"the Messenger: one whom Allāh has sent with a renewed sharīʿah to call people to it, and the Prophet encompasses him, and one whom He sent to affirm a previous law, like the Prophets of the Children of Israel who were between Mūsá and ʿĪsá (peace be upon them), and for this reason, the Prophet (ṣallá Allāhu ʿalayhi wa-sallam) likened the scholars of his ummah to them." This refers to the ḥadīth "The scholars of my ummah are like the Prophets of the Children of Israel," but it is a ḥadīth with no basis, as stated by al-Ḥāfiẓ al-ʿAsqalānī, al-Sakhāwī, and others. Then they have raised objections to his mentioned definition, summarizing that the correct approach is to remove the word "renewed" from it, and similarly the word "book" in al-Zamakhsharī's definition, because Ismāʿīl (peace be upon him) did not have a book or a renewed sharīʿah, but was upon the sharīʿah of Ibrāhīm (peace be upon him), and Allāh described him in the Quran by saying: * "Indeed, he was true to his promise, and he was a messenger, a prophet" *. The definition of a prophet remains as one sent to affirm a previous law, and a messenger as one whom Allāh has sent with a sharīʿah to call people to it, whether it is new or previous. And Allāh knows best.

- "No Muslim performs any of these acts except that it will take him by the hand until it admits him into Paradise." It was narrated by al-Ṭabarānī in "al-Kabīr" (1/82/2): Ḥafṣ ibn ʿUmar ibn al-Ṣabāḥ al-Raqī narrated to us, Abū Ḥudhayfah Mūsá ibn Masʿūd informed us, ʿIkrimah ibn ʿAmmār informed us from Abū Zumayl from Mālik ibn Murthad from his father, who said: "Abū Dharr said: I asked, 'O Messenger of Allāh! What saves a servant from the Fire?' He said: 'Faith in Allāh.' I asked: 'O Prophet of Allāh! Is there an action with faith?' He said: 'He gives from what Allāh has provided him.' I asked: 'O Messenger of Allāh! What if he is poor and does not find what to give?' He said: 'He enjoins what is right and forbids..