Prophet Zakariyah...

Prophet Zakariyah, ‘alaihi al-salam , prayed to Allah, while he was still barren, with these words: فهب لي من لدنك وليا يرثني ويرث من آل يعقوب واجعله رب رضيا يا زكريا إنا نبشرك بغلام اسمه يحيى “So give me from Yourself a wali **, who shall inherit me** and inherit the family of Ya’qub. And make him, my Lord, one with whom You are well-pleased”. (Allah said): “O Zakariyah! Verily, We give you the glad tidings of a son, his name will be Yahya .”[^13] Zakariyah was a prophet.

His wali , who was his son Yahya, ‘alaihi al-salam , inherited his prophethood and knowledge, and thereby became the next master of his father’s Ummah after his death. Professor Ibn Yasin also states in his tafsir : أخرج عبد الرزاق بسنده الصحيح عن قتادة عن الحسن في قوله (يرثني ويرث من آل يعقوب)، قال: نبوته وعلمه. ‘Abd al-Razzaq records with his…