shorten the time for those who want to summarise and invalidate this rule with one verse in the Holy Qur'an, I remind you of the Almighty's statement in Surat al-Hajj: "And we sent no messenger or prophet before you." This verse is clear evidence that there are only prophets and only messengers, and it is not a requirement that the messenger be the prophet. Therefore, it is not necessary that the Seal of the Prophets is at the same time the Seal of the Messengers.
For those who do not like to read long books or articles, for those who did not understand and reflect on the previous verse, and for scholars who believe in Ibn Kathir's rule, they should read the following to understand the invalidity of that rule with some evidence that I mentioned in my book, not all of it, so whoever wants more evidence should read my book, especially the first and second chapters.
The most important part of my book is that God Almighty sends only prophets, such as Prophet Adam and Idris, where they have a law, and also sends only messengers, such as the three messengers mentioned in Surah Yus, who did not come with a book or a law, and also God Almighty sends messengers and prophets, such as our master Moses, peace be upon him, and our master Muhammad, peace be upon him.

In this chapter, I stated that a messenger is a person who is sent to a people who disagree, and a prophet is a person who is sent to a people who agree.

A prophet is a person who was inspired with new laws and rulings, or to complete a previous law, or to abolish some of the provisions of a previous law. For example, Solomon and David, peace be upon them, were prophets who ruled by the Torah and the Law of Moses was not replaced during their reign.
God said: "People were one nation, so God sent the prophets as heralds and warners, and sent down with them the Book of Truth to judge between men in matters of disagreement." Here, the function of the prophets is that they are heralds and warners, and at the same time a law is revealed to them, namely how to pray and fast, what is forbidden, and other laws.
As for the messengers, some of them are tasked with teaching the believers the book and wisdom and interpreting the heavenly books, others with warning of the coming torment, and others with a combination of these two tasks. Apostles do not bring a new law.
The Almighty says: "Our Lord, send among them a messenger from among them who will recite your verses to them and teach them the Book and wisdom and enlighten them." Here the function of the messenger is to teach the Book and this is what I mentioned in a separate chapter in my book that there will be a messenger whose function will be to interpret the similar verses of the Qur'an and whose interpretation is different among Muslim scholars in accordance with the words of the Almighty Almighty: 'Are they waiting but for his interpretation on the day when his interpretation will come', 'Then it is up to us to explain it', and 'And you will know his news after some time'.
The Almighty says: 'And we were not punishing until we sent a messenger' Here the messengers are heralds and warners, but the most important task for them is to warn before any punishment occurs in the world, as was the task of Noah, Saleh and Moses, for example.
A prophet is one who is chosen by God for two things, one is to deliver a specific message to an unbelieving or oblivious people, and the other is to communicate a divine law to be followed by those who believe in him. For example, our master Moses, peace be upon him, was a messenger of our Lord Almighty to Pharaoh to send the Israelites with him and get them out of Egypt, here our master Moses, peace be upon him, was only a messenger, and prophethood had not yet come to him, then the second stage followed, represented in prophethood, as the Almighty dated Moses in the Miqat and revealed the Torah, which is the law of the Israelites, here our Lord Almighty assigned him the task of communicating this law to the Israelites, from that time on our master Moses became a prophet, as evidenced by the Almighty's saying: "And mention in the Book of Moses that he was sincere and was a prophet." Note that he was a prophet first when he went to Pharaoh, and then he became a prophet second when he left Egypt when Allah (swt) revealed the Torah to him.
Similarly, the Master of Messengers was sent with a message and a law, a message for the unbelievers and a law for those of the world who follow him, hence our master (Muhammad) was a messenger and a prophet.
The most important verse in the Qur'an that clarifies the difference between a prophet and a messenger is: "When God took the covenant of the prophets that I would not give you a book and wisdom, and then a messenger came to you who would confirm what you have with you, you would believe in him and support him." In this verse, the messenger came to confirm and follow the books and laws brought by the prophets and did not bring a new law except in the case of a prophet, in which case he would have a law with him.
I have mentioned in my book in detail that prophethood is the most honourable and higher position than apostleship because prophethood involves the communication of a new law or an addition to a previous law or the deletion of part of the provisions of a previous law. The example of God's Prophet Jesus, peace be upon him, who believed in the Torah that was revealed to Moses, peace be upon him, and followed it, and did not violate it except in a few things: And We followed in their footsteps with Jesus, the son of Mary, confirming what was before him of the Torah, and We gave him the Gospel, in which there is guidance and light and confirmation of what was before him of the Torah, and guidance and exhortation for the pious [al-Ma'idah]. The Almighty said: 'And I will ratify what was before me of the Torah, and I will permit you some of what is forbidden to you' [Al-Imran]. A prophet comes with a law, but a messenger does not come with a law.
This rule is not from the verses of the Holy Qur'an or from the sayings of the Prophet (peace be upon him), nor is it reported by any of the companions of the Prophet (peace be upon him) or any of their followers, as far as we know. This rule seals all kinds of messages that Allah Almighty sends to creation, whether they are from angels, wind, clouds, etc., as Mikael is a messenger charged with directing the rain, the angel of death is a messenger charged with collecting people's souls, there are messengers from the angels called Karam al-Kateebun, whose job is to memorise and write down the deeds of the people, whether good or bad, and many others. The angel of death is a messenger assigned to collect people's souls, and there are messengers of angels called the Karam al-Kateebun, whose job is to memorise and write down the deeds of the servants, whether good or bad, and many other messengers, such as Munkar and Nakir, who are in charge of the temptation of the grave, so if we assume that our master Muhammad, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, is the Seal of the Prophets and Messengers at the same time, there is no messenger from Allah Almighty to collect the souls of people, and so on.
The messengers of Allah (SWT) include many creatures, as Allah (SWT) said: 'Give them an example of the people of the village when the messengers came to it (13) When We sent two to them, they disbelieved, so We reinforced them with a third, and they said, "We are sent to you" (14)'. There are other messengers who are not prophets that Allah has not mentioned in writing, as He said: 'And there are messengers whom we have narrated to you before and messengers whom we have not narrated to you'.
Allah chooses messengers from the angels and from men." This verse provides evidence that there are messengers from the angels as well as messengers from men.
Also, the Almighty says: 'O you people of the jinn and mankind, have not messengers come to you from among you recounting my signs to you and warning you of the meeting of your present day?' The word 'among you' indicates that messengers were sent from the jinn as well as from humans.
Knowing that the selection for prophethood is limited to humans only, a prophet is never from angels, only from humans, even the jinn are not prophets, but only messengers, because the sharia that the Almighty sends down to humans is for both humans and jinn; it is necessary for both to believe in it, so you will find the jinn to be either believers or disbelievers, and their religions are the same as those of humans. They are either believers or disbelievers, and their religions are the same as the religions of humans, and there are no new religions for them, and the proof of this is that they believed in Muhammad and followed his message after hearing the Qur'an, so prophethood is something that is specific to humans only and can only be in one of them, who is the one whom Allah gives a law or confirms the law of those who came before him. This is another proof that prophethood is the most honourable and higher position than the message and not the other way around as the general public and scholars believe.
Believing in the validity of the famous rule (that every messenger is a prophet, but not every prophet is a messenger) contradicts what is stated in the Qur'an and the Sunnah. This rule was inherited and erroneous, and this rule was established only to prove that our master Muhammad is the Seal of Messengers and not the Seal of Prophets as stated in the Qur'an and the Sunnah, and it cannot be said that this rule is specific to human beings only, as God did not assign the word messenger to humans only, but this word includes a messenger from humans as well as a messenger from angels as well as a messenger from the jinns.
Continuing to believe in this rule will lead us to disbelieve a coming messenger who warned us of the torment of smoke and therefore most people will accuse him of insanity as a result of believing in this erroneous rule that contradicts the verses of the Holy Qur'an.

Note

This article is in response to a one-line comment made by several friends when they asked me, "What do you say about "every prophet is a prophet, not every prophet is a prophet?" Until I answer them in a comment, I will not be able to summarise all of this article in one comment until I explain my point of view and in the end I find someone who accuses me of evading the answer. This is the answer to such a short commentary that took me three hours to summarise what came in a small part of my book, so there are many inquiries that come to me and my answer is that the answer to the question is too long for me to summarise.
I hope you can appreciate my circumstances and that I do not want to enter into a battle that is not mine, and I cannot summarise a 400-page book for each question unless it is a short answer that I can answer.