Is the Prophet’s ﷺ Rank That of an Elder Brother?

Question

Human beings are brothers to one another; whoever is greater and more venerable is the elder brother, so revere him as one reveres an elder brother; and the Master of all is Allah, and worship is due to Him alone. From this hadith it is known that the awliya, the prophets, the imams, the descendants of the imams, the spiritual guides — that is, all the near servants of Allah — are all merely human beings, servants, helpless, and our brothers; but Allah gave them greatness, so they became elder brothers; we are…

Answer

You have given a reference for “‘Aqa’id ‘Ulama-i Deoband”, but for the passage you quoted before it you gave no reference as to which book it was copied from. Either send that book here, so that by looking through the whole book it may be known whether only this much is mentioned in it or something more, whereby this matter too would become clear; or, if you do not have the…

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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