A number of our companions, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Muhammad Bin Yahya Al Kash’amy, from Hisham, from Ibn Abu Yafour who said, ‘I heard Abu Abdullah -asws saying, ‘The chiefs of the Prophets -as and the Mursils -as are five, and they -as are the Determined Ones ( Ul Al-Azm ) from the Rasools -as , and upon them -asws is the pole of the grind-mill (the central role) – Noah -as , and Ibrahim -as , and Musa -as , and Isa -as , and Muhammad -saww , may Salawat be upon them -as and upon the entirety of the Prophets -as ’.
[5] مع، معاني الأخبار ل، الخصال عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الْأَسْوَارِيُ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ قَيْسٍ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ حَفْصٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَسَدٍ عَنِ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ سَعِيدٍ الْبَصْرِيِّ عَنِ ابْنِ جَرِيحٍ عَنْ عَطَاءٍ عَنْ عُتْبَةَ اللَّيْثِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي ذَرٍّ رَحِمَهُ اللَّهُ قَالَ: قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ كَمِ النَّبِيُّونَ قَالَ مِائَةُ أَلْفٍ وَ أَرْبَعَةٌ وَ عِشْرُونَ أَلْفَ نَبِيٍّ قُلْتُ كَمِ الْمُرْسَلُونَ مِنْهُمْ قَالَ ثَلَاثُ مِائَةٍ وَ ثَلَاثَةَ عَشَرَ جَمّاً غَفِيراً Ali Bin Abdullah Al Aswary, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Qays, from Amro Bin Hafs, from Abdullah Bin Muhammad Bin Asad, from Al Husayn Ibrahim, from Yahya Bin Saeed Al Basry, from Ibn Jareeh, from Ata’a, from Utba Al Lays, ‘From Abu Zarr -ra having said, ‘I -ra said, ‘O Rasool-Allah -saww !
How many were the Prophets -as ?’ He -saww said: ‘One hundred and twenty-four thousand (1,24000) Prophets -as ’. I -ra said, ‘How many were the Mursils -as (Messengers) from them -as ?’ He -saww said: ‘Three hundred and thirteen (313), being a large number’.
قُلْتُ مَنْ كَانَ أَوَّلَ الْأَنْبِيَاءِ قَالَ آدَمُ قُلْتُ وَ كَانَ مِنَ الْأَنْبِيَاءِ مُرْسَلًا قَالَ نَعَمْ خَلَقَهُ اللَّهُ بِيَدِهِ وَ نَفَخَ فِيهِ مِنْ رُوحِهِ I -ra said, ‘Who was the first of the Prophets -as ?’ He -saww said: ‘Adam -as ’. I -ra said, ‘And was he ‑saww from the Messenger Prophets -as ?’ He -saww said: ‘Yes. Allah -azwj Created him -as by His -azwj Hands and Blew into him -as from His -azwj Spirit’.