In order to determine what the term sayyid indicates in the spiritual context...

In order to determine what the term sayyid indicates in the spiritual context, we must examine the following hadith , documented by Imam Muslim (d. 261 H): حدثني الحكم بن موسى أبو صالح حدثنا هقل (يعني ابن زياد) عن الأوزاعي حدثني أبو عمار حدثني عبدالله بن فروخ حدثني أبو هريرة قال قال رسول الله أنا سيد ولد آدم يوم القيامة Al-Hakam b. Musa Abu Salih – Hiql b. Ziyad – al-Awza’i – Abu ‘Ammar – ‘Abd Allah b.

Farukh – Abu Hurayrah: The Messenger of Allah said: “I am the sayyid of the descendants of Adam on the Day of Resurrection.”[^4] Imam Ahmad (d. 241 H) also records: حدثنا عبد الله حدثني أبي ثنا يحيى بن سعيد قال ثنا أبو حيان قال ثنا أبو زرعة بن عمرو بن جرير عن أبي هريرة قال ... رسول الله صلى الله عليه و سلم ... أنا سيد الناس يوم القيامة ‘Abd Allah (b. Ahmad) – my father (Ahmad b. Hanbal) – Yahya b. Sa’id – Abu Hayyan – Abu Zur’ah b. ‘Amr b. Jarir – Abu Hurayrah: ...

The Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, said: “... I am the sayyid of mankind on the Day of Resurrection.”[^5] Shaykh al-Arnaut comments: إسناده صحيح على شرط الشيخين Its chain is sahih upon the standard of the two Shaykhs. ^6 Obviously, the siyadah of the Prophet, sallallahu ‘alaihi wa alihi , in these hadiths falls within the spiritual context, especially since they are connected with the Hereafter. This is how the scholars of the Ahl al-Sunnah understand the reports too. Imam al-Nawawi (d.

676 H), for instance, states: تفضيل نبينا صلى الله عليه وسلم على جميع الخلائق قوله صلى الله عليه وسلم أنا سيد ولد آدم يوم القيامة ...

وهذا الحديث دليل لتفضيله صلى الله عليه وسلم على الخلق كلهم لأن مذهب أهل السنة أن الآدميين أفضل من الملائكة وهو صلى الله عليه وسلم أفضل الآدميين وغيرهم وأما الحديث الآخر لا تفضلوا بين الأنبياء فجوابه من خمسة أوجه الأول: أنه صلى الله عليه وسلم قاله قبل أن يعلم أنه سيد ولد آدم فلما علم أخبر به Superiority of our Prophet, peace be upon him, over the entire creation His statement, peace be upon him, “I am the sayyid of the descendants of Adam on the Day of Resurrection”....

This hadith is proof of his superiority, peace be upon him, over all the creation . This is because the doctrine of the Ahl al-Sunnah is that human beings are superior to angels, and he, peace be upon him, is the most superior of the human beings and others. As for the other hadith “do not give superiorty to any among the prophets”, the answer is from five aspects. The first is: he, peace be upon him, said it before he knew that he was the sayyid of the descendants of Adam.