Verifying “Lawlaka” and Other Sayings

Question

(1) The hadiths: [ar]لَوْلَاكَ لَمَا خَلَقْتُ الْأَفْلَاكَ[/ar] “Were it not for you, I would not have created the spheres”; [ar]لَوْلَاكَ لَمَا أَظْهَرْتُ الرُّبُوبِيَّةَ[/ar] “Were it not for you, I would not have manifested [My] Lordship”; [ar]عُلَمَاءُ أُمَّتِي كَأَنْبِيَاءِ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ[/ar] “The scholars of my nation are like the prophets of the Children of Israel”; [ar]أَنَا أَحْمَدُ بِلَا مِيمٍ وَأَنَا عَرَبٌ بِلَا عَيْنٍ[/ar] “I am Ahmad without the mim [i.e.

Answer

(1) [ar]لَوْلَاكَ لَمَا خَلَقْتُ الْأَفْلَاكَ[/ar] Al-Saghani said this narration is fabricated (mawdu‘), as stated in “al-Khulasa”, but its meaning is sound (sahih): al-Daylami narrated from Ibn ‘Abbas, marfu‘an: “Jibril came to me and said: ‘O Muhammad, were it not for you I would not have created Paradise, and were it not for you I would not have created the Fire.

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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