<br /> <br /> <p class="MsoNormal" dir="LTR" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align: none;text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-family:Verdana"><br /> Jibreel (May peace be upon him) benefits from the shower of the Holy Prophet's (Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) shower of Mercy</span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" dir="LTR" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align: none;text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-family:Verdana"> </span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" dir="LTR" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align: none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:Verdana">Imam Qazi Iyaz (May Allah shower His mercy on him) writes in his magnum opus Asf Shifa, in the first chapter:</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" dir="LTR" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align: none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:Verdana"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" dir="LTR" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align: none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:Verdana">It has been narrated that the Holy Prophet (Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) told Jibreel pbuh:<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Have you received anything from my special mercy? <span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>He said: Yes.I used to be frightened about my fate.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Now I am content about it. <span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Because of You, Allah Ta’ala said the following about me:</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" dir="LTR" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align: none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:Verdana"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" dir="LTR" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align: none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:Verdana">Who is Mighty and Strong (in Calling to the Truth, Preaching the faith in Messengership and Spiritual Competence, and) is held in extreme reverence and veneration (and splendour and glory) in the Presence of the Lord of the Throne.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Surah Takveer (81:20)</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" dir="LTR" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align: none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:Verdana"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" dir="LTR" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align: none;text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-family:Verdana">Jibreel (May peace be upon him) is the Prophet's vizier in the spiritual world</span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" dir="LTR" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align: none;text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-family:Verdana"> </span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" dir="LTR" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align: none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:Verdana">Allah Ta’ala made Jibreel not only a servant of the Holy Prophet (Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam), but also His vizier in the spiritual world. <span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Imam Hakim Neshapuri narrated a Hadith in this context on the standards of Imam Bukhari and Imam Muslim in his Mustadrak:</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" dir="LTR" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align: none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:Verdana"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" dir="LTR" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align: none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:Verdana">It has been narrated on the authority of Hadhrat Abu Saeed Khudri (May Allah be well pleased with him) that the Holy Prophet (Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) said:<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Verily, I have 2 viziers in the spiritual world and 2 on the earth. <span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>In the spiritual worlds, my viziers are Jibreel and Mikail and among the inhabitants of earth, my 2 viziers are Abu Bakr and Umar.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" dir="LTR" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align: none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:Verdana"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" dir="LTR" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align: none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:Verdana">This Hadith has been recorded in other compendiums of Hadith with a slight change of wording. <span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Imam Hakim's Mustadrak mentions this Hadith at 2 places, Imam Tirmidhi’s, Jame' Tirmidhi, mentions this Hadith at 1 place, Imam Suyuti mentions this Hadith in his Jame' Ul Ahadith Wal Maraseel at five places, Kanzul Ummal mentions this Hadith at 4 places, Imam Nasai mentions this Hadith in his Fadhail-e-Sahabah at one place.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" dir="LTR" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align: none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:Verdana"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" dir="LTR" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align: none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:Verdana">Hadhrat Shaykh Ul Islam Imam Muhammad Anwarullah Farooqui (May Allah Ta'ala shower His mercy on him) writes in the commentary of this Hadith:<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>When 2 viziers among angels like Jibreel and Mikail are the Holy Prophet's (Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) viziers in the heavens and 2 are on this earth, is there any doubt that the Holy Prophet (Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) is the king of the higher and lower worlds?</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" dir="LTR"> </p>