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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books Sunan An-Nabi Addendum to Chapter 1: On his Character and Moral Traits In al-Bihar, from Riyad’ al-Jinan of Fad’lillah ibn Mahmud al-Farsi: From Jabir ibn ‘Abdillah, who said: I asked the Noble Prophet (S): “What was the first thing that Allah (SwT) created?” He (S) replied: “The light of your prophet O Jabir!
He created it and then from it He created all that is good.” [^1] Also: From Jabir who said: The Holy Prophet (S) said: “The first thing that Allah created was my light.” ^2 In Basair al-Darajat: From Bishr ibn Abi ‘Uqbah from Abi Ja’far and Abi ‘Abdillah (as) who said: “Verily Allah created Muhammad (as) from a jewel under the Exalted Throne.” [^3] In Tafsir al-Furat: From ‘Abdillah ibn ‘Abbas in a hadith from the Holy Prophet (S), who said: “He (SwT) created me and my progeny of a clay from which nothing else has ever been created other than us, and we were the first of His creation.” [^4] In al-Kafi: In his narration from Ishaq ibn Ghalib from Abi ‘Abdillah (as), in one of his sermons in which he mentions the condition of the Noble Prophet (S) and the Imams (as), and their attributes: “And our Lord did not, out of His kindness, benevolence and compassion, let their sins and evil actions prevent Him from choosing for them His most beloved and Holy Prophet, Muhammad ibn ‘Abdillah (as) - who was born in a respected family, had a noble lineage without any flaw in his nobility, and had an ancestry that was not mixed (with disbelievers).
His attributes were not unknown to the learned. The prophets had given the glad tidings of his arrival in their books, the scholars had spoken of his great attributes, and the philosophers had contemplated on his excellent traits. He was well-mannered and pure - never low-minded; a Hashimi who could not be equaled, and whose greatness could not be rivaled. His disposition was bashful and his nature was generous.
He was marked by the dignity of prophethood and its traits, and characterized by the attributes of prophethood and its inspirations. Until the divine ordinances were realized and the groundwork was prepared for his arrival. All the nations after them were given glad tidings (of his coming) by those that preceded them.
He passed from father to father, loin to loin, without ever being mixed with the impurity of fornication, and he was never contaminated by an impure union from the time of Adam (as) to his father ‘Abdullah.