Prophets and Messengers

• What is the evidence that Allah Almighty spoke to Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him)?
• Is it correct to rely on the hadith: "Invoke blessings upon Allah's prophets and messengers, for Allah sent them just as He sent me," in Fatwa no. 50240, given that its chains of transmission are weak?
• Is it permissible for me to advise people by quoting Prophetic hadiths with a similar wording, or by mentioning part of them or their meaning, and does this fall under the category of lying about the Prophet (peace be upon him)?
• Does the removal of fear and grief mentioned in verses such as "no fear upon them, nor shall they grieve" include this world and the Hereafter, or does it apply only to the Hereafter?
• What is the ruling on a Muslim man marrying a Christian woman who had a sexual relationship before marriage? Is their marriage considered invalid and will their child be punished for it?
• Have I become a disbeliever by thinking that I am better than the prophets, after learning that this is considered disbelief?
• Are the Prophets equal, and if so, why do they differ in their statuses in Paradise, with Prophet Muhammad being in its highest degrees?
• Is it permissible to cite Noah's prayer, peace be upon him, for 950 years as evidence that the delay in Allah's victory does not necessarily mean that the one in the right is in the wrong? And is there any error in likening the situation of prophets like Noah and Yusuf to others, knowing that the intention is to negate that the delay in victory or imprisonment is necessarily proof of falsehood or sin?
• How can the following two noble verses be reconciled: (And those messengers—some of them We have preferred over others) and (We make no distinction between any of His messengers)?
• Is there anything in the Qur’an or Sunnah that supports the superiority of Prophet Muhammad, peace and blessings be upon him, over other messengers, despite His saying, Exalted is He: "We make no distinction between any of His messengers"?
• What is the ruling on attributing the founding of Sharia (religions) to the Messengers? Is this considered polytheism and exaggeration, or is it permissible?
• Is the interpretation of Ibn Abbas valid regarding the verse: "The path of those upon whom You have bestowed favor," that it refers to the people of Moses and Jesus, peace be upon them, before they altered their religion?
• How can a religious person believe in the values of divine laws that God sent down to rectify the conditions of humanity, when reality indicates that they have only achieved their goals for very short historical periods?
• What is meant by the word "human" in the noble verse: (And it was not for any human that Allah should speak to him except by revelation or from behind a veil), and is it a general word intended to mean specific individuals, such as prophets and messengers?
• Is it true that Idris was the first of the prophets and before Noah, as mentioned in some history books?
• What are the teachings of the Makkan period and the verses revealed therein, arranged chronologically, with a focus on strengthening the faith of Muslims?
• How can one reconcile the verses that describe the Servants of the Most Gracious as believers only, with the verses that indicate that all those in the heavens and on earth are Servants of the Most Gracious?
• Was the questioner's divorce of his two wives, the first and the second, valid and effective, and was he forced into either of them? What is your advice to him after his aversion to marriage?
• Is the statement that the rank of Prophet Jesus (peace be upon him) is above prophethood and below divinity correct, and is this statement acceptable to Christians?
• What is the difference between a Messenger (Rasul) and a Prophet (Nabi), and why was the Messenger described as the Seal of the Prophets (Khatam An-Nabiyyin) and not the Last Messenger (Ar-Rasul Al-Akhir) in Surah Al-Ahzab, Ayah 40?
• Does a Muslim apostatize if he utters a person's name instead of Allah's name in the phrase "I worship none but Allah," while in a state between wakefulness and sleep, knowing that he intended to mention Allah's name but his tongue slipped, and he immediately rectified the matter by mentioning Allah's name thereafter?
• What is humanity's need for prophets?
• How is a human being held accountable for human weakness, given that it is Allah's creation? And does Allah accept a person's repentance, despite His knowledge of this weakness?
• What is the rank of the prophets mentioned (Shu'aib, Yusuf, Ayyub, Yunus, Musa, Ilyas, Al-Yasa, Dhul-Kifl, Dawud, Sulaiman, Zakariya, Yahya, Isa, and Muhammad, peace and blessings be upon them) in the Holy Quran?